Saturday, August 25, 2012

V/H/S - Theatrical Release - Theater Locations!

 Here's where to find V/H/S in theaters starting October 5th!

10/5/2012
Berkeley, CA: Shattuck Cinemas 10
San Diego, CA: Ken Cinema
San Francisco, CA: Lumiere Theatre 3
West Los Angeles, CA: Nuart Theatre
Denver, CO: Mayan Theatre
Washington, DC: E Street Cinema
Chicago, IL: Landmark's Century Centre Cinema
Indianapolis, IN: Keystone Art Cinema 7
Cambridge, MA: Kendall Square Cinema 9
Minneapolis, MN: Lagoon Cinema
University City, MO: Tivoli Theatre
New York, NY: Sunshine Cinema 5
Portland, OR: Hollywood Theatre
Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse
Seattle, WA: Varsity Theatre


10/12/2012
Mobile, AL: Crescent Theatre
Atlanta, GA: Midtown Art Cinemas 8
Brookline, MA: Coolidge Corner Theatre
Kansas City, MO: Screenland Crossroads Theatre
Omaha, NE: Dundee (Art)
Pleasantville, NY: Jacob Burns Film Center



10/13/2012
Rochester, NY: Little Theatre

10/19/2012
Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, Bijou Theater

10/25/2012
Charlotte, NC: Movies @ CrownPoint 12

10/26/2012
Maitland, FL: Enzian Theatre
Keene, NH: Putnam Arts Lecture Hall
Toms River, NJ: Traco Theatre
Albuquerque, NM: Guild
Tulsa, OK: Circle Cinema

11/2/2012
Columbus, OH: Gateway Film Center 8
 

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of V/H/S reviews

Some folks just don't get it, others don't want to, and some think it's genius or had the potential to be.
Enjoy the reviews here - one stop shopping for the good, the bad, and the ugly.

But on August 30th, you'll be able to decide for yourself.

My advise?  Watch it on VOD with a houseful of friends, or even better, if you can stand to wait, have a few cocktails and see it with an audience in the theater in October, cause it's a hell of a lot more fun on the big screen with an audience, you know, they way movies were meant to be experienced.

http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/you-probably-shouldnt-watch-vhs-clip

http://www.gorepress.com/2012/08/27/vhs/

http://m.screendaily.com/5045633.article

http://liberaldead.com/blog/vhs-camcordia-prima-terror-your-first-choose-your-own-adventure-review/

http://nefariousfilms.blogspot.com/2012/08/vhs-review.html

http://www.chud.com/103768/review-vhs-2/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jqsoXYOHfg

http://www.movieramblings.com/2012/08/21/frightfest-review-vhs/

http://johnofthedead.com/category/vhs-7/

http://www.rgethings.com/?p=5087

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLzuMzpszEU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC4yuNYDQfA

http://thewolfmancometh.com/2012/08/13/vhs-2012-review/

http://thewolfmancometh.com/2012/08/17/glenn-mcquaid-talks-about-vhs-and-making-a-new-style-of-slasher/

http://www.bloodsprayer.com/reviews/vhs-2012-review/

http://tvfilmnews.com/vhs-2012-movie-review/

http://cinemaslasher.com/2012/08/08/vhs-2012-review/

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/joblo-podcast-breaking-bad-predictions-vhs-reviewed-vince-vaughns-movie-jail-trial

http://mothman633.hubpages.com/hub/VHS-2012

http://walshwords.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/vhs-review/

http://thehorrorclub.blogspot.com/2012/08/vhs-2012.html#.UDk5VUTlEfo

http://moviedex.com/reviews/vhs-miff-review/

http://theawesomecave.com/vhs-and-why-it-will-scare-the-shit-out-of-todays-audience/

http://www.3news.co.nz/2012-NZ-International-Film-Festival-review-VHS/tabid/418/articleID/263556/Default.aspx

http://9to5.cc/podcast/tag/vhs/

http://www.verbicidemagazine.com/2012/07/24/vhs-movie-review/

http://shalitsstache.com/?p=2926

http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2012/07/Another-negative-review-for-horror-anthology-VHS

http://entertainmentmaven.com/2012/07/16/toronto-after-dark-vhs-review/

http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/the-hitlist-blogpost.aspx?post=c9a75136-b5c4-4898-9767-4bece1729f4b

http://scenecreek.com/reviews/movie-review-vhs/

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/vhs-2012-movie-review/

http://www.brobible.com/entertainment/video/vhs-trailer-scary-movie-trailer-horror

http://gawker.com/5923966/vhs-will-restore-your-faith-in-horror-films

http://zcint.co.uk/article/vhs-film-review

http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2012/06/29/eiff-2012-vhs-review/

http://www.fangoria.com/index.php/moviestv/fearful-features/7323-the-video-ed-dead-glenn-mcquaid-on-his-foray-into-found-footageqvhsq

http://entertainment.stv.tv/film/309318-vhs-is-a-horror-film-youll-not-want-to-see-chewed-up/

http://www.cine-vue.com/2012/06/eiff-2012-vhs-review.html

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/vhs/international-trailer

http://www.soundonsight.org/eiff-2012-vhs-like-most-anthology-features-is-too-wildly-inconsistent-for-any-wholly-positive-response/

http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-downright-terrifying-red-band-trailer-for-sundance-sensation-v-h-s

http://www.pajiba.com/trailers/thats-like-a-dvd-for-old-people-right-vhs-trailer.php

