Lots of media coming out of The Asylum today, including a new poster for Bigfoot, a poster for Super Cyclone, production stills from Golden Winter, and the trailer for 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck. Let's do these in order, shall we?
First up, the Super Cyclone poster:
Looks like a lot of destruction going down, here. The film, out August 28th, stars Ming-Na (ER), Nick Tuturro (NYPD BLUE) and fan-favorite AnnaMaria DeMara (200 MPH).
Now, behold the Bigfoot poster:
Pretty rad, right? That is one angry missing link. The film gets its World Premiere on the SyFy network the last Saturday of this month, then hits DVD 6 weeks later on August 14th. It's written by Micho Rutare and Brian Brinkman, and directed by Bruce Davison.
Then there are the production stills from Golden Winter, which can be found at The Asylum's Flickr page, here. Along with this adorable photo set, we learn a little more about the inner workings of the story, in that actress Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back) will be playing the mother of the boy who finds a litter of golden retriever puppies, and actress Haylie Duff (Hilary's sister) will be voicing the lead puppy. Too cute.
And on the complete other side of the coin from Golden Winter, the trailer for The Asylum's next found-footage film, 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck, has also dropped today, and HOMG...
This wicked thriller will be on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD on July 24th...
So as you can see, there's a lot of great stuff still to come in this, The Asylum's 15th and possibly best year ever, and that's before we even get anything on Shark Week...
With the release of Alien Origin, a found-footage sci-fi/action thriller that hits shelves today, you'd think The Asylum might wait a little while before unleashing another flick in the genre, but lo and behold, another title has appeared on the horizon, and this one takes the found-footage format back to its roots in good old-fashioned horror: 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck.
For those of you unfamiliar with the name, Richard Speck was a real-life serial killer responsible for the death of 8 student nurses in Chicago in 1966. Dude was pretty heinous, so there's lots of scary material here. Check out the plot:
"In 2010, paranormal investigators tried to
film Richard Speck’s ghost at the site of his heinous killing spree.
The victims’ families have finally released the footage that documents
their last days."
This one sounds like a guaranteed scare-fest. Find out yourself when the film drops on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD on July 24th.
Then there's Golden Winter, which we already knew was a tie-in to the Disney golden-retriever-puppy movies, but now we know the plot and stars. First the plot:
"A boy befriends a litter of homeless Golden Retrievers. Together, they help stop a bank robbery just in time for Christmas."
Aww. The film stars talented beauties Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back) and Haylie Duff (7th Heaven, Backwoods) and is written and directed by Tom Seidman, an Asylum newcomer. This one streets September 25th.
And as if all this wasn't enough, we also got a DVD date on The Asylum's star-studded movie Bigfoot: it'll be on DVD August 14th, following its SyFy debut on the 30th of this month. In case you've been living under a rock, the film - from director Bruce Davison off a script by Micho Rutare and Brian Brinkman - stars Barry Williams, Danny Bonaduce, Sherilyn Fenn, Andre Rojo, Howard Hesseman, Billy Idol and Alice Cooper. The plot:
"When Bigfoot attacks an 80s themed music
concert, a concert promoter and a hippie burnout will do anything to
protect the "endangered species."
Now, while these posters for upcoming Asylum projects Super Cyclone, Haunting of Whaley House and Golden Winter (yep, we finally know what this one is about...wait for it) haven't been officially released on The Asylum's site, they have turned up on the various DVD-distribution sites my other job - video store ninja - has me frequent. Check 'em out:
Super Cyclone stars AnnaMaria DeMara, Ming Na Wen and Nick Turturro, and is currently slated for an August 28 release.
This one - from Netflix - is a little small, but belongs to The Haunting of Whaley House from writer/director Jose Prendes. The film is out July 31st.
And now the coup de grace, the revelation of the oh-so mysteriously-titled Golden Winter. Regular Committed readers might remember my earlier speculations that the film could be some sort of solar-disaster flick, or perhaps a raunchy sex farce, but once again, The Asylum has defied expectations:
Aw yeah, The Asylum's mockbusting Snow Buddies. This is gonna be AWESOME. Still no cast or crew details for this one, but it looks like we can expect this one in time for the holidays.
From something so spectacularly titled as Bikini Spring Break, one should be able to expect a scintillatingly straight-forward poster; thank god the guys at The Asylum always deliver...
Behold:
Ta-da! One guaranteed hit, courtesy of writer/director Jared Cohn (Born Bad), The Asylum, and whoever the marketing genius is who designs their posters. I work in a really large independent video store, and with two dozen or more direct-to-DVD flicks clogging the New Release section every week, I know a standout when I see it, and believe me, this baby's gonna move.
Lead the pack yourself when Bikini Spring Break, starring Robert "Revenge of the Nerds" Carradine and a bevy of beautiful actresses, hits DVD shelves both actual and virtual on June 26th.
But wait, there's just a little bit more. Though there's no real information on them as yet, in the Coming Soon bar in the bottom right corner of The Asylum's homepage, three new titles have been mentioned, and this only days after learning about Alien Origin and Adopting Terror: Haunting of Whaley House, Super Cyclone and Golden Winter.
Haunting, I know, involves a real haunted location in San Diego; Super Cyclone I can hazard a guess as to what it's about, but Golden Winter has me stumped. A global-warming disaster flick? Treasure-hunting holiday fare? A truly raunchy sexcapade? Only time and The Asylum will tell, and when they do, rest assured I'll share it here. Either way, though, 2012 is really shaping up to be a massive year for everyone's favorite independent studio.
