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February 25, 2015 7:43 AM   Subscribe

The special effects wizards behind Manborg are raising funds to create a serious horror film with all-practical effects. Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie are members of the Canadian comedy group Astron-6, but are branching out from that work with The Void, an original horror film project they originally pitched to producers at the Fantasia Film Festival in 2013. They are currently raising funds to create all the film's creatures using practical effects. Astron-6's brand of humor often turns extremely dark, and Kostanski and Gillespie have repeatedly proven to be extraordinarily inventive with effects on tiny budgets, so the idea of them working with more money to make a practical effects-centered film has genre film fans very excited.
posted by rabbitroom (3 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, yeah, as a big fan of practical horror effects I'm interested to see where this goes, but it needs to wait until after the crowdfunding campaign is over and done with before it can be a post on the front page. -- cortex



 
Astron-6's work includes a number of shorts and faux trailers as well as the feature films Father's Day, Manborg, and The Editor. Kostanski and Gillespie have also worked on a number of high-profile projects such as NBC's Hannibal and Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim and the upcoming Crimson Peak.
posted by rabbitroom at 7:43 AM on February 25, 2015


Thanks for the heads up on this, although I believe it's MeFi policy not to link to active crowdfunding campaigns.
posted by brundlefly at 8:10 AM on February 25, 2015 [1 favorite]


All practical? I hate horror movies but all an all practical-effects movie is very intriguing.
posted by Buttons Bellbottom at 8:11 AM on February 25, 2015


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