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Over the past 12 months, Paris-based sales agent WTFilms has produced two features: “Perpetrator,” by Jennifer Reeder (“Knives and Skin”), which will world premiere in the Panorama section at Berlin Film Festival, and Xavier Gens’ thriller “Farang,” which is co-financed and repped by Studiocanal.

“Perpetrator,” starring Kiah McKirnan (“Mare of Easttown”) and Alicia Silverstone, is about an impulsive teenage girl living in a town where young women are being abducted. It is produced by WTFilms’ topper Gregory Chambet, and Derek Bishé for Divide/Conquer.

In December, Shudder, AMC Networks’ horror/thriller streaming service, acquired U.S. rights.

Reeder calls it “dark but feminine, a nuanced noir, a grrrl power take on modern horror.” Chambet says there is strong audience interest in feminine horror films, with powerful female leads and highlights the performances of Alicia Silverstone as Aunt Hildie and Kiah McKirnan as wild child Jonny, who gains shape-shifting powers when she...

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The new horror-comedy American Carnage arrives August 30 on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Lionsgate. The political satire features Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jenna Ortega, and Eric Dane. American Carnage will be available for the suggested retail prices of 21.99 for Blu-ray (+ Digital), and 19.98 for DVD.

Official Synopsis

After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility’s supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers the young and the old in this twisted thriller-comedy.

Blu-ray / DVD Special Features

Audio Commentary by Writer-Director Diego Hallivis, Writer-Producer Julio Hallivis, and Producer Andrés RosendeBehind the Scenes of American CarnageThe StoryThe Meat of American CarnageLatinx Representation in HollywooodDeleted ScenesBig SplashSpitting Facts

Cast

Jorge Lenderborg Jr.

"I had a little bit of hesitation when approached with the role of Micah," Bella Ortiz tells Popsugar about her casting in the new comedy-horror "American Carnage." The film sort of feels like a Latinx version of Jordan Peele's "Get Out," and Ortiz's character has one of the more surprising arcs. She had auditioned for another role but decided to go for the part of Micah despite her misgivings. She went for it, noting, "these kinds of movies, they don't get made often, especially independent features." And in the end, she was proud to be part of a majority-Latinx team with lots of camaraderie. Everyone who worked on the film was "committed to being a part of telling this story and highlighting the important issues that were happening."

"As a kid, I felt like I was neither here nor there."

"American Carnage" delves into immigration politics, Latinx identity,...

The U.S. government rounds up the American-born children of undocumented immigrants and sends them to work at a retirement home but things are not what they seem when they arrive in the new horror-thriller American Carnage. The premise sounds far-fetched and director Diego Hallivis tells CineMovie the film executives pushed back on the idea but then America changed for the worse and American Carnage was made. The director and two of the stars, Allen Maldonado and Bella Ortiz discuss their journey in making the relevant film.

Stars: Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Yumarie Morales, Brett Cullen, Jenna Ortega, Jorge Diaz, Bella Ortiz, Allen Maldonado, Eric Dane, Troy James | Written by Diego Hallivis, Julio Hallivis | Directed by Diego Hallivis

Opening with a voiceover and montage of political speeches and news broadcasts on the topic of immigration, American Carnage immediately introduces us to Jp and his sister Lily. She’s just been accepted into college, but what should be a happy family celebration is interrupted as an Ice Swat team kicks in the door.

And here we run into a major issue with American Carnage’s plotting. The raid is one of many called for under an executive order signed by Governor Haper Finn. Immigration policy and enforcement is a federal matter, an executive order by a state governor would have no force. And even if it did, Ice is a federal agency, it doesn’t take orders from state governments.

The Sandman Teaser Trailer: "When the Sandman, aka Dream (Tom Sturridge) — the powerful cosmic being who controls all our dreams — is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for over a century, he must journey across different worlds and timelines to fix the chaos his absence has caused.

Based on the beloved award-winning DC comic series written by Neil Gaiman, The Sandman is a rich, character-driven blend of myth and dark fantasy woven together over the course of ten epic chapters following Dream’s many adventures. Developed and executive produced by Gaiman, showrunner Allan Heinberg, and David S. Goyer, The Sandman is Produced by Warner Bros. Television. The series also stars Boyd Holbrook, Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong, Gwendoline Christie, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, David Thewlis, Stephen Fry, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Vanesu Samunyai (formerly known as "Kyo Ra"), John Cameron Mitchell, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Joely Richardson, Niamh Walsh,...

American Carnage In Theaters July 15, 2022 On Demand and Digital July 15, 2022 Starring: Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Jenna Ortega, Allen Maldonado, Bella Ortiz, Jorge Diaz, Yumarie Morales, Catherine McCafferty, with Brett Cullen and Eric Dane Directed By: Diego Hallivis Written By: The Hallivis Brothers After a governor issues an executive order to arrest …

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Saban Films has presented the official trailer for American Carnage this afternoon, which features a cast led by fan-favorite Scream 2022 and “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega. The “twisted thriller-comedy” comes to theaters, On Demand and Digital on July 15, 2022. You can watch the official trailer for director Diego Hallivis‘s American Carnage below. The film […]

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Coming to select theaters and VOD services this Friday is The Devil Below, from Chernobyl Diaries director Bradley Parker, and we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!

