“Grueseome Horror” Snuff Tapes Gets US Release Danse Macabre and Mvd Entertainment are pleased to announce the US and Canada DVD and VOD release of revenge horror Snuff Tapes with a street date of April 19th 2022. In the tradition of A Serbian Film and The Bunny Game, Snuff Tapes is a gruseome and disturbing …
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- 4/20/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Stars: Emily Skeggs, Kyle Gallner, Lea Thompson, Brian Andrus, Shelby Alayne Antel, Sophie Bolen, Gary Brunner, Nick Chinlund, Kristin Condon, Lena Drake | Written and Directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier
Written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (The Bunny Game), Dinner in America is the tale of Patty (Emily Skeggs) and Simon (Kyle Gallner), the latter of whom is a punk rocker, and the former, a female fan obsessed with his band. The two, against all odds and types, fall in love, and drift around the suburbs of the midwest. It’s a love story, but it’s also full of punk-rock indie sensibilities, with an edge that makes it feel unpredictable but still charming.
I was intrigued both by the story itself and the main cast, with Gallner, whom I am familiar with from his roles in the likes of American Sniper and Dear White People, to Skeggs herself, and...
Written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (The Bunny Game), Dinner in America is the tale of Patty (Emily Skeggs) and Simon (Kyle Gallner), the latter of whom is a punk rocker, and the former, a female fan obsessed with his band. The two, against all odds and types, fall in love, and drift around the suburbs of the midwest. It’s a love story, but it’s also full of punk-rock indie sensibilities, with an edge that makes it feel unpredictable but still charming.
I was intrigued both by the story itself and the main cast, with Gallner, whom I am familiar with from his roles in the likes of American Sniper and Dear White People, to Skeggs herself, and...
- 5/28/2021
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Stars: Emily Skeggs, Kyle Gallner, Lea Thompson, Brian Andrus, Shelby Alayne Antel, Sophie Bolen, Gary Brunner, Nick Chinlund, Kristin Condon, Lena Drake | Written and Directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier
Written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (The Bunny Game), Dinner in America is the tale of Patty (Emily Skeggs) and Simon (Kyle Gallner), the latter of whom is a punk rocker, and the former, a female fan obsessed with his band. The two, against all odds and types, fall in love, and drift around the suburbs of the midwest. It’s a love story, but it’s also full of punk-rock indie sensibilities, with an edge that makes it feel unpredictable but still charming.
I was intrigued both by the story itself and the main cast, with Gallner, whom I am familiar with from his roles in the likes of American Sniper and Dear White People, to Skeggs herself, and...
Written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (The Bunny Game), Dinner in America is the tale of Patty (Emily Skeggs) and Simon (Kyle Gallner), the latter of whom is a punk rocker, and the former, a female fan obsessed with his band. The two, against all odds and types, fall in love, and drift around the suburbs of the midwest. It’s a love story, but it’s also full of punk-rock indie sensibilities, with an edge that makes it feel unpredictable but still charming.
I was intrigued both by the story itself and the main cast, with Gallner, whom I am familiar with from his roles in the likes of American Sniper and Dear White People, to Skeggs herself, and...
- 8/25/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Sales firm Visit Films has boarded well-received Sundance movie Dinner In America.
Visit has taken world rights excluding U.S. and Canada for the grungy rom-com, which had its world premiere in Sundance’s U.S. Competition section. Visit will be screening the film in the market at the Berlinale.
Set in a dreary Midwestern suburb, the film follows punk rocker Simon (a lauded performance from Kyle Gallner) who is on the run again after a heated confrontation ends with him setting fire to a family’s front lawn. Meanwhile, eccentric loner Patty (Emily Skeggs) lives at home with no friends and no future, spending most of her nights writing erotic love letters to the masked singer of her favorite band Psyops. A chance encounter brings Patty and Simon together, though Patty doesn’t realize that Simon is the anonymous singer she’s been professing her love to. Feeling...
Visit has taken world rights excluding U.S. and Canada for the grungy rom-com, which had its world premiere in Sundance’s U.S. Competition section. Visit will be screening the film in the market at the Berlinale.
Set in a dreary Midwestern suburb, the film follows punk rocker Simon (a lauded performance from Kyle Gallner) who is on the run again after a heated confrontation ends with him setting fire to a family’s front lawn. Meanwhile, eccentric loner Patty (Emily Skeggs) lives at home with no friends and no future, spending most of her nights writing erotic love letters to the masked singer of her favorite band Psyops. A chance encounter brings Patty and Simon together, though Patty doesn’t realize that Simon is the anonymous singer she’s been professing her love to. Feeling...
- 2/11/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
There are bits of “Repo Man,” “Napoleon Dynamite” and other literally or just philosophically “punk rock” cult comedies in the DNA of Adam Carter Rehmeier’s rude yet ingratiating “Dinner in America” — and mercifully none whatsoever here of his 2011 first feature “The Bunny Game,” a shrilly monotonous “extreme” horror for which all is now forgiven. This rambunctious mix of anarchic humor and misfit romance is not always inspired in the writing department, but its uneven qualities are mostly steamrolled over by the infectiously high-energy execution.
Best of all, it’s got a knockout lead performance by Kyle Gallner (soon to headline CBS All Access series “Interrogation”), who turns an admittedly showy role into something quite likely to become the favorite movie character ever for a small but fervent minority. As the saying goes, a star is born. Though unlikely to risk a major commercial breakout, there are enough other assets...
Best of all, it’s got a knockout lead performance by Kyle Gallner (soon to headline CBS All Access series “Interrogation”), who turns an admittedly showy role into something quite likely to become the favorite movie character ever for a small but fervent minority. As the saying goes, a star is born. Though unlikely to risk a major commercial breakout, there are enough other assets...
- 1/25/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Press Release: BBFC bans the horror film Hate Crime
Monday 2nd March 2015 – The BBFC announced today that Hate Crime, the first release in a new joint VOD venture between geek blog Nerdly.co.uk and TheHorrorShow.TV – has officially been banned in the UK. It is one of only four horror movies officially refused classification by the BBFC since 2009, the others being Grotesque, The Bunny Game and The … Continue reading →
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- 3/3/2015
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
James Cullen Bressack’s second feature was set to be the first release in a new joint VoD venture between Nerdly and TheHorrorShow.TV.
