Stars: Jemma Dallender, Matt Carriker, Alex Rogers, Greg Kinman, Tori Nonaka, Robert Forte Shannon III, Alexis Boozer Sterling, Julie Kline, Jennifer Jelsema, Erika Hoveland | Written by Hassan Hussein, Todd Klick | Directed by Hassan Hussein
Director Hassan Hussein opens his feature debut with a montage of society going downhill, as a new pandemic leads to a zombie uprising. This life-changing news becomes known to Jesse (Jemma Dallender) when her couple’s camping trip is cut short due to a zombie attack. After her escape leads to a car crash, Jesse tries to survive the horrific circumstances and make her way home.
A key scene occurs early on when Jesse is trapped in an overturned car. There’s little hope found for escape, as her recently deceased friend in the next seat turns into a zombie, while another zombie attacks the windscreen. This seems like the perfect circumstance for a heartbreaking and claustrophobic sequence,...
Director Hassan Hussein opens his feature debut with a montage of society going downhill, as a new pandemic leads to a zombie uprising. This life-changing news becomes known to Jesse (Jemma Dallender) when her couple’s camping trip is cut short due to a zombie attack. After her escape leads to a car crash, Jesse tries to survive the horrific circumstances and make her way home.
A key scene occurs early on when Jesse is trapped in an overturned car. There’s little hope found for escape, as her recently deceased friend in the next seat turns into a zombie, while another zombie attacks the windscreen. This seems like the perfect circumstance for a heartbreaking and claustrophobic sequence,...
- 5/10/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
It’s tricky to pull off the kind of cryptic mystery labyrinth that “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” attempts, and Jacob Gentry’s film only works to a point — whatever point at which the viewer decides this thriller’s elusive menace is just too vague to generate sufficient urgency or suspense. As long as the promise outweighs the frustrating lack of payoff, however, it’s an intriguing and atmospheric puzzle, with “Glee” star Harry Shum Jr. chasing down a possible link between the titular phenomenon and his wife’s disappearance. The SXSW-premiering feature will be a viable item for home format sales; theatrical prospects are slimmer.
James (Shum) is an Av tech geek in 1999 Chicago, working the graveyard shift in a basement archive, logging old TV broadcast videos for posterity. It’s a solitary job that complements the loner lifestyle he had since his dancer wife Hannah disappeared three years ago. Now,...
James (Shum) is an Av tech geek in 1999 Chicago, working the graveyard shift in a basement archive, logging old TV broadcast videos for posterity. It’s a solitary job that complements the loner lifestyle he had since his dancer wife Hannah disappeared three years ago. Now,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
It’s hard to believe that it’s already time for the SXSW Film Festival once again, but here we are. For the 2021 iteration of the fest, SXSW is going virtual, which gives more people the opportunity to get to experience their brilliant lineup of films this year. As someone who is already well into my SXSW viewings for this year, I can confidently say that this might be SXSW’s best slate of Midnighters from top to bottom, and a few other genre and genre-adjacent films that are premiering in other sections are very much worth your time as well.
So, if you’re looking to check out some excellent horror and sci-fi cinema during this year’s SXSW from the comfort of your own home, here are 15 different projects you’ll definitely want to make time for. Oh, and because I included both How it Ends and Violation during my Sundance 2021 preview,...
So, if you’re looking to check out some excellent horror and sci-fi cinema during this year’s SXSW from the comfort of your own home, here are 15 different projects you’ll definitely want to make time for. Oh, and because I included both How it Ends and Violation during my Sundance 2021 preview,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Next month marks the 28th annual SXSW Film Festival, which will take place online from March 16th–20th. As in past years, genre fans will have plenty of films to look forward to seeing (this time from the comfort of their own homes!), with an impressive Midnighters slate of eight eclectic movies that will have their world premiers at the festival.
You can check out the full Midnighters slate below, as well as additional details on this year's virtual South by Southwest Film Festival, and be sure to keep an eye on Daily Dead's online hub for our coverage of the festival!
From the Press Release: Austin, Texas, February 10, 2021 – South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival. This year, the acclaimed program will be online, where it will draw thousands of fans, filmmakers, press, and industry leaders...
You can check out the full Midnighters slate below, as well as additional details on this year's virtual South by Southwest Film Festival, and be sure to keep an eye on Daily Dead's online hub for our coverage of the festival!
From the Press Release: Austin, Texas, February 10, 2021 – South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the full program for the 28th edition of the SXSW Film Festival. This year, the acclaimed program will be online, where it will draw thousands of fans, filmmakers, press, and industry leaders...
- 2/11/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Editors’ Note: With acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With Covid-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for an exchange of ideas and experiences, and suggestions on how businesses and individuals can best ride out the crisis.
