Opening with a montage of sequences that recall the ‘Previously on…” style recaps that are ever so popular on American television, Stigoi throws the viewer into the Romanian village in which it is set with swift and enthusiastic vigour.
These scenes also introduce us to the bulk of the central chracters, a group of Romanian villagers, who seem intent on killing a local wealthy landowner and his wife. Another quick cut and we’re into the opening credits and the villagers drink, rejoice and loot the dead couple’s belonging, all to the strains of ‘Spirit in the Sky’ by Doctor & The Medics. A fun and narratively economic opening that won’t necessarily be to everyone’s tastes, but it certainly ensures that the film hits the ground running.
As the opening credits end the film settles into what is its usual pace for the remainder of the story, a...
These scenes also introduce us to the bulk of the central chracters, a group of Romanian villagers, who seem intent on killing a local wealthy landowner and his wife. Another quick cut and we’re into the opening credits and the villagers drink, rejoice and loot the dead couple’s belonging, all to the strains of ‘Spirit in the Sky’ by Doctor & The Medics. A fun and narratively economic opening that won’t necessarily be to everyone’s tastes, but it certainly ensures that the film hits the ground running.
As the opening credits end the film settles into what is its usual pace for the remainder of the story, a...
- 8/23/2011
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Strigoi – The Undead
One of the truly marvellous things about horror is that every country has their own unique collection of beasts and ghouls in their folklore.
For movie fans that means we get such oddities as the long-haired ghosts of Japan's Ringu, the unusual Swedish vampires of Let The Right One In and the colossal Norwegian monsters of Troll Hunter. We also get, from Romania, the Strigoi. Part vampire, part zombie, these blood-drinking creatures are just part of the weird landscape that British director Faye Jackson pitches us into with her totally independent feature debut. It's a curious world, where a story that concerns crooked local officials and a murder mystery merges with more outlandish themes. The cheekily named Vlad, a local ex-medical student, returns to his remote town. He finds his family being swindled out of their land, but then the dead start reappearing. Jackson has her cast...
One of the truly marvellous things about horror is that every country has their own unique collection of beasts and ghouls in their folklore.
For movie fans that means we get such oddities as the long-haired ghosts of Japan's Ringu, the unusual Swedish vampires of Let The Right One In and the colossal Norwegian monsters of Troll Hunter. We also get, from Romania, the Strigoi. Part vampire, part zombie, these blood-drinking creatures are just part of the weird landscape that British director Faye Jackson pitches us into with her totally independent feature debut. It's a curious world, where a story that concerns crooked local officials and a murder mystery merges with more outlandish themes. The cheekily named Vlad, a local ex-medical student, returns to his remote town. He finds his family being swindled out of their land, but then the dead start reappearing. Jackson has her cast...
- 8/19/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Director: Faye Jackson. Review: Adam Wing. Just what the world needs, another vampire movie. Before you reach for the silver bullets though - consider this. There’s very little chance of bumping into a pale-faced, love-struck teen-idol in Strigoi. Romanian folklore dictates that strigoi are the troubled souls of dead rising from the grave. Occasionally they are living people with magical properties, including invisibility and the ability to transform into animals. Others like to drain the vitality of victims through bloodsucking - that would be your regular household variety then. Strigoi is a vampire movie that defies categorisation, it’s set in Romania for a start. Vlad Cozma (Catalin Paraschiv) is a young man returning to his grandfather's village from Italy. Inexplicably, frying chicken in a fast food joint wasn’t job satisfaction enough for a guy with a degree in medicine. With barely a foot through the door, Vlad...
- 8/8/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Breaking Glass Pictures.
Director/writer: Faye Jackson.
Who can create a vampire film better than Romanians? After all, this is where the vampire legend began with Vlad the Impaler's legendary bloodlust. In Strigoi there is a Vlad of another kind. This failed medical student has a fear of gore and when he returns to his grandfather's home he finds a town full of blood thirsty creatures. They are not only after tasty victims but justice. The strigoi return from their graves to right their wrongful deaths and in Strigoi they create much of the tension and mystery in the film.