Hate Crime has been banned in the UK by the BBFC.
James Cullen Bressack’s second feature has already been released in the Us and was set to be the first release under the new Nerdly Presents banner, a joint venture between Nerdly.co.uk and TheHorrorShow.TV. The film centres on a Jewish family whose home is invaded by neo-Nazi lunatics during their youngest son’s birthday celebrations.
The BBFC’s official statement read: “It is the Board’s carefully considered conclusion that the unremitting manner in which Hate Crime focuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective, means that to issue a classification too this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, would risk potential harm, and would be...
Hate Crime has been banned in the UK by the BBFC.
James Cullen Bressack’s second feature has already been released in the Us and was set to be the first release under the new Nerdly Presents banner, a joint venture between Nerdly.co.uk and TheHorrorShow.TV. The film centres on a Jewish family whose home is invaded by neo-Nazi lunatics during their youngest son’s birthday celebrations.
The BBFC’s official statement read: “It is the Board’s carefully considered conclusion that the unremitting manner in which Hate Crime focuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective, means that to issue a classification too this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, would risk potential harm, and would be...
- 3/3/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
by Seth Metoyer
MoreHorror.com
It appears that censorship is still alive and well in the UK as Director James Cullen Bressack's horrific home invasion film Hate Crime has been banned by The BBFC.
Read the official statement and press release concerning the ban and reaction from the filmmaker below.
From the Press Release
The BBFC announced today that Hate Crime, the first release in a new joint VOD venture between geek blog Nerdly.co.uk and TheHorrorShow.TV - has officially been banned in the UK. It is one of only four horror movies officially refused classification by the BBFC since 2009, the others being Grotesque, The Bunny Game and The Human Centipede 2, later released with nearly 3 minutes of cuts.
Set to be the first release under the new Nerdly Presents banner, Hate Crime tells the story of a Jewish family, having just arrived in a new neighbourhood, who...
MoreHorror.com
It appears that censorship is still alive and well in the UK as Director James Cullen Bressack's horrific home invasion film Hate Crime has been banned by The BBFC.
Read the official statement and press release concerning the ban and reaction from the filmmaker below.
From the Press Release
The BBFC announced today that Hate Crime, the first release in a new joint VOD venture between geek blog Nerdly.co.uk and TheHorrorShow.TV - has officially been banned in the UK. It is one of only four horror movies officially refused classification by the BBFC since 2009, the others being Grotesque, The Bunny Game and The Human Centipede 2, later released with nearly 3 minutes of cuts.
Set to be the first release under the new Nerdly Presents banner, Hate Crime tells the story of a Jewish family, having just arrived in a new neighbourhood, who...
- 3/3/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror
If you’re a long time reader of my work, be it here on Nerdly, or the sites previous incarnation, Blogomatic3000, you’re probably aware of the my love for the work of a director called James Cullen Bressack. It was way back in 2011 when the young director emailed me out of the blue asking if I’d possibly like to review his first feature My Pure Joy – now the film was rough but showed a lot of promise for a first film. Bressack followed that film up with the (literally) stunning Hate Crime, a film which I’ve been championing since the first time I saw it…
So much so that when I sat down with a plan to release some of the many, many, films I’ve seen over the years that have not had the chance of an official UK debut, Hate Crime, along with Breassack’s...
So much so that when I sat down with a plan to release some of the many, many, films I’ve seen over the years that have not had the chance of an official UK debut, Hate Crime, along with Breassack’s...
- 3/2/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Billi Baker, Michael Thomson, Allira Jaques, Holly Phillips, Rebecca Plint, Sean Gannon, Christian Radford, Darrell Plumridge, Mirko Grillini | Written and Directed by Chris Sun
After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture, Derek prepares himself and his basement for a week of brutal tactics that will make his daughter’s killer feel the pain that he has inflicted upon so many others. In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it’s the ones you trust most who have to be watched the closest.
Ive been hearing a lot of buzz around Chris Sun’s new flick Daddy’s Little Girl recently, mainly from the more extreme films fans on some of...
After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture, Derek prepares himself and his basement for a week of brutal tactics that will make his daughter’s killer feel the pain that he has inflicted upon so many others. In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it’s the ones you trust most who have to be watched the closest.
Ive been hearing a lot of buzz around Chris Sun’s new flick Daddy’s Little Girl recently, mainly from the more extreme films fans on some of...
- 7/22/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Writer-director Adam Rehmeier created a modicum of controversy with The Bunny Game, an independent horror film, is combining sub-genres for Save a Bullet for Me. Brightlight Pictures and producer Mark Sandell are teaming up for the production which is described as a horror-western.
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- 4/8/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Adam Rehmeier, director of controversial feature The Bunny Game, is preparing to shoot a “hardcore” Western with the exec producer of Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep.
Vancouver-based Brightlight Pictures (The Company You Keep) has teamed with UK producer Mark Sandell to co-produce the ‘Western’ action horror Save a Bullet For Me.
It marks the latest feature from writer-director Adam Rehmeier, who sparked controversy with torture film The Bunny Game in 2010.
Brightlight Pictures’ Shawn Williamson joins Mark Sandell (A Liar’s Autobiography) to produce.
Save a Bullet For Me is due to be shot in British Columbia in late 2014.
Set in the 19th century, the film focuses on the aftermath of a brutal massacre, where two wounded frontiersmen make a desperate last stand against a native American war party.
Rehmeier said: “This is not your grandfather’s Western. There are no heroes or morality tales. This is a visceral, animal of a film...
Vancouver-based Brightlight Pictures (The Company You Keep) has teamed with UK producer Mark Sandell to co-produce the ‘Western’ action horror Save a Bullet For Me.
It marks the latest feature from writer-director Adam Rehmeier, who sparked controversy with torture film The Bunny Game in 2010.
Brightlight Pictures’ Shawn Williamson joins Mark Sandell (A Liar’s Autobiography) to produce.
Save a Bullet For Me is due to be shot in British Columbia in late 2014.
Set in the 19th century, the film focuses on the aftermath of a brutal massacre, where two wounded frontiersmen make a desperate last stand against a native American war party.
