Visible Monsters II

I love this movie.

I had the privilege of hanging out with the director, Will Kaufman, and the cast at Raindance a couple of years back. What struck me most about the movie is how no-one took the ‘first movie’ fast track on this one. Normally you watch how Sam Raimi did things in The Evil Dead, find some girls who don’t mind running around in their underwear and throw a lot of blood at them. Next thing you know you have a hit on the horror circuit and start hanging out with Tarantino.

Will decided to tackle the harder route of making an action movie. He’s the first guy I’ve seen pull it off since Rodriguez and El Mariachi. Instead of using Bruce Campbell as a touchstone, Will took all his inspiration from Luc Besson and James Cameron.

Ballsy move.

But it pays off big time with The Prodigy:

2007 US Release Trailer

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The cut I saw was maybe a little long and a tad rough around the edges, but it was one of the best films I saw at the festival that year and the fact that it’s taken this long for a DVD release is fucking criminal. Will should have by now been cutting his own trailer for Grindhouse.

Still, now is your chance to support some kick ass low budget ass-kickery and buy the movie. I need your money transferred to Will’s pockets so I can see what he comes up with next… plus I owe him for introducing me to an honest-to-God Buffy The Vampire Slayer stunt double.

[Music: Across 110th Street OST]

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