Satan Hates You
Year: 2010
Director: James Felix McKenney
Stars: Don Wood, Christine Spence, Angus Scrimm
Studio: Danger After Dark / Glass Eye Pix
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 95 Mins
"Satan Hates You" is a throwback film to the Christian scare films of the past. The film follows two people. Marc (Don Wood) is a homicidal maniac that has many demons that are haunting him deep inside his soul. Those demons causes him to murder people, when he’s angry. Wendy (Christine Spencer) is living life on the fast lane, by taking drugs and partying all night without thought to what she is doing to herself. Soon, they will cross paths on the road to salvation or the highway to hell.
"Satan Hates You" boast an all stat cast that includes Angus Scrimm (Phantasm), Reggie Bannister (Phantasm) Debbie Rochon (Tromeo and Juliet) Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes) and Larry Fessenden (I Sell the Dead).
"Satan Hates You is one of those films that shocks the hell out of you through storytelling. Writer/Director James Felix McKenney does a very good job making this film very effective given the subject matter. One of the things that I like about his direction, he was able to make the various scenes in the film shocking through the film's dark imagery and gore. There was plenty of it in this film. What McKenney is able to do is able to generate some uneasiness to what's going on. That's what makes the film very different from the standard fare. The other thing that makes the direction of this film work, the performances were very good. McKenney does a very good job getting the lead performances to work, as I truly liked Don Wood’s and Christine Spencer's performances In making those performances work so well, you forget that the likes of Michael Berryman, Debbie Rochon and Angus Scrimm are in this film.
McKenney's screenplay does a very good job of being different from many horror films that are out there today. One of the things that I liked about his screenplay, the fact that the story shocks the hell out of you. McKenney's does a very good job separating his main characters from each other until the very end. It allows him to explore each of the characters decent into madness without them intersecting each other. It doesn't lead to any confusion to the film or the material at hand. The other thing that I liked about the screenplay was the fact that it leaves you with an uneasy feeling. In shock films, you have to maintain a level of uneasiness for the material to be shocking. This film does it very well through the various situations that the main characters are placed in. All this to leads to a shocking conclusion that's needed for this type of film.
DVD Extras:
The first extra on the DVD in "The Making of Satan Hates You". The twenty-two minute featurette has a lot of behind the scenes footage on the production of the film with an on-set interview with McKenney. It would have been nice, if the featurette had comments from the lead actors. The only actor that was interview for this featurette was Debbie Rochon, but that was only for a minute. I liked how you get the director’s perspective of the film, but it could have used more perspective from the acting side of things.
After that there isn't much in the way of extras. First, there's 13 TV segments from the film that are played in it's entirety. After that, there’s a creepy and weird three minute short that the director did back in 2006 called December 23rd. Finally, the film's official trailer wraps up the extras on the disc.
Final Summary:
If you looking for an alternative to all the horror films that are out there, then this is the film for you. “Satan Hate You” is a excellent horror film that does great job keeping your interest, while providing some shocking moments .
Film Rating: Five Stars
DVD Rating: Two Stars
TLA Releasing's horror division, Danger After Dark recently released the official DVD box art and stills for their upcoming release "Satan Hates You". The film stars Don Wood and Christine Spencer with appearances from genre veterans Angus Scrimm, Michael Berryman, Reggie Bannister, Larry Fessenden and Debbie Rochon.
Plot Synopsis:
Inspired by films from the golden age of religious cinema such as A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1972) and STALKED (1969), SATAN HATES YOU is a graphic horror film that tells the stories of two individuals and their personal struggles with Lucifer himself. We follow Marc (Don Wood) a homicidal maniac driven by demons buried deep within his soul and Wendy (Christine Spencer), Marc's polar opposite, who lives life fast and hard without a second's thought to the consequences. Their separate paths will eventually cross, but will it be on the road to salvation or the highway to hell? Director James Felix McKenney (Automatons) takes us on a wild and explosive journey to Hell and brings some of the most notable legends of the horror genre along for the ride.
Since its debut in October of 2008, Horror Society Film Festival has quickly become one of the best events of its kind in the City of Chicago to see top-notch independent horror movies.
They have screened over 60 indie horror films from all over the world and some classic horror films including: Return of the Living Dead, The Fog, Night of the Demons, Silent Night Deadly Night, and more. Every 3 months in the city of Chicago, horror fans and filmmakers look forward to the next themed film festival. This year, we are giving you something special… a 2 day horror extravaganza featuring the best indie and classic horror movies in the country! We are taking the summer off to give you the best film festival Chicago will see in the best month for Horror… October!
Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60641
October 23rd (1:30pm) October 24th (1:30pm)
Tickets: $15 Saturday - $10 Sunday - $20 2 day pass
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Lineup includes:
A Serbian Film (35mm - RARE SCREENING!!)