Rehmeier said: “This is not your grandfather’s Western. There are no heroes or morality tales. This is a visceral, animal of a film...
- 4/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Adam Rehmeier, director of the controversial The Bunny Game (2010) and the acclaimed Jonas (2013), is ready to pull the trigger on his next film, Save A Bullet For Me. This violent western / action / horror picture is slated to begin shooting later this year in British Columbia.
Rehmeier is no stranger to touching nerves and stirring outcry - The Bunny Game sparked protest worldwide, and was banned in the UK - and his new screenplay seems primed to continue the trend. Set in the Us during the 1800s, the blood-splattered film focuses on the aftermath of a brutal massacre, and two wounded frontiersmen who make a desperate last stand against a Native American war party. Writer/director Rehmeier describes the movie as “a visceral, animal of a film, stripped down to the most primal fight-or-flight level possible.”
Save A Bullet For Me is being produced by Shawn Williamson, whose numerous genre film...
Rehmeier is no stranger to touching nerves and stirring outcry - The Bunny Game sparked protest worldwide, and was banned in the UK - and his new screenplay seems primed to continue the trend. Set in the Us during the 1800s, the blood-splattered film focuses on the aftermath of a brutal massacre, and two wounded frontiersmen who make a desperate last stand against a Native American war party. Writer/director Rehmeier describes the movie as “a visceral, animal of a film, stripped down to the most primal fight-or-flight level possible.”
Save A Bullet For Me is being produced by Shawn Williamson, whose numerous genre film...
- 4/7/2014
- by Eric Stanze
- FEARnet
It seems the darker, more depraved a film is, the more we genre fanatics love to discuss it. How often do we juggle dialogue about average horror films? It happens plenty, and it’s not exactly atypical, but there’re pictures that are far darker works that call our names on a much more frequent basis.
What really floats around the water cooler is debate about pics like Human Centipede, Night of the Living Dead and Oldboy.
The pictures that leave us perplexed and disgusted are the pictures that command heated debate, not necessarily the safe bets. So, today it’s away with safety, open arms to the cinematically taboo.
Cannibal Holocaust: In a world as savage as this, where tourists are kidnapped, tortured and beheaded; where extremists deem it necessary to enter highly trafficked public establishments with loads of explosives strapped to their chests; where murderers can exit imprisonment inside of a half-decade,...
What really floats around the water cooler is debate about pics like Human Centipede, Night of the Living Dead and Oldboy.
The pictures that leave us perplexed and disgusted are the pictures that command heated debate, not necessarily the safe bets. So, today it’s away with safety, open arms to the cinematically taboo.
Cannibal Holocaust: In a world as savage as this, where tourists are kidnapped, tortured and beheaded; where extremists deem it necessary to enter highly trafficked public establishments with loads of explosives strapped to their chests; where murderers can exit imprisonment inside of a half-decade,...
- 2/7/2014
- by Matt Molgaard
- DreadCentral.com
Digging into the dark underbelly of the human psyche can be an ugly business. Just ask any of those involved in the making of some of horror’s most notorious movies. As filmmaking and storytelling methods evolve, it allows more freedom to those who choose to explore areas that many would prefer remain hidden. But this often prompts us to ask rabidly debated questions like, ‘Just how far is too far?’
Way before the days when watching a film banned in your country was simply a matter of a quick illegal download to side step the censors, the MPAA and BBFC were much more of a force to be reckoned with. Now it seems that films are usually old news way before the censors can even touch them.
We have highlighted seven films that were particularly contentious for audiences and censors alike. Most are from those dark days before the internet,...
Way before the days when watching a film banned in your country was simply a matter of a quick illegal download to side step the censors, the MPAA and BBFC were much more of a force to be reckoned with. Now it seems that films are usually old news way before the censors can even touch them.
We have highlighted seven films that were particularly contentious for audiences and censors alike. Most are from those dark days before the internet,...
- 12/12/2013
- by Aaron Williams
- FEARnet
With cinematographer and 2nd unit director credits already under his belt, Adam Rehmeier burst onto the indie film scene with his feature film directorial debut, The Bunny Game (2012), in which Rodleen Getsic plays a desperate prostitute who ends up fighting for her life after hooking up with a maniacal trucker. The critically-acclaimed black and white film is somber, gritty, and saturated with panic and dread. Rehmeier's follow-up feature is something of a companion piece: Jonas (2013) is a brooding, sinister, and intelligent film that's as fascinating as the director's methods in creating it. Gregg Gilmore plays Jonas, who mysteriously washes up on a beach, then proceeds to gather an audience for "God's Big Message." Jonas will be released September 11th, and you can watch it in its entirety, absolutely free, at jonasmovie.com. Rehmeier generously took some time to discuss with FEARnet his unique films and his intriguing filmmaking tactics. FEARnet:...
- 9/2/2013
- by Eric Stanze
- FEARnet
The name Rodleen Getsic might not jump out at you, but she's the star, co-writer, and producer of the controversial and award-winning film The Bunny Game, and she needs a bit of help from the horror community.
Rodleen’s family and friends have begun a campaign to help raise money for medical equipment, assisted care, and the doctor bills she has accumulated as a result of an accident she had in March of 2010 at a restaurant in West Hollywood. She slipped on a mat and landed on the back of her head, sustaining a traumatic brain injury and damage to her upper spine and brainstem. Because of her severe symptoms, Rodleen has difficulty with mobility, body, and brain function as well as with balance, walking, and doing normal activities. She is in severe chronic disabling pain centered from her brainstem.
This tragic event has changed Rodleen's life forever: She is disabled and unable to work,...
Rodleen’s family and friends have begun a campaign to help raise money for medical equipment, assisted care, and the doctor bills she has accumulated as a result of an accident she had in March of 2010 at a restaurant in West Hollywood. She slipped on a mat and landed on the back of her head, sustaining a traumatic brain injury and damage to her upper spine and brainstem. Because of her severe symptoms, Rodleen has difficulty with mobility, body, and brain function as well as with balance, walking, and doing normal activities. She is in severe chronic disabling pain centered from her brainstem.
This tragic event has changed Rodleen's life forever: She is disabled and unable to work,...
