Waaaaaay back, and I'm talking back even before our extended hiatus, a video surfaced online that featured rapper Tech N9ne that served as a message to all the fans of Repo the Genetic Opera and The Devil's Carnival that a sequel was coming. Then -- silence. We got tidbits here and there on Facebook and Twitter, but now, finally, we have the full trailer, and confirmation that next year, we will have the sequel we've been waiting for. And it looks fantastic. Check out the official trailer for The Devil's Carnival: Alleluia.
I am blown away. We already knew that Tech N9ne and Paul Sorvino would be back and it's obvious Emilie Autumn isn't going anywhere (and why should she!?), but look at some of the other names of people who have contributed to this project. Jimmy Urine (Mindless Self Indulgence), Adam Pascal (Rent), David Hasselhoff (duh), Bill Moseley! Holy crap! The section name dropping artists is literally one long run-on sentence-paragraph. I mean jesus.
The trailer itself looks to be of much better quality than the first movie, which admittedly was done on a tight budget. The music sounds very fitting, and the plot, involving the seedy underbelly of God (Sorvino) and his crew along with the Devil (Zdunich) not taking the crap any more really make for an interesting piece. Darren Lynn Bousman has never disappointed me from his grip on the Saw franchise to Repo to this series of movies, and I don't expect Alleluia to disappoint.
One thing that is on the mind of all of the fans of the Zdunich/Bousman duo is the length of the first project. The scope of this movie expands far beyond three lost souls finding their way through the carnival of Hell. I really hope this reaches full movie length and ditches the mini-movie aspect of the first installment. The stars are here (sadly minus Alexa Vega), the music is here, now we just need to get the time to flesh it all out and make sure every aspect of this potential masterpiece is shown to it's intended audience.
No specific release date is given. The trailer merely states "2015", but I'm sure more details will surface in the remaining months of 2014.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Devil's Carnival Episode Two Preview Released
What is the one thing I love most? Independent music. What do I love second most? Cult movies. Thankfully every once in a blue moon a perfect combination of the two comes to be -- most recently at the hands of Darren Lynn Bousman and Terrance Zdunich. First Repo: The Genetic Opera, then The Devil's Carnival, and coming soon, The Devil's Carnival: Episode Two.
Warning: Graphic Content
So this franchise isn't gone after all. There had been rumors about a second installment being in the works (mostly due to star of the first film Emilie Autumn being unable to control her excitement about the project), but we finally have something solid to go by -- even if it's not much. The "preview" goes on for just over nine minutes, and surprisingly offers up very little about the plot.
What we do learn is that this movie will provide a much clearer picture of Heaven, far beyond the couple of shots of Paul Sorvino (anyone else in love with the fact that he is GOD?). This video shows us a scene with a character known as "The Librarian" with his extreme no talking rule. He takes it pretty far, even ripping out the tongue of a boy who couldn't keep himself from singing. There also appears to be a layer of social commentary with the act of burning or censoring books by heavenly officials, but we won't go into that.
What the point here seems to be is to make people see that Heaven can be a far more detestable place than hell. Sure, in the first movie they did some pretty crazy things to the victims that fell into their traps, but it was all played out as a test to see if they were really meant for damnation. Here, we just have a bunch of strict rules placed on our characters, to which the officials are rewarded with their angel wings for carrying out these violent acts. Yeah. This stuff is messed up.
There has been no official word on the casting as of yet, but doesn't that guy playing the Librarian look familiar? He's Tech N9ne, a famous rap artist (Missouri represent!). I would imagine given the setting that Paul Sorvino will be back, and I'm sure that both Ms. Autumn and (for eye candy's sake) Marc Senter will make a return as well.
The first movie is streaming on Netflix, and is available for purchase via the official Devil's Carnival website.
Warning: Graphic Content
So this franchise isn't gone after all. There had been rumors about a second installment being in the works (mostly due to star of the first film Emilie Autumn being unable to control her excitement about the project), but we finally have something solid to go by -- even if it's not much. The "preview" goes on for just over nine minutes, and surprisingly offers up very little about the plot.
What we do learn is that this movie will provide a much clearer picture of Heaven, far beyond the couple of shots of Paul Sorvino (anyone else in love with the fact that he is GOD?). This video shows us a scene with a character known as "The Librarian" with his extreme no talking rule. He takes it pretty far, even ripping out the tongue of a boy who couldn't keep himself from singing. There also appears to be a layer of social commentary with the act of burning or censoring books by heavenly officials, but we won't go into that.
What the point here seems to be is to make people see that Heaven can be a far more detestable place than hell. Sure, in the first movie they did some pretty crazy things to the victims that fell into their traps, but it was all played out as a test to see if they were really meant for damnation. Here, we just have a bunch of strict rules placed on our characters, to which the officials are rewarded with their angel wings for carrying out these violent acts. Yeah. This stuff is messed up.
There has been no official word on the casting as of yet, but doesn't that guy playing the Librarian look familiar? He's Tech N9ne, a famous rap artist (Missouri represent!). I would imagine given the setting that Paul Sorvino will be back, and I'm sure that both Ms. Autumn and (for eye candy's sake) Marc Senter will make a return as well.
The first movie is streaming on Netflix, and is available for purchase via the official Devil's Carnival website.
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