Exclusive: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark filmmaker André Øvredal is returning to the horror space with an untitled project at Paramount Pictures.
Former Warner Bros production executive Walter Hamada is producing via his 18hz production company, as part of his first look deal with Paramount, alongside It movie scribe Gary Dauberman via Coin Operated.
Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess penned the script which has a logline that’s being kept secret.
Hamada is also producing Primate for the studio which is currently in production. Dauberman’s feature take of Stephen King’s classic novel, Salem’s Lot, recently streamed on Max. Dauberman penned several installments in The Conjuring series including The Nun franchise and Annabelle franchise. His feature directorial debut was Annabelle Comes Home. Dauberman’s feature take of King’s It grossed $1.1 billion.
Øvredal also directed the movie’s Mortal and Amblin’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
Former Warner Bros production executive Walter Hamada is producing via his 18hz production company, as part of his first look deal with Paramount, alongside It movie scribe Gary Dauberman via Coin Operated.
Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess penned the script which has a logline that’s being kept secret.
Hamada is also producing Primate for the studio which is currently in production. Dauberman’s feature take of Stephen King’s classic novel, Salem’s Lot, recently streamed on Max. Dauberman penned several installments in The Conjuring series including The Nun franchise and Annabelle franchise. His feature directorial debut was Annabelle Comes Home. Dauberman’s feature take of King’s It grossed $1.1 billion.
Øvredal also directed the movie’s Mortal and Amblin’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
- 10/8/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
If you’re looking to up the creep factor with your Fourth of July festivities, we’ve found the perfect pairing for your annual rewatches of holiday horror favorites like Jaws and I Know What You Did Last Summer — Anthony Sellitti’s terrifying short film, “Deep End“!
Check out Bloody Disgusting’s exclusive short debut below.
When an adventurous young boy (Cardin Benjamin) sneaks into a seemingly serene swimming pool on a hot summer day, he discovers what lurks beneath the surface is more terrifying than he ever could have imagined. Clocking under five minutes, this short aquatic horror film artfully evokes a timeless sense of summer nostalgia, while also tapping into the universal childhood memories of swimming in a pool, where the deep end and the unknown abyss beneath our feet filled our minds with fear.
If Jaws made you afraid of the ocean, “Deep End” will definitely make...
Check out Bloody Disgusting’s exclusive short debut below.
When an adventurous young boy (Cardin Benjamin) sneaks into a seemingly serene swimming pool on a hot summer day, he discovers what lurks beneath the surface is more terrifying than he ever could have imagined. Clocking under five minutes, this short aquatic horror film artfully evokes a timeless sense of summer nostalgia, while also tapping into the universal childhood memories of swimming in a pool, where the deep end and the unknown abyss beneath our feet filled our minds with fear.
If Jaws made you afraid of the ocean, “Deep End” will definitely make...
- 7/3/2023
- by Ari Drew
- bloody-disgusting.com
These interviews have been edited for length and clarity.
If you’re drawn to creepy and unsettling imagery like I am, odds are you have likely come across and fallen down the rabbit hole of images online known as “liminal spaces.” These images often portray typically bustling places—streets, malls, schools, sprawling corridors—in their most desolate states, uncharacteristically empty and isolated to the point of being unsettling. The public’s fascination with liminal spaces has been growing in recent years, but the term liminality itself first surfaced in the field of anthropology through the early-to-mid 20th-century work of scholars like Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner in their study of rituals. Put as simply as can be, liminality describes a state of transition, where someone or something is neither here nor there, connected to what was before and what is to come, but not fully planted in either.
It...
If you’re drawn to creepy and unsettling imagery like I am, odds are you have likely come across and fallen down the rabbit hole of images online known as “liminal spaces.” These images often portray typically bustling places—streets, malls, schools, sprawling corridors—in their most desolate states, uncharacteristically empty and isolated to the point of being unsettling. The public’s fascination with liminal spaces has been growing in recent years, but the term liminality itself first surfaced in the field of anthropology through the early-to-mid 20th-century work of scholars like Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner in their study of rituals. Put as simply as can be, liminality describes a state of transition, where someone or something is neither here nor there, connected to what was before and what is to come, but not fully planted in either.
