quietearth [DVD News 01.27.15] scifi horror action thriller adventure

I called Open Windows "the most relevant thriller of the year" and, while the movie is shaky at times and the ending is a but of a WTF? I stand by that. [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.27.15] documentary

Imagine waking up, seeing someone you don't know in your room and then discovering that you can't move. You can’t run, you can't hide – you're frozen. Sleep paralysis is a real thing and director Rodney Ascher is about to let the world know all about it. [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.27.15] thriller war

We haven't talked much about the upcoming thriller Child 44 but the concept for this project is just too good to pass up. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.27.15] post apocalyptic zombies apocalyptic

Radar Pictures announced today that they will produce writer-director Cameron Romero’s ORIGINS. Yep, George Romero's is bringing us a new film set in his father's "Living Dead" universe, taking us back to Vietnam where the dead first rose. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.27.15] post apocalyptic apocalyptic horror

Director John Suits (The Scribbler) has made a first-person apocalypse thriller that Content Media are calling a potential gamer changer. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.27.15] horror

Why can't studios ever just leave well enough alone? [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.27.15] horror

It seems somehow appropriate that a few hours after the debut of our first teaser for Eli Roth's upcoming horror movie Knock Knock we get another, completely unrelated horror movie with the same name. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.26.15] post apocalyptic scifi horror thriller

It must be Turbo Kid day here at QE! We literally just chatted with the directors of super fun 80s throwback Turbo Kid and they go and drop the trailer on us! [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Interviews 01.26.15] post apocalyptic scifi adventure

This morning, hours before their world premiere at Sundance, I had the chance to chat with François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell, the trio of writer/directors better known as RKSS and the hive mind behind the highly anticipated PA movie Turbo Kid, the first clip from which we posted on Friday. [Continue reading]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.26.15] drama arthouse avant-garde

As previously mentioned, UK's Cat's Eyes provided the soundtrack to Peter Strickland’s sumptuous new thriller "The Duke Of Burgundy" (review) and have released the film's opening credits in their entirety as the group's official video. [Continue reading]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.26.15] horror thriller

On the eve of its debut at Sundance 2015, the first trailer has premiered for Eli Roth's new thriller Knock Knock starring Keanu Reeves as a happily married man tempted by two young girls who knock on his door looking for help.
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Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.23.15] post apocalyptic action adventure

At this point, if you don't know what Turbo Kid is, you're basically beyond help. We've talked about the upcoming movie, directed by a tag team of awesome folks that go by the initials RKSS, a couple of times but because we love you guys so much, we're going to give you the low-down one more time. [Continue reading]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.23.15] horror

What if the ghastly images and abominations haunting our collective nightmares actually exist? [Continue reading (3 comments)]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.23.15] post apocalyptic

Obviously one of our most anticipated films of 2015 is Craig Zobel's adaptation of Z For Zacharia, the post-apocalyptic novel by Robert C. O'Brien. The film is set to star a great cast in Chris Pine, Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor. [Continue reading (6 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Cathode Ray Mission 01.22.15] horror thriller drama

If you're into dark and creepy and you're not watching NBC's "Hannibal," you're missing out on some of the best and creepiest TV currently out there. The cat and mouse mental (and physical) chase between Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) is nothing short of spectacular. Almost as spectacular as the fact that the show, which is scheduled to ... [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.22.15] thriller drama

Mélanie Laurent is likely best known to Quiet Earth readers for her turn as Shosanna in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and for a role in Dennis Villeneuve's outstanding Enemy (review) but the French actress has aspirations to direct and she's been working behind the came for a number of years. [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.22.15]

Over the last few years I've come to be of the mind that a project Vincent Cassel stars in is always worth a peek. They're not all great but Cassel is always great in them and there's great entertainment and insight to be had from watching an actor of Cassel's prowess fully embody a role – which he seems to do regardless of how large or small. [Continue reading]

