BEYOND THE CHAMBER OF TERROR: “A vigilante is captured and brought to a protected home in the course of nowhere. A resident mob household intention to ruthlessly extract the whereabouts of certainly one of their very own from their mysterious captive, however he has different plans. As these worlds collide in a night chockful of bloodshed and mayhem, one thing with its personal sinister agenda emerges to threaten all of them.”
“This function movie’s ensemble is led by Timothy Paul McCarthy (In A Violent Nature, Psycho Goreman), Jessica Vano (The Demolisher, Deadsight), Ry Barrett (In A Violent Nature, The Heretics) and Derek Gilroy (HBO’s Jett, Elysium).
Written, Produced and Directed by Michael Pereira (Zandavi Lives, Spookslayers). Produced by Craig Lobo (Harmful Rumors, Zandavi Lives) and Berge Karageusian (Spookslayers, The Resurrections of Clarence Neveldine).
Lensed by award-winning Cinematographer Michael Jari Davidson (SuperGrid, Berkshire County). Sensible Make-up Results created by The Butcher Store Make-up Results Studio (Spare Elements, Resident Evil: Afterlife).”
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THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE!: “After months of hushed rumors and backroom whispers, Heavy Metallic Worldwide is proud to announce the official relaunch of its eponymously-titled flagship publication, Heavy Metallic journal, within the new 12 months!
With a wealthy historical past courting again to 1977, Heavy Metallic started by that includes work by greats equivalent to Enki Bilal, Richard Corben, Guido Crepax, Philippe Druillet, Caza, Jean-Claude Forest, Jean “Moebius” Giraud, and Milo Manara.
Since that point, the journal has handed by many palms, and confronted many challenges, however is returning with a devoted new workforce led by Chief Govt Officer Marshall Lees.
“I’ve at all times been an enormous fan of Heavy Metallic and the best way it influenced artwork and tradition and uncovered unimaginable creators to the world,” says Lees. “The brand new workforce and I stepped in after fairly a tumultuous interval, so we’ve been working quietly behind the scenes to make issues proper and pave a method for the journal’s return to its authentic boundary-pushing roots. Following that we now have a bunch of thrilling new plans for the model that we hope followers will probably be actually curious about.”
Returning to the helm, this time as Editor-in-Chief, is Frank Forte. With over 30 years of publishing expertise working Asylum Press, in addition to serving with Heavy Metallic for components of the final twenty years, Frank brings a wealth of information and connections to the function.
Becoming a member of Frank are two new faces to Heavy Metallic, although undoubtedly not strangers to the comics trade or model, as they’ve been vocal proponents for a few years.
Dave Kelly has beforehand loved success with the Ringo-nominated Tales of the Evening Watchman by his personal So What? Press, however his love of Heavy Metallic dates again over twenty years to his highschool days, when he started shopping for again points at used bookstores throughout his native Kansas. He joins the workforce now as Govt Editor.
And former Eisner Award-winning retailer, Chris Thompson—who helped to launch the Statix Press line and different initiatives with Titan Comics earlier than doing the identical with different publishers—rounds out the oversight workforce as Editorial Supervisor. He learn his first concern of Heavy Metallic at far too younger an age in 1985, because of a wayward however influential pal, and instantly grew to become a Philippe Druillet devotee, whom he ultimately met and frolicked with in his Paris studio.
“We wished to assemble a workforce of passionate professionals who had complementary expertise and shared our imaginative and prescient for the model, we consider we’ve discovered that in Frank, Dave, and Chris, in addition to the opposite workforce members throughout all sides of the enterprise”, mentioned Lees.
The super-sized Challenge 1 is already nicely underway, and the primary spherical of pre-orders will probably be taken through Kickstarter early subsequent month the place followers will have the ability to seize some superb limited-edition covers and collectibles. With a stellar line up of writers and artists contributing together with mind-blowing new cowl artwork from the unimaginable Greg Hildebrandt, that is set to be the most effective Heavy Metallic journal in lots of, a few years!