It...
- 1/17/2023
- by Ari Drew
- bloody-disgusting.com
Click here to read the full article.
As scary movies continue to rule the fall box office, production/management firm Anonymous Content has partnered with Eat the Cat, the banner run by Nick Antosca, the prolific creator and series showrunner behind The Act and A Friend of the Family, and partner Alex Hedlund, on a new joint venture to make horror and genre films.
With a plan to leverage creative and production resources from both Anonymous and Eat the Cat, the partnership, which is being titled Anonymous Cat, will focus on developing and producing what it calls premium filmmaker-driven fare in the spook space.
Robert Walak and Alisa Tager, presidents of AC Studios, the independent film and TV production studio that resides inside Anonymous, will oversee the joint venture with Garrett Kemble, Ryan Schwartz and Anonymous CEO Dawn Olmstead, alongside Cat’s Antosca and Hedlund.
The venture is hitting the...
As scary movies continue to rule the fall box office, production/management firm Anonymous Content has partnered with Eat the Cat, the banner run by Nick Antosca, the prolific creator and series showrunner behind The Act and A Friend of the Family, and partner Alex Hedlund, on a new joint venture to make horror and genre films.
With a plan to leverage creative and production resources from both Anonymous and Eat the Cat, the partnership, which is being titled Anonymous Cat, will focus on developing and producing what it calls premium filmmaker-driven fare in the spook space.
Robert Walak and Alisa Tager, presidents of AC Studios, the independent film and TV production studio that resides inside Anonymous, will oversee the joint venture with Garrett Kemble, Ryan Schwartz and Anonymous CEO Dawn Olmstead, alongside Cat’s Antosca and Hedlund.
The venture is hitting the...
- 10/20/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We here at Bloody Disgusting are huge fans of Zachary Donohue‘s The Den, which is undoubtedly one of the scariest movies to come out of the 2010s. So it brings us great pleasure to announce that the trailer for Donohue’s next project has been released and it’s for a horror web series called The Unknowable, which will be premiering exclusively on Jackalope Studio‘s YouTube Channel on October 25.
The official synopsis reads: In 1948, World War II veteran Thaddeus Wilcox left in the middle of the night from his idyllic San Francisco home with his wife Fanny and her sister Mabel to a remote property in the Mojave Desert known as Silent Creek. Compelled by visions of a strange alien species, The Wilcox family spent the year attempting to make contact — but in that time, they would draw the unwanted attention of other more malevolent and unspeakable forces,...
The official synopsis reads: In 1948, World War II veteran Thaddeus Wilcox left in the middle of the night from his idyllic San Francisco home with his wife Fanny and her sister Mabel to a remote property in the Mojave Desert known as Silent Creek. Compelled by visions of a strange alien species, The Wilcox family spent the year attempting to make contact — but in that time, they would draw the unwanted attention of other more malevolent and unspeakable forces,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Trace Thurman
- bloody-disgusting.com
For found footage horror fans, Zachary Donohue’s 2013 feature debut The Den is often regarded as one of the scariest films in the subgenre and a pioneer of the screen life storytelling format. Using various computer- and app-based interactions to follow a graduate student being targeted by a vicious killer after witnessing a murder online, […]
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- 7/28/2022
- by Ari Drew
- bloody-disgusting.com
Reviewed by Jennica Lynn Johnson
MoreHorror.com
As a teenager, being able to watch torture porn without vomiting was an achievement that was held in high regards. My friends and I would frequently visit sites such as Rotten.com to seek out the latest photos of disturbing bodily injuries; we would scour the internet for the Two-Girls-One-Cup video and the Mr. Hands video. It was like a mature version of truth-or-dare; an extreme gross-out game.
After viewing numerous photos and videos of this nature, however, it is easy to become desensitized to the gore and violence and forget that not all of the people in the images are acting. The naive assumption that the brutality witnessed on the internet must be staged is one of the many issues of the 21st century that is addressed in The Den (2013).
In his feature film debut as both a screenwriter and director, Zachary Donohue...
