31 Days of Halloween, Day 2: Frozen

Day 2
Frozen

I’ve been looking forward to Adam Green’s Frozen for a long time.  Being a fan of Hatchet and his follow-up, Spiral, I can say that Adam Green is one of my favorite directors working now.  He’s proven that he is a versatile story-teller by not doing the same kind of movie twice (sans Hatchet II) even though he stays in the Horror genre.  After viewing Frozen, I can say that he is a force to be reckoned with and I’m sure I’ll be anticipating many more of Adam Green’s films.

Frozen is a fairly simple set up.  Much like Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat or Chris Kentis’ Open Water, Frozen is a story of people’s lives put to the test of survival.  These are stories of survival and how far we will go as humans to stay alive.  Basically, 3 college friends try to get one last run down the mountain by bribing the Ski Lift operator and end up stuck 70 + feet in the air, halfway up the mountain.  With the Ski Resort closing it’s doors until the following week, they’re faced with the choice of waiting and freezing to death or face death by attempting to get down from the ski lift chair.  It’s a set up that you have to roll with and I found myself wondering what I’d do in that situation.  Adam Green’s direction ratchets up the tension, the actors’ performances are gripping and the movie runs along at a brisk pace.  I really loved this flick and had no problem buying into the reality of the story and the characters.

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The GeekCouch: Collector’s Edition – Ep 1 (Iron Man 2, Frozen, Get Him to the Greek, The Killer Inside Me)

The first episode of The GeekCouch: Collector’s Edition is up! Today I sat down via Skype and chatted with Trever Schoenfeld (@schofizzy, Schofizzy Movie Review) from the Top 5 Film Podcast (@top5film) to discuss new DVD/BD Releases for September 28, 2010 including Iron Man 2, Get Him to the Greek, Frozen and The Killer Inside Me.  Other topics include The Criterion Collection, Dogtooth and Shout Factory’s Roger Corman’s Cult Classics Collection.

Listen to the podcast HERE or Subscribe in iTunes.

The GeekCouch: Collector’s Edition is a weekly discussion of new Blu-Ray and DVD releases with your host Sean Duregger and a revolving door of guest hosts from all your favorite movie blogs.

Adam Green Debuts “Frozen” One Sheet

Hatchet director Adam Green has been busy with his follow-up horror flick Frozen.  Over the weekend, Green debuted the film to Butt-Numb-A-Thon 2009 participants at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX (Here’s a great summary via Cinematical).

I’ve heard rumblings of great things and am eagerly anticipating Frozen.  Tonight, ShockTillYouDrop got the exclusive look at the poster for Frozen.  Check out the full poster by heading over to ShockTillYouDrop.com.

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Adam Green Gives Out First Details of Hatchet 2

Adam Green gave Dread Central an exclusive interview and finally gave some substantial information about his long awaited Hatchet II.

“Hatchet II is actually in space. We were gonna send him to Manhattan and then make a bunch of bad movies, but then we said fuck it, we’re just gonna go right to space. This will definitely further along our race to continue what’s already been done.”

OK, so he was kidding there. Adam Green did say that he was still interested, but is contracturally obligated to do another film after he finishes his current horror offering, Frozen.  We may have to wait a little while for Hatchet II, hopefully, Anchor Bay doesn’t bring in another director just for the cash grab.

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Richard Kelly Takes Notes From Adam Green With One Sheet for “The Box”

Is it just me, or do these posters look insanely familiar.  The first is one of the posters used for Adam Green‘s indie psychological thriller Spiral, the second is for Richard Kelly‘s upcoming film The Box.

The Box. is scheduled for release on October 30, 2009.  Check out the synopsis and high quality one sheet after the jump.

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