When the coronavirus pandemic brought Hollywood production to a screeching halt, leaving many out of work and uncertain about their futures, writer-director David Prindle saw an opportunity to try something different. He is currently in production on The Flower Tapes, a horror feature that is being produced remotely incorporating actors filmed via computer screen from their respective homes along with found footage and special effects.
“It all came about during the lockdown,” says Prindle,...
When the coronavirus pandemic brought Hollywood production to a screeching halt, leaving many out of work and uncertain about their futures, writer-director David Prindle saw an opportunity to try something different. He is currently in production on The Flower Tapes, a horror feature that is being produced remotely incorporating actors filmed via computer screen from their respective homes along with found footage and special effects.
“It all came about during the lockdown,” says Prindle,...
- 5/19/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The rare remake that’s actually a slight improvement on its predecessor, Richard Wong’s “Come as You Are” translates Geoffrey Enthoven’s 2011 Belgian “Hasta la Vista” to middle America. Other changes are less substantial, but this seriocomedy has a less formulaic feel than the original while remaining a crowd-pleasing buddy pic-caper with a soft-pedaled minority empowerment theme. Reception in real-world disabled communities may be somewhat muted by the casting of able-bodied actors in the lead roles. Nonetheless, it’s hard to entirely resist this loosely fact-inspired tale of three physically challenged men road-tripping to Montreal in order to lose their virginity at a “special needs” bordello.
Sticking close in outline to the earlier screenplay by Mariano VanHoof and Pierre de Clercq, Erik Linthorst’s script centers on a trio of protagonists all stuck living with their parents in adulthood. Paraplegic Scotty, whose congenital defect makes him particularly dependent on...
Sticking close in outline to the earlier screenplay by Mariano VanHoof and Pierre de Clercq, Erik Linthorst’s script centers on a trio of protagonists all stuck living with their parents in adulthood. Paraplegic Scotty, whose congenital defect makes him particularly dependent on...
- 3/20/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: John Savage, Richard Tyson, Billy Wirth, T.J. Storm, Harley Wallen, Kaiti Wallen, Yan Birch, Blanca Blanco, Aphrodite Nikolovski, Sean Rey, Damien Chinappi | Written and Directed by Harley Wallen
Independent filmmaker Harley Wallen, whose film Bennett’s Song was something of a surprisingly sweet old-shool family film, is back both in front of and behind the camera for Betrayed – a film that rips its story straight from the headlines to create a thriller that deals with Russian involvement in Us politics, missing persons and sex traffiking.
The plot goes something like this: in an effort to control the city the Mayor of Detroit opens the doors to the Russian Mob (bad idea). It’s not long until he realizes they aren’t going to follow his rules, instead kidnapping women and traffiking them for sex. To fix the problem the Mayor (John Savage) accepts an offer to set up the...
Independent filmmaker Harley Wallen, whose film Bennett’s Song was something of a surprisingly sweet old-shool family film, is back both in front of and behind the camera for Betrayed – a film that rips its story straight from the headlines to create a thriller that deals with Russian involvement in Us politics, missing persons and sex traffiking.
The plot goes something like this: in an effort to control the city the Mayor of Detroit opens the doors to the Russian Mob (bad idea). It’s not long until he realizes they aren’t going to follow his rules, instead kidnapping women and traffiking them for sex. To fix the problem the Mayor (John Savage) accepts an offer to set up the...
- 1/14/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Kris Reilly, T.J. Storm, Harley Wallen, Calhoun Koenig, Kaiti Wallen, Dennis Marin, Brian Heintz, Jessika Johnson, Jennifer Jelsema, Michael Alexander | Written by Harley Wallen | Directed by Jerry Hayes, Harley Wallen
Moving Parts is about two very different couples who are drawn into organized crime, but it is soon clear that everyone and everything is not who or what they seem.
Suspecting her husband may be cheating Angela Prescott (Kaiti Wallen) hires private detective Seth Nichols (Harley Wallen) to follow her husband Kevin Prescott (Kris Reilly). However, during the investigations instead of finding another woman, Seth finds that Kevin has got himself involved with a local crime syndicate.
Adam Johnson (Dennis Marin) is having his own relationship issues with is partner Lisa Shields (Jessika Johnson) and decides to drink away his issues in a local bar, sharing his company with any woman who will give him the time. Detective James...
Moving Parts is about two very different couples who are drawn into organized crime, but it is soon clear that everyone and everything is not who or what they seem.
Suspecting her husband may be cheating Angela Prescott (Kaiti Wallen) hires private detective Seth Nichols (Harley Wallen) to follow her husband Kevin Prescott (Kris Reilly). However, during the investigations instead of finding another woman, Seth finds that Kevin has got himself involved with a local crime syndicate.
Adam Johnson (Dennis Marin) is having his own relationship issues with is partner Lisa Shields (Jessika Johnson) and decides to drink away his issues in a local bar, sharing his company with any woman who will give him the time. Detective James...
- 6/13/2018
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
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