Strigoi was filmed in Romania and many of the actors are Romanian themselves (Variety). One of the interesting elements of this film is seeing the unique culture of this Ukranian country. Apparently a lot of Romanians smoke and drink, while watching over the recently deceased.
Director/writer: Faye Jackson.
Who can create a vampire film better than Romanians? After all, this is where the vampire legend began with Vlad the Impaler's legendary bloodlust. In Strigoi there is a Vlad of another kind. This failed medical student has a fear of gore and when he returns to his grandfather's home he finds a town full of blood thirsty creatures. They are not only after tasty victims but justice. The strigoi return from their graves to right their wrongful deaths and in Strigoi they create much of the tension and mystery in the film.
Strigoi was filmed in Romania and many of the actors are Romanian themselves (Variety). One of the interesting elements of this film is seeing the unique culture of this Ukranian country. Apparently a lot of Romanians smoke and drink, while watching over the recently deceased.
- 7/18/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Breaking Glass Pictures will release The Coffin, Strigoi and Asylum Seekers under its Vicious Circle Films label. We have all the details for you below!
The Coffin
Synopsis:
Su and Chris are two strangers whose lives have been struck by tragedy — Su has been diagnosed with lung cancer just days before her wedding and Chris’ longtime girlfriend has fallen into a mysterious coma. When they both learn of a bizarre Thai ritual in which a living person lies in a coffin to reverse bad Karma, they both decide to partake in a mass funeral for the living. Soon, their lives have turned around — Su’s cancer vanishes and Chris’ girlfriend awakes from her coma — but the good fortune is short-lived. A series of terrifying paranormal events suggests that Su and Chris may have upset the Karmic balance of the universe by cleansing themselves of bad luck, and the people closest...
The Coffin
Synopsis:
Su and Chris are two strangers whose lives have been struck by tragedy — Su has been diagnosed with lung cancer just days before her wedding and Chris’ longtime girlfriend has fallen into a mysterious coma. When they both learn of a bizarre Thai ritual in which a living person lies in a coffin to reverse bad Karma, they both decide to partake in a mass funeral for the living. Soon, their lives have turned around — Su’s cancer vanishes and Chris’ girlfriend awakes from her coma — but the good fortune is short-lived. A series of terrifying paranormal events suggests that Su and Chris may have upset the Karmic balance of the universe by cleansing themselves of bad luck, and the people closest...
- 6/22/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Breaking Glass Pictures under the Vicious Circle Films label is quickly making a name for themselves within the genre by releasing quality indie and foreign horror flicks. Think we're kiddin'? Check out the scoop on their next three titles for August!
From the Press Release
Breaking Glass Pictures will release director Faye Jackson’s vampire tale “Strigoi: The Undead” on DVD August 2 under the Vicious Circl Films label. The dark comedy follows the quirky inhabitants of a Romanian village who learn that there are vampires among them.
Synopsis: After failing to start a life of his own, 20-something Vlad is forced to move back to his grandfather’s old farming village in Romania. Though the village seems like a typical Eastern European haven, a mysterious death suddenly thrusts Vlad into the heart of a murder mystery. As he sets out to investigate, his trail leads him to the Tirescus...
From the Press Release
Breaking Glass Pictures will release director Faye Jackson’s vampire tale “Strigoi: The Undead” on DVD August 2 under the Vicious Circl Films label. The dark comedy follows the quirky inhabitants of a Romanian village who learn that there are vampires among them.
Synopsis: After failing to start a life of his own, 20-something Vlad is forced to move back to his grandfather’s old farming village in Romania. Though the village seems like a typical Eastern European haven, a mysterious death suddenly thrusts Vlad into the heart of a murder mystery. As he sets out to investigate, his trail leads him to the Tirescus...
- 6/21/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Drafthouse Films, Timpson Films, and Magnet Releasing have hired a whopping two women to be a part of the 26-chapter horror anthology film The ABCs of Death.
The film, which will begin shooting in June 2011, is based on the idea that each director is assigned a letter from the alphabet representing a horrific word to act as a springboard for a short horror movie. Think , "A is for Autopsy", "B is for Bog Monster", et cetera.