Simon Read [Interviews 01.21.15] scifi

Having recently completed post-production on his new feature, Bill, The Galactic Hero, Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Walker) is almost ready to release the film for free online. Adapted from Harry Harrison's novel of the same name, and funded through Kickstarter, the project has been a collaboration between Cox and students at the University of Colorado, where Cox ... [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.21.15] horror

While we eagerly anticipate the day Bruce McDonald makes the much buzzed about Pontypool (review) sequel, we'll take pretty much anything else the director is working on, and this time it happens to be a little horror movie which the maverick filmmaker is getting to debut at one of the most prestigious festivals in the world. [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.21.15] animation comedy steampunk adventure

It may be aimed towards children and have a horrendous voice over, but this little diddy looks like it might just be good. It's set in an alternate France with suspended cable cars, bowler hats, and lots of moustaches. As far as I can find the only slated release is for December 2015 in France.. for the rest of the world, it just got put on the sales market. The origi... [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.20.15] horror

The world premiere of writer/director Gavin Michael Booth's new horror feature The Scarehouse was held back in October of 2014 in Windsor, Ontario, and since then the film has been released wide to some acclaim. The film won “Best Feature” at the New York City Horror Film Festival and indie horror fans have been raving on social media sites. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.20.15] scifi horror thriller

Christian Alvart's production company Syrreal Entertainment has struck a deal with German-based Global Screen to co-develop features. I'm not exactly sure what the deal means if they are not helping to finance production, but if it means we get a new dark science fiction flick from the director of Pandorum, then whatever! [Continue reading]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.19.15] post apocalyptic horror

I found season one of Guillermo del Toro's The Strain, well, strained. A strong opening led to a slow-moving series of set up episodes that I found tedious at times. Maybe it's because I'd already read the first book, but it wasn't until about episode 8 that things started picking up again. [Continue reading]

Christopher Webster [Book News 01.19.15] post apocalyptic apocalyptic book

Editor John Joseph Adams has announced a sequel to the acclaimed post-apocalyptic short story anthology Wastelands. Called Wastelands 2 - More Stories of the Apocalypse, the compilation will include authors like George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire) and Hugh Howey (Wool). [Continue reading]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.16.15] action drama

When I saw this in my inbox this morning, I must admit I was a bit resistant. What on earth is this Anarchy thing? And then I open the trailer and all becomes clear. [Continue reading]

Christopher Webster [Cathode Ray Mission 01.16.15]

Syfy recently admitted that since Battlestar Galactica wrapped they've kind of dropped the ball in terms of developing serious genre TV. Now with shows like Ascension, Helix and The Expanse, they are hoping to get back to more dense storytelling. [Continue reading (1 comment)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.15.15] drama

I must admit that I was a bit weirded out by Claudia Llosa's Milk of Sorrow a few years ago (all I'll say is vagina potato) but that coming of age/sexual awakening story, as strange as it was, has stuck with me in a way that most movies don't. Now the Peruvian born director is getting set to unleash her latest project into the world and it has the potential to be just... [Continue reading (2 comments)]

Marina Antunes [Celluloid 01.14.15] drama

Eadweard James Muybridge was kind of a big deal in the world of early movies. A bookseller-turned-photographer, Muybridge became world famous for his photographs of Yosemite Valley, for his pioneering work in stop motion photography and for developing a device for projecting motion pictures. Essentially, he was a forefather of the motion picture. [Continue reading]

Christopher Webster [Celluloid 01.13.15] drama biopic

Director Michael Almereyda's film about famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram is coming in 2015 and it's one of many folks' most anticipated of the coming year. The film stars Peter Sarsgaard as Milgram and Winona Ryder as his wife, Sasha Menkin Milgram [Continue reading]

quietearth [Celluloid 01.13.15] apocalyptic action thriller

Chilean director Diego Ayala makes his feature debut with 6 Hours, an intense looking disaster film about a nuclear reactor suffering a core breach and going into full meltdown. With annihilation looming in only 6 Hours, the character of the film have to deal with making tough choices. [Continue reading (5 comments)]