MoreHorror.com
As a teenager, being able to watch torture porn without vomiting was an achievement that was held in high regards. My friends and I would frequently visit sites such as Rotten.com to seek out the latest photos of disturbing bodily injuries; we would scour the internet for the Two-Girls-One-Cup video and the Mr. Hands video. It was like a mature version of truth-or-dare; an extreme gross-out game.
After viewing numerous photos and videos of this nature, however, it is easy to become desensitized to the gore and violence and forget that not all of the people in the images are acting. The naive assumption that the brutality witnessed on the internet must be staged is one of the many issues of the 21st century that is addressed in The Den (2013).
In his feature film debut as both a screenwriter and director, Zachary Donohue...
- 1/12/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Well it’s that time of year again – the one where websites across the globe churn out Top 10 list after top ten list. So why should we be any different?! Yet whilst we may be following the predictable end of year lists, I can guarantee that my list is anything but predictable, featuring films from across the globe: including the Us, Canada, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and even good old Blighty!
This year more than ever there has been film after film that knocked it out of the park for me – which is why my Top 10 list has Two sections: the Top 10 and then the pick of 35(!) more brilliant movies (I would have loved this list to be a Top 45, honestly). So what’s my criteria? Well it has to be a movie I’ve seen this year, one that was released this year, i.e. making its UK debut,...
This year more than ever there has been film after film that knocked it out of the park for me – which is why my Top 10 list has Two sections: the Top 10 and then the pick of 35(!) more brilliant movies (I would have loved this list to be a Top 45, honestly). So what’s my criteria? Well it has to be a movie I’ve seen this year, one that was released this year, i.e. making its UK debut,...
- 12/19/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes first details on The Crypt’s 13 Days of #HalloVine, The Rage Vol. 1, and Ink, a trailer for Honeyspider, and much more:
13 Days of #HalloVine First Details: “13 Days of #HalloVine! The Crypt and 13 of your favorite horror directors invade your phone!
The Crypt, Eli Roth’s multi-channel horror studio and iPhone app, is bringing fear to your phone this Halloween as 13 directors are participating in The Crypt’s 13 Days of #HalloVine!
#HalloVine begins October 3rd and ends with Eli Roth himself on October 15th! Find these scary Vines by following The Crypt on Vine or checking out any of The Crypt’s social media channels.
The director of the day will conquer the realm of digital scares and take over The Crypt’s Twitter, Vine, Instagram, Facebook and the Crypt...
13 Days of #HalloVine First Details: “13 Days of #HalloVine! The Crypt and 13 of your favorite horror directors invade your phone!
The Crypt, Eli Roth’s multi-channel horror studio and iPhone app, is bringing fear to your phone this Halloween as 13 directors are participating in The Crypt’s 13 Days of #HalloVine!
#HalloVine begins October 3rd and ends with Eli Roth himself on October 15th! Find these scary Vines by following The Crypt on Vine or checking out any of The Crypt’s social media channels.
The director of the day will conquer the realm of digital scares and take over The Crypt’s Twitter, Vine, Instagram, Facebook and the Crypt...
- 10/5/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
by Seth Metoyer
Eli Roth is bringing the horror to Vine for the Halloween season and today director James Cullen Bressack (To Jennifer, Hate Crime, 13/13/13, Blood Lake, Pernicious) kicked off the campaign.
On October 3, 2014, Eli Roth’s The Crypt launched Hallovine: 13 Horror Directors, 13 Original Shorts.
Check out the full details below and watch all four installments that Bressack unleashed on Vine titled Intruders. Watch them below the official details.
For the next 12 days, bookending with Eli Roth on October 15th, the directors who will be participating in the “13 Days of #HalloVine”, in no particular order, with a few other not-yet-announced surprises, are: Chris Mintz Plasse, Jennifer Biehn, The Vicious Brothers, Emily Haggins, Doug Rath, Zachary Donohue, Alex Pulisci, Kheireddine El-Helou and Pearry Teo.
From The Press Release:
13 Days Of #Hallovine! The Crypt and 13 of your favorite horror directors invade your phone!
Check out The Crypt on Vine, Twitter, and Facebook...
Eli Roth is bringing the horror to Vine for the Halloween season and today director James Cullen Bressack (To Jennifer, Hate Crime, 13/13/13, Blood Lake, Pernicious) kicked off the campaign.