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/06/14/vhs-poster-ti-west/

http://outlawvern.com/forum/the-films-of-cinema/vhs/
http://ptousig.blogspot.com/2012/06/vhs.html

http://www.mondomaniacs.com/2012/05/10/v-h-s-review/#.UDkvbETlEfo

http://everythingiseventual.com/?movie=vhs

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Sundance '12: Filmmaker / Industry Reflections

Simon Barrett (co-writer/segment producer, V/H/S)

Like many filmmakers, we went to Sundance with no idea of what to expect in terms of how audiences there would respond to our film, or if audiences would show up to see it at all. I think literally less than a dozen people had watched the finished movie before its premiere, so it was entirely untested, and we had allocated approximately $20 to our festival poster art. Ultimately, the movie was a success beyond my wildest expectations, but my fondest memory at Sundance isn’t the film’s premiere, acquisition, or much publicized audience fainting incident (that part was kind of stressful, actually), but the first moment I realized people were actually excited to see the movie we had made. I had just got off a city bus with the film’s main producer, Roxanne Benjamin, and we were standing miserably in the wind and snow trying to figure out where the hell Main Street was.

Monday, January 30, 2012

25 Indie Movies You Should Be Excited About

V/H/S

Directors: Adam Wingard, Ti West, Joe Swanberg, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, David Bruckner
Stars: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Joe Swanberg, Sophia Takal, Kate Lyn Sheil, Joe Sykes, Hannah Fierman, Mike Donlan, Drew Sawyer, Drew Moerlein, Jason Yachanin, Helen Rogers, Jas Samms
Release info: Sold at Sundance to Magnolia Pictures; a Fall 2012 release is expected


Why you should be excited:

Friday, January 27, 2012

Travel time.

Laying in bed with my skull and heart jammies after a great screening tonight on our last night in Park City.  Ready for a two hour nap before getting up and heading to the airport.

Kodak Party

Skizz and I with a flash.

Another packed house!

Wait list line starting to line up.

"Man Faints During V/H/S"

On your first day at Sundance, altitude sickness, plus a lack of food, and a badass sequence of gore equal a visit from the EMTs.  And, yea, it was during Bruckner's.  Scary for those who saw it go down.  So glad he's OK and it was something easily remediable.  Girlfriend wanted to go back in the theater and finish the film, but Producers gave them tickets for next screening.  Turned into controversy in the twitter-sphere.  Was it faked?  Wish it where.  Member of our group saw it.  But it became a thing and it shouldn't have...(update: and it's only getting crazier - see 1st link)

Silly video reviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYOMLwQcJmk

Variety says

First and best is "Amateur Night" by David Brucker, also a writing-directing contributor to 2007's ingenious horror omnibus "The Signal." With visuals as wildly unsteady as its party-hearty protags, the pic follows three frat types (Drew Sawyer, Mike Donlan, Joe Sykes) out on the town, intending to make some stealth porn using spy-cam eyeglasses. Umpteen drinks later, they land in a hotel room with one passed-out cutie and another (wide-eyed Hannah Fierman) who is a little ... off. This rocket ride toward Planet Succubus is a bloody slam dunk.

To read more, click on the link!

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946940/

‘V/H/S’ Reinvents the Horror Anthology Movie With Terrifying “Found Footage”

The short films range in subject matter from paranormal experiences to serial killers, haunted houses to monster attacks. It’s nice and varied, with something for everyone — and its not always what you expect. The highlight is probably a story which follows a bunch of kids who take two girls back to a hotel room. Something is odd about one of the girls, and I won’t give away more.

These shorts are terrifying, but also clever. One of the stories is shot from a pair of video sunglasses that you would buy in a spy shop, giving a POV view of the horror. Swanberg’s segment is shot using a Skype video call between a a college-aged girl who is experiencing strange noises in her house, and her long distance boyfriend. As you can imagine, both of these segments use their limitations to great effect.

To read more, click on the link! 


http://www.slashfilm.com/vhs-reinvents-horror-anthology-movie-terrifying-footage-sundance-2012/

V/H/S crew.



Simon Barrett, Brad Miska, Roxanne Benjamin, Helen Rogers, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Chad Villella, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, Adam Wingard, Zak Zeman, David Bruckner and Justin Martinez.

All about me.

Nate Dorn photo that makes the Sundance instagram daily photo blog.  Victoria and I at 6am on our way to the ticket box office.


V/H/S punk rock poster


First impressions of Sundance’s scariest film

A quick rundown: first is David Bruckner, director of “The Signal,” and a film about three douchey guys who use the aforementioned glasses-cam to scope out women. They pick up two girls at a bar and head back to the motel, but it is clear that one of them (the one who keeps staring directly at the camera in a REALLY CREEPY WAY) is a bit off. It is sexy, scary and solid.

To read more, click on the link! 


http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/01/vhs-review-sundance-horror

IndieWire says

Bruckner's "Amateur Night," the standout of the bunch, opens the anthology with a frat party night gone very wrong. When a trio of heavy drinkers take a creepy goth girl back to their motel, they fail to realize her taste for human blood (or the possibility that she might not be human at all). The mortifying final chase scene, which literally covers a lot of ground but never loses coherence, turns the long take into the doorway to a terrified victim's subjectivity.