There has been a flourishing of quarantine-produced short films lately, and a profusion of zoom-call ensembles of musicians, stunts, dancers and jugglers has invaded the social media, all free to be watched and enjoyed. Suppressed creativity pushing to burst out? A way to process this upsetting time? Nostalgia for a human connections? Boredom? All the above, probably. One sure thing is that the public has been gifted with lots of gems, where tech points are replaced with sympathy and smart planning. Few of these quarantine works are in our Amp Cinema for Free section.
One of the latest additions to this rich and imaginative lineup is Shinichiro Ueda’s “One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote”. An introduction to Ueda and his 2018, low budget, incredibly successful and incredibly clever debut film “One Cut of the Dead” is almost unnecessary. Suffice to say that it made box office history by earning...
One of the latest additions to this rich and imaginative lineup is Shinichiro Ueda’s “One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote”. An introduction to Ueda and his 2018, low budget, incredibly successful and incredibly clever debut film “One Cut of the Dead” is almost unnecessary. Suffice to say that it made box office history by earning...
- 5/22/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Following its well-received festival run, the zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead became one of the most buzzed-about horror movies of 2019 when it was released on Shudder last September. If you want to add the film to your physical media shelves, you're in luck, because One Cut of the Dead is being released as a Blu-ray/DVD SteelBook this June from Rlje Films, including the GoPro edition of the movie:
Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Shudder’s, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, One Cut Of The Dead, which will be released on June 2, 2020 on DVD and DVD/Blu-ray SteelBook.
Written and directed by Shin'ichirô Ueda (Special Actors), the horror/comedy stars Harumi Shuhama (Ichigo no uta), Takayuki Hamatsu (“Followers”), and Yuzuki Akiyama (“Kamen raidâ Jiô”). The film is based on the play,...
Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Shudder’s, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, One Cut Of The Dead, which will be released on June 2, 2020 on DVD and DVD/Blu-ray SteelBook.
Written and directed by Shin'ichirô Ueda (Special Actors), the horror/comedy stars Harumi Shuhama (Ichigo no uta), Takayuki Hamatsu (“Followers”), and Yuzuki Akiyama (“Kamen raidâ Jiô”). The film is based on the play,...
- 4/30/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A film shoot can be grueling enough, but add real zombies to the mix, and it will turn into one’s worst nightmare. The acclaimed Japanese horror-comedy One Cut of the Dead follows a film crew making their own zombie horror film when real zombies turn up and the director keeps rolling. Written, directed, and edited by Shinichiro Ueda with a budget of just $25,000, it went on to gross over $30 million worldwide and will now arrive in the United States this month.
Set for a release by Shudder and Variance Films, the Fantasia and Fantastic Fest winner opens in NY and La on September 13 and will have over 60 one-night screenings across the country on September 17. Starring Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Shuhama, Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, and Manabu Hosoi, see the inventive trailer below, which smartly warns of spoilers as it dishes up Shaun of the Dead-esque fun.
While shooting...
Set for a release by Shudder and Variance Films, the Fantasia and Fantastic Fest winner opens in NY and La on September 13 and will have over 60 one-night screenings across the country on September 17. Starring Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Shuhama, Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, and Manabu Hosoi, see the inventive trailer below, which smartly warns of spoilers as it dishes up Shaun of the Dead-esque fun.
While shooting...
- 9/2/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"Keep on shooting! Keep it rolling!" Shudder has unveiled a brand new Us trailer for the Japanese zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead. This film has already earned legendary status (seriously) as one of the best zombie comedies ever made, after playing at numerous film festivals all througohut the world throughout 2018. From director Shinichirô Ueda, this Japanese horror comedy is about a father who tries to make a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse. At first you see the version of the film they're making, then it flips and you see what's really going on when they make it and it's absolutely amazing zombie bliss. The film stars Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Shuhama, Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, and Manabu Hosoi. Our own Jeremy Kirk flipped for the film at Fantastic Fest, and wrote in his glowing review that it's "a sweet, funny, little magic trick of a movie...
- 8/27/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Horror fans from around the world have been raving about One Cut of the Dead and we now know when those in the Us can see it on the big screen. Shudder, in association with Variance Films, will be bringing One Cut of the Dead to theaters in NY and La, starting on September 13th, with a one-night national screening planned for September 17th. The movie will also be heading to Shudder "soon," and we'll let Daily Dead readers know when an official date is announced.
