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Craig Skinner is our man at Film4′s Frightfest and he brings us news of Jason Eisener’s new film as Hobo with a Shotgun’s Director of Photography, Karim Hussain, has revealed the title of the director’s next film: Blatant Violence High. Hussain was on stage for a Q&A about the horrothology film The Theater Bizarre and [...]
The Dutch-born Rutger Hauer is a firm favourite with genre fans, and is somewhat of a grandfatherly figure to fantasy film these days, having lent his dark and brooding persona to a number of memorable roles, most notably the replicant with a humanistic side, Roy Batty, in Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi, Blade Runner. The 67 [...]
Beginning life as a ‘fake’ trailer, made as part of a competition tied to the release of Grindhouse, Hobo with a Shotgun is now a fully fledged feature film and on July the 15th it finally reaches UK cinemas. “Delivering justice, one shell at a time” in the role of the titular Hobo is Rutger [...]
Hobo with a Shotgun is a feature-length adaptation of the highly successful fake trailer made for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’ Grindhouse, and stars Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells and Molly Dunsworth. The film centres on a homeless vigilante, Hobo (Hauer), who finds himself trapped in urban chaos. He is surrounded by armed robbers, [...]
Bear in mind this is a red band clip therefore you probably don’t want to watch it if you’re squeamish! I got to see the movie at SXSW and it’s completely messed up but in a very good way. The movie uses insane violence but in a very comedic way keeping the audience entertained throughout. [...]
Okay, sorry, this is getting complicated and more than a little silly. Hobo With A Shotgun isn’t out yet, but there is a making-of documentary, for which a teaser trailer has just been released. Fine. Whatever. Seriously though, HWAS looks like being properly gorey and a good old fashioned slice of exploitation fun. From the snippets [...]
I’ve missed doing a post yesterday and struggled to catch up after my previous ‘Fainting at the Paramount‘ post so I thought I’d combine the last couple of days into one. Quite frankly the last 2 days have been as brilliant and surreal as all the rest! Something I forgot to mention previously were the [...]
This is some sort of genius, as the career renaissance of Rutger Hauer continues with a role in Dario Argento’s forthcoming stereoscopic 3D adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Soon to be seen in the Grindhouse inspired Hobo with a Shotgun, Dracula 3D has gained itself a valuable cast member in Hauer, who seems perfectly suited [...]
In an effort to get into a fraternity two friends, Keith (Chris Makepeace) and AJ (Robert Rusler) travel to the ‘wrong side of town’ to find a stripper to hire for a college party. Taking along the nerdy Duncan (Gedde Watanabe), simply because he has a car, they find that beneath the already seedy surface [...]
It’s a strange time of life when fake trailers get made into feature length films, yet Machete made good on its Grindhouse origins and Jason Eisener is the man to bring Hobo With a Shotgun violently to life Casting Rutger Hauer as the titular Hobo was a good idea, and this new poster is another [...]
Magnet Releasing have acquired the US distribution rights to Hobo With a Shotgun. Directed by Jason Eisener, Hobo With a Shotgun was originally created as a fake trailer for Grindhouse, but was then expanded into a full-length feature film, much like Robert Rodriguez’ Machete. Hobo With a Shotgun stars Rutger Hauer as a homeless man [...]
There aren’t many films involving Rutger Hauer these days, and that’s a shame. Thank God then that he’s heading back to our screens as the titular hero of Hobo with a Shotgun. Tracing its origins to a Grindhouse fake trailer HWAS is the ultraviolent brainchild of Jason Eisner who entered a competition to have his [...]
After winning a competition in 2007 Jason Eisner’s fake trailer for Hobo With a Shotgun was attached to prints of Grindhouse. Another fake trailer that played as part of the Grindhouse double bill was Machete. Both Machete and Hobo With a Shotgun are now ‘real’ feature films and today marks the US release of Machete [...]
The first five hours of Frightfest day two were all about horror legend Tobe Hooper and the day kicked off with his rare debut film Eggshells. Made in 1969 Eggshells is an early experiment from Hooper. Testing out techniques and experimenting with form Hooper misses more times than he hits but overall the film is [...]
Scott Pilgrim director Edgar Wright had recently tweeted about his involvement in a commentary for Don’t, the little seen spoof/fake trailer that was shown between double bill screenings of Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. One of the outstanding features of the whole Grindhouse experience was the fake trailers, and with titles [...]
When Grindhouse was released in 2007 there was competition which invited members of the public to make their own ‘Grindhouse’ trailers and the winner was Jason Eisner with Hobo With a Shotgun. You can check out the original trailer below. When the trailer won there was a lot of talk about the possibility of a [...]
