Shows: Fear Makers

SXSW 2010 Exclusive: 'American Grindhouse' Director Elijah Drenner

Mon., Mar. 22, 2010 4:00 PM PDT , by Todd Gilchrist
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Even though Austin is home to some of the world's most passionate fans of genre filmmaking, this year's South by Southwest featured a relatively modest slate of horror, sci-fi and fantasy material. Thankfully, however, SXSW programmers included a one-stop-shop for virtually any kind of genre fan, a documentary entitled American Grindhouse, to fill in the gaps between monster movies, smut, and all-around exploitation filth that was otherwise absent from the festival schedule. Directed by Elijah D...

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Alice Braga Has Parts Repo Men Want

Thu., Mar. 18, 2010 8:02 PM PDT , by Genevieve M. Blaber
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When Repo Men opens this March 19th, Alice Braga will hit the screen as a woman who's equal parts Bionic Woman and badass killer. But that doesn't mean Braga can't be sensitive and soft too. When we caught up with her at the Repo Men press conference in New York City, she talked about everything from how she made impromptu surgery sexy, to what it was like carrying a 14-pound rifle around the set of Predators. Beware of some spoilers that lurk below.

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Stealing Organs & Extreme Violence in 'Repo Men' with Forest Whitaker & Jude Law

Thu., Mar. 18, 2010 1:02 PM PDT , by Genevieve M. Blaber
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In Repo Men, Jude Law and Forest Whitaker take a turn as ex-soldiers who snag jobs reclaiming organs. While the premise sounds more than gruesome -- and plenty of blood and tears are spilled -- Whitaker and Law explained just how important the horror factor was in conveying the story of a dystopic future where best friends are forced to be enemies. Check out their comments below, including descriptions of the scenes that didn't make it in the final cut, and as with all of our Repo Men coverage,...

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