Until then, check out the new trailer below and you can pick up tickets at www.onecut-movie.com
One of the most critically-acclaimed genre films of the past decade and a record-shattering blockbuster in its native Japan, One Cut Of The Dead first appears to be a one-take indie zombie film... but something magical happens 37 minutes in: the film's director yells cut and -...
Until then, check out the new trailer below and you can pick up tickets at www.onecut-movie.com
One of the most critically-acclaimed genre films of the past decade and a record-shattering blockbuster in its native Japan, One Cut Of The Dead first appears to be a one-take indie zombie film... but something magical happens 37 minutes in: the film's director yells cut and -...
- 8/27/2019
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Stars: Mao, Shuhama Harumi, Takayuki Hamatsu , Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, Hiroshi Ichihara, Manabu Hosoi, Syuntaro Yamazaki, Shinichiro Osawa, Yoshiko Takehara, Miki Yoshida, Sakina Asamori, Ayana Goda, Yuzuki Akiyama | Written and Directed by Shinichiro Ueda
One Cut of the Dead opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film…Yet, this is no ordinary warehouse. It’s been said that it’s the site of where military experiments took place… Out of nowhere, real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew!
A low-budget zombie movie shot in one take, about a film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in one take, sounds bad. Add the fact that the indie film crew stumbles across real-life zombies, and One Cut of the Dead sounds worse. But this isn’t just a zombie movie, or even a one-take stunt. Instead, it’s Japan’s smartest comedy of the year,...
One Cut of the Dead opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film…Yet, this is no ordinary warehouse. It’s been said that it’s the site of where military experiments took place… Out of nowhere, real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew!
A low-budget zombie movie shot in one take, about a film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in one take, sounds bad. Add the fact that the indie film crew stumbles across real-life zombies, and One Cut of the Dead sounds worse. But this isn’t just a zombie movie, or even a one-take stunt. Instead, it’s Japan’s smartest comedy of the year,...
- 1/2/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Here’s the warning before you start One Cut of the Dead: you may not like it at the beginning. You may get motion sickness from the long handheld take—the titular “one cut,” as the camera bobs around, zooming in and out on the frenzied, exciting action. You may think to yourself, “Well yes, this is all good and fun, but where the hell is it going? I mean, I love practical effects and zombies, but what’s the point?” And you’re probably going to get the urge to back out of the film and go perusing down the digital highway to find another film that might satisfy you better. But I would recommend that you don’t do that under any circumstances, because you’d be missing out on one of the sweetest, funniest films of the year.
One Cut of the Dead is the kind...
One Cut of the Dead is the kind...
- 9/26/2018
- by Nathan Smith
- DailyDead
Home and Film4 have today announced the programme for the third annual FilmFear season – six days of horror, extreme cinema, cult favourites and special guests coming to Manchester this October.
Acclaimed Scandi fantasy Border, co-written by the author of Let the Right One In, kicks off the season on 26th October and is the first of eight new films from across the globe to screen over the six-day event. A visceral fusion of Nordic noir, social realism and supernatural horror, Border’s genre-defying tone is matched in fellow Swedish title Videoman, a mystery-thriller/relationship-drama that will surprise audiences with its tonal shifts, while the chilling horror St. Agatha from celebrated filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman bolsters the emerging ‘Nunsploitation’ genre. Let the Corpses Tan is a ferocious take on Euro Westerns and Italian crime ‘Poliziotteschi’ genre from Belgian directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (The Strange Colour of Your Body...
Acclaimed Scandi fantasy Border, co-written by the author of Let the Right One In, kicks off the season on 26th October and is the first of eight new films from across the globe to screen over the six-day event. A visceral fusion of Nordic noir, social realism and supernatural horror, Border’s genre-defying tone is matched in fellow Swedish title Videoman, a mystery-thriller/relationship-drama that will surprise audiences with its tonal shifts, while the chilling horror St. Agatha from celebrated filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman bolsters the emerging ‘Nunsploitation’ genre. Let the Corpses Tan is a ferocious take on Euro Westerns and Italian crime ‘Poliziotteschi’ genre from Belgian directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (The Strange Colour of Your Body...