The 25 directors chosen to be a part of this are all fairly new, young-ish up-and-comers like Jason Eisener (Hobo With a Shotgun), Nacho Vigalondo (TimeCrimes), Srdjan Spasojevic (A Serbian Film), Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter), Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat), Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mirageman), Gadi Harel (DeadGirl), Thomas Malling (Norwegian Ninja), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police), Simon Rumley (The Living and the Dead), Tak Sakaguchi and Yuji Shimomura (Yakuza Weapon), Marcel Sarmiento (DeadGirl), Timo Tjahjanto (Macabre...
The film, which will begin shooting in June 2011, is based on the idea that each director is assigned a letter from the alphabet representing a horrific word to act as a springboard for a short horror movie. Think , "A is for Autopsy", "B is for Bog Monster", et cetera.
The 25 directors chosen to be a part of this are all fairly new, young-ish up-and-comers like Jason Eisener (Hobo With a Shotgun), Nacho Vigalondo (TimeCrimes), Srdjan Spasojevic (A Serbian Film), Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter), Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat), Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mirageman), Gadi Harel (DeadGirl), Thomas Malling (Norwegian Ninja), Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police), Simon Rumley (The Living and the Dead), Tak Sakaguchi and Yuji Shimomura (Yakuza Weapon), Marcel Sarmiento (DeadGirl), Timo Tjahjanto (Macabre...
- 5/13/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Sitges, Spain -- Ryan Reynolds-starrer "Buried," the new film from Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes, picked up the Melies d'Or for best film at the 43rd Sitges Fantastic Film Festival late Thursday.
"I'd like to thank the jury for their good judgment in choosing the winner," Cortes joked as he picked up the award to a packed auditorium.
The European Fantastic Film Festival Federation (Effff) chooses one of the films that has earned the Melies d'Argent honor at each of the nine fantastic film festivals from all of Europe and awards the Melies d´Or to the best film screened. "Buried" won at the Strasbourg Festival.
The other nominated movies were: Anna Saul's "The Door," Philip Ridley's "Heartless" Roland Vranik's "Transmission," Faye Jackson's "Strigoi," Conor McPherson's "The Eclipse," Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani's"Amur" Tom Shankland's "The Children" and Simon Rumley's "Red White & Blue.
"I'd like to thank the jury for their good judgment in choosing the winner," Cortes joked as he picked up the award to a packed auditorium.
The European Fantastic Film Festival Federation (Effff) chooses one of the films that has earned the Melies d'Argent honor at each of the nine fantastic film festivals from all of Europe and awards the Melies d´Or to the best film screened. "Buried" won at the Strasbourg Festival.
The other nominated movies were: Anna Saul's "The Door," Philip Ridley's "Heartless" Roland Vranik's "Transmission," Faye Jackson's "Strigoi," Conor McPherson's "The Eclipse," Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani's"Amur" Tom Shankland's "The Children" and Simon Rumley's "Red White & Blue.
- 10/15/2010
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Every year the European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals gives a pair of awards - the Golden Melies - to the best European Fantastic Films of the year with one prize going to a feature and the other to a short. And it has just been announced that this year's prizes are going to Rodrigo Cortes' Buried and Chema Garcia Ibarra's The Attack of the Robots From Nebulon Five. Here's the official announcement:
Buried wins the 2010 Méliès d'Or Award - Best European Fantastic Film
The 2010 Méliès d'Or Award - for Best European fantastic film went to Buried a Spanish thriller starring Ryan Reynolds. The award was handed out at the Méliès d'Or award ceremony during the 43rd Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain on the evening of October 14th 2010, with director Rodrigo Cortés in attendance.
Buried:
Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up...
Buried wins the 2010 Méliès d'Or Award - Best European Fantastic Film
The 2010 Méliès d'Or Award - for Best European fantastic film went to Buried a Spanish thriller starring Ryan Reynolds. The award was handed out at the Méliès d'Or award ceremony during the 43rd Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain on the evening of October 14th 2010, with director Rodrigo Cortés in attendance.
Buried:
Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up...
