BRITISH indie slasher The Blade Cuts Deeper has its world premiere this Sunday as it closes the Evansville Horror Con in Indiana, USA.
Picked as the feature-length title for day two of the event at the Old National Events Plaza, the March 2 screening marks a bloody milestone for both Blade… and its debuting director Gene Dolders.
And with the slasher also set for its British premiere at Horrorwood 2 on April 13 in Heywood Sports Village, Greater Manchester, horror-film fanatic Dolders is thrilled that his gory Giallo homage has made it onto the big screen.
‘Ever since I started watching horror as a kid, I’ve wanted to get a movie of my own on the cinema and now it’s happening. I’m so happy to be fulfilling that lifelong ambition, and am delighted that the dedication and professionalism of cast and crew is being rewarded.
‘I’m very excited for Blade to have a screening in the US and extremely grateful to Evansville Horror Con for the opportunity to be a part of their event. We’ve worked so hard for this and now it’s happening. It’s like a dream… or maybe a nightmare.’
Shot over just 14 days at a variety of locations including an abandoned shopping mall, the Giallo-inspired horror – which sees a narcissistic TV host being stalked by a psychotic viewer – was completed at the turn of the year.
Having co-written the script with comic author A J Ballard (Slaughterhouse Farm), Dolders describes Blade… as a ‘Giallo-influenced slasher with all of the nastiness, tension and buckets of gore you’d expect from an entry in the genre’.
It tells the tale of John Abbott (John Tueart), the egocentric host of infamous real crime show Lights, Camera, KILL! who has found fame and fortune by exploiting pain and suffering.
But as he basks shamelessly in the limelight, one enraged viewer has seen enough – and now just wants to watch Abbott bleed.
Dolders added: ‘I’ve been influenced by Italian horror movies for many years now and my love for directors such as Dario Argento, Sergio Martino, Lucio Fulci and Umberto Lenzi has really shown through in The Blade Cuts Deeper.’
Watch the trailer for The Blade Cuts Deeper below –
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