Production on MaXXXine, the sequel to director Ti West‘s films Pearl (watch it Here) and X (watch that one at This Link), is said to have wrapped last May, and we’ve been anxiously waiting to hear a release date announcement ever since. Now, the news we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived! A24 has announced (via Deadline) that they will be giving the film a theatrical release on July 5th!
MaXXXine is written and directed by West. Mia Goth reprises the role of X survivor Maxine Minx, a burlesque performer and adult film actress with the goal of being a star. The film will follow Maxine, after the events of X, as the sole survivor who continues her journey towards fame, setting out to make it as an actress in 1980s Los Angeles.
The horror magazine Scream learned that the film is described as being “a good old whodunit slasher,...
MaXXXine is written and directed by West. Mia Goth reprises the role of X survivor Maxine Minx, a burlesque performer and adult film actress with the goal of being a star. The film will follow Maxine, after the events of X, as the sole survivor who continues her journey towards fame, setting out to make it as an actress in 1980s Los Angeles.
The horror magazine Scream learned that the film is described as being “a good old whodunit slasher,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
(Screened at the 2013 Raindance Film Festival) Controversial writer director Gen Takahashi returns with “Court of Zeus”, a courtroom drama which aims to lift the lid on corruption in the Japanese judiciary system. Gen is of course no stranger to such themes, having painted a less than favourable picture of the country’s police force in his superb 2006 offering “Confessions of a Dog”, a film which for many years struggled to earn the domestic release it undoubtedly deserved. Working again with director of photography Ryuji Ishikura and composer Jun Murakami, who scored his creatively morbid 2008 horror “Goth”, the film is another fiercely incendiary piece from the director, though this time one with a slightly different approach. Starring Hijiri Kojima (“The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai”), Shun Shioya (“Tokyo Noir”), Hironobu Nomura (“The Go Master”) and Jun Kawamoto, the film follows Kano, a fast-rising young judge and the perfect product of the court system,...
- 10/6/2013
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
A week from today, the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival will be getting underway on the south coast of France, opening with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," and as ever, it's possibly the biggest date in the cinephile calendar, with a host of hotly anticipated films set to premiere over the ten days that follow. A jury headed up by Nanni Moretti, and also including Andrea Arnold, Ewan McGregor, Alexander Payne, Diane Kruger and Jean-Paul Gaultier will have to decide which of over twenty films to award the Palme d'Or to. But while the In Competition category will be typically fierce in competition, there's plenty of gems to find in the Directors' Fortnight, Un Certain Regard and Critics' Week sidebars too.
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up,...
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up,...
- 5/9/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Do you like big tits? Do you like zombies?? Do you like 3D??? Then you’ll surely love Takao Nakano’s upcoming Big Tits Zombie 3D! In anticipation of the flick, ahem, busting out onto DVD in the UK on October 11th, we have a new trailer for you!
From the Press Release:
‘Zombie Strippers’ meets ‘The Evil Dead’ Japanese style in Big Tits Zombie, an insane horror-comedy that delivers everything the title promises and much, much more ... and all in eye-popping, in-your-face 3D!
Written and directed by Takao Nakano, the man who brought you ‘Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy’, ‘Sumo Vixens’ and the ‘ExorSister’ movies, Big Tits Zombie is based on Rei Mikamoto’s infamous manga ‘Kyonyu Dragon’ and stars legendary Japanese porn idols Sola Aoi and Risa Kasumi, the hugely popular pin-up model Mari Sakurai, and controversial comedian Minoru Torihada.
Recently returned to Japan from a stint in Mexico,...
From the Press Release:
‘Zombie Strippers’ meets ‘The Evil Dead’ Japanese style in Big Tits Zombie, an insane horror-comedy that delivers everything the title promises and much, much more ... and all in eye-popping, in-your-face 3D!
Written and directed by Takao Nakano, the man who brought you ‘Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy’, ‘Sumo Vixens’ and the ‘ExorSister’ movies, Big Tits Zombie is based on Rei Mikamoto’s infamous manga ‘Kyonyu Dragon’ and stars legendary Japanese porn idols Sola Aoi and Risa Kasumi, the hugely popular pin-up model Mari Sakurai, and controversial comedian Minoru Torihada.
Recently returned to Japan from a stint in Mexico,...
- 9/17/2010
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
Serial killers, murder, mystery and a fascination with death. Gen Takahashi’s Goth (love of death) is heading stateside, with news that Wellgo USA are set to the release this dark little horror thriller on R1 DVD. A live-action adaptation of the award-winning novel by popular Japanese author Otsuichi, Goth stars Rin Takanashi and Kanata Hongo) in a disturbing tale of two teenagers with an unhealthy appetite for the macabre. Already adapted into a Manga, word is an American movie adaptation (though for once, it’s not allegedly going to be a direct remake of Takahashi's film) is already in the pipeline for 2011. Goth is released on Us DVD, May 11th, but region free savvy folk with an eye for a bargain should check out getting a UK copy of the movie. It’s been out there for quite a while, and copies are now going cheap. Kerching! Synopsis: A...
