Nine filmmakers, seven shorts, seven countries, and one earth-shattering challenge. The surprise renewal of interest in the horror anthology genre can be traced back to a handful of oddball producers looking for a new way to re-energize what they so dearly loved. What emerged instead was a platform that would promote a new generation of filmmakers and re-energize the film industry at large. If you want to pinpoint the origins of this revolution, you can start with producer Brad Miska who brought his project V/H/S to Sundance back in 2012. This series of found-footage shorts brought directors like Adam Wingard, Ti West, and Joe Swanberg to a much wider audience; later iterations would bring forth talent like Gareth Evans and Nacho Vigolando. Tim League and Ant Timpson then took the concept a step further with The ABC’s of Death, a film that contained 26 different shorts (each based on a letter of the alphabet) by directors spanning 15 countries. The project would go on to find commercial success and see a sequel as well. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 21 March, 2018