- 4/23/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
To those that lived through the dark periods of the BBFC, the Video Nasties debacle and beyond, the current classification/censorship situation in the UK may well seem like something of a dream scenario. Week after week previously banned films are released uncut, possibly surprisingly nuanced decisions are being made – the 15 certificate for Kick Ass, for instance – and the BBFC are providing the public with a great deal of information regarding their decisions. Taking a look at the BBFC website one finds a plethora of information about certification decisions and a number of documents relating to research and processes. David Cooke, the current Director of the BBFC, even blogs at The Huffington Post.
It may well seem like a new dawn for transparency and freedom of artistic expression, but recent decisions by the BBFC and published documents relating to the body have got many film fans worried that we are...
It may well seem like a new dawn for transparency and freedom of artistic expression, but recent decisions by the BBFC and published documents relating to the body have got many film fans worried that we are...
- 3/18/2013
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Just about every horror fan knows about Chris Alexander – writer, musician, journalist, and most famously Editor-in-Chief of Fangoria magazine. Now you can add film directing, cinematography and editing to that resume, as Chris has recently completed his first feature Blood for Irina – a surreal, dreamlike and provocative experiment inspired in part by some of international cinema's most beloved auteurs. I had a very cool Q&A with Chris about the film, his creative process, and the musical score, which he composed and performed himself.
FEARnet: I'm excited that Blood for Irina is making the rounds now. How does it feel seeing it on the big screen? Chris: It is exciting, and extra special for me, considering it was made for nothing and was my “hobby” movie. A few people actually like it and some even think it's destined for cult status. Who knows? But I'm enjoying the ride. How many...
FEARnet: I'm excited that Blood for Irina is making the rounds now. How does it feel seeing it on the big screen? Chris: It is exciting, and extra special for me, considering it was made for nothing and was my “hobby” movie. A few people actually like it and some even think it's destined for cult status. Who knows? But I'm enjoying the ride. How many...
- 1/30/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has already made waves over the last several years by heavily censoring A Serbian Film and The Human Centipede 2, and calling for an all-out ban on The Bunny Game. Now, according to a recent announcement, they're about to step up their game even more. In response to a public study carried out by an independent research group called Ipsos Mori, the board vowed to intervene more in the way films depict rape and sexual assault. Specifically, "scenes with make sexual or sadistic violence look appealing, reinforce the suggestion that victims enjoy rape and scenes that invite viewer complicity in rape or other harmful violent activities." According to BBFC director Sam Cook: "Once again the public have told...
- 12/11/2012
- Screen Anarchy
BBFC decision comes after research finds public concern over effect on 'vulnerable viewers', especially young men
Classification chiefs will tighten their policy on "sexual or sadistic violence" after new research found public concern over its effect on "vulnerable viewers".
The research, carried out on behalf of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), comes after controversy over so-called torture porn films including The Human Centipede II.
More than two and a half minutes were cut from the film about an obsessed horror movie fan who staples people together for kicks before it was given a certificate last year.
Around the same time the BBFC banned another film – The Bunny Game – about a prostitute kidnapped and sexually abused by a trucker.
Both films, and other controversial titles including A Serbian Film and Lars von Trier's Antichrist, were shown to carefully selected focus groups as part of the research.
The BBFC...
Classification chiefs will tighten their policy on "sexual or sadistic violence" after new research found public concern over its effect on "vulnerable viewers".
The research, carried out on behalf of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), comes after controversy over so-called torture porn films including The Human Centipede II.
More than two and a half minutes were cut from the film about an obsessed horror movie fan who staples people together for kicks before it was given a certificate last year.
Around the same time the BBFC banned another film – The Bunny Game – about a prostitute kidnapped and sexually abused by a trucker.
Both films, and other controversial titles including A Serbian Film and Lars von Trier's Antichrist, were shown to carefully selected focus groups as part of the research.
The BBFC...
- 12/10/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
This week’s Must Read is a rarity: Underground icon Damon Packard being interviewed in a major newspaper, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, on the occasion of his genius new film Foxfur screening at Craig Baldwin’s Other Cinema last night.And, you know it, it’s also not every day an underground film is profiled in the New York Times, so super congrats to director Adam Rehmeier and particularly Rodleen Getsic for this Nyt piece about the controversial nature of their The Bunny Game.Here’s a new “Must Bookmark” blog: A movie journal site by Melanie Wilmink, formerly of the $100 Film Festival, where she now hopes to open up discussion generated by indie films — and she’s doing a fantastic job so far!Also to bookmark: Eric Krasner has a blog regarding his in-progress documentary on legendary Yiddish comedian Mickey Katz.The Huffington Post reports on the totally...
- 9/16/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Over the past few years of my movie watching career, a film has never tripped me up quite the way that The Bunny Game has.
No need to regurgitate all my ramblings and questions from that experience (go read it you wanker) but in case you missed it (you wanker) here is a summary...I don't know what to do with The Bunny Game. I'm truly still at a loss as to where I stand on it. Obviously there is no better way to try to solve your misgivings or confusion by talking directly to one of the stars of the film.
Rodleen Getsic is one of those rare human beings that isn't afraid to seize life by the balls and hold on. Her performance was one of the few things in The Bunny Game that did not leave me clueless and confused about myself and my stance on morality.
No need to regurgitate all my ramblings and questions from that experience (go read it you wanker) but in case you missed it (you wanker) here is a summary...I don't know what to do with The Bunny Game. I'm truly still at a loss as to where I stand on it. Obviously there is no better way to try to solve your misgivings or confusion by talking directly to one of the stars of the film.
Rodleen Getsic is one of those rare human beings that isn't afraid to seize life by the balls and hold on. Her performance was one of the few things in The Bunny Game that did not leave me clueless and confused about myself and my stance on morality.