- 10/14/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Tucson and Phoenix: Prepare to be rocked, shocked and defiled. Blasting its way into its third — and biggest — year on Sept. 18-25, the Arizona Underground Film Festival is a cacophonous concoction of angry transsexuals, bumbling hit men, slacker superheroes, living dolls, aliens, dead hookers, adventure-seeking blondes and other crazies.
This year the fest is screening 30 feature films, some of which are making their U.S. and even world debuts. The opening night film is the U.S. premiere of the German hit man comedy Snowman’s Land, directed by Tomasz Thomson,while closing the fest is the controversial and violent A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which you have to be over-18 to get into.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of homebrewed films as well, such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska; Nude Nuns With Big Guns by Joseph Guzman; 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the...
This year the fest is screening 30 feature films, some of which are making their U.S. and even world debuts. The opening night film is the U.S. premiere of the German hit man comedy Snowman’s Land, directed by Tomasz Thomson,while closing the fest is the controversial and violent A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which you have to be over-18 to get into.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of homebrewed films as well, such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska; Nude Nuns With Big Guns by Joseph Guzman; 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the...
- 9/13/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Check out this awesome interview with vampire movie Strigoi director Faye Jackson (Lump) on one of our fave boy-run sites QuietEarth - Faye Jackson Interview
You should also read this extremely cool academic paper on the brand new horror film Family Demons directed by Ursula Dabrowsky written by Donna McRae - Family Demons: The Ghost of Domestic Inheritence
Katt Shea (Poison Ivy) has a new commentary up on Trailers From Hell for the trailer to Klute. From the bygone days (1971) when studios routinely made the kind of adult material now found mainly in indies. Jane Fonda pulled down a well-deserved Oscar for her portrayal of the call girl without a heart of gold who gets wrapped up in a murder investigation.
You should also read this extremely cool academic paper on the brand new horror film Family Demons directed by Ursula Dabrowsky written by Donna McRae - Family Demons: The Ghost of Domestic Inheritence
Katt Shea (Poison Ivy) has a new commentary up on Trailers From Hell for the trailer to Klute. From the bygone days (1971) when studios routinely made the kind of adult material now found mainly in indies. Jane Fonda pulled down a well-deserved Oscar for her portrayal of the call girl without a heart of gold who gets wrapped up in a murder investigation.
- 12/14/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Faye Jackson fields some questions from projectcyclops about her first feature film, a horror/thriller/mystery about the Romanian myth of the Strigoi. You can read his review here.
How did you become interested in the Strigoi myth? Before seeing your film I’d never heard of it, and the Internet has so many convoluted and alternative descriptions of what Strigoi really are. Was that part of the attraction?
I’d never heard of the Strigoi myth until I went to Romania (my husband’s Romanian and I’ve visited a lot over the past 10 years).
I was researching the origins of Dracula out of curiosity and became interested in the folklore stories that appear to have inspired Stoker. I immediately loved the accounts I read of Strigoi. In particular I remember reading a story about a guy burying an uncle only to go home and find him sitting in his favourite chair,...
How did you become interested in the Strigoi myth? Before seeing your film I’d never heard of it, and the Internet has so many convoluted and alternative descriptions of what Strigoi really are. Was that part of the attraction?
I’d never heard of the Strigoi myth until I went to Romania (my husband’s Romanian and I’ve visited a lot over the past 10 years).
I was researching the origins of Dracula out of curiosity and became interested in the folklore stories that appear to have inspired Stoker. I immediately loved the accounts I read of Strigoi. In particular I remember reading a story about a guy burying an uncle only to go home and find him sitting in his favourite chair,...
- 12/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Year: 2009
Directors: Faye Jackson
Writers: Faye Jackson
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 8 out of 10
Strigoi is the best film I saw at GrimmUpNorth by quite a long way, and the most deserving of the cinema treatment. The film concerns a young Romanian man called Vlad who returns to his hometown after an extended stay in Italy, during which he worked a depressing job in a fried chicken hut. Upon arrival he decides to stay with his paranoid but good natured grandfather, before returning to live with his hyperactive mother. What Vlad doesn’t know is that small town justice has led to supernatural goings-on; as murdered, wealthy landowner Constantin and his wife have returned from the grave to exact revenge on the townsfolk.
