The 8th annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival was held way back on Sep. 22-25 and the list of award winners is being published here in full below for archival reasons, not that this is certainly breaking news or anything.
The big winner of the fest went to Damon Russell’s Snow on tha Bluff, which won for Best Feature. The film has played at numerous underground fests throughout the year and also previously was tied for Best Narrative at the 18th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival.
Best Short Film went to Flavio Alves’s The Secret Friend.
Here’s the full list of award winners:
2011 Features:
Best Feature
Snow on tha Bluff, dir. Damon Russell
Best Drama Feature
Moment of Truth: The Andy Meyers Story, dir. Steven Crowley
Best Comedy Feature
Planet World, dir. Doug Manley
Best Documentary Feature
Cultures of Resistance, dir. Iara Lee
Best Foreign Feature
Film, dir.
The big winner of the fest went to Damon Russell’s Snow on tha Bluff, which won for Best Feature. The film has played at numerous underground fests throughout the year and also previously was tied for Best Narrative at the 18th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival.
Best Short Film went to Flavio Alves’s The Secret Friend.
Here’s the full list of award winners:
2011 Features:
Best Feature
Snow on tha Bluff, dir. Damon Russell
Best Drama Feature
Moment of Truth: The Andy Meyers Story, dir. Steven Crowley
Best Comedy Feature
Planet World, dir. Doug Manley
Best Documentary Feature
Cultures of Resistance, dir. Iara Lee
Best Foreign Feature
Film, dir.
- 11/19/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 2011 PollyGrind Film Festival recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, and the madman behind the scenes, Chad Clinton Freeman, checked in with Dread Central to share with us exclusively the winners of this year's fest.
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
- 10/27/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
The 2nd annual PollyGrind assaults Las Vegas during an epic length film festival that runs Oct. 8-17 at Theatre 7 with enough sleaze and violence to make Sin City residents feel right at home.
Actually, the fest does open up on the 7th with a concert at Neon Venus with local acts like Monster Zero, Creepersin and many more.
However, the film portion of the fest opens on the 8th with Stuart Simpson‘s acclaimed Australian gorefest El Monstro Del Mar!, one of the best Russ Meyer/Roger Corman mash-ups with a Down Under twist. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film review of this gem here.
Other Bad Lit favorites in the lineup are Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson‘s The Taint, which is still completely grossing out audiences on the festival circuit, and The Uh-Oh Show, the splatter-filled horror comedy by the Godfather of Gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Actually, the fest does open up on the 7th with a concert at Neon Venus with local acts like Monster Zero, Creepersin and many more.
However, the film portion of the fest opens on the 8th with Stuart Simpson‘s acclaimed Australian gorefest El Monstro Del Mar!, one of the best Russ Meyer/Roger Corman mash-ups with a Down Under twist. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film review of this gem here.
Other Bad Lit favorites in the lineup are Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson‘s The Taint, which is still completely grossing out audiences on the festival circuit, and The Uh-Oh Show, the splatter-filled horror comedy by the Godfather of Gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.
- 10/6/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
*a screener of this film was provided by American World Pictures.
Director: Carlos Ramos Jr.
Writers: Carlos Ramos Jr. and Mark Onspaugh.
Kill Katie Malone is a horror film from first time director Carlos Ramos Jr., which deals with a trapped soul and a cursed box. This title will release in the United States on DVD and Blu-Ray December 13th and horror fans might want to take notice. Three friends, Jim (Stephen Colletti), Dixen ( Jonathan 'Lil J' McDaniel) and Ginger (Masiela Lusha), try to solve the mystery of the box, while friends and acquaintances lose their tongues, their body parts or their lives. Proving that curses never die and that they are passed down through families, Kill Katie Malone is an enjoyable time spent in the darkness with a blood-thirsty ghost!
Jim buys a supposed haunted box off of Ubid.com for a lark. The box promises to grant wishes,...
Director: Carlos Ramos Jr.
Writers: Carlos Ramos Jr. and Mark Onspaugh.
Kill Katie Malone is a horror film from first time director Carlos Ramos Jr., which deals with a trapped soul and a cursed box. This title will release in the United States on DVD and Blu-Ray December 13th and horror fans might want to take notice. Three friends, Jim (Stephen Colletti), Dixen ( Jonathan 'Lil J' McDaniel) and Ginger (Masiela Lusha), try to solve the mystery of the box, while friends and acquaintances lose their tongues, their body parts or their lives. Proving that curses never die and that they are passed down through families, Kill Katie Malone is an enjoyable time spent in the darkness with a blood-thirsty ghost!
Jim buys a supposed haunted box off of Ubid.com for a lark. The box promises to grant wishes,...
- 9/16/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Kill Katie Malone was picked up by American World Pictures in October of 2010 for markets. Recently, Phase 4 Films acquired video-on-demand rights for this title for a June 1st release. Now Phase 4 Films is also set to release this horror title on DVD and Blu-Ray December 13th. Dean Cain stars as a college professor, but "he is only in the film briefly" (Horror Talk). Cain's character Robert tries to save his pupils from a malevolent spirit, who has been released by a cursed box. Remember folks, don't buy haunted items on the internet! Special features for the release are sparse with only a trailer. However, this release will be for DVD and Blu-ray formats in both Canadian and Us markets.
There have been a few early reviews of this title. One review at Geek Tyrant by critic Brian S. talks of the "enjoyable twists." Steve Pattee notices "creepy elements,...
