Celebrity Picks: Adam Schindler and Brian Netto (Grey Cloud Island)!!
Hello Grue-Lings,
Today for Celebrity Picks we have two Writers and Directors, they are, Adam Schindler and Brian Netto. They both wrote and directed the new dark thriller coming soon called Grey Cloud Island. The film stars Asa Butterfield and Alex Fitzalan. The film is about: Minnesota Part 1: Four pledges are ready to find out if they’re Kappa material. But this initiation ritual is about to get way darker than they expected. Minnesota Part 2: The pledges free a chained victim and attempt to find help in the woods. Can they trust that whoever they find will be on their side? Minnesota Part 3: This is no frat initiation. The remaining pledges fight to stay alive as the Grey Cloud villagers all begin to close in.
Adam also directed Killing Floor: Uncovered, Introducers, and SexDotCom. Brian directed Delivery: The Beast Within and SexDotCom. Brian helped write Killing Floor: Uncovered. Below is Celebrity Picks with Adam Schindler and Brian Netto from Grey Cloud Island:
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ADAMS PICKS:
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SILENCE OF THE LAMBS:
Realistic serial killer films just terrify me. There’s something primal about a human hunting and killing another human for fun or kinks or whatever. Also, the idea that your neighbor or that guy (girl) you bumped into at the mall could be a killer messes with my head. “Silence” is also a masterclass in filmmaking. Clarice and Lector staring directly into camera when they converse. Just brilliant.
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ALIEN:
The isolation of space coupled with the claustrophobia of the space craft light years from home makes this number two on my list. Also, it’s just brilliant in its show you, but not show you direction. It also has, bar none, the greatest creature design of any horror movie out there or any movie for that matter.
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THE THING:
Speaking of creature design, The Thing has it in spades as well. Which is what this film is known for, but for me, again it’s the claustrophobia and isolation that get me. Hmmm, maybe there’s something here I need to talk to my therapist about. Not being able to run and not knowing who the enemy is makes this easily number three. Plus, the blood sample sequence is probably my favorite scene in all of horror.
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THE EXORCIST:
I grew up Methodist, which is pretty tame when it comes to organized religion. I mean, my church service had a rock band playing during it. But the Catholic Church and its vast reach and secrecy has always really scared me. Throw the devil, demons and ancient rituals in there and you got me shaking in my boots. And for a movie that came out almost 50 years ago, it still stands up. And it always will.
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BRIAN’S PICKS:
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EVIL DEAD:
Raimi has been an idol of ours since we first started making films in our backyard. I’m not sure it’ll ever be replaced as my favorite horror film. It’s a simple premise with flawless, bloody, brilliant execution. But above all else it’s also insanely fun.
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TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE:
Killer’s without motive have always been the most frightening to me. This film doesn’t look to get inside the head of it’s then unnamed butcher – now known to the world as Leatherface. It simply documents – in a very unflinching, almost fly on the wall manner – what happens when a van full of unsuspecting kids cross paths with a chainsaw wielding psychopath on one very hot summer day in Texas. Often imitated, never duplicated. There are moments here guaranteed to steal your breath even after all these years.
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ALIENS:
Adam says po-TAY-to, I say po-TA-to. Look, ALIEN and ALIENS are both brilliant. Both incredible achievements in world building and technical prowess and thrilling entertainment. But for my money, James Cameron’s ALIENS is the godfather of action/horror, which – if you’ve seen GREY CLOUD ISLAND – means we owe him a great deal of gratitude. It’s not only one of my favorite horror films, it’s one of my favorite films PERIOD.
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HEREDITARY:
It’s the most recent entry on EITHER one of our lists, but so deserving. This film redefined horror for me. It was everything we were told modern horror audiences wouldn’t want – intelligent, well acted, well directed and at times, beautifulIy and maddeningly opaque. I was exhausted – both physically and emotionally – after this film and while most wouldn’t consider that a welcome filmgoing experience, consider how many times you have left a theater or ( these days, shut off Netflix ) and felt absolutely nothing about the film you’ve just spent two hours watching. Yeah, this film will DEFINITELY make you feel something afterwards. Love it or hate it, you’ll NEVER forget it.
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