1. Two cannibalistic gouls named Stash and Hub enter a graveyard in search of some grub. They're night takes a turn for the worst when the graveyard fights back.
It is written, directed, and produced by Gris Grimly. Hub is played by Dustin Loreque and Stash is played by David Backus.
I've seen this movie once at a convention and once at home on DVD. It doesn't get old.
I've seen this movie once at a convention and once at home on DVD. It doesn't get old.
2. Grimly did not go to film school. He started out as an illustrator for Monster Museum. After that, he did some illustrations for a few other books. Cannibal Flesh Riot itself was going to be a short comic series, but he decided to make a film out of it instead. The film was funded out of his own pocket for about $6000.
3. Cannibal Flesh Riot is completely self-distrubuted. It's still being sold off of its official website. It has played as a feature film at the Freakshow Filmfest as part of the horror convention in Orlando Florida two years in a row now. It has also played at the Atlanta Horror Filmfest and many, many others.
4. Cannibal Flesh Riot has an official myspace page (found at http://www.cannibalfleshriot.com/) that sells DVDs and various memorbilia. Generally, the film is well accepted by reviewers, particularly for its visual and artistic style. It being a character driven piece has led to a review or two criticizing its lack of a proper climax, but even then the artistic points (stop-animation, etc) are appreciated.
This is the press release from the Melbourne Festival (though it's only listed as one of the short films they'll be playing): http://thesop.org/index.php?article=13700
5. The reviews I've seen seem to indicate that the film was well accepted by the cult audience that went to see it. However, I was unnable to find anything about how much the film has grossed. This may be because the Grimly turned down professional distribution.
5. The reviews I've seen seem to indicate that the film was well accepted by the cult audience that went to see it. However, I was unnable to find anything about how much the film has grossed. This may be because the Grimly turned down professional distribution.
6. The poster for the film is in the upper left corner of the blog. The colors and the illustrated images capture the film's essences well. There is an almost graphic-novel-like appearance to the way the film is shot, the stop animation adding to the cartoony nature. The color scheme reflects the film's nod to old, black and white horror films.
The film's official page uses a similar color scheme. The orange text on a black background is easy on the eyes, but the layout of the page is a little cluttered. There's a list of all the festivals it has been to down one side, and also a list of quotes from positive reviews. It's very informative, but it is also a lot of text to skim through. The videos on the page are a nice touch, consisting of fan videos and music videos. There is also an ad for a Stash and Hub statuette toward top of the page. The placement of the ad is effective because it is the first picture one sees when scrolling down, and it isn't somewhere under all of the previously mentioned text.
7. The film's tagline is affective and sums up the idea of the movie nicely. It is "a black comedy about food." The subject matter (cannablism), the characters (a couple of literal ghouls) and the setting (a graveyard) are all indicative of the horror genre, but it is definitely more of a dark comedy. Personally, I would look at the title, look at the tagline, and be both amused and intrigued.
I think getting it into as many horror film festivals as possible is very affective as far as reaching the niche audience that would enjoy it. Selling the DVDs after the screenings (as at the aforementioned convention in Orlando) and on the website is a good way to reach that corner of the market, too. Catch them as they are coming out of the theater, as it were.
