I came across some news regarding the release of Hallowed - a modern day slasher flick, shot in the style of the serial killer movies of the late 70's and early 80's. The film's director, Rocky Costanzo pays homage to John Carpenter and his classic masterpiece film "Halloween" throughout the film - with subtle dialog & theme montages. It won best screenplay/story concept at the recent Hollywood DV/HD Festival out of LA, and nobody here's afraid of a little low budget axe-murdering - so I thought I'd let you know about its release, and give you the link to the offical site and trailer (at the bottom of the article).
Here's the synopsis from the official website, and the press release in its entirety.
"Hallowed" is the story about a mentally disturbed man who believes he has been sent from God to take the lives of innocent people. The film is dark in nature because of its spritual undertones, however it is not blasphemous in any way, nor does it single out any religion. It was merely done that way to invent a unique killer. Unlike your typical man-in-a-mask psycho, Gabriel's appearance is that of a clean cut, door-to-door religious man, dressed in a white-collared shirt, black tie and dark slacks... not your average killer.
But Gabriel is intelligent and very dangerous and he attacks his victims at key moments. Cassie, who is vulnerable to the killer - Gabriel arrives at her doorstep to read her a bible passage and quickly begins to stalk her. Cassie's boyfriend, Shaun, is a college student and top athlete. He doesn't like Gabriel and is destined to keep him away from his girlfriend. But the tables are quickly turned on Shaun when Gabriel shifts his attention from Cassie to him.
Here is the article as it was printed by PRWEB and Huntington Beach News...
LifeLine Entertainment, Inc. from Huntington Beach, CA has contracted with Barnholtz Entertainment of Calabasas, CA, to handle the domestic home video distribution (U.S. & Canada) of Hallowed. The independent horror film was shot in parts of southern California, including the cities of South Pasadena, Fullerton, Orange and Huntington Beach in 2005. Hallowed held its World Premiere Screening at Century Theaters in Huntington Beach, CA on January 12, 2006. Theatrical screenings include New York City & Tijuana, Mexico and the film made its film festival debut in Los Angeles at the Hollywood DV/HD Festival in Hollywood, California in December, 2005, where it picked up an award for best screenplay/story concept.
The domestic home video (DVD) of Hallowed will be released in April or May this year which will include running audio commentary from the filmmakers, Rocky Costanzo & Roy Thomasson, the film's theatrical trailer and & slide show from the film's world premiere event.
Barnholtz, which has already has major success with their other horror-genre titles, will distribute the film through Universal Picture's UMVD home video label, and expects to release Hallowed to major outlets as Best Buy, Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Video, Netflix, Tower Records and others this spring.
We were contacted by six or seven distributors before the first cut was even finished last May, remarks Roy Thomasson, the Executive Producer. "Barry and his team just seemed to be the appropriate choice for our film.
Television and cable airings, as well as international distribution are expected to be negotiated later this year.
Hallowed is the second feature film produced by LifeLine Entertainment, following the success of its 2001 release of "Return to Innocence," which has sold an unbelievable 36,000 DVD units to date. "RTI really put us on the map" explains Costanzo. "Without the success of that film, we would not be fortunate enough to have made Hallowed."
The filmmaking team of LifeLine Entertainment is very busy these days, currently working on several new film projects, including a music documentary, another horror film and a coming-of age drama... all expected to surface in the next few years.
CLICK HERE for clips and trailers over at the official website and see what you think. The soundtrack to the site is nice and dark - good for background music if youre surfing the web at night.