The first scene of Strigoi sets the bar for the rest of the film, with the brutal execution of Constantin Tirescu and his wife,...
Directors: Faye Jackson
Writers: Faye Jackson
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 8 out of 10
Strigoi is the best film I saw at GrimmUpNorth by quite a long way, and the most deserving of the cinema treatment. The film concerns a young Romanian man called Vlad who returns to his hometown after an extended stay in Italy, during which he worked a depressing job in a fried chicken hut. Upon arrival he decides to stay with his paranoid but good natured grandfather, before returning to live with his hyperactive mother. What Vlad doesn’t know is that small town justice has led to supernatural goings-on; as murdered, wealthy landowner Constantin and his wife have returned from the grave to exact revenge on the townsfolk.
The first scene of Strigoi sets the bar for the rest of the film, with the brutal execution of Constantin Tirescu and his wife,...
- 11/4/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Written and directed by Faye Jackson
Featuring Constantin Barbulescu, Roxana Guttmann, Vlad Jipa, Catalin Paraschiv
www.strigoimovie.com
Review by rochefort
In the opening scene of Strigoi, directed by Faye Jackson (Lump), ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried angry-mob-style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks...
An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of...
Featuring Constantin Barbulescu, Roxana Guttmann, Vlad Jipa, Catalin Paraschiv
www.strigoimovie.com
Review by rochefort
In the opening scene of Strigoi, directed by Faye Jackson (Lump), ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried angry-mob-style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks...
An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of...
- 11/4/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Year: 2009
Directors: Faye Jackson
Writers: Faye Jackson
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 5 out of 10
In the opening scene of "Strigoi", directed by Faye Jackson, ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried, angry mob style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks. An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of small-town charm and low-impact horror storytelling,...
Directors: Faye Jackson
Writers: Faye Jackson
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 5 out of 10
In the opening scene of "Strigoi", directed by Faye Jackson, ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried, angry mob style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks. An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of small-town charm and low-impact horror storytelling,...
- 11/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Director: Faye Jackson Writer(s): Faye Jackson Starring: Constantin Barbulescu, Camelia Maxim, Catalin Paraschiv Vampires seem to be the new black these days, with multiple prime time television shows featuring vampires and an onslaught of vampire movies; but what differentiates Strigoi from all of the other vampire-related entertainment out there is that there is nothing sexy or seductive about Strigoi. Written and directed by Faye Jackson, Strigoi focuses more on another common trait of vampire tales – the metaphor – and in Strigoi the metaphor appears to be political (bloodsucking communist landowners). Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) has returned home to Romania, after living in Italy for a while. While living with his grandfather, Vlad stumbles upon a mysterious death that has been ruled accidental but reeks of foul play – it also seems someone forged Vlad’s name on the autopsy report. Curious about apparent cover-up, Vlad commences an investigation. The obvious bad...
- 10/21/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
GrimmUpNorth is Manchester's premier, horror film festival, running from October 29th - November 1st and including the world premier of 'The Reeds' and screening of 'The Descent 2', with Q&A from cast and director. The festival will be taking place in Manchester's Printworks and Odeon Cinema.
Gerard Johnson's Tony, a film we all love here at Qe, will be playing. We highly reccomend it. Review here.
A full line-up can be found at the festival website, but other notable screenings include Faye Jackson's Romanian vampire film 'Strigoi' and a special screening of Hellraiser, including a chance to meet the 'Cenobites' themselves; Doug Bradley (aka Pin Head), Nicholas Vince (Chatterer) and Simon Bamford (Butterball) on the Friday.
Here's a list of films that will be screened over the weekend:
Thursday 29th
Decsent 2 + Tras Visillos (Short)
Friday 30th & Saturday 31st:
Gnaw
Tony + Excision (Short...
Gerard Johnson's Tony, a film we all love here at Qe, will be playing. We highly reccomend it. Review here.
