Just in time for the Cannes Film festival, the TRAILER for David Cholewa DEAD SHADOWS has been unleashed! Check it out below! I gotta say it, I’m happy with it! Hope yall dig it! DEAD SHADOWS stars Fabian Wolfrom, Blandine Marmigère, Rurik Sallé and myself. Visit the DEAD SHADOWS FACEBOOK HERE and its OFFICIAL SITE.
David Cholewa’s DEAD SHADOWS will be screening at this years CANNES FILM FESTIVAL and here are the deets: It will play at ARCADES 2 on 18/05/2012 at 20:30. And at the PALAIS K on 21/05/2012 at 18:00.
Now I was slated to be at Cannes to support the film but alas, it looks like I will be acting in another movie at the time, so I may not make it. Out of my hands, am waiting see how the chips fall.
DEAD SHADOWS stars Fabian Wolfrom, Blandine Marmigère, badass Rurik Sallé and myself and here’s what it’s about: A young man, named Chris (Wolfrom), whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on the same day that Halley’s comet could be seen from earth. Tonight, a new comet is appearing and everyone in his building are getting ready for a party to celebrate the event. There’s even an apocalypse theory going around. As the night falls, Chris discovers that people are starting to act strange – and it seems to somehow be connected to the comet. They are becoming disoriented and violent and it doesn’t take long before they begin to mutate into something far beyond this world. In a fight for survival, Chris tries to escape from his building with the help of a gun taunting tenant named John (Fallon) – but will they make it out alive?
Visit the DEAD SHADOWS FACEBOOK HERE and look out for the film’s full trailer within the next 10 days. It will of course premiere on the OFFICIAL SITE.
DEADEN and THE RED HOURS will be screening on Sunday May 20th at 3PM at the Roxy in London! THE RED HOURS (which I wrote, produced and directed) is about a dude (named Mark, played by Deke Richards) with women issues and DEADEN (which I wrote, produced and starred in) is about a dude named Rane (played by this jerk) who gets fucked over and then gets a lot of guns, snorts a lot of cocaine and does his own brand of fucking. THE RED HOURS was co produced and shot by Donny Broussard. DEADEN was produced edited and directed by Christian Viel.
Rane (me) feeling blue in Deaden.
Director Christian Viel and I saw it coming when we made the film 5 years or so ago. Good old DEADEN = the flick that keeps on trucking! Personally, its lasting power sooooo inspires me to get another action project going a-fucking-sap (I am working on it) 
With that, a new review just surfaced out of the Deaden Dark Fest screening, read an excerpt below and the whole she-bang HERE!
The first eight minutes of Deaden have caused numerous people to walk out of the theatre — most of them women. Deaden writer John Fallon explained that to the crowd at Dark Fest during a brief talk before the screening of his film, claiming that after the first eight minutes were over, it settles down and becomes a more mellow film, and that he’d appreciate it if everyone would give it a chance.
If I said the first eight minutes were brutally violent, I might be understating it. This is not the feel-good movie of the summer, the sleeper hit, or something to show the kids. What Deaden is, however, is an imaginative take on the revenge film, shot on a shoestring budget over 13 days. It does to the revenge film what Clerks did to the comedy: it proves you don’t need huge financial backing to make your movie work. After the first eight minutes, Deaden does calm down, but perhaps not to the degree of being “mellow.”
Off to go polish the script to my next action film!
And am back from the first installment of DARK FEST 2012, as part of The 16th Annual Kamloops Canadian and International Film Festival. It went swell in my book. How do I gauge the success of a Festival appearance? Easy.
1- Did people enjoy my films? Yes. Deaden in particular seemed to have hit the spot (nobody left the screening, everybody stayed for the QNA, heard only good things).
2- Was there a drunken arm wrestling match? Oh yeah! “see below”
3- Did I make new friends? Shawn and Jason, aka the Basement boys, Skew director Sevé Schelenz and Fest chairman Mark Wallin (long live Twin Peaks and Kubrick) are all on my class-act list; so a winner here. PS: Special shout-out to Matt for enduring my badgering. You’re a champ!