There have been a few early reviews of this title. One review at Geek Tyrant by critic Brian S. talks of the "enjoyable twists." Steve Pattee notices "creepy elements,...
- 9/2/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Kill Katie Malone was a movie that I’d never heard of until recently and I’m glad I got the opportunity to check it out! The first thing you notice is the familiar face of Dean Cain who appears in the horror/thriller.
The story follows a group of friends who purchase a box that supposedly has a ghost trapped inside it. The box is opened and people start to die and die horribly! As people keep getting knocked off by the angry little girl ghost the remaining survivors begin investigating where the box came from and what actually happened to the girl.
The friends find out what happened to the little girl and that over the decades whoever owned the box died horrible deaths so they decide to “un-own” her but it doesn’t work out so good. Needless to say, the girl was tortured and died a horrible death.
The story follows a group of friends who purchase a box that supposedly has a ghost trapped inside it. The box is opened and people start to die and die horribly! As people keep getting knocked off by the angry little girl ghost the remaining survivors begin investigating where the box came from and what actually happened to the girl.
The friends find out what happened to the little girl and that over the decades whoever owned the box died horrible deaths so they decide to “un-own” her but it doesn’t work out so good. Needless to say, the girl was tortured and died a horrible death.
- 7/10/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
What could be better than purchasing a cursed box on your summer break from college, right? That is not a good idea, unless you want to be haunted by ancient Irish ghosts. Phase 4 Films has recently picked up director Carlos Ramos Jr.'s Kill Katie Malone for a video-on-demand release and it was just back in late April that this horror film's trailer debuted (Kill Katie Malone Trailer). The killing begins June 1st and horror fans can expect students to be running for their lives, rather than studying for finals, in just a few weeks! Few will graduate and the details on the Kill Katie Malone release are below, along with an updated poster, seen left.
Tagline: "Never buy a demon on the internet."
The synopsis for Kill Katie Malone is here:
"College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle 'Dixie' Canning, pool their cash to buy...
Tagline: "Never buy a demon on the internet."
The synopsis for Kill Katie Malone is here:
"College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle 'Dixie' Canning, pool their cash to buy...
- 5/30/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
With Easter recently over, 28Dla decided to go on a little Easter egg hunt, to find the cruelest and the most bizarre in the B-movie world. It was not too long that this movie lover found the first trailer for Kill Katie Malone, which is full of screaming ghosts, arm cutting madness, and several friends buying a box, containing a cursed Irish maiden. Kill Katie Malone is owned by American World Pictures and horror fans are encouraged to take a look at the film's trailer, which released under the radar several months ago.
The synopsis for Kill Katie Malone is here:
"College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle 'Dixie' Canning, pool their cash to buy a ghost in an online auction. The three think it's all a goof, but once they open up the antique box to examine their treasure, they unleash the vengeful spirit of...
The synopsis for Kill Katie Malone is here:
"College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle 'Dixie' Canning, pool their cash to buy a ghost in an online auction. The three think it's all a goof, but once they open up the antique box to examine their treasure, they unleash the vengeful spirit of...
- 4/27/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Carlos Ramos Jr. has signed on to direct the comedy, "Unleaded." "Unleaded" is about a man seeking a woman to reproduce, after finding out his sperm count is declining.
Ramos's directorial debut "Kill Katie Malone" starring Dean CAin and Nick Hogan is scheduled for a release sometime in 2010. "Unleaded" will start filming in April.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter...
Ramos's directorial debut "Kill Katie Malone" starring Dean CAin and Nick Hogan is scheduled for a release sometime in 2010. "Unleaded" will start filming in April.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter...
- 12/22/2009
- by Christina Warren
- AMC - Script to Screen
Carlos Ramos Jr. has signed on to direct Tainted Films' comedy "Unleaded," about a man who's looking for a woman to reproduce since he's facing a declining sperm count. Celia Hammel is producing with Carlton Hickman as exec producer.
Ramos recently completed his directorial debut, "Kill Katie Malone," starring Dean Cain, Masiela Lusha and Nick Hogan, which is slated for a 2010 release.
"Unleaded" will begin filming in April.
Ramos recently completed his directorial debut, "Kill Katie Malone," starring Dean Cain, Masiela Lusha and Nick Hogan, which is slated for a 2010 release.
"Unleaded" will begin filming in April.
- 12/22/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Among the stars of the upcoming new movie Repo Chick - Alex Cox's so-called "official non-sequel" to his 1984 sci-fi cult classic Repo Man - is Us actor/writer/producer Danny Arroyo.
The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, is co-produced by David Lynch's production company (Eraserhead, Dune, The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks) and produced by Daren Hicks and Simon Tams (producers of Batman: Dead End, Searchers 2.0, Hunter Prey).
The official synopsis of the project is: "Against the background of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the Us, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high, the repo business has expanded to everything from boats, houses, aeroplanes, small nations...children."
Jaclyn Jonet stars as the central character Pixxi de la Chasse, a rich girl disinherited by her family for her antics. She ends up...
The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, is co-produced by David Lynch's production company (Eraserhead, Dune, The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks) and produced by Daren Hicks and Simon Tams (producers of Batman: Dead End, Searchers 2.0, Hunter Prey).
The official synopsis of the project is: "Against the background of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the Us, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high, the repo business has expanded to everything from boats, houses, aeroplanes, small nations...children."
Jaclyn Jonet stars as the central character Pixxi de la Chasse, a rich girl disinherited by her family for her antics. She ends up...
- 11/23/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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