Children
of a Darker Dawn (formerly titled Railway Children) DVD and Digital
Release
scheduled for North America on December 17th.
Teen
Sci-Fi/Horror title from October Eleven Pictures will be distributed on DVD and
all digital platforms in North America by MVD Visual Entertainment.
Children of a Darker Dawn is the first of an edgy series
of features exploring the darkest corners of the Emerald Isle. The Collection
is being launched for sale on all platforms worldwide by Los Angeles-based Pop
Twist Entertainment.
Described by Zombiehamster.com as “A Stunning Mixture
of Cormac McCarthy's ''The Road'' and ''Lord of the Flies”, Children of A Darker
Dawn is a teen Sci-Fi/Horror thriller that envisions a post-apocalyptic world
without adults. Named one of the Top 20 Darkest Arts of 2012 by US reviewer,
The Conduit Speaks, it was nominated for Best Independent Feature Film and Best
Director in the UK's Blood Guts Film Awards.
The film is written, produced and directed by Irish
Film and Television Award nominated director Jason Figgis . Among October
Eleven Pictures' earlier films, Figgis's acclaimed occult documentary The
Twilight Hour was sold for broadcast by Pop Twist Entertainment into 100
territories worldwide, and aired as part of an acclaimed art series on RTÉ
Network 2 in Ireland.
In Children
of a Darker Dawn, a virus has decimated the adult population, driving parents
insane and then into death. Small children and teens are left to watch the horror
unfold, and then to fend for themselves. Sisters Evie (Catherine Wrigglesworth)
and Fran (Emily Forster) travel from town to town, foraging for food and
carrying memories of their mother (Jennifer Graham). Finding overnight shelter
in a derelict building, they are awoken by shouts... and a battle between the
newcomers and a teen commune with a dark past of its own begins. The tense
atmosphere explodes into violence and bloodshed. Teen romances, sexual jealousies,
and sadistic cliques inflame a grisly struggle for food. It's the road to a
grim new civilization.
Pop Twist president Doug Zwick will be looking for
further international release partners at AFM this month.
Some review quotes :
★★★★
ZOMBIE HAMSTER
★★★★
THE CONDUIT SPEAKS
★★★★
HORROR CULT FILMS
★★★★
BLOOD GUTS
TOP
20 DARKEST ART OF 2012
THE
CONDUIT SPEAKS
2012
BLOOD GUTS FILM AWARDS
NOMINEES
- BEST INDY FEATURE FILM
BEST
DIRECTOR
“ONE
OF THE MOST ORIGINAL FILMS
OF
RECENT YEARS”
ALMAS
OSCURAS
“A
STUNNING MIXTURE OF CORMAC McCARTHY'S
''THE
ROAD'' AND ''LORD OF THE FLIES''
ZOMBIE
HAMSTER
“A
NEW AND EXCITING VOICE IN
EUROPEAN
HORROR CINEMA”
GILL
& ROSCOE'S BODACIOUS HORROR PODCAST
“A
POST-APOCALYPTIC
PUNCH
TO THE GUT”
SLASHERS,
STARLETS & SLEAZE
“A
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED POST-APOCALYPTIC
HORROR
SHOW”
ZOMBIE
HAMSTER
“GRIPPING
AND EMOTIONAL WITH
OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCES”
THE
LAIR OF FILTH
“A
MODERN DOOMSDAY VERSION OF
''LORD
OF THE FLIES''
ARTS
AND ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE
“THIS
FILM HAS CULT SMASH WRITTEN ALL OVER IT”
WE
LOVE SCI-FI
“BEAUTIFUL.
BRILLIANT. TERRIFYING”
THE
ELECTRIC CHAIR
“8/10
FOR ORIGINALITY”
TOM
H'S BLOG OF HORROR
“THE
DEPTH OF STORY FIGGIS TELLS IS
WHOLLY
REMARKABLE. A PRETTY DEVASTATING
SPIRAL
INTO DARKNESS”
THE
CONDUIT SPEAKS
“DARK,
SCARY & BLACKLY FUNNY”
CINE
IRELAND
“THIS
FILM GETS IN YOUR HEAD”
HORROR
PALACE
“STUNNING
PERFORMANCES.
WRIGGLESWORTH
AND FORSTER SHINE
AS
THE SISTERS”
ALL
THINGS HORROR
“CHALLENGING
AND REFRESHING”
THE
MOVIE MONSTER
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