The horror anthology appears to be coming back in a big way. The once-popular feature film format had been dormant for a while but appears to be having a resurgence thanks to films like Trick ‘R Treat, V/H/S, ABCs of Death and others. Now, producer/director Axelle Carolyn has banded together eleven favorite genre directors (they’ve dubbed themselves The October Society) for the upcoming anthology feature Tales of Halloween, ten horror shorts all centering around the best night of the year. In addition to herself, Carolyn was able to assemble an incredible collection of filmmakers, most of whom are local to the Los Angeles area, including The Descent and everyone’s favorite Game of Thrones director Neil Marshall, All Cheerleaders Die and May director Lucky McKee, Saw II and The Devil’s Carnival director Darren Lynn Bousman, Big Ass Spider director Mike Mendez and many, many more.
Tales of Halloween is certainly a labor of love for the genre for everyone involved and fans can expect blood, guts and cameos a plenty. “In Tales of Halloween, every role is filled with iconic figures like John Landis and Stuart Gordon,†said Epic Pictures Co-Founder Shaked Berenson. “It’s a big bloody love letter made by horror fans for horror fans.” Cameos also include Joe Dante, John Landis, Adam Green, Adam Pascal, Adrianne Curry, Mick Garris, Lombardo Boyer, Graham Skipper, Stuart Gordon, Greg McLean, Spooky Dan Walker and Adrienne Barbeau. The team also wrangled The Rocky Horror Picture Show alum Barry Bostwick as you can see in this just released still.
The directors have created a manifesto with rules to create their films based on the values of Halloween night. The antithesis of the Dogme 95 manifesto, the directors will not be frugal with special effects, props and musical score, and have already attracted notable talent in the horror genre in addition to the crazy cameos, such as composers Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves) and Joseph Bishara (Insidious and The Conjuring). Check out the newly released poster!
The list of directors and the titles of their shorts are listed below.
“TRICK†Directed by Adam Gierasch
“BAD SEED†Directed by Neil Marshall
“GRIMM GRINNING GHOST†Directed by Axelle Carolyn
“THE WEAK AND THE WICKED†Directed by Paul Solet
“FRIDAY THE 31st†Directed by Mike Mendez
“THE RANSOM OF RUSTY REX†Directed by Ryan Schifrin
“THIS MEANS WAR†Directed by Andrew Kasch and John Skipp
“THE NIGHT BILLY RAISED HELL†Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
“SWEET TOOTH†Directed by Dave Parker
“DING DONG†Directed by Lucky McKee
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What say you horror fans? Are you excited for such a stacked horror anthology revolving around our favorite night of the year? For more about Tales of Halloween, how she got all of the people together and the horror genre in general, we have an interview with director/ producer Axelle Carolyn coming your way this week so be sure to keep your eye out for that.
Tales of Halloween is expected to premiere later this year. Here’s hoping sometime close to October because DUH!
I love it! The horror anthology format is really fun to watch with friends, and I think it will do well.
I am all for it, although I still want Trick r treat 2 to finally happen. I love the horror anthology format, and any new crack at is welcomed by me, especially when there are so many talented folks involved.
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