- 8/11/2012
- by Andre Dumas
- Planet Fury
By Allen Gardner
A Separation (Sony) This drama from Iran won the 2011 Best Foreign Film Oscar, telling the story of a couple who file for a legal separation, with the wife pushing for a divorce. He won’t leave his Alzheimer’s-afflicted father behind, while she is wanting to take their young daughter with her to the United States. After a series of misunderstandings, threats and legal actions, the couple find that there is more than just their marriage that’s on the line. Hyper-realistic to a fault, reminiscent of the neo-realist films that came out of post-ww II Europe, but also repressive and redundant in the extreme, with the characters seeming to throw the same temper tantrum for two hours straight while the story, meanwhile, seems stalled. Wildly overpraised film is a real litmus test, with viewers seeming to be staunch defenders or equally impassioned detractors. It did win an Oscar,...
A Separation (Sony) This drama from Iran won the 2011 Best Foreign Film Oscar, telling the story of a couple who file for a legal separation, with the wife pushing for a divorce. He won’t leave his Alzheimer’s-afflicted father behind, while she is wanting to take their young daughter with her to the United States. After a series of misunderstandings, threats and legal actions, the couple find that there is more than just their marriage that’s on the line. Hyper-realistic to a fault, reminiscent of the neo-realist films that came out of post-ww II Europe, but also repressive and redundant in the extreme, with the characters seeming to throw the same temper tantrum for two hours straight while the story, meanwhile, seems stalled. Wildly overpraised film is a real litmus test, with viewers seeming to be staunch defenders or equally impassioned detractors. It did win an Oscar,...
- 8/1/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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Total Recall: Mind-Bending Edition
Experience Total Recall the way it was meant to be seen with a pristine Director approved 1080P HD transfer! Action star extraordinaire Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can “remember” visiting the red planet that is...
Total Recall: Mind-Bending Edition
Experience Total Recall the way it was meant to be seen with a pristine Director approved 1080P HD transfer! Action star extraordinaire Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can “remember” visiting the red planet that is...
- 7/31/2012
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Directed by: Adam Rehmeier
Starring: Rodleen Getsic, Jeff Renfro
Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr. After knocking her out cold and taking her to a desolate place where no one can hear her cries, Jr subjects Sylvia to a series of increasingly twisted, sadistic "games". But will she survive the ultimate test when she wakes up with her head sealed in a white bunny mask?
I've heard a lot of uncomfortable whispers about Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game lately. The kind of whispers where people boast of its power to disturb and then the even quieter displays of acclaim and meaning the film just might have. Whether or not The Bunny Game does hold within its running time a symbol of deeper meaning is hindered by the fact that at least 75% of the horror movie watching population probably won't make it past the first 35 seconds.
Starring: Rodleen Getsic, Jeff Renfro
Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr. After knocking her out cold and taking her to a desolate place where no one can hear her cries, Jr subjects Sylvia to a series of increasingly twisted, sadistic "games". But will she survive the ultimate test when she wakes up with her head sealed in a white bunny mask?
I've heard a lot of uncomfortable whispers about Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game lately. The kind of whispers where people boast of its power to disturb and then the even quieter displays of acclaim and meaning the film just might have. Whether or not The Bunny Game does hold within its running time a symbol of deeper meaning is hindered by the fact that at least 75% of the horror movie watching population probably won't make it past the first 35 seconds.
- 7/29/2012
- by Andre Dumas
- Planet Fury
We've been hearing about how controversial The Bunny Game is for a while now. Think you're tough enough to handle it? Then enter our contest to win an autographed copy of the Blu-ry/DVD courtesy of our friends at Autonomy Pictures!
In order to enter for a chance to win one of the five copies we have available, just send an Email Here (contests@dreadcentral.com), including your full name and mailing address. We'll take care of the rest.
Synopsis:
Banned in the UK and partially inspired by a real-life experience of star Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game is an unflinching descent into torment and madness. Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey (Gestic in a brave, award-winning performance) turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). After knocking her out cold and taking her to a desolate place where no one can hear her cries, Jr subjects Sylvia to a series of increasingly twisted,...
In order to enter for a chance to win one of the five copies we have available, just send an Email Here (contests@dreadcentral.com), including your full name and mailing address. We'll take care of the rest.
Synopsis:
Banned in the UK and partially inspired by a real-life experience of star Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game is an unflinching descent into torment and madness. Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey (Gestic in a brave, award-winning performance) turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). After knocking her out cold and taking her to a desolate place where no one can hear her cries, Jr subjects Sylvia to a series of increasingly twisted,...
- 7/27/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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- 7/4/2012
- Horrorbid
The Bunny Game Trailer. Adam Rehmeier‘s The Bunny Game (2010) movie trailer stars Rodleen Getsic, Norwood Fisher, Gregg Gilmore, Paul Ill, and Loki. The Bunny Game‘s plot synopsis: “A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.” This movie looks insane. Very few movies are [...]
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- 6/3/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game gained notoriety last fall by being one of the recent victims of a BBFC ban. The film was refused certification by the board, who called it, "unacceptable to the public". While the film remains unreleasable in the UK, fledgling Us distributor Autonomy Pictures have decided to make this their first foray into the home video market. Autonomy Pictures is made up of three home video veterans with lots of experience in controversial films. Lewis Tice of Danger After Dark, David Gregory of Severin Films, and Derek Curl of Tla Releasing, have gotten into the home video game in an interesting way here, and I wish them the best. Here's some more info about The Bunny Game and Autonomy Pictures:Producer...
- 6/2/2012
- Screen Anarchy
If I had to describe Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game using only one word, I think I'd have to go with the word "controversial" for obvious reasons. Banned in the UK and partially inspired by a real-life experience of star Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game is an unflinching descent into torment and madness. Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey (Gestic in a brave, award-winning performance) turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). After knoc…...
- 6/1/2012
- Horrorbid
We recently learned when Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game will be getting its Blu-ray/DVD release by Autonomy Pictures (July 17, 2012), and now we have the box art and special features to share.
Limited theatrical dates (in theaters brave enough to screen it) and more teaser posters are forthcoming. Keep up-to-date via The Bunny Game Facebook page.
Synopsis:
Banned in the UK and partially inspired by a real-life experience of star Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game is an unflinching descent into torment and madness. Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey (Gestic in a brave, award-winning performance) turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). After knocking her out cold and taking her to a desolate place where no one can hear her cries, Jr subjects Sylvia to a series of increasingly twisted, sadistic “games”. But will she survive the ultimate test when she wakes up with her head sealed in a white leather bunny mask?...
