Tag: zakhilditch
Netflix & Chills: STREAM. SCREAM. REPEAT.
This is a public service announcement. As the horror-day season approaches many of us like to line up the thirty-one days of October with a killer line-up or horror delights. Netflix would like to remind you that they have a...
Notes on Streaming: 1922, Miserable Man That I Am
Low-key dramatics and a one-dimensional theme characterize 1922, the latest screen adaptation of a Stephen King story. Released on Netflix this past Friday, my initial reaction to Zak Hilditch's film was quite muted and left me grumbling with dissatisfaction, much...
Screamfest 2017: THE LODGERS Leads Second Wave of Titles, Includes CHILD'S PLAY And THE FUNHOUSE Screenings
The seventeenth annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival is quickly approaching. Running from October 10th through 19th the festival will offer Los Angeles residents a good dose of thrills and chills leading into the Halloween season. Brian O'Malley's gothic horror...
Opening: THESE FINAL HOURS, A Truly Great Doomsday Production
A firecracker of a production, These Final Hours is set in the Australian city of Perth on the final day before the world as we know it concludes. It is exactly what it sounds like; an intense genre exercise respecting...
Exclusive: THESE FINAL HOURS Poster Premiere Gets Apocalyptic
Apocalyptic Australian thriller These Final Hours opens in select theaters in Canada on October 17 and will also be available across Canada on iTunes® and On-Demand the same day. To celebrate, we are pleased to premiere the gorgeous, yet still...
Review: THESE FINAL HOURS, The Peak Of Australian Genre
These Final Hours is a firecracker of a production set in the Australian city of Perth, on the final day before the world as we know it concludes. It is exactly what it sounds like; an intense genre exercise respecting the...
Prepare For THESE FINAL HOURS With THE COUNTDOWN
Melbourne winning and Cannes selected Australian scifi film These Final Hours hits Australian screens at the end of July and to prime audiences for the events of the film the creators have just launched The Countdown, a deeply immersive online...
Best of 2013: Fifteen New Directors To Watch
2013 has proven to have a bumper crop of new talents from around the globe and - continuing a tradition that began for me a few years back when I realized that the 'New Talents' part of my year end...
Roadshow Picks Up THESE FINAL HOURS For Wide Australian Release
In what will probably be the biggest coup for indie filmmakers in Australia this year, major Australian distributor Roadshow Films has picked up Zak Hilditch's apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours for a wide release - expected in 2014. The film was...
Melbourne 2013 Review: THESE FINAL HOURS, The Genre Film Australia Needs
In 2005, actor Nathan Phillips starred in backpacker shocker Wolf Creek. The film was a revitalization of sorts to pure genre cinema without pretension in Australia. Flash forward to today and that same actor has front and centered another firecracker of...
