From the talented Irish filmmaker I spoke with on episode 26 of the show—Jason Figgis—comes another promising feature. Burial at Thornhill is a psychological horror feature set to be released in 2013, and Mr. Figgis has been kind enough to send over the first poster, a set of stills, and the trailer.
Jason Figgis directed and produced the film; Bernadette Manton wrote it; Jason Shalloe co-produced; Director of Photography was Laura McGann; 2nd Unit Director of Photography was Taine King; Sound/1st Assistant Camera was handled by Andrew Lynch; Production Designer was Catherine Wrigglesworth; and make-up was done by Sinead Murphy.
I’m excited about this, as his feature Railway Children is phenomenal. The following is the official synopsis, as well as all the good stuff you’ll want to take a look at. Thank you to Jason Figgis and October Eleven Pictures!
John (Bryan Murray – Holby City, Casualty, Brookside) and Jane (Cora Fenton – Strength and Honour) are a happily married couple living in Dublin’s sprawling suburbia – until the afternoon their daughter is abducted and murdered. While John quiets his grief in daily routine; Jane has no such recourse to normality and so sinks ever further into torturous insanity. In Jane’s mind, someone needs to pay and pay they will. Peter (Bill Fellows – The Tournament, United, Romans 12:20) is a North of England Architect living in Dublin while overseeing a six month contract. He is soon about to take centre stage in Jane’s terrible fantasies of Vengeance and where Vengeance is concerned; in the mind of the insane…there are no boundaries.
Midnight Corey is excited to welcome talented filmmaker L. Gustavo Cooper back to the show, where they talk about his exciting new feature in the works called Copiii. They talk about a variety of amazing things, including the 2009 Sam Raimi horror film Drag Me To Hell.
For even more goodness, Midnight Corey talks about the zombie short Arise (2010), and Eduardo Sanchez’s 2011 film Lovely Molly.
In this week’s edition of Tales from the Electric Chair, Midnight Corey reads part two of "Herbert West–Reanimator" by H.P. Lovecraft.
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0:00:00 » Intro
0:16:13 » L. Gustavo Cooper
1:23:28 » Tales from the Electric Chair
1:36:58 » Outro
1:39:27 » “The Forlorn” by Starseed
It’s an honor to welcome filmmaker Randal Plunkett to the show! He’s made an incredible zombie short called Out There (2012), which will ultimately become a feature. Randal is extremely passionate about horror and the art of filmmaking, which shows in his talk and work.
Other highlights of the show include progressive metal ukuleke song "Hellogram" by King Uke; Midnight Corey’s discussion of Action Lab Comics and its one-shot horror comic from October 2011 called Snowed In; and the zombie short film Bitten (2008) from the Ultimate Zombie Feast collection.
In this week’s edition of Tales from the Electric Chair, Midnight Corey reads part one of "Herbert West–Reanimator" by H.P. Lovecraft.
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0:00:00 » Intro
0:18:26 » "Hellogram" by King Uke
0:20:03 » Randal Plunkett
1:46:05 » Tales from the Electric Chair
1:58:43 » Outro
2:01:03 » “In You I’m Lost” by Plastic Flowers
Orchard Place Productions, the makers of The Other Side (2012), visits the show. Chris Niespodzianski, John Niespodzianski, Ray Mongelli, Catrina Rogers, Chucky Hendershot, and Brittany Spinelli join Midnight Corey for a great discussion of the phenomenal short film, and the upcoming feature.
Original 2-man death metal band Silver Skull also stops by. Brothers Josh and Justin Endres talk about how the band came into being, and what they’re all about. We hear their song "Destruction" just before the interview.
We also get to hear a song from the amazing new metal band Hologram Earth, called "The Labyrinth."
Midnight Corey talks about the next zombie short film in the collection Ultimate Zombie Feast, which is Plague (2009).
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0:00:00 » Intro
0:07:59 » “The Labyrinth” by Hologram Earth
0:14:08 » Orchard Place Productions
1:11:56 » “Destruction” by Silver Skull
1:16:06 » Josh & Justin Endres of Silver Skull
1:58:32 » Tales from the Electric Chair
2:09:47 » Outro
2:12:23 » “My Love” by The Wispy Hummers
Midnight Corey is excited to welcome good friend and fellow podcaster Katie ROTS (of Rotten Rantings) back to the Chair. They talk about the apocalyptic zombie(?) film The Signal (2007).
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0:00:00 » Intro
0:18:22 » Katie ROTS
1:17:15 » Tales from the Electric Chair
1:29:32 » Outro
1:31:33 » Music
Great news for zombie fans. Chronicles of the Dead, a zombie web series from 3N Films, has just debuted its first episode. And it doesn’t disappoint.
The official blurb: “A horrific account chronicling the breakdown of society and the beginning of the zombie apocalypse.”
Midnight Corey’s blurb: “Zombie sweetness.”
New Exciting Project from L. Gustavo Cooper
November 1, 2012
From the maker of award-winner zombie short film Velvet Road, L. Gustavo Cooper, comes a film slated to be released in 2013: Copiii Pierdere. If you’ve been one of the lucky ones to see Velvet Road, you know that Cooper is one of the most talented young filmmakers around, and it’s exciting to see him hard at work.
The film is based on a Romanian folklore that dates back to the 1500s. It was used by parents as a way to keep children from sneaking out or acting up. The story itself is about a gypsy woman named Alina Patkavior who was the victim of a brutal rape. The act drove her insane, forcing her to attempt to take her own life. When the woman was ready to commit suicide, a vengeance demon appeared. The demon told her that he would wipe away her pain by giving these men the truly horrible fate they deserved. In return, he would return to claim her child after one year. A year later, Alina had grown to love and care for the child. When the vengeance demon returned to claim her child’s life, she double-crossed him by refusing to turn the child over. The demon cursed Alina and her people, making it impossible for them to bear children. The group of gypsies came to be known as Copiii Pierdere, meaning ‘the loss of a child’ or ‘lost children’ in Romanian. When Alina’s child became a man and married, he wanted desperately to be a father. The man summoned the same demon that his mother betrayed, in attempts to make amends and lift the curse. The demon told him that while he would not lift the curse, there was a way he could still raise children of his own. The only way he or any member of the Copiii Pierere could have children was to shed blood in the demon’s name, in the form of a cursed ritual. This ritual was named Din Burta de Sarpe, Romanian for “belly of a snake”. The first time the man performed the ritual, he was horrified to find that it drove a loving couple of villagers insane to the point of death, leaving the unborn child unharmed beside their corpses. Disgusted as he was at his own actions, he took the infant and raised it as his own, and passed this gruesome act through his family’s bloodline. This year will be the 500 year anniversary of the creation of Copiii Pierdere, and the Din Burta de Sarpe. Some believe that their power is growing stronger because of this occasion.
