Once upon a time Arnold Schwarzenegger told the world hed be back. He wasnt lying. Hes back and hes back in a huge way. Maggie Henry Hobsons dramatic zombie piece looks spectacular and if the trailer and this first clip are any true indicator it could be a new career high point for the muscle bound bad ass who once tangled with predators in a Central American jungle.
- 4/23/2015
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
This unnerving slice of pill-popping, acid-tripping Midwestern life (now on DVD from Halo-8) feels like August Strindberg’s Dream Play filtered through the mind of retro-modern surrealists like The Manson Family’s Jim VanBebber and Julien Donkey-boy’s Harmony Korine. But filmmaker Adam Wingard leaps beyond even those cinematic transgressors in terms of stripping away narrative conventions, to the point where Pop Skull is less a narrative than a disaffected meditation by a depressed 20something pill addict, Daniel (played by perpetually spooked-out Lane Hughes, who also scripted with Wingard and E.L. Katz).
There’s no easy genre classification handy for this film. Even to describe it as “experimental” seems like a misnomer, since that implies certain art-house trappings—the movie feels more like flipping through the pages of a troubled young man’s diary, so “personal cinema” is an easy label. But what gives with all the images of ghosts,...
There’s no easy genre classification handy for this film. Even to describe it as “experimental” seems like a misnomer, since that implies certain art-house trappings—the movie feels more like flipping through the pages of a troubled young man’s diary, so “personal cinema” is an easy label. But what gives with all the images of ghosts,...
- 8/15/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Jeremiah Kipp)
- Fangoria
Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) is set to star in Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede, say the trades. The film is an adaptation of the Bradley Denton comic sci-fi novel. Robert Rugan wrote the script and will direct. In the film, Heder will play Oliver Vale, an average geek whose uneventful life changes when Buddy Holly turns up on every TV channel and declares that Vale is the only one who understands why this is happening -- which causes Vale to be pursued by a mob of disguised aliens. Rugan was creative director of the motion graphics boutique Superfad, and his first indie feature was Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland, which starred Maggie Henry and was released in 2004. Molly Mayeux (Diary of a Mad Black Woman) is producing Buddy Holly through her Dahlia Street Films banner with producer partner Michael Hennessy (Trailer Park of Terror). Heder also recently signed...
- 8/13/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Halo-8 Entertainment has announced that key talent from Godkiller, Pop Skull, and Xombie will be appearing at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, including: Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Nicki Clyne, James Farr, Geoff Edwards, E.L. Katz, Hannah Hughes, Maggie Henry, Peter Katz, Justin Pierre, Brian Giberson, Matt Pizzolo, and Lance Henriksen.Godkiller talent appearing at Sdcc '09: actress Danielle Harris (also known for Halloween 4, 5, H1, H2). actor Bill Moseley (also known for The Devil's Rejects). actress Nicki Clyne (also known for Battlestar Galactica). actor Justin Pierre (also known...
- 7/22/2009
- MoviesOnline.ca
Halo-8 Entertainment has announced that key talent from "Godkiller", "Pop Skull", and "Xombie" will be appearing at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, including: Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Nicki Clyne, James Farr, Geoff Edwards, E.L. Katz, Hannah Hughes, Maggie Henry, Peter Katz, Justin Pierre, Brian Giberson, Matt Pizzolo, and Lance Henriksen. "Godkiller" talent appearing at Sdcc '09: - actress Danielle Harris (also known for "Halloween 4", "Halloween 5", "H1", "H2"). - actor Bill Moseley (also known for "The Devil's Rejects"). - actress Nicki Clyne (also known for "Battlestar Galactica"). - actor Justin Pierre (also known as singer of the band Motion City Soundtrack). - animator Brian Giberson (also known for Emmy-winning "Red Bull Air Race"). - writer-director Matt Pizzolo...
- 7/18/2009
- www.ohmygore.com/
And Halo-8 continues its quest to bring fans some truly unique genre programming. This time it's director Adam Wingard's slice of mind altering horror known as Pop Skull.
Pop Skull (review) depicts the lonely and disjointed life of Daniel, a young Alabama pill addict, as his efforts to cope with the trials of his day-to-day life collide with the increasing influence of murderous and displaced spirits that inhabit his home. Plagued by ghosts, Daniel discovers his home holds a secret to a grisly crime... a crime he's doomed to repeat if he can't prevail against the forces that haunt him.
"Two years in the making and dozens of cough medicine induced drunken hazes later, Pop Skull is finally emerging onto DVD with the support of indie distributor Halo-8," said director Adam Wingard. "It wasn't an easy road to get here, and perhaps in this time of economic collapse it...
Pop Skull (review) depicts the lonely and disjointed life of Daniel, a young Alabama pill addict, as his efforts to cope with the trials of his day-to-day life collide with the increasing influence of murderous and displaced spirits that inhabit his home. Plagued by ghosts, Daniel discovers his home holds a secret to a grisly crime... a crime he's doomed to repeat if he can't prevail against the forces that haunt him.
"Two years in the making and dozens of cough medicine induced drunken hazes later, Pop Skull is finally emerging onto DVD with the support of indie distributor Halo-8," said director Adam Wingard. "It wasn't an easy road to get here, and perhaps in this time of economic collapse it...
- 3/23/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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