- 9/20/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
[Note: To talk about either of the films below too much would spoil the wonderful delights within, so the following reviews are as vague as possible whilst touching on some salient points in both films]
Pledge
Stars: Phillip Andre Botello, Erica Boozer, Zachery Byrd, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Aaron Dalla Villa, Jean-Louis Droulers, Joe Gallagher, Jesse Pimentel, Melanie Rothman, Zachary Weiner | Written by Zachary Weiner | Directed by Daniel Robbins
Pledge follows three freshmen pursuing what they think is the ideal college experience. But despite their best efforts, the goofy and likeable David (screenwriter Zack Weiner), Ethan (Phillip Andre Botello) and Justin (Zachary Byrd) get the cold shoulder from the campus frats. They’re ready to throw in the social towel when they meet the gorgeous Rachel (Erica Boozer), who invites them to a party at a mansion in the country. What could possibly go wrong?
Films about fraternities never end well… Well, those that Aren’T comedies that is! If it’s a comedy then you can usual guarantee some kind of new status quo, a nice wrap up that sees everyone “get along” for the greater good.
Pledge
Stars: Phillip Andre Botello, Erica Boozer, Zachery Byrd, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Aaron Dalla Villa, Jean-Louis Droulers, Joe Gallagher, Jesse Pimentel, Melanie Rothman, Zachary Weiner | Written by Zachary Weiner | Directed by Daniel Robbins
Pledge follows three freshmen pursuing what they think is the ideal college experience. But despite their best efforts, the goofy and likeable David (screenwriter Zack Weiner), Ethan (Phillip Andre Botello) and Justin (Zachary Byrd) get the cold shoulder from the campus frats. They’re ready to throw in the social towel when they meet the gorgeous Rachel (Erica Boozer), who invites them to a party at a mansion in the country. What could possibly go wrong?
Films about fraternities never end well… Well, those that Aren’T comedies that is! If it’s a comedy then you can usual guarantee some kind of new status quo, a nice wrap up that sees everyone “get along” for the greater good.
- 8/18/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With the gluttony of genre films out there, the zombie genre has reached a point of oversaturation that some might find the amount of content flooding the market off-putting . From comic books to TV shows and endless films released every year, there’s a point where this subgenre can be said to be overwhelming, such that when something new and original comes out, it’s like a breath of fresh air. This applies to Shinichiro Ueda’s newest zombie comedy Kamera o tomeru na!, or released internationally as ‘One Cut of the Dead.’
One Cut of the Dead is screening at the 19th Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Attempting to film a new zombie movie, maverick director Takeyuki Higurashi (Takayuki Hamatsu) grows frustrated by the overall lack of professionalism in his cast and storms off, leaving his wife Nao, (Harumi Syuhama) to calm the others down. Shortly thereafter, a series of...
One Cut of the Dead is screening at the 19th Japan Film Fest Hamburg
Attempting to film a new zombie movie, maverick director Takeyuki Higurashi (Takayuki Hamatsu) grows frustrated by the overall lack of professionalism in his cast and storms off, leaving his wife Nao, (Harumi Syuhama) to calm the others down. Shortly thereafter, a series of...
- 5/25/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Viewers get three films for the price of one in “One Cut for the Dead,” a terrific Japanese horror-comedy that proves there’s somewhere the zombie apocalypse movie hasn’t yet gone. Writer-director-editor Shinichiro Ueda’s cleverly conceived and executed debut feature opens with an unbroken 37-minute shot of monster mayhem before hitting the reset button and turning into a funny satire of low-budget genre filmmaking — and eventually becoming a charming family comedy-drama. Packed with witty nods to classic horror movies, “One Cut” is a natural for genre fests and has such a warm and winning heart it could also fit into mainstream festival programs. A limited local release is planned for June 23.
Going virtually unnoticed in Japan since its late 2017 completion, “One Cut” announced itself in fine style as runner-up in the audience vote at Udine, one of Europe’s key gateway events for Asian popular cinema. The film...
Going virtually unnoticed in Japan since its late 2017 completion, “One Cut” announced itself in fine style as runner-up in the audience vote at Udine, one of Europe’s key gateway events for Asian popular cinema. The film...
- 5/5/2018
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
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