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Jul
18
2008

Things Get Shocking On BUTCHER’S HILL

Posted by Todd Brown at 2:06pm.

Posted in Trailer Alerts , Horror, USA & Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand, Fantasia 2008.

A brief summary of my response to the trailer for Jason Noto and Rory Kindersley’s Butcher’s Hill.  “Not bad, nicely shot.  Nice design work.  Oh, there are the sketches for the feature version.  Uh, oh, getting a bit cutesy.  OH MY GOD, I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY JUST DID THAT!”

Heh.  Yeah, it ends well.

A chance encounter with the directorial duo at Fantasia left a very good impression, as did the simple fact that they had the good taste to have their poster art done by the same crew that handled Pan’s Labyrinth and that impression was more than borne out by the trailer for their newest short.  It’s meant as a pitch device for a feature version based on the same concept and it’s certainly going to get people talking.  Check out the trailer below the break.

** UPDATE **

The original trailer we had up was meant as a sales reel for industry insiders only and we’ve beena sked to swap it out with the public version. Not nearly as shocking but still good.

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Reader Comments

  1. Airchinapilot 07/18/2008 @ 4:06pm

    When did sponsorship of the clips start? I was watching that whole Walmart ad waiting for something shocking to happen!

  2. Todd Brown 07/18/2008 @ 4:20pm

    Those have always been there, actually.  Don’t run all the time (or even most of the time) but they pay for the bandwidth ...

  3. Swarez 07/18/2008 @ 4:48pm

    Never seen the sponsors spots before.

    But...FUCK ME! I can’t believe they actually showed that.
    It sounds creepy as hell but color me excited.

  4. Mike 07/18/2008 @ 7:25pm

    You don’t see that every day.

    This was the first time I’ve seen an ad too.

  5. Simon Abrams 07/19/2008 @ 6:20am

    PS!

    Anyone else notice how the music from the History Channel ad is the EXACT SAME MUSIC as is used in the trailer? Like, no exaggaration, it’s the same music. Freaky.

    Oh and not so impressed by the kid’s head coming off. Kind curious about that scene with the kids’ fingers sticking through the walls.

  6. Collin Armstrong 07/19/2008 @ 6:39am

    Ha!  Madness.  So long, taboo.

    First time I’ve seen an ad as well.  I was hoping I’d get to see Gwen Steffani lopping kids’ heads off.  What can you do?

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