On October 3, 2014, Eli Roth’s The Crypt launched Hallovine: 13 Horror Directors, 13 Original Shorts.
Check out the full details below and watch all four installments that Bressack unleashed on Vine titled Intruders. Watch them below the official details.
For the next 12 days, bookending with Eli Roth on October 15th, the directors who will be participating in the “13 Days of #HalloVine”, in no particular order, with a few other not-yet-announced surprises, are: Chris Mintz Plasse, Jennifer Biehn, The Vicious Brothers, Emily Haggins, Doug Rath, Zachary Donohue, Alex Pulisci, Kheireddine El-Helou and Pearry Teo.
From The Press Release:
13 Days Of #Hallovine! The Crypt and 13 of your favorite horror directors invade your phone!
Check out The Crypt on Vine, Twitter, and Facebook...
- 10/4/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Well this years Frightfest is over and I’ve had a week to digest everything – it’s safe to say this year was… interesting. The move from the Empire to Vue West End, whilst not without the odd teething problem, was a success. Yes, the atmosphere had changed a little, at least in terms of experiencing a film with hundreds of people instead of thousands, but the positives of the move truly outweighed any negatives. My personal positive? The wide range of films on show this year and that fact there was No problems getting into the Discovery Screens this year – which in my own case, was where I saw some of the best films of the festival.
Speaking of films, whilst there was no outstanding, totally blown me away, movie this year, there overall standard was Very high, with only one real dud of the entire week (and I...
Speaking of films, whilst there was no outstanding, totally blown me away, movie this year, there overall standard was Very high, with only one real dud of the entire week (and I...
- 8/31/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Melanie Papalia, David Schlachtenhaufen, Matt Riedy, Adam Shapiro, Victoria Hanlin, Matt Lasky, Brian Bell | Written by Zachary Donohue, Lauren Thompson | Directed by Zachary Donohue
It may seem, given my past reviews of found footage movies, that all I do is spew bile and vitriol when it comes to a lot of these particular movies but that doesn’t mean I’m not willing to still give the genre a a fair shake. Good job too, otherwise I would have missed out on a great example of it in The Den.
The idea of using the internet (and webcams) is nothing new in horror, it’s cropped up in dozens of movies, some good, a lot bad. With the advent of webcams, CCTV and “always-connected” devices, any good horror movie villain would – given that using the net is his or her modus operandi – have almost total control over their victims lives.
It may seem, given my past reviews of found footage movies, that all I do is spew bile and vitriol when it comes to a lot of these particular movies but that doesn’t mean I’m not willing to still give the genre a a fair shake. Good job too, otherwise I would have missed out on a great example of it in The Den.
The idea of using the internet (and webcams) is nothing new in horror, it’s cropped up in dozens of movies, some good, a lot bad. With the advent of webcams, CCTV and “always-connected” devices, any good horror movie villain would – given that using the net is his or her modus operandi – have almost total control over their victims lives.
- 8/22/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The line-up for this year's Film4 FrightFest in London has just been announced – and boy, is it a doozy! Sporting a record-breaking 38 UK/European premieres and 11 world premieres, this August is going to be an exciting time in the genre calendar.
Check it all out right here, including lots of new images!
This year Film4 FrightFest will be moving from its previous home at Leicester Square's Empire Cinema to the nearby Vue Cinema (also on Leicester Square), prompting an ingenious reshuffle of the screening arrangements.
All main screen films will be presented at different times across three different screens, with two extra screens reserved for single-slot screenings of the various films hitting this year's Discovery Screens.
Here's the full list of goodies:
Main Screens (5, 6, 7)
Thursday Aug 21
Opening Night Film - The Guest (UK Premiere)
Director: Adam Wingard. Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser. USA 2014. 99 mins.
Check it all out right here, including lots of new images!
This year Film4 FrightFest will be moving from its previous home at Leicester Square's Empire Cinema to the nearby Vue Cinema (also on Leicester Square), prompting an ingenious reshuffle of the screening arrangements.
All main screen films will be presented at different times across three different screens, with two extra screens reserved for single-slot screenings of the various films hitting this year's Discovery Screens.
