Last week it was DVD
release news from Indican Pictures about the directing team of Devon Downs and
Kenny Gage’s Cynthia, which is hands down the best horror entry for this
year’s Halloween-themed promotional season.
Cynthia, which streets on Oct. 23, is right up there with
Henelotter’s Basket Case and Cohen’s It’s Alive. A newly-minted horror gem!!!
With that said, you might
think that Indican Pictures could just sit back and rest on its laurels, but
they doubled-down this week with an Oct. 9 DVD release date for the animated
adventure from hell, The Trouble with Terkel.
The film, which is a
cross between an arthouse entry and a very inappropriate (and proudly so) Middle
School bullying tale (think: South Park meets Beavis
and Butt-Head), has been playing various theatrical venues for going on
two full years, so it comes as no surprise that the ARR is a very leisurely 613
days.
The film itself began as
a team-venture with Danish filmmakers Thorbjorn Christoffersen and Stefan
Fjeldmark, but for the domestic market, producer/director Randolph Kret (Gang
Land, Gunfight at Yuma, etc.) picked it up, recruited English actors
and took the entire affair of Terkel up a notch (or two).
The result is a sordid
(in a good way) animated tale about Terkel (voiced by Mike Olsen), a seemingly
ordinary kid in school, whose life spirals completely out of control because
(get ready) … there’s a strange new teacher by the name of Justin (Toby
Stephens), Terkel’s uncle (voiced by Chad Ridgely) is a mean drunk, two kids at
school make him a bullying target, Fat Doris (voiced by Vanessa Gomez) kills
herself, his parents are out there (meaning disconnected — his mom must smoke
ten packs a day), his best friend, Jason (voiced by Eve Mauro), has a secret
relationship with Doris (don’t ask) and someone is sending him death threats!
Whew, that’s quite a load
on Terkel’s plate! Will he join Doris
in the great beyond or will the truth be revealed … Oct. 9 on DVD, there’s your
chance to find out!!!
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