To this day, filmmaker Bill Posley will not say “Candyman” five times while looking in the mirror. But he will write him a letter.
It sounds strange, but that turned out to be the exact way to summon the attention of a cinematic legend like Candyman actor Tony Todd and to request that he consider a pivotal role in Posley’s new slasher movie and directorial debut, Bitch Ass.
“We were looking for somebody to be our Vincent Price, this Crypt-Keeper type, intro-ing the movie,” Posley says. Eventually, the Bitch Ass writer-director and his collaborators came around to the idea of reaching out to the statesman of the type of Black horror they aimed to resurrect; the only thing was that Todd would only accept queries by mail—and return with a call of his own.
That call eventually came when Posley was on another job. Standing in an Arkansan...
It sounds strange, but that turned out to be the exact way to summon the attention of a cinematic legend like Candyman actor Tony Todd and to request that he consider a pivotal role in Posley’s new slasher movie and directorial debut, Bitch Ass.
“We were looking for somebody to be our Vincent Price, this Crypt-Keeper type, intro-ing the movie,” Posley says. Eventually, the Bitch Ass writer-director and his collaborators came around to the idea of reaching out to the statesman of the type of Black horror they aimed to resurrect; the only thing was that Todd would only accept queries by mail—and return with a call of his own.
That call eventually came when Posley was on another job. Standing in an Arkansan...
- 9/20/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to “Bitch Ass,” a horror movie that premiered at this year’s SXSW where it won the Midnighter’s Audience Award and earned praise for its sly reinvention of the slasher genre.
The film stars Teon Kelley (“Tyler”), Tunde Laleye (“Black as Night”), Me’lisa Sellers (“Split”), Tony Todd (“Candyman”), and Sheaun McKinney (“The Neighborhood”) and was written and directed by Bill Posley (“Cobra Kai”). Quiver Distribution is planning an October 14, 2022 release.
Quiver says the film blends comedy, horror and social commentary, while telling the story of a gang initiation gone wrong when a group of four recruits break into a house of horror and are forced by Bitch Ass (Laleye) to play deadly games for their lives. Win and you live – lose and you die.
Reviewers liked the movie with Bloody Disgusting praising its “gleeful sense of fun and creativity” and The Austin...
The film stars Teon Kelley (“Tyler”), Tunde Laleye (“Black as Night”), Me’lisa Sellers (“Split”), Tony Todd (“Candyman”), and Sheaun McKinney (“The Neighborhood”) and was written and directed by Bill Posley (“Cobra Kai”). Quiver Distribution is planning an October 14, 2022 release.
Quiver says the film blends comedy, horror and social commentary, while telling the story of a gang initiation gone wrong when a group of four recruits break into a house of horror and are forced by Bitch Ass (Laleye) to play deadly games for their lives. Win and you live – lose and you die.
Reviewers liked the movie with Bloody Disgusting praising its “gleeful sense of fun and creativity” and The Austin...
- 6/29/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, 12:23 Pm: South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced the Audience Award winners for the 29th SXSW Film Festival, with the Patton Oswalt comedy I Love My Dad, FX’s comedy series Atlanta, Sony Pictures Classics’ music doc The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile and AMC’s drama series 61st Street coming in as notable recipients.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
- 3/23/2022
- by Valerie Complex and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Bitch Ass Review — Bitch Ass (2022) Film Review from the 29th Annual South by Southwest Film Festival, a movie directed by Bill Posley, written by Jonathan Colomb and Bill Posley and starring Teon Kelley, Tunde Laleye, Me’lisa Sellers, Kelsey Caesar, Sheaun McKinney, A-f-r-o, Belle Guillory, Tony Todd, Jarvis Denman Jr., Tim J. Smith, [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Bitch Ass: Old School Horror Returns to the Screen in a Routine Fashion [SXSW 2022]...
Continue reading: Film Review: Bitch Ass: Old School Horror Returns to the Screen in a Routine Fashion [SXSW 2022]...
- 3/19/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Move over Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, a new horror villain has been born and we now have the first Black masked serial killer. The film Bitch Ass just had its World Premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and director Bill Posley and writer Jonathan Colomb couldn’t be any happier about their incredibly creative and bloody addition to the slasher subgenre premiering at the festival.
Bitch Ass tells the story of a kid named Cecil, who is brutally bullied because of his love for board games. When Cecil grows up and takes on the persona created by his awful nickname, Bitch Ass, the real games begin and this time the players are playing for their lives. The film poses the question of whether or not Bitch Ass is an antihero or a monster and allows the audience to play along and decide for themselves. Featuring an extremely talented all Black cast,...
Bitch Ass tells the story of a kid named Cecil, who is brutally bullied because of his love for board games. When Cecil grows up and takes on the persona created by his awful nickname, Bitch Ass, the real games begin and this time the players are playing for their lives. The film poses the question of whether or not Bitch Ass is an antihero or a monster and allows the audience to play along and decide for themselves. Featuring an extremely talented all Black cast,...
- 3/15/2022
- by Michelle Swope
- DailyDead
SXSW 2022 Review: Bitch Ass is an Incredibly Enjoyable Slasher with Incomparable, Blood-Soaked Kills
It’s 2022 and except for a few films like Candyman, Blacula, Bones, and Us, there is still a frustrating lack of Black horror villains. Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Ghostface all have their own successful franchises, but genre film clearly still has a lot of work to do as far as representation and diversity. Filmmaker Bill Posley (Culty) is not only putting in the work, but he also created a unique slasher film with the potential to be the first Black horror franchise. Written by Posley and Jonathan Colomb, and directed by Posley, Bitch Ass, features the first Black masked serial killer, as well as an entirely Black cast, and is having its World Premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival.
In Bitch Ass, horror legend Tony Todd (Candyman) is the host of a show called Hood Horror Stories, where he introduces the story of a kid named Cecil,...
In Bitch Ass, horror legend Tony Todd (Candyman) is the host of a show called Hood Horror Stories, where he introduces the story of a kid named Cecil,...
- 3/15/2022
- by Michelle Swope
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Candyman star Tony Todd wants the world to know he’s not retiring.
Not only is he too busy working on a multitude of projects at any given time, but he also wants to spend more time with his growing family and supporting up-and-coming Black talent like writer Bill Posley. The pair recently collaborated on Posley’s directorial film debut, Bitch Ass, featuring one of the only masked Black serial killers to appear in film.
Deadline has an exclusive clip of Todd as the character Titus Blaq in Bitch Ass above.
Described as Think Don’t Breathe meets Squid Game—but Black, the film is an homage to 90s horror films like Tales From The Hood and People Under the Stairs. It will celebrate its world premiere at SXSW tonight at Alamo Lamar D at 10 p.m.
The film tells the story of Cecil (Tunde Laleye), a normal teenager...
Not only is he too busy working on a multitude of projects at any given time, but he also wants to spend more time with his growing family and supporting up-and-coming Black talent like writer Bill Posley. The pair recently collaborated on Posley’s directorial film debut, Bitch Ass, featuring one of the only masked Black serial killers to appear in film.
Deadline has an exclusive clip of Todd as the character Titus Blaq in Bitch Ass above.
Described as Think Don’t Breathe meets Squid Game—but Black, the film is an homage to 90s horror films like Tales From The Hood and People Under the Stairs. It will celebrate its world premiere at SXSW tonight at Alamo Lamar D at 10 p.m.
The film tells the story of Cecil (Tunde Laleye), a normal teenager...
- 3/14/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
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