Doghouse, Enter the Void, Exam…
IFC has announced a handful of new titles for its VOD service IFC Midnight, including a few films that have been awaiting American distribution since debuting overseas. In addition to The Human Centipede, IFC plans to roll out…
Cell 211: Directed by Daniel Monzón and winner of 8 Spanish Goya Awards, including Best Picture, this taut prison drama tells the gripping story of a rookie prison guard who becomes trapped in a cell during a violent riot and must convince the prisoners he is one of them. The film, an official selection at the Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals, will premiere exclusively on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in June.
Doghouse: Directed by Jake West, this riotous British horror comedy follows ravenous, blood-thirsty female zombies as they wreak havoc on a group of guys trying to enjoy a male-bonding weekend. The film, which premiered at last yearâs Edinburgh Film Festival, will premiere exclusively on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in June.
Don’t Look Back: From director Marina de Van (IN MY SKIN) comes this tense psychological thriller about a beautiful, best-selling author (Sophie Marceau) who loses her grip on reality as she slowly morphs into the body of another woman (Monica Bellucci). The film, an official selection last year at the Cannes Film Festival, will premiere exclusively on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in June. (Writer’s note: So wait, Marceau turns into Bellucci?! That’s a win-win right there!)
Exam: In this gripping thriller, director Stuart Hazeldine follows eight strangers as they enter a ruthless competition to get the job of a lifetime, where the stakes soon become life or death. The film, which screened at Fantastic Fest last year, will premiere exclusively on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in July.
The Horde: Directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher, this French zombie movie follows a posse of crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead through an action packed story of escape and revenge. A hit at the Venice Film Festival, Londonâs FrightFest Film Festival and at this yearâs COLCOA (City of Lights City of Angels), the film will premiere in theaters and on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in August.
Vengeance: From acclaimed director Johnnie To comes his first English language film starring French superstar Johnny Hallyday along with To regulars Anthony Wong, Simon Yam, and Lam Suet. The film, a revenge thriller, was screened in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and screened as an official selection at last yearâs Toronto and San Francisco Film Festival. In the film, Hallyday plays François Costello, a Parisian restaurant owner who is in Macau at the request of his daughterâto avenge a savage attack on her family. The film will premiere in theaters and on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in August.
Enter the Void: Filmmaker Gaspar Noeâs long awaited follow up to the controversial Irreversible is a cinematically audacious exploration of the connected nature of sex, drugs, life, and death that was one of the most talked about films on the festival circuit in the past year â playing at Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and SXSW. Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the film follows Linda (Paz De La Herta of The Limits of Control) and her brother Oscar (Nathan Brown) on a spiritual journey through the city of Tokyo where the past, present and future merge into a hallucinatory maelstrom. The film will premiere in theaters and on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in September.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