A full line-up can be found at the festival website, but other notable screenings include Faye Jackson's Romanian vampire film 'Strigoi' and a special screening of Hellraiser, including a chance to meet the 'Cenobites' themselves; Doug Bradley (aka Pin Head), Nicholas Vince (Chatterer) and Simon Bamford (Butterball) on the Friday.
Here's a list of films that will be screened over the weekend:
Thursday 29th
Decsent 2 + Tras Visillos (Short)
Friday 30th & Saturday 31st:
Gnaw
Tony + Excision (Short...
- 10/13/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Director Faye Jackson (Lump) is headlining the Vampire Film Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana with her new feature vampire movie Strigoi!
Brand new horror shorts directed by women will be playing at the festival as well; Annalee Autumn's Blood Bound, Maria Hinterkörner's Blood Sisters, and Lori Bowen's A Hammer Fell in Jerusalem. Watch trailers for the films...
10/23 Midnight
Blood Bound by Analee Autumn (USA) (10min)
A 500 year old vampires hunts and kills younger vampires in New Orleans.
10/24 2:00 Pm
Blood Sisters by Maria Hinterkörner (Austria)(22min)
Elizabeth and Lilith, two - let's say - good friends, participate in a party that will change their lives forever. A powerful vampire abducts one of the girls to make her his playmate for eternity. the other however, willingly reborn and raging will not condone and will do anything to get her girlfriend back and indulge in a bloody revenge.
Watch a...
Brand new horror shorts directed by women will be playing at the festival as well; Annalee Autumn's Blood Bound, Maria Hinterkörner's Blood Sisters, and Lori Bowen's A Hammer Fell in Jerusalem. Watch trailers for the films...
10/23 Midnight
Blood Bound by Analee Autumn (USA) (10min)
A 500 year old vampires hunts and kills younger vampires in New Orleans.
10/24 2:00 Pm
Blood Sisters by Maria Hinterkörner (Austria)(22min)
Elizabeth and Lilith, two - let's say - good friends, participate in a party that will change their lives forever. A powerful vampire abducts one of the girls to make her his playmate for eternity. the other however, willingly reborn and raging will not condone and will do anything to get her girlfriend back and indulge in a bloody revenge.
Watch a...
- 10/7/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
As the Halloween season approaches, all kinds of fright fare past and present will be turning up at festivals and specialty theaters across the country. Here’s a rundown on a bunch of screenings and genre-film events we’ve been alerted to:
The first annual Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival launches tonight and continues through this Sunday, September 20 in Seattle, Wa at the Siff Cinema at McCaw Hall (321 Mercer Street). The event is hosting 33 shorts and six features from the realms of horror, science fiction, fantasy and animation; the full-length films are Jim Isaac’s Pig Hunt, D. Kerry Prior’s The Revenant (see our advance rave here), Faye Jackson’s Strigoi, Rustin Thompson’s The Ends Of The Earth, Scott Norwood’s TIMETRAVEL_0 and Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell’s black-metal documentary Until The Night Takes Us. In advance of the Fantastic Fest that begins next week, Austin, TX...
The first annual Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival launches tonight and continues through this Sunday, September 20 in Seattle, Wa at the Siff Cinema at McCaw Hall (321 Mercer Street). The event is hosting 33 shorts and six features from the realms of horror, science fiction, fantasy and animation; the full-length films are Jim Isaac’s Pig Hunt, D. Kerry Prior’s The Revenant (see our advance rave here), Faye Jackson’s Strigoi, Rustin Thompson’s The Ends Of The Earth, Scott Norwood’s TIMETRAVEL_0 and Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell’s black-metal documentary Until The Night Takes Us. In advance of the Fantastic Fest that begins next week, Austin, TX...
- 9/19/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
While there’s been no shortage of horror festivals in recent years, it’s cool to see another one taking shape, this one in Seattle, Wa. If you’re in the area, or you’re up for a road trip, this one looks like it’s going to be worth checking out!
The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (Mifff from here on out!) is kicking off this weekend, showcasing several independent and international films from our beloved horror genre. You can head over to the Mifff’s official site for more details, but keep on reading for ticket info and scheduling highlights!