Here's the full list of goodies:
Main Screens (5, 6, 7)
Thursday Aug 21
Opening Night Film - The Guest (UK Premiere)
Director: Adam Wingard. Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser. USA 2014. 99 mins.
- 6/27/2014
- by Gareth Jones
- DreadCentral.com
Film4 FrightFest 2014, returning for its 15th year, unveils its biggest line-up ever. From Thurs 21 August to Monday 25 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Vue West End, Leicester Square, to present sixty-four films plus twenty shorts across five screens. There are sixteen countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-eight UK or European premieres and eleven world premieres.
Are you ready for a monstrous and memorable mayhem of killer claws, cannibalism, cult classics, murderous musicals, chiller thrillers, graphic novel action and sick celluloid masterpieces? Then prepare yourself for the biggest, strongest and most eclectic must-see programme in Film4 FrightFest’s history.
From the opening night turbo-driven thrill-ride The Guest to the UK premiere of the closing night mesmeric sci-fi fantasy The Signal, FrightFest has netted the latest works from genre big-hitters such as Eli Roth (The Green Inferno), Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins (Show...
Are you ready for a monstrous and memorable mayhem of killer claws, cannibalism, cult classics, murderous musicals, chiller thrillers, graphic novel action and sick celluloid masterpieces? Then prepare yourself for the biggest, strongest and most eclectic must-see programme in Film4 FrightFest’s history.
From the opening night turbo-driven thrill-ride The Guest to the UK premiere of the closing night mesmeric sci-fi fantasy The Signal, FrightFest has netted the latest works from genre big-hitters such as Eli Roth (The Green Inferno), Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins (Show...
- 6/27/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Tagline: "He wants to watch you." Director: Zachary Donohue. Writers: Zachary Donohue and Lauren Thompson. Cast: Melanie Papalia, David Schlachtenhaufen, Matt Riedy and Adam Shapiro. The Den is a film from first time director and scriptwriter Zachary Donohue. This title was released through IFC Midnight's online platform in mid-March. And, this film fan wished he heard of the film earlier. The Den focuses on the protagonist Elizabeth (Melanie Papalia), who is exploring the internet's dark underbelly. Elizabeth loses control of a research project. And, Donohue films all of her failures through an interesting collection of mediums. Shot with an innovative style, The Den is one of the best found footage films to come by way of Los Angeles in awhile. The story is a character study of Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a bright, young woman with a brilliant future. However, her choice of study is a poor one. You see, there...
- 4/13/2014
- by [email protected] (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Be careful on who you meet on the Internet.
“The Den” is a thriller horror movie about a young college student studying social networking on random video chat rooms similar to Chatroulette. And then unexpectedly, she witnesses a murder in one of the chat sessions as strange events follow the incident.
The film stars Melanie Papalia, David Schlachtenhaufen and Matt Riedy. It marks the directorial debut for Zachary Donohue.
Latino-Review had an exclusive telephone interview with actress Melanie Papalia on her experiences with the film and Chatroulette. She recalls the creepiness of socializing on the Internet and the reflections back towards the movie.
“The Den” is playing in select theaters and available on VOD.
Read the interview transcript below.
Latino-Review: What attracted you to the script for “The Den?”
Melanie Papalia: I think one of the main things that attracted me was that it’s not often a movie...
“The Den” is a thriller horror movie about a young college student studying social networking on random video chat rooms similar to Chatroulette. And then unexpectedly, she witnesses a murder in one of the chat sessions as strange events follow the incident.
The film stars Melanie Papalia, David Schlachtenhaufen and Matt Riedy. It marks the directorial debut for Zachary Donohue.
Latino-Review had an exclusive telephone interview with actress Melanie Papalia on her experiences with the film and Chatroulette. She recalls the creepiness of socializing on the Internet and the reflections back towards the movie.
“The Den” is playing in select theaters and available on VOD.
Read the interview transcript below.
Latino-Review: What attracted you to the script for “The Den?”
Melanie Papalia: I think one of the main things that attracted me was that it’s not often a movie...
- 3/14/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
The film The Den (review) brings a whole new, and much-needed, twist to the found-footage sub-genre of horror. Recently director and co-writer Zachary Donohue sat down with Dread Central to talk about his film.