Limited theatrical dates (in theaters brave enough to screen it) and more teaser posters are forthcoming. Keep up-to-date via The Bunny Game Facebook page.
Synopsis:
Banned in the UK and partially inspired by a real-life experience of star Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game is an unflinching descent into torment and madness. Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey (Gestic in a brave, award-winning performance) turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). After knocking her out cold and taking her to a desolate place where no one can hear her cries, Jr subjects Sylvia to a series of increasingly twisted, sadistic “games”. But will she survive the ultimate test when she wakes up with her head sealed in a white leather bunny mask?...
- 6/1/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Autonomy Pictures sent over the second of four teaser posters for the upcoming Us release of Adam Rehmeier's relentless horror film The Bunny Game and also provided us with the film's Blu-ray/DVD release date, which is July 17, 2012.
Disc extras, limited theatrical dates (in theaters brave enough to screen it) and more teaser posters are forthcoming. Keep up-to-date via The Bunny Game Facebook page.
Synopsis:
Banned in the UK and partially inspired by a real-life experience of star Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game is an unflinching descent into torment and madness. Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey (Gestic in a brave, award-winning performance) turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). After knocking her out cold and taking her to a desolate place where no one can hear her cries, Jr subjects Sylvia to a series of increasingly twisted, sadistic “games”. But will she survive the ultimate test when...
Disc extras, limited theatrical dates (in theaters brave enough to screen it) and more teaser posters are forthcoming. Keep up-to-date via The Bunny Game Facebook page.
Synopsis:
Banned in the UK and partially inspired by a real-life experience of star Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game is an unflinching descent into torment and madness. Junkie hooker Sylvia Grey (Gestic in a brave, award-winning performance) turns the wrong trick in demented trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). After knocking her out cold and taking her to a desolate place where no one can hear her cries, Jr subjects Sylvia to a series of increasingly twisted, sadistic “games”. But will she survive the ultimate test when...
- 5/25/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The image you see positioned below this needlessly verbose introduction is kind of hard to look at if you have a fear of being suffocated. I used to have dreams where I couldn’t breathe, and they terrified me. So the first teaser poster for director Adam Rehmeier’s controversial horror movie “The Bunny Game” is a little distressing. A tad unoriginal and familiar, but distressing nonetheless. Apparently the film was banned in England, though it’s supposed to arrive here in the States completely uncut. That should be interesting. Here’s what the flick is about: In The Bunny Game, junkie hooker Sylvia Gray (performance artist Rodleen Getsic) is abducted by trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). He subjects her, and the audience, to a sadistic journey into madness. A few theaters are supposed to screen “The Bunny Game” later this year, though, if I were you, I’d just wait...
- 4/28/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Autonomy Pictures presents the first of four teaser posters for the upcoming Us release of Adam Rehmeier's relentless horror film The Bunny Game. The unflinching indie film was recently banned in England but will see an uncut, uncensored North America limited theatrical (in states that will permit it) and DVD/Blu-ray release in July. Dates and additional information will be announced soon. In The Bunny Game junkie hooker Sylvia Gray (performanc…...
- 4/27/2012
- Horrorbid
The first in a series of new one-sheets for Autonomy Pictures' controversial release The Bunny Game is here, and it makes us a bit uncomfortable just looking at it. Check it out along with new stills and a trailer!
From the Press Release
Autonomy Pictures presents the first of four teaser posters for the upcoming Us release of Adam Rehmeier's relentless horror film The Bunny Game. The unflinching indie film was recently banned in England but will see an uncut, uncensored North America limited theatrical (in states that will permit it) and DVD/Blu-ray release in July. Dates and additional information will be announced soon.
In The Bunny Game junkie hooker Sylvia Gray (performance artist Rodleen Getsic in a fearless turn) is abducted by trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). He subjects her, and the audience, to a sadistic journey into madness. Partly inspired by a real-life experience that Getsic endured,...
From the Press Release
Autonomy Pictures presents the first of four teaser posters for the upcoming Us release of Adam Rehmeier's relentless horror film The Bunny Game. The unflinching indie film was recently banned in England but will see an uncut, uncensored North America limited theatrical (in states that will permit it) and DVD/Blu-ray release in July. Dates and additional information will be announced soon.
In The Bunny Game junkie hooker Sylvia Gray (performance artist Rodleen Getsic in a fearless turn) is abducted by trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). He subjects her, and the audience, to a sadistic journey into madness. Partly inspired by a real-life experience that Getsic endured,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Autonomy Pictures presents the first of four teaser posters for the upcoming Us release of Adam Rehmeier's relentless horror film The Bunny Game. The unflinching indie film was recently banned in England but will see an uncut, uncensored North American limited theatrical (in states that will permit it) and DVD/Blu-ray release in July.
Dates and additional information will be announced soon.
In The Bunny Game, junkie hooker Sylvia Gray (performance artist Rodleen Getsic) is abducted by trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). He subjects her, and the audience, to a sadistic journey into madness. Partly inspired by a real-life experience that Getsic endured, The Bunny Game pushes the boundaries of extreme realism in horror cinema.
Head inside for a larger look and keep tabs on the Facebook page for more.
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Dates and additional information will be announced soon.
In The Bunny Game, junkie hooker Sylvia Gray (performance artist Rodleen Getsic) is abducted by trucker Jr (Jeff Renfro). He subjects her, and the audience, to a sadistic journey into madness. Partly inspired by a real-life experience that Getsic endured, The Bunny Game pushes the boundaries of extreme realism in horror cinema.
Head inside for a larger look and keep tabs on the Facebook page for more.
Read more...
- 4/27/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Laurie Strode. Ellen Ripley. Nancy Thompson.
Many of the great horror movies are great precisely for the heroines whom audiences can identify with and root for. And it’s almost always better to have a heroine rise up to defeat pure evil much more so than a male hero. Even more, it’s the rare horror movie that successfully subverts the heroine’s role, such as Marion Crane being killed just when we realize we are even watching a horror movie at all.
The nameless prostitute (Rodleen Getsic) at the center of Adam Rehmeier‘s The Bunny Game subverts the heroine’s role in entirely different ways. First of all, she’s a prostitute, not the typical chaste leading lady we are to expect. When we first see her, she is being debased and dominated by an overly aggressive client in graphic detail, in a way not unlike one might...