"There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than the mystery that sent them there: they’re not alone."

Distributed By: Vertical Entertainment In Select Theaters, On VOD & Digital March 5, 2021 Directed By: Bradley Parker Written By: Eric Scherbarth, Stefan Jaworski Produced By: Julio Hallivis, Diego Hallivis, Andres Rosende, Alejandro de Leon Starring: Alicia Sanz, Adan Canto, Zach Avery, Chinaza Uche, Jesse Latourette, with Jonathan Sadowski and Will Patton



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Watch the Trailer for The Devil Below: "There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than the mystery that sent them there: they’re not alone."

Distributed By: Vertical Entertainment In Select Theaters, On VOD & Digital March 5, 2021 Directed By: Bradley Parker Written By: Eric Scherbarth, Stefan Jaworski Produced By: Julio Hallivis, Diego Hallivis, Andres Rosende, Alejandro de Leon Starring: Alicia Sanz, Adan Canto, Zach Avery, Chinaza Uche, Jesse Latourette, with Jonathan Sadowski and Will Patton

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State Of Survival: Survive The Zombie Apocalypse: "It's been six months since the zombie apocalypse began. The virus has infected the city. Six months of terror, horror, survival and fighting against zombies. You are a survivor and your friends are in a brave fight against monsters.

You’ve done every film related job from producer and actor to cinematographer and editor. Was directing always the goal?

Poverty dictates…I would just take any position I could and figure it out from there, especially when I made The Queen Of Hollywood Blvd. where I just didn’t have the budget and had to take on as many positions as I could. Directing was always the ultimate goal though. Funny enough, the genesis of Hell came from a job I had done years before when I was camera operating on a feature film The Ganzfeld Experiment. It was a crazy production, and my dad was the director. The line producer of Ganzfeld was Julio Hallivis. We became friends and stayed in touch. Cut to five years later, I show Julio my first film The Queen of Hollywood Blvd. and he says “Hey man, I got a script I think you will dig.

It’s been a week of grief and mourning for Helen (Lyndsy Fonseca) after finding her husband Wells (Noah Bean) dead by suicide at their secluded cabin. She’s dealing with his absence like anyone would by closing off spaces they shared together in hopes of avoiding too many easy triggers for memories that only bring sadness. Work should distract her during the day and Wells’ business partner Tomas (Glenn Morshower) continuing their secretive scientific research should honor his legacy. This doesn’t mean she’ll forget him, forgive him, or stop blaming herself for missing the signs of his pain, but they say life will eventually go on. What they don’t say, however, is that you just might awaken one morning with no recollection of multiple days since you fell asleep.

They don’t because that doesn’t happen in the real world — at least not without the help of some heavy drugs.

Exclusive: Will Patton, Alicia Sanz, and Adan Canto, and Zach Avery have been tapped to star in a yet-to-be-titled horror film which will shoot in Kentucky next month. Brad Parker (Chernobyl Diaries) is directing the film from a script by Eric Scherbarth and Stefan Jaworski. Julio and Diego Hallivis are producing and financing the pic via 1inMM Productions.

The plot centers on a geological expedition to an Appalachian sinkhole that becomes a terrifying fight for survival against a mysterious deadly force.

Jaworski and Chinaza Uchi round out the cast. Alejandro De Leon and Andres Rosende are also producing the project with Jared Ian Goldman as an executive producer.

Sanz was seen in the Steven Soderbergh-executive produced sci-fi thriller Perfect, which debuted at SXSW, and co-stars in James Cox’s upcoming film Billionaire Boys Club. Canto currently stars ABC’s opposite Kiefer Sutherland in ABC’s Designated Survivor while Avery...

Chernobyl Diaries director Brad Parker is set to helm an indie horror-thriller set against the backdrop of the Appalachian Mountains.

The yet-to-be-titled feature follows a geological expedition to an Appalachian sinkhole that becomes a terrifying fight for survival against a mysterious deadly force. Eric Scherbarth and Stefan Jaworski penned the script.

Julio and Diego Hallivis' 1inMM Productions is behind the production, which will also be produced by Alejandro De Leon and Andres Rosende, with Jared Ian Goldman serving as an executive producer. It is set to begin filming this month in Kentucky.

“We’re thrilled to finally realize this amazing script with a sharp...

You may know her best as Sarah Connor in the first two Terminator movies, but in the new film Curvature, Linda Hamliton experiences a different kind of time travel adventure in her co-starring role as Florence. With Curvature out now in theaters and on VOD platforms from Screen Media, we caught up with director Diego Hallivis for a new Q&A feature to discuss working with Hamilton, making a movie where time travel enhances the characters as much as the plot, and two different genre movies he has in the works.

Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Diego, and congratulations on your new movie, Curvature! When you read Brian DeLeeuw’s screenplay for the film, what made you excited to bring this story to life on screen?

Diego Hallivis: Thank you for the support! Two things jumped out at me when I first read Curvature.

If the prospect of watching Linda Hamilton in a sci-fi thriller involving a character who travels through time to prevent a murder sounds exciting, my advice is to rent one of the Terminator movies. They are far preferable to Curvature, Diego Hallivis' low-budget effort exploiting a similar idea only with drastically duller results.

Until better headache remedies are invented, there really needs to be a respite from time travel movies that generally prove far more confusing than fun. Such is the case with this film, about a woman, still grieving over the recent suicide of her husband, who gets a...

Exclusive: Genre filmmaker brothers Julio Hallivis and Diego Hallivis are teaming with Christian de Gallegos' Ambassador Film Group to develop original English-language projects geared towards bridging the gap between Hispanic and American audiences, the partners say. The Hallivis Brothers are the award-winning filmmakers behind sci-fi drama Curvature as well as 2016 viral short The Laughing Man. Last year, under their 1inMM Productions banner with Zach Horwitz, they…...

Screen Media Films will release the indie time travel thriller Curvature in select theaters and on VOD on February 23. The film is directed by Mexican filmmaker Diego Hallivis and stars Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick Ass).

The film co-stars Linda Hamilton, Glenn Morshower, Alex Lanipekun, Zach Avery and Noah Bean.

Synopsis:

Curvature is a time travel sci-fi drama about an engineer who travels back in time to stop herself from committing a murder. A scientist must break into a top-secret facility in order to travel back in time and prevent a murder after receiving a [Continued ...]...

"Why do you think Wells was so secretive about his work?" Screen Media has unveiled a trailer for indie sci-fi thriller Curvature, which premiered at the Sitges Film Festival last year. This time travel film follows a young engineer named Helen Phillips, played by Lyndsy Fonseca (who you will recognize from Kick-Ass or "Agent Carter"), distraught by her husband's suicide. He had been developing a time travel prototype. She wakes up one morning and gets a phone call from herself, which sets things in motion as she tries to figure out what's going on. Co-starring Linda Hamilton, Glenn Morshower, Alex Lanipekun, Zach Avery, Noah Bean. I saw this at Sitges and unfortunately it's not good. It has all the right ingredients, including a cool-looking time travel machine, but just doesn't amount to much and is instantly forgettable. Check it out. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Diego Hallivis' Curvature,...

Director Diego Hallivis is bringing his time travel sci-fi drama Curvature, about an engineer who travels back in time to stop herself from committing a murder, to the Sitges Film Festival on October 9th at 18:15 at the Retiro. In this exclusive first look from 1nMM Productions, a woman (Lyndsy Fonseca) receives a phone call preparing […]...

Exclusive: 1inMM Productions' Julio and Diego Hallivis (The Hallivis Brothers) and Zach Horwitz have raised a new film fund to produce and finance two-to-three elevated genre films under $5M per year for global audiences. The availability of the funds were confirmed by Deadline with City National Bank. "We created 1inMM Productions to produce high concept genre films with an edgy and unique approach to storytelling,” the Hallivis Brothers said in a statement to Deadline.…...

A mother and daughter discover that getting along with each other is the least of their worries when a frightening force haunts their home in Unwanted, a new horror film that will be directed by Eduardo Rodriguez (2013's Fright Night 2).

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA (December 19, 2016) – Katia Winter (Fox’s Sleepy Hollow) and newcomer Ashley Jones will star in the horror-thriller Unwanted. Zach Avery (Fury) will co-star.

After the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma (Winter) regains custody of their young daughter Isla (Jones) and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to torment them, mother and daughter are forced to face the inexplicable presence that inhabits the walls of their new home.

Unwanted is directed by Eduardo Rodriguez (El Gringo, Fright Night 2) from a screenplay by Andrew Wong. Unwanted marks the first original horror film for Eduardo Rodriguez since Curandero,...

Title: Game Time Directed by: Diego Hallivis Starring: Phil Haus, Jason Hurt, María Didomenico Running Time 101 minutes, Rated PG13 Vance and his mother leave an abusive, alcoholic father and move to New York to make a fresh start. Vance makes friends with Jules, an aspiring ball player whose dream is to get his mother and siblings out of poverty. Together, they enter dueling ball tournaments to raise cash and earn court prestige. Not a fan of this film. The acting was next to horrible and the dialogue was eye-rolling-ly bad. The only positive I can point out is that it’s a good tutorial for young men who are of...

At first glance, Diego Hallivis' The Duel (2011) appears to be just another run of the mill, wrong side of the tracks, teen-movie; not-so-bad bad-boy moves to new school, gets involved in a sporting contest with dangerous consequences and to get the girl kind of drivel perfectly tailored to the talents (if that’s the appropriate term) of someone like Channing Tatum.

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