- 4/7/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
Serial killers, murder, mystery and a fascination with death. Gen Takahashi’s Goth (love of death) is heading stateside, with news that Wellgo USA are set to the release this dark little horror thriller on R1 DVD. A live-action adaptation of the award-winning novel by popular Japanese author Otsuichi, Goth stars Rin Takanashi and Kanata Hongo) in a disturbing tale of two teenagers with an unhealthy appetite for the macabre. Already adapted into a Manga, word is an American movie adaptation (though for once, it’s not allegedly going to be a direct remake of Takahashi's film) is already in the pipeline for 2011. Goth is released on Us DVD, May 11th, but region free savvy folk with an eye for a bargain should check out getting a UK copy of the movie. It’s been out there for quite a while, and copies are now going cheap. Kerching! Synopsis: A...
- 4/7/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
Distributor Well Go USA will be releasing Gen Takahashi's Goth on region 1 DVD on May 11. The film is based on an award-winning novel by Otsuichi which was later adapted to manga by Kendi Oiwa.
Kanata Hongo stars as a popular student at a suburban Tokyo high school named Itsuki Kamiyama who is secretly obsessed with death and human cruelty. One day he meets Yoru Morino (Rin Takanashi), a beautiful fellow student who goes largely unnoticed in school due to her quiet demeanor and tendency to keep to herself. However, her own fascination with death draws the pair together as they both take an interest in a series of recent killings. For some reason, the killer has been severing the left hands of his victims before carefully propping up their corpses in artistic scenes. When Morino finds the killer's notebook, she teams up with Kamiyama to get to each death scene before police,...
Kanata Hongo stars as a popular student at a suburban Tokyo high school named Itsuki Kamiyama who is secretly obsessed with death and human cruelty. One day he meets Yoru Morino (Rin Takanashi), a beautiful fellow student who goes largely unnoticed in school due to her quiet demeanor and tendency to keep to herself. However, her own fascination with death draws the pair together as they both take an interest in a series of recent killings. For some reason, the killer has been severing the left hands of his victims before carefully propping up their corpses in artistic scenes. When Morino finds the killer's notebook, she teams up with Kamiyama to get to each death scene before police,...
- 4/6/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Based on the horror novel of the same name written by Otsu-ich, the story is about two high school students fascinated by murder. The book is comprised of 6 short stories, and it's also been converted into a Manga. We reported earlier on the teaser here.
"High school students Itsuki Kamiyama and Yoru Morino share an odd fascination with human cruelty and murder. Kamiyama knew they would share a connection as soon as he noticed a cut mark on her wrist. Together they track a brutal serial killer in an attempt to find the latest two victims—not necessarily to help bring the killer to justice, but simply for their own morbid need to inspect his or her handiwork."
Trailer after the break. via nipponcinema.
"High school students Itsuki Kamiyama and Yoru Morino share an odd fascination with human cruelty and murder. Kamiyama knew they would share a connection as soon as he noticed a cut mark on her wrist. Together they track a brutal serial killer in an attempt to find the latest two victims—not necessarily to help bring the killer to justice, but simply for their own morbid need to inspect his or her handiwork."
Trailer after the break. via nipponcinema.
- 11/20/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Whew! Finally the elections are over, and no matter which side of the political fence you sit on, you can't deny that history has been made. The week of November 1-7, 2008, was full of highs and lows for me; while I was rejoicing at Obama's resounding success, I couldn't help but feel disheartened by the passage of Prop 8 in California and similar measures in other states. We've come so far; yet, there's still a lot of work to be done to ensure equal rights for all. But I know that's not what we're here to talk about. So let's rehash horror's wins and losses over the past seven days.
One upcoming flick that looks like a frontrunner is 100 Feet. Be sure to check out the new clip that showed up online. I don't know about you, but I get a real The Entity vibe off this thing. I can't wait to see if I'm right.
One upcoming flick that looks like a frontrunner is 100 Feet. Be sure to check out the new clip that showed up online. I don't know about you, but I get a real The Entity vibe off this thing. I can't wait to see if I'm right.
- 11/8/2008
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Based on the horror novel of the same name written by Otsu-ich, the story is about two high school students fascinated by murder. The book is comprised of 6 short stories, and it's also been converted into a Manga. We don't have a synopsis for the film adaptation yet, but we do have a teaser which looks quite good. It starts off a bit slow, but, wait for it! Check it out after the break. Special thanks to The Gomorrahizer for the heads up.
- 10/31/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Let's start with a simple explanation: Goth is a novel of horror written by Otsu-ich about two high school students fascinated by murder. It's comprised of 6 short stories, and it's also been converted into a Manga. Now herein lies the coming battle. Fox Atomic has announced an adaptation to be done by Jt Petty (The Burrowers) and according to this interview Jt had this to say:
"Goth felt like a remarkably honest way to do a coming of age / teen romance picture, you cancel out all the maudlin and excessively cute dross that usually clogs those kind of movies with a good dose of sociopaths and serial killers. I've never known a teenage boy who wasn't at least a little bit of a sociopath."
As far as we know, Petty's version is still in development. Now on to the next: Japanese director Gen Takahashi is doing his own version and according to IMDb,...
"Goth felt like a remarkably honest way to do a coming of age / teen romance picture, you cancel out all the maudlin and excessively cute dross that usually clogs those kind of movies with a good dose of sociopaths and serial killers. I've never known a teenage boy who wasn't at least a little bit of a sociopath."
As far as we know, Petty's version is still in development. Now on to the next: Japanese director Gen Takahashi is doing his own version and according to IMDb,...
- 10/8/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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