For starters, Donohue discussed what he hoped to convey to the audience with The Den. "This is unlike any found footage movie you've ever seen," he said. "We wanted to create a movie that felt like you were on your own computer screen."
He added, "We wanted to convey this voyeuristic sense that maybe you shouldn't be watching this movie because you're privy to this character's emails, her chats. We really just wanted to tap into that idea of voyeurism."
But more than just peeping in on someone's life, Donohue also wanted The Den to portray the internet as it actually exists. "We wanted to create a funhouse," he said. "This is a movie about the internet,...
For starters, Donohue discussed what he hoped to convey to the audience with The Den. "This is unlike any found footage movie you've ever seen," he said. "We wanted to create a movie that felt like you were on your own computer screen."
He added, "We wanted to convey this voyeuristic sense that maybe you shouldn't be watching this movie because you're privy to this character's emails, her chats. We really just wanted to tap into that idea of voyeurism."
But more than just peeping in on someone's life, Donohue also wanted The Den to portray the internet as it actually exists. "We wanted to create a funhouse," he said. "This is a movie about the internet,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Scott Hallam
- DreadCentral.com
Unlawful Entry: Donohue’s Debut a Promising Idea with Faulty Execution
Director Zachary Donohue brings the home invasion thriller to the millennial doorstep with his directorial debut, The Den. Unfortunately, the advanced technology that furthers the narrative of his film gets reduced to a gimmick, wedding itself to the same glorious faults of the found footage genre as it manages to arrive feeling just a titch outdated already, as well as managing to be a visual eyesore with its insistence on unfolding almost exclusively from computer and/or phone cams. Distant, very distant echoes of classic women in peril films from the vaults of vintage Hollywood may put one in mind of something fun and classy (and incredibly campy) like the sickly Barbara Stanwyck character in Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), an element that lends Donohue’s material incredible and unprecedented mileage in building tension. But an eventual marriage with standard...
Director Zachary Donohue brings the home invasion thriller to the millennial doorstep with his directorial debut, The Den. Unfortunately, the advanced technology that furthers the narrative of his film gets reduced to a gimmick, wedding itself to the same glorious faults of the found footage genre as it manages to arrive feeling just a titch outdated already, as well as managing to be a visual eyesore with its insistence on unfolding almost exclusively from computer and/or phone cams. Distant, very distant echoes of classic women in peril films from the vaults of vintage Hollywood may put one in mind of something fun and classy (and incredibly campy) like the sickly Barbara Stanwyck character in Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), an element that lends Donohue’s material incredible and unprecedented mileage in building tension. But an eventual marriage with standard...
- 3/12/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
While “first person” style horror certainly isn’t going anywhere thanks to a minimal budget/maximum profit scenario, I’m momentarily giddy because directors are once again looking for inspiration elsewhere. Recently I reviewed a Chatroulette inspired horror film called The Den, whose ingenuity I ended up praising. Following hot on the technical heels of Zachary Donohue is Nacho Vigalondo’s own internet hacking nightmare, Open Windows.
Vigalondo’s title refers to the numerous open program windows on his main character’s computer, representing the portal for our viewing experience. Mixing elements of suspense, home invasions, voyeurism, and celebrity idolization, Vigalondo makes us fear a culture of hackers who can re-write history with a simple keystroke – through a convoluted story more tangled than the interwebz.
Nick Chambers (Elijah Wood) manages one of the most popular fan sites for actress Jill Goddard (Sasha Grey), a sultry celeb adored by the masses.
Vigalondo’s title refers to the numerous open program windows on his main character’s computer, representing the portal for our viewing experience. Mixing elements of suspense, home invasions, voyeurism, and celebrity idolization, Vigalondo makes us fear a culture of hackers who can re-write history with a simple keystroke – through a convoluted story more tangled than the interwebz.
Nick Chambers (Elijah Wood) manages one of the most popular fan sites for actress Jill Goddard (Sasha Grey), a sultry celeb adored by the masses.
