Burning Bright – another review

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Dread Central has posted a short review of Burning Bright, from the AFM screening last week.

BURNING BRIGHT

A surly stepfather (Garret Dillahunt) has had enough of his stepdaughter and autistic stepson so he does what anyone would do: Set loose a ravenous circus tiger in their home. Trapped inside during a terrible hurricane, the two step kids must find a way to survive the night before they become tiger chow.

Believe it or not, Burning Bright isn’t anywhere near as ridiculous as it sounds and actually manages to build several intense set pieces. It’s a pretty conventional entry in the survivalist/nature-run-amok subgenre but it’s well executed enough and gets major props by forgoing CGI to use a real-life tiger in the carnage scenes. [Dread Central]

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Oliver Sherman wraps filming today

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Nugget.ca has a new article about Oliver Sherman. They talked to producer Paul Stephens.

The feature film, a psychological thriller starring Garret Dillahunt as the title character who goes in search of the man who saved him during a war, wraps up shooting today at the Bull and Quench Pub on the corner of McIntyre and John Streets.

The film is set in modern times but doesn’t specify which war or where it happened. Sherman eventually finds the man, who has moved on with his life, starting a family in a small town.

The family sees Sherman as a harmless, disconnected man, but soon realizes he is unstable.

We are shooting a couple of pub scenes where the two heroes are talking to each other,” Stephens said.

The film includes scenes shot in Powassan, Trout Creek and Chisholm Township.

Stephens expects editing to be wrapped up in February or March with the film ready to release in April.

The world premiere will probably be at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 9 to 18, 2010) but we are hoping to have a screening at the Capitol Centre,” he said.

Stephens said North Bay has an array of talented individuals. The production cast about 10 local speaking parts, 150 extras and used many locals on its crew. [Nugget.ca]

Burning Bright – first review

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The first review of Burning Bright, now Ravenous, just showed up on Bloody-Disgusting.com. Here is a snippet (plot spoilers follow):

The movie opens with a hilarious exchange between Howie (Meatloaf) and Johnny Gavineau (Garret Dillahunt, who you might remember from THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT), where Johnny is looking to purchase a retired tiger from Howie in order to start a local safari in a get-rich-quick scheme. After attempting to swindle Howie into cutting the price, Meatloaf delivers an epic monologue that transforms this cute circus tiger into a blood-craving monstrosity. Following a good thirty minutes of character development – Johnny steals Kelly’s (Briana Evigan from SORORITY ROW) money that was being used to send her autistic brother into care so she could go off to college – the plot thickens when Kelly awakes to discover that there’s a tiger loose in her house. To worsen the situation, Johnny has boarded up the entire house from the outside to protect it from the hurricane. (…)

Watching this movie by myself just wasn’t fair; I was having too much fun and had nobody to share it with. There were moments that had me laughing, sometimes I cheered, and then there were a few occasions where I jumped out of my seat. RAVENOUS is straight-up FUN. [Bloody Disgusting]

Garret Dillahunt in Burning Bright