Don’t let the fuzzy ears fool you. A cuddly teddy bear strolls through the mundanity of suburban living until he snaps in the most interesting — and completely disgusting — of ways in the disorienting short film The Sleuth Incident by Jason Kupfer.
Any thorough discussion of The Sleuth Incident will most likely ruin its power for those who haven’t experienced it yet. (So, please be sure to watch before reading on.)
Although visually hyper-realistic, the film unfolds in a dream-like way through its slow pacing, initially monotonous soundtrack and garish color palette. With the cartoonish quality of the super-sharp colors and the long, drawn-out tracking shots of the teddy bear gliding around town, Kupfer does a thorough job of lulling the audience into a hypnotic trance — all the more fully broken when the film switches gears into a maniacally gleeful, and unexpected, bloodbath.
The film is open enough to...
Any thorough discussion of The Sleuth Incident will most likely ruin its power for those who haven’t experienced it yet. (So, please be sure to watch before reading on.)
Although visually hyper-realistic, the film unfolds in a dream-like way through its slow pacing, initially monotonous soundtrack and garish color palette. With the cartoonish quality of the super-sharp colors and the long, drawn-out tracking shots of the teddy bear gliding around town, Kupfer does a thorough job of lulling the audience into a hypnotic trance — all the more fully broken when the film switches gears into a maniacally gleeful, and unexpected, bloodbath.
The film is open enough to...
- 4/9/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Filmmaker Jason Kupfer, who is a remarkable visual stylist, is about to begin production on his latest short film, M Is for Masks.
Although this short is intended for the director’s competition for the upcoming feature anthology sequel The ABCs of Death 2, knowing Kupfer’s strong knack for visual storytelling, this short will be a great viewing experience whatever the screening context. (We think he’s got a great shot at making it in, too.)
So, why not help support this talented young artist by contributing to his Indiegogo crowdfunding campain for M Is for Masks? He’s offering lots of great rewards and is even promising to refund donations if the film gets selected for The ABCs of Death 2. That’s not something one sees much in funding campaigns.
Kupfer is probably most well-known for his previous short horror film The Sleuth Incident, a stunning and bloody extravaganza...
Although this short is intended for the director’s competition for the upcoming feature anthology sequel The ABCs of Death 2, knowing Kupfer’s strong knack for visual storytelling, this short will be a great viewing experience whatever the screening context. (We think he’s got a great shot at making it in, too.)
So, why not help support this talented young artist by contributing to his Indiegogo crowdfunding campain for M Is for Masks? He’s offering lots of great rewards and is even promising to refund donations if the film gets selected for The ABCs of Death 2. That’s not something one sees much in funding campaigns.
Kupfer is probably most well-known for his previous short horror film The Sleuth Incident, a stunning and bloody extravaganza...
- 10/11/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This past weekend saw the first Famous Monsters/Imagi-Movies film festival. It was a fabulous 3 days of films and film makers, genre legends past and present, and devoted fans.
The festival started Friday with showing of the short and feature length films from amateur and student film makers entries. Also showing was a collection of Stephen King Dollar Baby’s, followed by a panel of film makers including Mick Garris and Mark L. Lester. The evening wrapped up with a showing of the original House on Haunted Hill and a showing of our very own Phil Kim’s post collapse Downstream.
Saturday fans got to meet with Victoria Price and Roger Corman as part of the Masque of Red Death panel. In the evening we all were treated with an amazing print of Dracula followed by a Q&A with Bela Legosi Jr. and Carla Leammle. The night ended with...
The festival started Friday with showing of the short and feature length films from amateur and student film makers entries. Also showing was a collection of Stephen King Dollar Baby’s, followed by a panel of film makers including Mick Garris and Mark L. Lester. The evening wrapped up with a showing of the original House on Haunted Hill and a showing of our very own Phil Kim’s post collapse Downstream.
Saturday fans got to meet with Victoria Price and Roger Corman as part of the Masque of Red Death panel. In the evening we all were treated with an amazing print of Dracula followed by a Q&A with Bela Legosi Jr. and Carla Leammle. The night ended with...
- 4/12/2011
- by Dave
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Famous Monsters of Filmland has announced a change in date and venue for its first annual Imagi-Movies Film Festival. The three-day event will be held at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills, CA, located at 9036 Wilshire Blvd., from April 8-10, 2011, celebrating the legacy of Forrest J Ackerman, America's #1 sci-fi fan.
From the Press Release:
The Imagi-Movies Film Festival 2011 continues in the spirit of Famous Monsters, inspiring the imagination of storytellers worldwide. Along with the independent films from our FM Film Festival finalists, the Imagi-Movies Festival will celebrate the Vincent Price Centennial with daughter Victoria Price and the 80th anniversary of Universal's Frankenstein and Dracula with the Lugosi family. Additionally, the theater will feature exclusive previews for upcoming horror films such as Universal's The Thing, a rare collection of Stephen King's Dollar Babies exposé, and a Famous Monsters and the H.P. Lovecraft Society's compilation of Lovecraft films in...
From the Press Release:
The Imagi-Movies Film Festival 2011 continues in the spirit of Famous Monsters, inspiring the imagination of storytellers worldwide. Along with the independent films from our FM Film Festival finalists, the Imagi-Movies Festival will celebrate the Vincent Price Centennial with daughter Victoria Price and the 80th anniversary of Universal's Frankenstein and Dracula with the Lugosi family. Additionally, the theater will feature exclusive previews for upcoming horror films such as Universal's The Thing, a rare collection of Stephen King's Dollar Babies exposé, and a Famous Monsters and the H.P. Lovecraft Society's compilation of Lovecraft films in...