Additional particulars in regards to the triumphant return of Heavy Metallic will probably be shared over the approaching weeks, however keen followers will probably be ready to enroll in the Kickstarter Coming Quickly web page and be among the many first to know when it launches, in addition to be part of their rising and vibrant Discord server. We’re right here to make Heavy Metallic heavy once more!”
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THE LAST VIDEO STORE: “Black Fawn Distribution is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the movie competition hit, The Final Video Retailer. The movie is slated to hit theaters in a restricted launch throughout Canada this October simply in time for Halloween. The Canadian Blu-ray launch of The Final Video Retailer may also be made out there in Spring 2025. The movie’s killer trailer, together with its retro theatrical poster, have simply been launched. The deal was negotiated by Mike Chapman of Blue Finch Movie Releasing.
The Final Video Retailer follows a younger girl who occurs to have a legendary “cursed tape” in her possession. When dropping off an outdated VHS assortment at her native video retailer, she and the shop’s proprietor resolve to look at the tape in query, awakening a protracted dormant curse that releases an array of killer cinematic villains into the actual world. This nostalgic nightmare is to not be missed!
“Administrators Cody Kennedy and Tim Rutherford labored relentlessly for years to create this wild tribute to 80’s style filmmaking and video shops, a film that smells like buttery popcorn and VHS plastic,” states producer Laurence Gendron of Genco Footage. “I understand how a lot we love and admire films in Canada, and I can’t look ahead to audiences to find The Final Video Retailer.”
For many who love the massive display screen expertise, The Final Video Retailer will probably be hitting Canadian theatres this October. The next cities and dates have simply been introduced:
Vancouver (Rio Theater) – October 24, 2024
Calgary (Globe Cinema) – October 25, 29, 30, 2024
Edmonton (Metro Cinema) – October 25, 29, 30, 2024
Hamilton (Playhouse Cinema) – November 20, 2024
The movie has additionally added the next Canadian movie competition dates to its promotional schedule:
Forest Metropolis Movie Fest (London, Ontario) – October 25, 2024
Hellifax Horror Fest (Halifax, Nova Scotia) – November 3, 2024
“It’s nice to see Canadian cinemas get behind a cool flick like this one,” states Black Fawn Distribution president Chad Archibald. “It’s at all times inspiring when a promotional collaboration like this one can come collectively because it actually helps new filmmakers get their voices heard.”
Along with the movie being out there in cinemas, The Final Video Retailer may also be out there on Blu-ray from Black Fawn Distribution in early 2025 with the corporate planning to supply the title as a part of their widespread restricted version Blacklist package deal collection. As at all times, the Blacklist package deal comes with the movie together with a collection of thematic gadgets designed with the avid collector in thoughts. A Canadian VOD launch date will probably be introduced within the coming weeks.
“Black Fawn Distribution has been in our sights since our first assembly on the Frontieres pitch,” mentioned producer Greg Jeffs of NJC Movies. “They understood the spirit of The Final Video Retailer higher than anybody and we’re past thrilled to have the ability to take this lil’ monster out with them.”
“This movie has all the things you need in an amazing retro popcorn flick,” explains Black Fawn Distribution’s Gross sales Supervisor CF Benner. “It’s humorous, it’s gory, and most significantly, it’s acquired a whole lot of coronary heart. It’s been a thrill to work with such an enthusiastic filmmaking workforce and we couldn’t be happier to convey The Final Video Retailer to Canadian cinemas and show it on the shelf subsequent to our different releases.”
The movie continues to wrap up a profitable worldwide movie competition run that included screenings at Improbable Fest (Austin, Texas), Frightfest (UK), Blood In The Snow (Toronto), Monster Fest (Australia), Terror Molins (Spain), and Calgary Underground Movie Fest (Calgary).
The Final Video Retailer may also be launched in the US and the UK by the almighty Arrow Video.”
