You guys remember us telling you about a horror anthology on the way called THE THEATRE BIZARRE? Chances are you do because this thing looked all kinds of twisted!
On the off chance you don’t recall this one, no need to worry – I’m about to remind you! But first the news!
You see the kind folks over at W2 Media have decided now is best a time as any to announce that they’ll be releasing THE THEATRE BIZARRE in theaters on January 27, 2012. I’m assuming this is going to be a somewhat limited release. Inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris’ early 20th century ‘Theatre du Grand Guignol,’ THE THEATRE BIZARRE’s rundown reads a little something like this:
The mandate was simple. Take six of the genre film universe’s most fascinating independent auteur figures. Give each of them an identical production budget. Turn them loose to craft a short film with no further rules or boundaries. The result is THE THEATRE BIZARRE, a shocking Grand Guignol anthology feature shot in four countries that encompasses new work from Richard Stanley (HARDWARE, DUST DEVIL), Karim Hussain (SUBCONSCIOUS CRUELTY, LA BELLE BETE), Buddy Giovinazzo ( COMBAT SHOCK, LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN), Tom Savini (special make-up effects genius, director of the 1990 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), Douglas Buck (CUTTING MOMENTS, SISTERS remake) and David Gregory (PLAGUE TOWN, founder of the Severin Films label), with a wraparound segment (featuring none other than Udo Kier!) from Jeremy Kasten (THE WIZARD OF GORE remake).
The individual plots, tones and styles are as dissimilar from one another as could be possible. Stanley’s THE MOTHER OF TOADS is an atmospheric and perverse Lovecraftian chiller shot in France starring Lucio Fulci vet Catriona MacColl. Buck’s THE ACCIDENT is a peacefully disquieting meditation on death that evokes Malick over mayhem. Shot in Berlin, Giovinazzo’s ominously titled I LOVE YOU details the psychosexual agony of a bad romantic pairing taking a turn for the worst, starring ANTIBODIES’ André Hennicke. Savini’s WET DREAMS showcases Debbie Rochon as a housewife getting wise to her cheating husband’s ways and features grisly FX by Toetag Pictures (AUGUST UNDERGROUND). Hussain’s gruesome Montreal-lensed VISION STAINS is a surrealistic nightmare starring THE WILD HUNT’s Kaniehtiio Horn in a tour-de-force performance as a special kind of writer with a work methodology that will shock your senses – along with hers. Gregory’s stylish SWEETS is a theatrically comic, Burtonesque gorefest of bad love, worse eating habits and very distasteful social practices.
Scoring pretty positive word wherever it goes, THE THEATRE BIZZARE comes from the combined efforts of directors Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini and Richard Stanley. It’s cast includes Virginia Newcomb, Udo Kier, Catriona MacColl, André Hennicke, Debbie Rochon, Kaniehtiio Horn and Victoria Maurette (below).
To celebrate the announcement we’ve also got our hands on a brand new one-sheet for the genre romp. Looks like we’ve got a bleeding eyeball located in someone’s mouth… Yup, looks pretty ‘bizarre’ to me! Just scroll on down below to get a look at the poster.
So there you have it folks. Finally a release date for this twisted romp! Now there’s a good chance there’s going to be some THEATRE BIZARRE goods released between now and it’s January 27th release date so be sure to check back soon for those.
THE THEATER BIZARRE (2011) – Theatrical trailer