- 3/16/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The Arizona Underground Film Festival wrapped up its 3rd and biggest year ever back on Sept. 25. Over a wild eight days, the fest screened 30 feature films and 50 short films from all over the world, some of them making their world premiere or their U.S. debut. Out of those films, Auff handed out a dozen awards.
Auff gave out awards to both shorts and features in the categories of Best Narrative, Best Horror, Best Documentary. Plus, they gave out awards such as Best Exploitation, Best Experimental, Audience Award, Director’s Choice and more.
Best Experimental went to a film directed nearly 30 years ago that’s just being seen now. That film is Window on Your Present by Cinqué Lee, brother of Spike Lee.
Other big winners are Corey Adams and Alex Craig’s skateboard fantasy Machotaildrop for Best Narrative Feature; Aurelio Voltaire‘s short film Demiurge Emesis for Best Animation...
Auff gave out awards to both shorts and features in the categories of Best Narrative, Best Horror, Best Documentary. Plus, they gave out awards such as Best Exploitation, Best Experimental, Audience Award, Director’s Choice and more.
Best Experimental went to a film directed nearly 30 years ago that’s just being seen now. That film is Window on Your Present by Cinqué Lee, brother of Spike Lee.
Other big winners are Corey Adams and Alex Craig’s skateboard fantasy Machotaildrop for Best Narrative Feature; Aurelio Voltaire‘s short film Demiurge Emesis for Best Animation...
- 9/29/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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
The 2009 Freak Show Horror Film Festival took place this past weekend in Orlando, and Festival Director Robert J. Massetti just hit Fango with the full list of winners from the latest event.
The three day celebration of the best in independent horror was highlighted by the World Premieres of Herschell Gordon Lewis' The Uh-oh Show (formerly Grim Fairy Tale) and The Black Waters Of Echo's Pond.
Attending the festival were Danielle Harris (Halloween) who starred in two films screening at the festival that included Blood Night and The Black Waters Of Echo's Pond, the “Baby Sitter Twins” Elise and Electra Avellan, and producers and directors of a majority of films that screened at the festival. The festival ended on a high note as an elaborate awards ceremony was topped off by Herschell Gordon Lewis who received the festivals Lifetime Achievement Award to a standing ovation. During the ceremony, Mr.
The three day celebration of the best in independent horror was highlighted by the World Premieres of Herschell Gordon Lewis' The Uh-oh Show (formerly Grim Fairy Tale) and The Black Waters Of Echo's Pond.
Attending the festival were Danielle Harris (Halloween) who starred in two films screening at the festival that included Blood Night and The Black Waters Of Echo's Pond, the “Baby Sitter Twins” Elise and Electra Avellan, and producers and directors of a majority of films that screened at the festival. The festival ended on a high note as an elaborate awards ceremony was topped off by Herschell Gordon Lewis who received the festivals Lifetime Achievement Award to a standing ovation. During the ceremony, Mr.
- 10/15/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
Sporting some of the sweetest horror of the year, the NYC Horror Film Fest has it's kick off party at the Don Hills Night Club on Wednesday, November 12th at 8pm and runs at the Tribeca Cinemas. There's a host of great shorts, including Eel Girl and Treevenge, and for the main program, films like Bad Biology, Daniel Myrick's The Objective (this is a good one), and How to be a serial killer are playing. You can check the full schedule of shorts and features after the break or at the official website.
Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St. @ Canal)
Nov. 13th though the 16th
Program 1
Thursday, Nov. 13th 9:00pm
Antibody (Dir. Nathan Bezner / 20 min)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (Dir. by Makoto Kamiya / 96 min)
Program 2
Friday, Nov. 14th 7:30pm
Legend of Ol’Goldie (Dir. by Matthew Snyman / 8 min)
Martians Go Home (Dir. by Dan Moreno / 20 min)
Alien Raiders (Dir.
Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St. @ Canal)
Nov. 13th though the 16th
Program 1
Thursday, Nov. 13th 9:00pm
Antibody (Dir. Nathan Bezner / 20 min)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (Dir. by Makoto Kamiya / 96 min)
Program 2
Friday, Nov. 14th 7:30pm
Legend of Ol’Goldie (Dir. by Matthew Snyman / 8 min)
Martians Go Home (Dir. by Dan Moreno / 20 min)
Alien Raiders (Dir.
- 11/6/2008
- QuietEarth.us
We just got the final lowdown from the guys behind this year’s New York City Horror Film Festival with the first look at their full schedule! The festival runs from November 12th–16th this year, and there’s some great stuff on the schedule. Check it out below, and then head to the official NYC Horror Film Festival site to get your tickets!
Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St. @ Canal)
Thursday, Nov. 13th
9:00pm
"Antibody" (Dir. Nathan Bezner / 20 mins) Resident Evil: Degeneration (Dir. by Makoto Kamiya / 96 min)
The Resident Evil franchise gets a brand new addition this winter with Resident Evil: Degeneration. It's the first full CGI Resident Evil movie and picks up seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City by the Us government after the first zombie outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation. It's set in a Us airport where the T-Virus gets released once again...
Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St. @ Canal)
Thursday, Nov. 13th
9:00pm
"Antibody" (Dir. Nathan Bezner / 20 mins) Resident Evil: Degeneration (Dir. by Makoto Kamiya / 96 min)
The Resident Evil franchise gets a brand new addition this winter with Resident Evil: Degeneration. It's the first full CGI Resident Evil movie and picks up seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City by the Us government after the first zombie outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation. It's set in a Us airport where the T-Virus gets released once again...
- 11/3/2008
- by Johnny Butane
- DreadCentral.com
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