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"POP SKULL, a manic, twisted, drug-infused and award-winning psychological horror film directed & co-written by Adam Wingard ("HOME SICK"), starring & co-written by newcomer Lane Hughes, co-written and co-produced by E.L. Katz ("AUTOPSY"), and produced by Peter Katz ("MORTUARY"), depicts the lonely and disjointed life of Daniel, a young Alabama pill addict, as his efforts to cope with the trials of his day-to-day life collide with the increasing influence of murderous and displaced spirits that inhabit his home. Plagued by ghosts, Daniel discovers his home holds a secret to a grisly crime... a crime he's doomed to repeat if he can't prevail against the forces that haunt him."
POP SKULL premiered domestically at the AFI Film Festival and internationally at the Rome Film Festival before playing the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, San Francisco Independent Film Festival, and New Zealand International Film Festival. It was awarded grand jury prizes at the Indianapolis International Film Festival and the Boston Underground Film Festival.
Halo-8 Entertainment (www.halo8.tv) is a Hollywood-2.0 movie studio using bleeding-edge strategies to create and distribute daring new films and alternative-culture lifestyle videos. Recent and upcoming releases include the megapopular animated series XOMBIE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL (which Bloody Disgusting called "one of the best online animated series to date"), the award-winning hardcore-punk thriller THREAT (which Urb Magazine said "makes KIDS look like an after-school special"), the legendary NY hardcore documentary N.Y.H.C. (which Cinematical called "smashing... a terrific, well-told, engaging story"), and the upcoming mindbendingly surreal, dystopic 'illustrated film' GODKILLER.
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16493 for the trailer.
http://www.popskullthemovie.com/ for the Official website.
http://www.myspace.com/popskullthemovie for Pop Skull myspace.
The following is a review for the film from Bloody-Disgusting ;
By: Mr Disgusting
I watch hundreds upon hundreds of hyper low budget independent films a year and usually only two or three stand out. POP SKULL is the best low budget indie horror pic Ive seen since Steven C. Millers AUTOMATON TRANSFUSION. Shot on a shoe-string budget of only $3,000 (!) odds were against this little film, but in the end it was a solid, creepy, trippy and intense horror-thriller that is sure to impress the horror masses.
The film which was written by E.L. Katz, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard, depicts the lonely and disjointed life of Daniel, a young Alabama pill addict, as his efforts to cope with the trials of his day-to-day life collide with the increasing influence of murderous and displaced spirits that inhabit his home.
Director Adam Wingard has grown up since making HOME SICK in 2004 and really put on an impress show with limited resources. Theres nothing more impressive than a good movie made for peanuts and recycled cans especially when Hollywood dumps garbage like HILLS HAVE EYES 2, which cost $12 million in theaters. Its people like Wingard who give hope to the future that movies can once again be made with a moderate budget and still be fantastic.
Before you check out POP SKULL I think it should be understood that this is a very slow-paced artsy horror-thriller. Our main character is drugged up from all sorts of pills hes popping and we visually see some of his experiences, which are erratic and seizure inducing. There are weird effects laced throughout the film while we deconstruct the history of our character and find out what exactly is going on. Is he seeing ghosts, or is it something else that haunts him? The solid script and fantastic acting by no-name individuals really aided in the experience. The development of our main character is pretty solid and the film is well paced, leaving us on the edge of our seat until the climatic end.
POP SKULL isnt one of those films you should anticipate because you expect to see an epic ordeal for no budget, what youll find here is a uneasy, creepy horror-thriller that youd throw in on a rainy day and relax to. I think this is the beginning of something special.
Score: 7 / 10
source-bloody disgusting
POP SKULL premiered domestically at the AFI Film Festival and internationally at the Rome Film Festival before playing the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, San Francisco Independent Film Festival, and New Zealand International Film Festival. It was awarded grand jury prizes at the Indianapolis International Film Festival and the Boston Underground Film Festival.
Halo-8 Entertainment (www.halo8.tv) is a Hollywood-2.0 movie studio using bleeding-edge strategies to create and distribute daring new films and alternative-culture lifestyle videos. Recent and upcoming releases include the megapopular animated series XOMBIE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL (which Bloody Disgusting called "one of the best online animated series to date"), the award-winning hardcore-punk thriller THREAT (which Urb Magazine said "makes KIDS look like an after-school special"), the legendary NY hardcore documentary N.Y.H.C. (which Cinematical called "smashing... a terrific, well-told, engaging story"), and the upcoming mindbendingly surreal, dystopic 'illustrated film' GODKILLER.
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16493 for the trailer.
http://www.popskullthemovie.com/ for the Official website.
http://www.myspace.com/popskullthemovie for Pop Skull myspace.
The following is a review for the film from Bloody-Disgusting ;
By: Mr Disgusting
I watch hundreds upon hundreds of hyper low budget independent films a year and usually only two or three stand out. POP SKULL is the best low budget indie horror pic Ive seen since Steven C. Millers AUTOMATON TRANSFUSION. Shot on a shoe-string budget of only $3,000 (!) odds were against this little film, but in the end it was a solid, creepy, trippy and intense horror-thriller that is sure to impress the horror masses.
The film which was written by E.L. Katz, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard, depicts the lonely and disjointed life of Daniel, a young Alabama pill addict, as his efforts to cope with the trials of his day-to-day life collide with the increasing influence of murderous and displaced spirits that inhabit his home.
Director Adam Wingard has grown up since making HOME SICK in 2004 and really put on an impress show with limited resources. Theres nothing more impressive than a good movie made for peanuts and recycled cans especially when Hollywood dumps garbage like HILLS HAVE EYES 2, which cost $12 million in theaters. Its people like Wingard who give hope to the future that movies can once again be made with a moderate budget and still be fantastic.
Before you check out POP SKULL I think it should be understood that this is a very slow-paced artsy horror-thriller. Our main character is drugged up from all sorts of pills hes popping and we visually see some of his experiences, which are erratic and seizure inducing. There are weird effects laced throughout the film while we deconstruct the history of our character and find out what exactly is going on. Is he seeing ghosts, or is it something else that haunts him? The solid script and fantastic acting by no-name individuals really aided in the experience. The development of our main character is pretty solid and the film is well paced, leaving us on the edge of our seat until the climatic end.
POP SKULL isnt one of those films you should anticipate because you expect to see an epic ordeal for no budget, what youll find here is a uneasy, creepy horror-thriller that youd throw in on a rainy day and relax to. I think this is the beginning of something special.
Score: 7 / 10
source-bloody disgusting
