THE THEATRE BIZARRE
"THE THEATRE BIZARRE" - New Horror Anthology
Severin Films and France's Metaluna Productions today announced their international co-production of "THE THEATRE BIZARRE", a modern horror anthology inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris' early 20th century 'Theatre du Grand Guignol'. The feature will be comprised of six films by six cutting-edge genre directors enlisted from around the world and granted total creative freedom. "THE THEATER BIZARRE" is executive produced by Daryl J. Tucker, and produced by Severin's Carl Daft, David Gregory and John Cregan, Metaluna's Fabrice Lambot, and Michael Ruggiero of Nightscape Entertainment. Production on Richard Stanley's ("HARDWARE") segment 'The Mother Of Toads' began 10/10/10 in Montségur in the French Pyrenees.
The project's six filmmakers have all made at least one modestly budgeted and internationally acclaimed movie in the horror field. The films of Douglas Buck include the 2003 Sitges sensation "FAMILY PORTRAITS: A TRILOGY OF AMERICA" and the recent remake of Brian DePalma's "SISTERS".
Buddy Giovinazzo exploded onto the genre scene with 1986's "COMBAT SHOCK" and went on to write and direct such features as the Tim Roth-starrer "NO WAY HOME" and last year's acclaimed ensemble drama "LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN" (adapted from his novel), as well as numerous works for German television.
UK native David Gregory is the industry's foremost documentarian of horror films on DVD, and his 2008 feature debut "PLAGUE TOWN" was hailed as "a nightmare captured on celluloid" by Fangoria.
In addition to writing and directing "SUBCONSCIOUS CRUELTY" and "LA BELLE BETE", Karim Hussain is also an accomplished cinematographer whose features include the upcoming "HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN".
Arguably horror's best-known special effects wizard for his landmark work on classics that include the original "FRIDAY THE 13TH" and "DAWN OF THE DEAD" – as well as a popular actor in such films as "FROM DUSK TIL DAWN" and "MACHETE" – Tom Savini directed the 1990 remake of "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD".
South African born Richard Stanley is one of the genre's most distinctive talents, whose visionary cult classics include "HARDWARE" and "DUST DEVIL". "THE THEATRE BIZARRE" marks his triumphant return to horror for the first time in 18 years.
"These filmmakers are all working with the exact same budget, delivery schedule and narrative directive," says Executive Producer Daryl J. Tucker. "They must deliver a short film of 10-20 minutes inspired by the term Grand Guignol. No other creative restrictions exist. We're expecting great things from six of modern horror's most distinctive writers and directors."
"From DEAD OF NIGHT to the Amicus anthologies of the '60s and '70s like TALES FROM THE CRYPT to modern classics such as CREEPSHOW, the 'portmanteau' approach has always held a unique place in the horror genre," says Carl Daft, co-founder and CEO of Severin Films. "THEATRE BIZARRE, with its wraparound segments shot in an ominous Parisian theatre that encase six shocking visions, will be a ferocious return to a legendary concept."
Metaluna Productions is a Paris-based production company specializing in features ("DYING GOD"), shorts ("DOLOROSA", "INSANITY") and documentaries ("MARVEL 14: SUPER HEROES VS CENSORSHIP"). The company has several feature films in development, including "MANDRAGORE", "TOUTES LES NUITS", and Douglas Buck's "THE BROKEN IMAGO".
Synopsis : Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, decrepit auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an eerie human puppet named Peg Poett who will introduce Penny to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees cross paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the vitreous fluid of her victims' eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep. But as the stories unfold, something much stranger is happening to Enola. Something irreversible and horrific. Something that awaits its next audience in THE THEATRE BIZARRE.
French Release : 2012-05-09 | US Release : 2012-04-24
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