4- Did I wind up in jail? No! That’s a good thing!
5- Did I meet AITH fans? Yes, and thanks to everybody that showed up, bought me beers and drove for like 3 hours to be there!
Other highlights were: doing a live TV interview (was great to see the Dead Shadows teaser play on TV), Habs winning over the Canucks (he he he) and finding my ugly mug in the morning paper. So all in all it went well and I was happy to give the genre section of the Fest a healthy kick in the ass for its debut! Hope Dark Fest continues for years to come. Again a big thank you for having me! Here are a couple of pics from my trip for those who care (Mom?)
Won on the right, lost on the left... fucker!
Kamloops = great beer!
Waiting to go on live TV!
Shots with Skew director Sevé Schelenz! Gonna get ugly!
Habs won versus Canucks = free beer!
Jason and Shawn = class acts!
I grew up reading Fangoria. There would be no Arrow in the Head without Fangoria. I pretty much learned all I needed to learn about horror, filmmaking, FX etc. reading that mag. So yeah, it’s always a trip for me when I appear in Fango. With that; I recently chatted with the FANGORIA WEBSITE about DEAD SHADOWS and here’s an except below, read the whole thing HERE.
“Once all hell breaks loose, my character becomes a father figure to the young lead—one who is all about tough love, and has no time for weak-tit behavior, but a father figure nonetheless.” The character, also named John (“Big stretch there,” the actor deadpans), left a lot of room for interpretation. “When I got the script, he was very vague and mysterious, which I thought was kind of cool because it gave me the opportunity to make my own decisions and define him the way I saw him—come up with a background, why’s he like this, why’s he like that. John was always basically a man who hates people, is very angry, and once the shit hits the fan, he finally finds himself in a scenario he’s comfortable in. Basically, he’s good at killing, and it’s time to kill.”
Am happy to report that I will be a guest at the inaugural of the Dark Fest festival in Kamloops, Canada. The fest is streamlined by Jason and Shawn, co-hosts of 92.5FM CFBX Kamloops’ review show Film Reviews from the Basement. I’ll be there to show some of my past work (The Red Hours and Deaden) and a preview of David Cholewa’s Dead Shadows (next film I star in). I will also do a QNA and I’ll be bringing some free schwag to give away. Looking forward to it! NOTE TO SELF: Kamloops looks like a great place to snowmobile… if I have the time, will try to squeeze in a swift run
I love Kamloops already
Myself (as Black Terror) & the rest of the Heroes of the North gang signed and posed for pics in celebration of our new comic book and here are some stills from the experience, Thanks to the fine folks at Expert Comics (located at 8185 Newman, in Ville LaSalle) for the good day! Visit the HOTN Facebook HERE!
The first official teaser trailer (see it below) for David Cholewa’s DEAD SHADOWS has hit the web and so has its Official Website (check it here). Gotta say it, it’s looking great! DEAD SHADOWS stars Fabian Wolfrom, Blandine Marmigère, badass Rurik Sallé and myself and here’s what it’s about:
Dead Shadows is about: A young man, named Chris (Wolfrom), whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on the same day that Halley’s comet could be seen from earth. Tonight, a new comet is appearing and everyone in his building are getting ready for a party to celebrate the event. There’s even an apocalypse theory going around. As the night falls, Chris discovers that peop…le are starting to act strange – and it seems to somehow be connected to the comet. They are becoming disoriented and violent and it doesn’t take long before they begin to mutate into something far beyond this world. In a fight for survival, Chris tries to escape from his building with the help of a gun taunting tenant named John (Fallon) – but will they make it out alive?
Visit the DEAD SHADOWS FACEBOOK HERE and look for Dead Shadows to have a presence at this year’s Cannes Film festival. Director David Cholewa will be there and I will also try to be there to support the film.
Come meet me (as the charmer Black Terror) & the rest of the Heroes of the North gang this coming Saturday (from 10AM to 5PM) @ Expert Comics located at 8185 Newman, in Ville LaSalle. We will be signing copies of our brand new comic book which f*cking own if I may say so myself! Hope to see some of yall there!