- 3/12/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
8mm updated for the Skype age, Zachary Donohue's The Den reminds us that those looking for the worst shades of humanity need only spend a few minutes video-chatting with strangers. After receiving a grant to study every nook and cranny of The Den, a stand-in for such chat sites as Chatroulette and Omegle, it isn't long before Elizabeth (Melanie Papalia) has seen a kid with a monster in his closet, an abundance of swinging dicks, and what's either a very convincing prank or an actual teenage girl getting her throat slit. This naturally leads down a rabbit hole for which the mild-mannered grad student is wholly unprepared. The entirety of Donohue's film is shown from the point of view of its heroine's computer desktop, usually with both her webcam's feed and that o...
- 3/12/2014
- Village Voice
Bored at night? Ever visited Chatroulette?
Like any Internet trend, Chatroulette opened up a new world of randomly meeting people with one’s webcam. But, the Internet world is very dangerous and you’ll never know what kind of random stranger you’ll meet.
Horror thriller “The Den” sets itself in this webcam social networking arena with a young college student trying to research her thesis. She witnesses pranks, nude flashers, foreigners, dancers, etc. Until she came across a video, in which she witnessed a murder. And then strange things started to happen.
The film stars a few relatively young stars with Melanie Papalia (“Smiley”), David Schlachtenhaufen (“Loose Cannons: The Movie”) and Adam Shapiro (“Now You See Me”). It is the directorial debut for Zachary Donohue, who wrote the script with Lauren Thompson.
Although “The Den” is a fictitious horror setting, it plays into the certain themes of Internet stalkers...
Like any Internet trend, Chatroulette opened up a new world of randomly meeting people with one’s webcam. But, the Internet world is very dangerous and you’ll never know what kind of random stranger you’ll meet.
Horror thriller “The Den” sets itself in this webcam social networking arena with a young college student trying to research her thesis. She witnesses pranks, nude flashers, foreigners, dancers, etc. Until she came across a video, in which she witnessed a murder. And then strange things started to happen.
The film stars a few relatively young stars with Melanie Papalia (“Smiley”), David Schlachtenhaufen (“Loose Cannons: The Movie”) and Adam Shapiro (“Now You See Me”). It is the directorial debut for Zachary Donohue, who wrote the script with Lauren Thompson.
Although “The Den” is a fictitious horror setting, it plays into the certain themes of Internet stalkers...
- 3/4/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
The internet is a vile, abhorrent, perverse beast. Need proof besides the countless websites of illegal pornography, shared videos of actual human deaths, and constant accreditation of the “Brony” culture? Please, look no further than a brilliant idea turned into a cesspool for perverts – Chatroulette. Don’t lie, we’ve all gotten hammered one night (many nights) in college and scoured this video chat service looking for some debaucherous internet lulz, only to stumble upon an endless parade of naked men beating their meat for the world to see. Give a man the technology to communicate with any inch of the globe on command, promoting cultural knowledge and uninterrupted encounters with countless interesting people, and all he’ll end up with is a sticky keyboard apparently. Right, and you’re going to argue that society isn’t screwed?
Enter Zachary Donohue, a first time writer/director who noticed the inherent...
Enter Zachary Donohue, a first time writer/director who noticed the inherent...
- 2/25/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Horror has always been considered sort of a "niche" genre, but even within the vaunted halls of horror-dom, there are smaller niches. Cannibal movies are sort of like that; there are some serious horror fans who simply don't like all those crazy old Italian cannibal movies. (Strange but true.) "Found footage" is a horror sub-genre "niche" that seems to have few supporters and a whole lot of detractors -- but the stream of found footage horror flicks doesn't seem like it will be abating any time soon.
So perhaps it's just time to accept that the gimmick is here to stay, and focus on the indie horror films that do manage to craft a gimmicky horror movie that also actually works as, you know, just a plain old movie. The Den is, obviously, a pretty solid example of how to not only do found footage well, but how to bring...
So perhaps it's just time to accept that the gimmick is here to stay, and focus on the indie horror films that do manage to craft a gimmicky horror movie that also actually works as, you know, just a plain old movie. The Den is, obviously, a pretty solid example of how to not only do found footage well, but how to bring...