Many of the great horror movies are great precisely for the heroines whom audiences can identify with and root for. And it’s almost always better to have a heroine rise up to defeat pure evil much more so than a male hero. Even more, it’s the rare horror movie that successfully subverts the heroine’s role, such as Marion Crane being killed just when we realize we are even watching a horror movie at all.
The nameless prostitute (Rodleen Getsic) at the center of Adam Rehmeier‘s The Bunny Game subverts the heroine’s role in entirely different ways. First of all, she’s a prostitute, not the typical chaste leading lady we are to expect. When we first see her, she is being debased and dominated by an overly aggressive client in graphic detail, in a way not unlike one might...
- 3/26/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Lausanne Underground Film Festival
The Lausanne Underground Film Festival is an epic 5-day event in Switzerland of the most outrageous movies from all over the world. The 11th annual edition will run on Oct. 17-21 at the Swiss Film Archives and will feature tons of new films, as well as retrospectives of legendary underground filmmakers. Submitting a film, as per Luff tradition, is free.
Luff typically screens a cross-section of over-the-top gross-out flicks, trippy cult movies, experimental narratives, documentaries on fringe subjects, short experimental films and a ton more.
Last year, they screened films such as the unbelievably outrageous The Taint by Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson, Calvin Lee Reeder’s experimental The Oregonian, Adam Rehmeier‘s fantastically brutal The Bunny Game, Marie Losier’s acclaimed portrait The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye and Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s 2011 Movie of the Year Profane by Usama Alshaibi,...
The Lausanne Underground Film Festival is an epic 5-day event in Switzerland of the most outrageous movies from all over the world. The 11th annual edition will run on Oct. 17-21 at the Swiss Film Archives and will feature tons of new films, as well as retrospectives of legendary underground filmmakers. Submitting a film, as per Luff tradition, is free.
Luff typically screens a cross-section of over-the-top gross-out flicks, trippy cult movies, experimental narratives, documentaries on fringe subjects, short experimental films and a ton more.
Last year, they screened films such as the unbelievably outrageous The Taint by Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson, Calvin Lee Reeder’s experimental The Oregonian, Adam Rehmeier‘s fantastically brutal The Bunny Game, Marie Losier’s acclaimed portrait The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye and Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s 2011 Movie of the Year Profane by Usama Alshaibi,...
- 3/24/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Gaze Film Series
Our first listing is an ongoing monthly film series, not a festival. So, there are no deadlines, no limit to how much you can submit and no submission fees. But, there is one catch: You have to be a female filmmaker to submit.
The Gaze Film Series is dedicated to any and all film and video made by women artists. They are currently accepting media in all formats, all lengths and any subject matter. Submissions can also be new work or previously screened material.
Screenings will take place monthly at the Artists Television Access center in San Francisco, California and films will be selected by a “committee of women cineastes.” No date has been set yet for the debut screening.
For more guidelines and to submit, please visit the Gaze Film Series website.
Arizona Underground Film Festival
The Arizona Underground Film Festival will celebrate its fifth anniversary...
Our first listing is an ongoing monthly film series, not a festival. So, there are no deadlines, no limit to how much you can submit and no submission fees. But, there is one catch: You have to be a female filmmaker to submit.
The Gaze Film Series is dedicated to any and all film and video made by women artists. They are currently accepting media in all formats, all lengths and any subject matter. Submissions can also be new work or previously screened material.
Screenings will take place monthly at the Artists Television Access center in San Francisco, California and films will be selected by a “committee of women cineastes.” No date has been set yet for the debut screening.
For more guidelines and to submit, please visit the Gaze Film Series website.
Arizona Underground Film Festival
The Arizona Underground Film Festival will celebrate its fifth anniversary...
- 3/10/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
It's been a long road getting the controversial little film The Bunny Game domestic distribution, but finally a light is showing at the end of the tunnel. Read on for all the details and a new still from the flick.
From the Press Release:
Producer Derek Curl (Tla Releasing/ The Innkeepers, Stake Land) announces the launch of the new label, Autonomy Pictures, a filmmaker-driven company dedicated to producing and distributing boundary-pushing, uncompromising cinema on a worldwide scale. The company, spearheaded by Curl, David Gregory (Severin Films/ Plague Town, The Theatre Bizarre), and Lewis Tice (Danger After Dark), has acquired all U.S. rights to Adam Rehmeier¹s The Bunny Game, a shockingly explicit cinematic experience about the abduction of a prostitute and the terror she is subjected to at the hands of her captive. Featuring a fearless performance by actress Rodleen Getsic, who also co-wrote the film with Rehmeir based on her own experiences,...
From the Press Release:
Producer Derek Curl (Tla Releasing/ The Innkeepers, Stake Land) announces the launch of the new label, Autonomy Pictures, a filmmaker-driven company dedicated to producing and distributing boundary-pushing, uncompromising cinema on a worldwide scale. The company, spearheaded by Curl, David Gregory (Severin Films/ Plague Town, The Theatre Bizarre), and Lewis Tice (Danger After Dark), has acquired all U.S. rights to Adam Rehmeier¹s The Bunny Game, a shockingly explicit cinematic experience about the abduction of a prostitute and the terror she is subjected to at the hands of her captive. Featuring a fearless performance by actress Rodleen Getsic, who also co-wrote the film with Rehmeir based on her own experiences,...
- 3/9/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The Bunny Game is a shockingly explicit cinematic experience about the abduction of a prostitute and the terror she is subjected to at the hands of her captive. Featuring a fearless performance by actress Rodleen Getsic, who also co-wrote the film with Rehmeir, based on her own experiences, The Bunny Game was recently banned in the UK but will be released in the Us uncut in July 2012.
- 3/9/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Producer Derek Curl (of Tla Releasing) has announced a new label, Autonomy Pictures, a filmmaker-driven company dedicated to producing and distributing boundary-pushing, uncompromising cinema on a worldwide scale.