-A Serbian Film is a movie that pushes everyone to the limit and tests people to see what they can handle.
-Banned in Serbia and Germany (so far)
-Yanked from London's Frightfest Film Festival
-Prompted numerous walk-outs at SXSW
-More transgressive film than Lars Von Trier's Antichrist
Demons (35mm)
-25th anniversary of this film
Slices of Life (World Premiere)
-Cast and Crew Present!
Terrorvision
Chopping Mall
A Blind Date with Coffin Joe
TXT: The Movie
Cabine of the Dead
Lonely
Get off my Porch
The Guest
Forklift Driver Klaus
Worm
Popatopolis
Ugly
Slime City
Slime City Massacre
Satan Hates You
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Guests this year:
Anthony G. Sumner (Director: Slices of Life)
Clay Westervelt (Director: Popatopolis)
Deneen Melody (Slices of Life)
Derek Dziak (Director: TXT)
Erik Johnson (Director: UGLY and Reality TV star!!)
Robert Nolan (WORM)
Zach Green (Porducer: WORM)
Marv Blauvelt (Slices of Life)
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With over 20 vendors in the lobby selling top of the line horror merchandise for your boils and ghouls this halloween season and plenty of giveaways and other random horror goodness thrown in there, this festival is going to be one of the best Chicago will see this year!!
http://www.horrorsociety.com/
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About Horror Society:
Your Voice for Independent Horror!!
With events like Women of Horror, Zombie Outbreak and Summer Slaughter we screen themed horror movies for each event guaranteed to give you nightmares, but this time we are throwing out the rules and themes to give you the best all-around horror films. Horror Society Film Festival will showcase the very best independent horror films from across the world. We are going to celebrate both the horror classics we grew up with and the original ideas of indie horror.
Website: http://www.horrorsociety.com
http://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com/programs10/program5.htm
The screening will take place at the Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave at 5pm. Tell your friends! Warn your enemies! Pass it on!
For more information, visit the festival website:
http://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com
Don't live in NYC? Next month SATAN HATES YOU will be coming to Colorado as part of the TELLURIDE HORROR SHOW:
http://www.telluridehorrorshow.com
More dates and cities coming soon!
SATAN HATES YOU is a graphic, over-the-top horror movie inspired by classics of 1960's and 70's Christian cinema. In the film, we follow Marc (Don Wood) a homicidal maniac driven by demons buried deep within his soul, and Wendy (Christine Spencer) a young girl who lives life fast and hard without a second's thought to the consequences. Their separate paths will eventually cross, but will it be on the road to salvation or the highway to hell?
Co-produced by Glass Eye Pix and MonsterPants Movies, SATAN HATES YOU features performances by a number of genre stars including Angus Scrimm (PHANTASM, TV's ALIAS), Reggie Bannister (PHANTASM, BUBBA HO-TEP), Michael Berryman (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUKOO'S NEST, THE HILLS HAVE EYES), Debbie Rochon (TROMEO AND JULIET, TERROR FIRMER) and Producer Larry Fessenden (HABIT, I SELL THE DEAD).
"Satan Hates You" set to World Premeire at the 2010 Another Hole in the Head Film Festival in San Francisco
Writer-director James Felix McKenney's horror movie homage to the golden age of religious cinema, SATAN HATES YOU, is scheduled to make its world premiere at the Roxie Theatre at 3117 16th St in San Francisco, CA On July 10th.
SATAN HATES YOU was inspired by classics of Christian cinema such as A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1972) and IF FOOTMEN TIRE YOU, WHAT WILL HORSES DO? (1971). SATAN HATES YOU is a graphic horror movie film that tells the stories of two individuals and their personal struggles with Lucifer himself.
In the film, we follow Marc (Don Wood) a homicidal maniac driven by demons buried deep within his soul, and Wendy (Christine Spencer) a young girl who lives life fast and hard without a second's thought to the consequences. Their separate paths will eventually cross, but will it be on the road to salvation or the highway to hell?
Co-produced by Glass Eye Pix and MonsterPants Movies, SATAN HATES YOU features performances by a number of genre stars including Angus Scrimm (PHANTASM, TV's ALIAS), Reggie Bannister (PHANTASM, BUBBA HO-TEP), Michael Berryman (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUKOO'S NEST, THE HILLS HAVE EYES), Debbie Rochon (TROMEO AND JULIET, TERROR FIRMER) and Producer Larry Fessenden (HABIT, I SELL THE DEAD).
Tickets are available now for both the July 10 & 13 5:00pm showings. Director Mckenney and producer Lisa Wisely will be in attendance for both screenings.
Tickets for the July 10 showing can be purchased online here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/117330
Tickets for the July 13 showing can be purchased online here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/117331
For more information about the tickets, the Roxie or the Another Hole in the Head festival please visit: http://www.sfindie.com
For more about the movie, visit the official website: http://www.satanhatesyou.com