- 2/14/2014
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
"Hey I'm Elizabeth" "What's up?" "Nothing much, I'm actually just trying to meet some new friends." "I'll be your friend." Cue music. The trailer for "The Den", a horror film about a girl (Melanie Papalia) who witnesses a murder on a video chatting website and becomes hunted, opens a frightening window into a world that smashes the ideological view that all people are inherently good, and that everyone is safe behind their computer screens. "The web is a window into your life and the lives of others," is the text that comes up in between cuts of the trailer, grounding the audience in the reality that they can see, and be seen. In a world where #crime is a trending topic, how many people can you get to hashtag? Directed by Zachary Donohue, the film uses the webcam on the computer and found footage cinematography to further enclose the viewer...
- 2/7/2014
- by Emerson Gordon
- Indiewire
IFC Midnight, the genre arm of IFC Films, announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to Zachary Donohue's debut film, "The Den." Co-written by Donohue and Lauren Thompson, the film stars Melanie Papalia, David Schlachtenhaufen, Adam Shapiro and Matt Riedy. "The Den" follows a young woman, who, studying the habits of webcam chat users, witnesses a brutal murder online, and plunges into an investigation that could befall a similarly grisly fate. The deal was negotiated by Arianna Bocco, Svp of Acquisitions & Productions for Sundance Selects/IFC Films, with Cliffbrook Films and Intricacy Productions on behalf of the filmmakers. “The Den is a unique, modern thriller and we are very happy that it has found a home at IFC Midnight,” says producer Dan Clifton. “We’re excited for audiences to experience the film in both a theatrical setting and as a VOD title, which are opportunities presented in working with IFC Midnight.
- 10/23/2013
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Indiewire
IFC Midnight acquired North American rights to the Zachary Donohue-directed The Den. Scripted by Donohue and Lauren Thompson, the pic stars Melanie Papalia, David Schlachtenhaufen, Adam Shapiro and Matt Riedy. David Brooks and Dan Clifton produced. A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users witnesses a brutal murder online and, after she decides to investigate digitally, is immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for a similarly grisly fate.
- 10/22/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The distributor has acquired Us rights from Worldview Entertainment to Arnaud Desplechin’s drama Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian starring Benicio Del Toro and Mathieu Amalric.
IFC plans an early 2014 release to the film, which premiered in Cannes and received its North American premiere earlier this month at the New York Film Festival.
Desplechin co-wrote the screenplay with Kent Jones and Julie Peyr based on Georges Devereux’s book Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian about his study of a Blackfoot Indian WWII veteran who suffered psychological trauma.
Pascal Cauchetuex and Jennifer Roth and while Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners served as executive producers with Patrick Milling Smith and Ben Limberg.
IFC negotiated the deal with CAA on behalf of Worldview. Wild Bunch handles international sales.
IFC Midnight has taken North American rights to The Den in a deal struck with Cliffbrook Films and Intricacy Productions on behalf of the filmmakers. Zachary Donohue directed...
IFC plans an early 2014 release to the film, which premiered in Cannes and received its North American premiere earlier this month at the New York Film Festival.
Desplechin co-wrote the screenplay with Kent Jones and Julie Peyr based on Georges Devereux’s book Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian about his study of a Blackfoot Indian WWII veteran who suffered psychological trauma.
Pascal Cauchetuex and Jennifer Roth and while Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners served as executive producers with Patrick Milling Smith and Ben Limberg.
IFC negotiated the deal with CAA on behalf of Worldview. Wild Bunch handles international sales.
IFC Midnight has taken North American rights to The Den in a deal struck with Cliffbrook Films and Intricacy Productions on behalf of the filmmakers. Zachary Donohue directed...
- 10/22/2013
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
What is The Den? We didn't know until a poster hit the web and had us do a bit of digging.
The thriller is written and directed by Zachary Donohue and concerns a young woman who studies the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment until she witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare. She and her loved ones are then targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
This is Donohue's first feature. We'll keep you posted when more details come in...
Read more...
The thriller is written and directed by Zachary Donohue and concerns a young woman who studies the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment until she witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare. She and her loved ones are then targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
This is Donohue's first feature. We'll keep you posted when more details come in...
Read more...
- 9/11/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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