The company, spearheaded by Curl, David Gregory (Severin Films) and Lewis Tice (Danger After Dark) has acquired all U.S. rights to Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game, a shockingly explicit cinematic experience about the abduction of a prostitute and the terror she is subjected to at the hands of her captive. Featuring a fearless performance by actress Rodleen Getsic, who also co-wrote the film with Rehmeir, based on her own experiences, The Bunny Game was recently banned in the UK but will be released in the Us uncut in July 2012.
Head inside for a look at the trailer.
Read more...
The company, spearheaded by Curl, David Gregory (Severin Films) and Lewis Tice (Danger After Dark) has acquired all U.S. rights to Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game, a shockingly explicit cinematic experience about the abduction of a prostitute and the terror she is subjected to at the hands of her captive. Featuring a fearless performance by actress Rodleen Getsic, who also co-wrote the film with Rehmeir, based on her own experiences, The Bunny Game was recently banned in the UK but will be released in the Us uncut in July 2012.
Head inside for a look at the trailer.
Read more...
- 3/9/2012
- by ryanrotten@shocktillyoudrop.com (Ryan Turek)
- shocktillyoudrop.com
When we last heard any news about Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game, it had been rejected for home video release by the BBFC who stated, "It is the Board's carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Boards Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, and would accordingly be unacceptable to the public." Rehmeier responded to Bloody Disgusting at the time stating: "I think 'The Bunny Game' is way less disturbing than 'Pretty Woman'. Somehow it's more socially acceptable to glamorize prostitution under the guise of a rags-to-riches fairy tale where Richard Gere falls in love with the whore by the end of the film."...
- 3/9/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Bunny Game, which has been described as ‘taking psychological and physical terror to new extremes’ was banned by the BBFC back in October of last year on the grounds that “the principal focus of The Bunny Game is the unremitting sexual and physical abuse of a helpless woman, as well as the sadistic and sexual pleasure the man derives from this.”
The film, which centres around a drug-addicted prostitute, Bunny, played by Rodleen Getsic, who is kidnapped by a truck driver (Jeff Renfro) and subjected to a harrowing series of sadistic and torturous games, will never see the light of day here in the UK, but thanks to the folks at Melon Farmers (who pointed us in the right direction) we can see a little of what director Adam Rehmeier’s The Bunny Game had in store for it’s audience:...
The film, which centres around a drug-addicted prostitute, Bunny, played by Rodleen Getsic, who is kidnapped by a truck driver (Jeff Renfro) and subjected to a harrowing series of sadistic and torturous games, will never see the light of day here in the UK, but thanks to the folks at Melon Farmers (who pointed us in the right direction) we can see a little of what director Adam Rehmeier’s The Bunny Game had in store for it’s audience:...
- 2/14/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Migrating Forms
Migrating Forms, the premiere festival for experimental media, is now open for entries for their fourth annual edition that will run at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on May 11-20.
Each year, Migrating Forms programs the most innovative, challenging, medium-defying, unique and flat-out unidentifiable films and videos from all over the world. Work ranges from the artistic documentary to the completely non-narrative filmic experiments to genre-bending narratives and more.
If you feel your film or video belongs in the upper echelon of experimental media-making, then this is the fest to try to get in to.
Early Deadline: Feb. 15, 2012
Entry Fee: $30
Regular Deadline: Mar. 1, 2012
Entry Fee: $40
Final Deadline: Mar. 15, 2012
Entry Fee: $50
Please visit the official Migrating Forms website for more info!
B-movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival
On the other side of the world is one of the more outrageous cult movie fests, the B-movie, Underground...
Migrating Forms, the premiere festival for experimental media, is now open for entries for their fourth annual edition that will run at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City on May 11-20.
Each year, Migrating Forms programs the most innovative, challenging, medium-defying, unique and flat-out unidentifiable films and videos from all over the world. Work ranges from the artistic documentary to the completely non-narrative filmic experiments to genre-bending narratives and more.
If you feel your film or video belongs in the upper echelon of experimental media-making, then this is the fest to try to get in to.
Early Deadline: Feb. 15, 2012
Entry Fee: $30
Regular Deadline: Mar. 1, 2012
Entry Fee: $40
Final Deadline: Mar. 15, 2012
Entry Fee: $50
Please visit the official Migrating Forms website for more info!
B-movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival
On the other side of the world is one of the more outrageous cult movie fests, the B-movie, Underground...
- 2/9/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 2011 PollyGrind Film Festival recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, and the madman behind the scenes, Chad Clinton Freeman, checked in with Dread Central to share with us exclusively the winners of this year's fest.
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
- 10/27/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Jeff Renfro, Rodleen Getsic, The Bunny Game Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game, a mix of explicit sex and physical and psychological abuse, has been banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), reports Total Film. A few weeks ago, the BBFC stirred up quite a bit of talk after it decided to ban Tom Six's The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), which opened (to disappointing business) via IFC Films in the United States last week. [See partial list of the BBFC's banned movies.] The BBFC explained its position in a statement that reads: "The principal focus of The Bunny Game is the unremitting sexual and physical abuse of a helpless woman, as well as the sadistic and sexual pleasure the man derives from this." BBFC director David Cooke added that “it is the Board’s carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines,...
- 10/14/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Horror movie 'The Bunny Game' has been banned by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). The classification board has decided the film - which stars Rodleen Getsic - will not be given a certificate for release in the UK, either in theatres or on DVD, because of the graphic scenes of sexual and physical abuse, making the 13th movie in the Board's history to be banned. The movie's plot focuses on the terrifying ordeal of a drug addicted prostitute who is kidnapped by a truck driver and tortured and the classification body has decided the scenes are...
- 10/14/2011
- Virgin Media - Movies
Back in June Trinity announced that they had acquired the UK rights to Adam Rehmeier’s controversial film The Bunny Game and were set to release it through their new home entertainment label Trinity X early next year. Now that release will not happen thanks to a ban on the film by the BBFC who have denied it a release on the grounds that “the principal focus of The Bunny Game is the unremitting sexual and physical abuse of a helpless woman, as well as the sadistic and sexual pleasure the man derives from this.”
While BBFC director David Cooke added:
It is the Board’s carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, and would accordingly be unacceptable to the public.
While BBFC director David Cooke added:
It is the Board’s carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the Video Recordings Act, and would accordingly be unacceptable to the public.
- 10/13/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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