The new horror film ‘Mark of the Beast,’ which is based on Rudyard Kipling’s short story of the same name, is set to be released on DVD on October 23 from Mvd Entertainment Group. The Bloodbath Pictures and Hale Manor film was directed by Jonathan Gorman and Thomas Edward Seymour, and stars Debbie Rochon, Dick Boland and Ellen Muth. Several actors from Bloodbath’s ‘Bikini Bloodbath’ series, including Phil Hall, Sheri Lynn, Matt Ford and Margaret Rose Champagne, also appear in ‘Mark of the Beast.’ The movie follows Strickland and Debbie, played by Rochon and Boland, as they try to cope with saving one of their friend, Fleete, portrayed by Hall. [ Read More ]...
- 9/22/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Movies based on plays always face the same judgment: Does the movie actually feel like a movie, or does it just feel like a filmed play?
Interestingly, the short film Uncorked, directed by Eric Michael Schrader, is not based on a play, but it faces the same issue. Essentially just a 40-minute long rant by a character played by Phil Hall, the film barely breaks out of its strict confines of having the main character sitting on a park bench for its full runtime.
As the only speaking role in the entire movie, Hall is superb, able to maintain a consistent, oftentimes very funny, persona. Mostly known as a writer — as a regular columnist for Film Threat and the author of several books about film — Hall also wrote the monologue. More than that, though, he has crafted a very detailed backstory for his character, allowing him to flow freely from one cranky anecdote to another.
Interestingly, the short film Uncorked, directed by Eric Michael Schrader, is not based on a play, but it faces the same issue. Essentially just a 40-minute long rant by a character played by Phil Hall, the film barely breaks out of its strict confines of having the main character sitting on a park bench for its full runtime.
As the only speaking role in the entire movie, Hall is superb, able to maintain a consistent, oftentimes very funny, persona. Mostly known as a writer — as a regular columnist for Film Threat and the author of several books about film — Hall also wrote the monologue. More than that, though, he has crafted a very detailed backstory for his character, allowing him to flow freely from one cranky anecdote to another.
- 3/22/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Been meaning to link to this for a few weeks now, but Rupert Owen has posted up the slides from a talk he gave about starting a viable streaming video business. Of course, these would be much better with Owen talking along with them, but still very interesting to flip through and gives much to think about.News worth rejoicing over: Waylon Bacon’s putting together a compilation DVD of his amazing short films. He picked the best picture for the cover, too.Felix Vasquez Jr. of Cinema Crazed recently interviewed two of my favorite documentary people, Vic Zimet and Stephanie Silber of Random Lunacy fame.For the L Magazine, Mark Asch has a quick round-up of some of this year’s SXSW films, including the much anticipated The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye by Marie Losier. Asch says it’s “as intensely familiar to the doc’s core...
- 3/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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