Friday night we kick things off with the insanely funny and clever (and award winning) The Revenant (review here), which is about two good buddies. One of them just happens to be falling apart due to being a rotting corpse, but friends are friends and don't discriminate, right?...
The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (Mifff from here on out!) is kicking off this weekend, showcasing several independent and international films from our beloved horror genre. You can head over to the Mifff’s official site for more details, but keep on reading for ticket info and scheduling highlights!
Friday night we kick things off with the insanely funny and clever (and award winning) The Revenant (review here), which is about two good buddies. One of them just happens to be falling apart due to being a rotting corpse, but friends are friends and don't discriminate, right?...
- 9/16/2009
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
With all the contortions and mutations that the vampire movie has taken in the past 75 (heck, the past 2) years, it is quite refreshing to see that there remains interesting potential in the genre. Take for instance, Faye Jackson‘s debut feature, Strigoi, which trumps Bram Stoker in going rigorously back to the roots of the mythology in Romanian folklore, pulls things forward through both World Wars and culminates in a failed medical doctor sending a picture (via blackberry) of the townsfolk dealing with the undead at the local catholic church. Bring Backup.
The very indie British filmmakers, obviously in love with the local terrain and history, bring a maturity to the genre (along for the ride: handsome cinematography) that is most definitely lacking in the modern trend of nosferatu sightings (with the obvious exception one one Swedish entry). Where Trueblood and Twilight pander mightily to their audiences, offering lurid cheap...
The very indie British filmmakers, obviously in love with the local terrain and history, bring a maturity to the genre (along for the ride: handsome cinematography) that is most definitely lacking in the modern trend of nosferatu sightings (with the obvious exception one one Swedish entry). Where Trueblood and Twilight pander mightily to their audiences, offering lurid cheap...
- 8/18/2009
- by Kurt Halfyard
- Screen Anarchy
And the cinematic fixation with the other class of undead continues right along with apparently stellar results. We’re all aware by now of just how tired the zombie genre has gotten in recent days with seemingly everybody and his brother making (generally bad) zombie films. Yes, there are still some gems out there but it’s taking a lot more digging to find them. Happily, however, an awful lot of film makers have realized this and are now moving on to vampires for their undead fix.
Enter Faye Jackson and Strigoi. Made with a blend of UK and Romanian talent, Strigoi puts a very unusual spin on the vampire mythos by getting a little closer to the root legends than most and then spinning a comedic web out of it. Here’s the synopsis:
Vlad investigates a mysterious death in his grandfather’s village that raises questions about land ownership in the community.
Enter Faye Jackson and Strigoi. Made with a blend of UK and Romanian talent, Strigoi puts a very unusual spin on the vampire mythos by getting a little closer to the root legends than most and then spinning a comedic web out of it. Here’s the synopsis:
Vlad investigates a mysterious death in his grandfather’s village that raises questions about land ownership in the community.
- 7/18/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
Wow, didn't see this one coming. Directed by Faye Jackson and smelling of old world comedic charm, I really don't know what the hell this is.. but it looks interesting.
Vlad investigates a mysterious death in his grandfather's village that raises questions about land ownership in the community. The trail points to ex-communist bully Constantin Tirescu and his wife, but when Vlad confronts them, he discovers that the richest landowners in the village have become real bloodsuckers.
Trailer after the break. Via our friends at 24Fps.
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Vlad investigates a mysterious death in his grandfather's village that raises questions about land ownership in the community. The trail points to ex-communist bully Constantin Tirescu and his wife, but when Vlad confronts them, he discovers that the richest landowners in the village have become real bloodsuckers.
Trailer after the break. Via our friends at 24Fps.
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- 7/16/2009
- QuietEarth.us
St. Moritz Productions jut released this brand new movie poster from the upcoming horror comedy “Strigoi” written and directed by Faye Jackson (Resurrecting Bill, Lump) and starring Constantin Barbulescu (BloodRayne, Hellraiser: Deader), Camelia Maxim (Ils), Catalin Paraschiv (Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes, Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave), Rudi Rosenfeld (Madhouse, The Midas Touch) and Dan Popa. The principle photography took place in Romania. Synopsis: When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Strigoi”.
- 1/18/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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