Trapped Ashes (Horror / Completed)

Seven strangers are trapped inside an infamous "House of Horror" during a Hollywood movie studio tour, and forced to tell their most terrifying personal stories to get out alive.

In the twisted tradition of classic anthology horror films such as TALES FROM THE CRYPT, KWAIDAN and DEAD OF NIGHT, TRAPPED ASHES features four stories of the surreal, erotic and terrifying, directed by five of Hollywood's most unique filmmakers: Joe Dante (GREMLINS, THE HOWLING), Ken Russell (ALTERED STATES, TOMMY, THE DEVILS), Sean Cunningham (FRIDAY THE 13TH), Monte Hellman (TWO LANE BLACKTOP, COCKFIGHTER), and John Gaeta (Oscar winner for Visual F/X on THE MATRIX). In addition, multi-Academy Award winner Robert Skotak (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY, ALIENS) is serving as Visual F/X Supervisor on the film, and acclaimed Japanese composer Kenji Kawai (THE RING, DARK WATERS, GHOST IN THE SHELL I and II) will be doing the soundtrack.

Cast: Henry Gibson, John Saxon, Jayce Bartok, Amelia Cooke, Lara Harris, Ryo Ishibashi, Scott Lowell, Michele-Barbara Pelletier, Tahmoh Penikett, Tygh Runyan, Rachel Veltri (Credits may not be contractual)

Directors: Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Sean Cunningham, Monte Hellman, John Gaeta

Writer: Dennis Bartok

Producers: Yoshifumi Hosoya, Yuko Yoshikawa, Dennis Bartok

Production Companies: Independent Film Fund/CINV / Tokyo Broadcasting / System International / Asmik Ace Entertainment / Elephant Studio / Five Windows Production

Patrick McGavin, ScreenDaily.com:

"...Monte Hellman's superlative, evocative and genuinely moving Stanley's Girlfriend is the standout contribution of TRAPPED ASHES, the horror anthology of four macabre vignettes also directed by Ken Russell, Sean Cunningham and John Gaeta..."

"...Hellman's Stanley's Girlfriend is not only the strongest piece, it is the most atypical, graced by memory and guilt, involving a man (Saxon) recalling a charged episode as a young screenwriter from 1957 and his developing friendship with Stanley Kubrick and the beautiful, intoxicating woman (Cooke) that passed between them. Hellman debuted his work in a separate collection of shorts at Cannes, and the layered, fascinating portrait of male friendship and sexual competition is poetic and vibrant deepened by the authenticity of the period details, the intuitive use of jazz and a revelation that brings surprise and wonder..."

"...The Hellman is too much of a good thing, a tantalizing work that deserves a deeper and fuller investigation. It also points out the limitations of the complementary works. To its credit it lifts TRAPPED ASHES into a higher realm..."

Toronto Film Festival 2006 / Midnight Madness

Cannes Film Festival 2006 / Out of Competition/Cannes Classics

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