{"id":11665,"date":"2018-05-05T18:38:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T22:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/?p=11665"},"modified":"2023-07-29T16:49:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T20:49:24","slug":"fantasia-film-festival-nightmare-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/2018\/05\/05\/fantasia-film-festival-nightmare-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasia Film Festival &#038;<i> Nightmare Cinema<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/247921863\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>This summer, <em>Nightmare Cinema<\/em> will have its long anticipated premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>I&#8217;ll be posting more about this prestigious unveiling in the days ahead, but &#8212; for now &#8212; here&#8217;s a brief description from the Festival&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FantasiaFilmFestival\/\">Facebook<\/a> page:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Five Forces of Fear Come Together for A Terrifying Dose of <em>Nightmare Cinema<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-11704\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Thing-in-the-woods-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Thing-in-the-woods-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Thing-in-the-woods.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>As part of Fantasia\u2019s Opening Night events, the festival will unveil the World Premiere of Cinelou Films&#8217; hotly-anticipated anthology NIGHTMARE CINEMA, featuring segments by Joe Dante (GREMLINS), Mick Garris (THE STAND), Alejandro Brugu\u00e9s (JUAN OF THE DEAD), Ry\u00fbhei Kitamura (VERSUS), and David Slade (30 DAYS OF NIGHT) with a cast that includes Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlain, Adam Godley, Belinda Balaski, Elizabeth Reaser, and Annabeth Gish. It\u2019s always cause for celebration when the acclaimed \u201cMasters of Horror\u201d brew new creations, and seeing their energies distilled into a single feature film will all but make the universe explode. Join us for what\u2019s sure to be a very special night, with all five filmmakers in attendance. Not to mention\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>A Lifetime Achievement Award For Joe Dante!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11681\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Joe-Dante-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Joe-Dante-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Joe-Dante.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/>Fantasia will be presenting a Lifetime Achievement Award to adored US genre legend Joe Dante, a man whose inspired filmography has touched generations of cinephiles. From PIRANHA, THE HOWLING, and the universally-beloved GREMLINS films to INNERSPACE, EXPLORERS, and his bold television work, Dante\u2019s works are electric with witty personality and brim with innovative storytelling and a big-hearted affection for all things film. As Fantasia will be World Premiering his latest work with NIGHTMARE CINEMA, there couldn\u2019t be a better time to honour the great man. Previous recipients of Fantasia\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award include Guillermo del Toro, Takashi Miike, Ken Russell, Tobe Hooper, Jean Rollin, Andrzej Zulawski, Mamoru Oshii, John Landis, Jos\u00e9 Mojica Marins, Larry Cohen, and Ray Harryhausen.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>More updates coming soon. Until then &#8230; scop on!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Images:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><i>Sarah Elizabeth Withers in <\/i>Nightmare Cinema&#8217;s<i> &#8220;Thing in the Woods,&#8221; written and directed by&nbsp;Alejandro Brugu\u00e9s. Photo by Michael Moriatis, <\/i>The&nbsp;Hollywood Reporter<i>.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Joe Dante, publicity photo from IMDB.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff This summer, Nightmare Cinema will have its long anticipated premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll be posting more about this prestigious unveiling in the days ahead, but &#8212; for now &#8212; here&#8217;s a brief description from the Festival&#8217;s Facebook page: Five Forces of Fear Come Together for A Terrifying Dose of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-cat-21st-centuryscop","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,45],"tags":[864,977,873,8,866,862],"class_list":["post-11665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-centuryscop","category-news","tag-david-slade","tag-fantasia-film-festival","tag-films","tag-horror","tag-joe-dante","tag-nightmare-cinema"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11665"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24050,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11665\/revisions\/24050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}