Can Sundance Handle Treevenge?

I just got a message from Glen Matthews that Jason Eisener’s Treevenge will be playing Sundance.

We’re not entirely sure of the schedule yet, but we do know that TREEVENGE will be playing (at least) four times with “Dead Snow,” about a ski trip that starts with beer and sex — and ends with zombie Nazis. Match made in heaven.

Here’s the trailer for Dead Snow:

MBV: Now with 100% Less Sydney Mines

My Bloody Valentine is being remade as 2009 3-D movie.

I hope they keep the tagline: In this town on Valentine’s Day, everyone loses their heart

An interview with George Mihalka the director of the original which was a filmed on location in Sydney Mines, NS at the old Princess Colliery Mine.

TT: How did they react to your presence in the community?

GM: Oh, they loved us. They just thought it was great. They were the most cooperative, wonderful people in the world. It’s just that we couldn’t now ask them to spend money after they lovingly and innocently spent all that money cleaning it up. We couldn’t exactly say “well, sorry we’re leaving unless you now spend money to destroy everything you just did.”

TT: Did the love last for the whole shoot?

GM: Oh yeah. At that time, we were the only game in town. Sydney Mines was suffering some serious economic recession. Coal mines were closing all over the area. We still were spending quite a bit of money there…restaurants, hotels, car rental agencies. We also used assistants, carpenters and painters…

Thursday the 30th

Treevenge director, Jason Eisener is curating the first Thrillema Thursday tomorrow night at Empire Theatres in Dartmouth Crossing with a 35mm screening of the original Friday the 13th at 8:30 p.m. It will cost you $5.

Join the Thrillema Thursday Facebook group to stay informed of upcoming screenings and request Troll II.