R-squared Films to release “The Cohasset Snuff film.”;The controversial
horror film by Edward Payson.
Release Dates:
Cable VOD January 1st-March 31st 2014
Blu-ray: Jan 15th 2014 In Stores and available on
Amazon.com
DVD: February 18th, 2014 in stores and
online (Available for Pre-order on Amazon now)
Digital: January 2014
Controversy:
The filmmakers have been threatened by
the town of Cohasset Massachusetts. The Cohasset School system was contacted by
the Cohasset police department in regards the The Cohasset Snuff Film Facebook
page. They thought the film would cause a homicide in Cohasset and wanted to
shut the film down, hinting at suing the filmmakers.
In October before the film was in
select Massachusetts theaters Cohasset parents tried to have the trailer pulled
from YouTube and protested the film at Cohasset City hall.
Synopsis:
In 2009, the small town of Cohasset,
Massachusetts was rocked with tragedy. A 17-year-old high school senior named
Collin Mason murdered three classmates. All the murders were videotaped and
uploaded to the Internet via bit torrent sites and for three days, the world
viewed the murders of these three innocent teens. Through legal action, the
parents of the victims were able to remove all footage from the Internet and
the town tried to save face by pretending it never happened. Bootleg copies of
this footage are still passed around and downloaded through illegal means. The
impact of this video is still being felt in Cohasset today. The video has
become infamous, and is now referred to as The Cohasset Snuff Film.
Awards:
Winner Best Horror Feature – Atlanta
Horror Film Festival
Winner Best Title Pollygrind Film
Festival – Las Vegas Nevada
CREDITS:
Writer/Director/Producer
Edward Payson
Executive Producers
Darnell Taylor
Edward Payson
Kevin McCarthy
Gene Shaw
Mark Behar
Director of Photography
Kevin McCarthy
Editor
Gene Shaw
For more information on “The Cohasset Snuff Film” please Contact
Edward Payson
603-548-4394-office
Edwardpayson@yahoo.com
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