After filming the extensive behind-the-scenes documentary In Hell Everybody Loves Popcorn: The Making of 31, writer/director Josh Hasty takes viewers to a small town haunted by a vengeful soul on Halloween weekend in his next film, Candy Corn. Ahead of the movie's VOD and Blu-ray release on September 17th from Epic Pictures and Dread, we've been provided with the film's official poster and trailer to share with Daily Dead readers.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA, August 16, 2019 – Epic Pictures and Dread are thrilled to release the brand new poster and trailer for Josh Hasty's feature film, Candy Corn, releasing on VOD and Blu-ray on September 17th!
It’s Halloween weekend and a group of bullies are planning their annual hazing on local outcast, Jacob Atkins. When they take things too far, he’s resurrected to seek revenge against those that wronged him.
Candy Corn is written & directed by Josh Hasty (In...
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA, August 16, 2019 – Epic Pictures and Dread are thrilled to release the brand new poster and trailer for Josh Hasty's feature film, Candy Corn, releasing on VOD and Blu-ray on September 17th!
It’s Halloween weekend and a group of bullies are planning their annual hazing on local outcast, Jacob Atkins. When they take things too far, he’s resurrected to seek revenge against those that wronged him.
Candy Corn is written & directed by Josh Hasty (In...
- 8/19/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Check out the trailer and poster below for writer/director Josh Hasty’s Halloween-set horror Candy Corn, which is set for release, via Epic Pictures, though their “Dread Presents” banner.
When the annual hazing of a local “freak” goes too far, a traveling carnie takes matters into his own hands and seeks vengeance. He creates a monster hungry for blood. One by one the boys involved in the heinous crime are viciously murdered… and revenge never tasted so sweet.
The films, which stars genre legends Courtney Gains (Children of the Corn), Pj Soles (Halloween) and Tony Todd (Candyman), alongside Sky Elobar, Caleb Thomas, Madison Russ, Cy Creamer, Jimothy Beckholt, Nate Chaney, Patrick Ryan, Justin Mabry, Matt O’Neill, and Jaime Gallagher, is set for a Us release this Autumn.
When the annual hazing of a local “freak” goes too far, a traveling carnie takes matters into his own hands and seeks vengeance. He creates a monster hungry for blood. One by one the boys involved in the heinous crime are viciously murdered… and revenge never tasted so sweet.
The films, which stars genre legends Courtney Gains (Children of the Corn), Pj Soles (Halloween) and Tony Todd (Candyman), alongside Sky Elobar, Caleb Thomas, Madison Russ, Cy Creamer, Jimothy Beckholt, Nate Chaney, Patrick Ryan, Justin Mabry, Matt O’Neill, and Jaime Gallagher, is set for a Us release this Autumn.
- 5/20/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
We've received word that Candy Corn, from Josh Hasty, has been picked up by Epic Pictures and will be distributed through their Dread label. A fall theatrical release is planned for the Us, while the movie is being taken to Cannes next week to seek international distribution. Here's what Josh Hasty had to say about his project being acquired:
"For the last three years of my life Candy Corn has been a labor of love that’s consumed my every waking moment. I had the most incredible team of filmmakers that stood behind my ambitious goals through a very trying and stressful production. When you spend this much time with something you had to consistently keep alive against all odds, the thought of handing it off to a distributor can be horrifying.
I spoke with a lot of interested distributors, but the conversations ended after my first call with the...
"For the last three years of my life Candy Corn has been a labor of love that’s consumed my every waking moment. I had the most incredible team of filmmakers that stood behind my ambitious goals through a very trying and stressful production. When you spend this much time with something you had to consistently keep alive against all odds, the thought of handing it off to a distributor can be horrifying.
I spoke with a lot of interested distributors, but the conversations ended after my first call with the...
- 5/10/2019
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
After filming the extensive behind-the-scenes documentary In Hell Everybody Loves Popcorn: The Making of 31, writer/director Josh Hasty's next project, Candy Corn, will take horror fans to a creepy carnival on Halloween Eve, and the full cast for the new horror movie has now been revealed, including Tony Todd, Pj Soles, and Courtney Gains.
Press Release: Horror film icons, Courtney Gains, Pj Soles, Tony Todd, and newcomer Pancho Moler, join the previously announced cast: Sky Elobar, Caleb Thomas, Madison Russ, Cy Creamer, Jimothy Beckholt, Nate Chaney, Patrick Ryan, Justin Mabry, Matt O'Neill, and Jaime Gallagher to round-out the full cast announcement of “Candy Corn”
The suspense thriller, “Candy Corn,” is Written, Directed, and Produced by auteur filmmaker, Josh Hasty (Director of “In Hell Everybody Loves Popcorn” and the acclaimed feature length documentary on the making of Rob Zombie's “31”).
The film is produced by Courtney Gains alongside Matt O...
Press Release: Horror film icons, Courtney Gains, Pj Soles, Tony Todd, and newcomer Pancho Moler, join the previously announced cast: Sky Elobar, Caleb Thomas, Madison Russ, Cy Creamer, Jimothy Beckholt, Nate Chaney, Patrick Ryan, Justin Mabry, Matt O'Neill, and Jaime Gallagher to round-out the full cast announcement of “Candy Corn”
The suspense thriller, “Candy Corn,” is Written, Directed, and Produced by auteur filmmaker, Josh Hasty (Director of “In Hell Everybody Loves Popcorn” and the acclaimed feature length documentary on the making of Rob Zombie's “31”).
The film is produced by Courtney Gains alongside Matt O...
- 1/23/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Kelly Hu is set to star in Becoming Ginger Rogers, an indie film, which is being directed by Anna Chi. The romantic comedy is based on the memoir Becoming Ginger Rogers: How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, Better Partner, and Smarter CEO by New York publicist Patrice Tanaka. In the wake of 9/11 and faced with a personal crisis involving her beloved Afghani husband, the Hawaiian-born Tanaka turned to ballroom dancing as an escape. Against all odds she became a sensation on the competitive circuit, rediscovering her true self in the process. Beverly Kopf and Gary Goldstein optioned the novel and will pen the screenplay. Hu, who recently was seen in The Orville on Fox, is repped by Buchwald and Mainstay Entertainment. Chi is repped by Summit Talent & Literary Agency.
Courtney Gains, who...
Courtney Gains, who...
- 1/18/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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