A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback. So many horror movies from that decade had a great mix of horror and comedy. So he bought it, read it, loved it, wanted to make a movie from it, and did so. On the street they call it soy sauce, and users drift across. While i could have put it in mainspace, i thought it prudent to get a neutral set of eyes. Romero creative output has been primarily centered around the highly successful dead series of zombie films, then fellow fantasy director don coscarelli has for over two decades seen his universe swirling around the lesser successful, but equally cult, and much loved phantasm series of horror movies. An estimated 70,000 people read the free online versions before they were removed in september 2008.
Its an endlessly trippy, oddball experience about a fictitious street drug called soy sauce that lets users see things. Twitter page that principal photography had been completed and that the film. Another difference from the first attempt is that things begin to look pretty bleak for john, dave, amy, the town of undisclosed and potentially the entire human race. It came across to me as though david wong was telling me about his adventures with john, amy, and their meddling dog, molly. In fact, it was screened at sundance last january and goes into. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity. The novel is brought to life by horror legend don coscarelli, who brings his own brand of other worldly eeriness to the already strange tale. The technical quality fairly good but it is never able to get over the weak story line in the second part of the movie. The welcome return of phantasm and bubba hotep director john coscarelli with a wild psychotropic conspiracy thriller in which paul giamatti is hunted by mo.
May 28, 2012 what it gets instead is john and david, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. On the street they call it soy sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. Black comedy, science fiction, horror, buddy, absurdist comedy, low fantasy. Can two college dropouts save humanity from this silent, otherworldly invasion. Like scot pilgrim versus the world and watchmen, were really stuck with the best version we could get to film. What it gets instead is john rob mayes and david chase williamson, a pair of college dropouts who can barely. The film does well at introducing you to the strange behaviors and possibilities allowed by this concept.
It was juvenileand i loved damn near every minute of it. Once at the mall, white reveals a ghost door and explains that amy is the only one who can open it. Brad baruh producer one of hollywoods leading documentary content producers, brad baruh is an awardwinning producer and partner at m3 creative who most recently produce marvel studios release, the avengers. An otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Netherlands 10 april 20 imagine film festival poland april 20 off plus camera denmark 15 april 20 cph. He is the former executive editor of humor website, a recurring guest in the cracked podcast, and has written four novels. After finishing it, i find it out it was started as a web serial and was originally selfpublished.
They were especially harsh to the genrebending nature that horror director icon don coscarelli ph antasm utilized to capture the original source material. The movie, based on a jason pargin novel of the same name, suffers from a. Jan 24, 20 who needs a time machine when you have soy sauce. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a. Principal photography began in october 2010, and by january 2011, the project had entered postproduction for a planned theatrical 20 release. I absolutely love the subplot with dave and arnie blondestone sitting in the dinner discussing the previous events of daves life, from its comedic yet slightly offputting tone to an enjoyably charismatic. In the end, the film feels like a great extras edition to the book, like a bonus. This prequel to bubba hotep finds elvis shooting a film in louisiana when he runs afoul of a coven of she. On the street they call it soy sauce, and users drift across time and dim. Also, it opened on video on demand before coming out in theaters, which is usually a death sentence for a film s box office chances. The dog licks john s hand, which magically causes john to regain consciousness. The film stars chase williamson and rob mayes, with paul giamatti, clancy brown, glynn turman, daniel roebuck, and doug jones.
Youd think it was directed by a recent film school grad with how experimental it is, but thats just the brilliance that is don coscarelli. Its more like comparing the various incarnations of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. With chase williamson, rob mayes, paul giamatti, clancy brown. I was really proud to watch the completed version and see how well it had been done. Its a drug that promises an outofbody experience with each hit. It is both joyously ridiculous and annoyingly indulgent a movie that is engineered for future cultdom but almost a little too tryhard to really deserve it. Appleton then arrives, kills white, and intends to take the four remaining people away, but as they are leaving, his head explodes, releasing the spirit of shitload.
The sense of humour in this book is brilliant and theres a lot of really original, insane, and amusing stuff going on throughout. What it gets instead is john and david, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. This is a strange film, but it truly puts you in davids headspace. Twitter page that principal photography had been completed and that the film has entered. The film revolves around a new drug, called soy sauce, which alters the way people interact with the world. Once the colorful anecdotes sprawl out into an actual narrative, the film gets convoluted and loud, amplifying the weirdness without doing much to clarify it. Jason pargin born january 10, 1975, known by his pen name david wong, is an american humor writer. Pix germany 23 april 20 dvd and bluray premiere uk 3 may 20 dundead dundee horror film festival japan 7 june 20 dvd premiere portugal 14 september 20. Thats appropriate considering that the film originated as a serialized web novel, which surely had a goforbroke energy on the page. A cross between naked lunch and bill and teds excellent adventure. Don coscarelli, who directed the film adaptation and also a few weird movies like.
Without the presence of the danger from the alternate universe throughout the entire film, the effort john and david put in to saving the world doesn. He rambles, goes off topic and, generally speaking, goes through albuquerque on a trip from detroit to chicago. Like many independent movies, this one has a interesting idea at its base and some fairly decent acting but runs out of steam far too early. By january 2011, the project had entered postproduction for a planned theatrical 20 release. The film stars chase williamson as dave and rob mayes as john.
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