Neuigkeiten

Stars: Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr, Shirley Knight, David Pirrie | Written and Directed by Alejandro Daniel Calvo

When her overbearing mother dies, young Melanie (Amy Crowdis) is understandably torn by grief. To cope with her loss, she does what any teenager would do – craft a life-size doll to fill the void. Not only does her doll keep her company, but she also communicates with her. Yeah, Melanie is a little bit off, but she’s not harming anyone right? Things get a little better for Melanie when Dukken (Robin Lord Taylor), a poor man’s mishmash of Pete Wetnz and Billy Joe Armstrong, stumbles in to her life when he asks her to help him find a book on Nietzsche in their local library. The pair begin to forge a relationship based on their obsession with the macabre and just how unique and on the fringe of society they are,...

Director/writer: A.D. Calvo. Cast: Amy Crowdis, Robin Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr, and David Pirrie. This reviewer is a big fan of A.D. Calvo's previous film endeavor, The Other Side of the Tracks (aka The Haunting of Amelia). However, his latest production, The Melancholy Fantastic, is such a small film that tone and pacing are almost forgotten in the first two acts. Calvo offers another curious open ending, but The Melancholy Fantastic is more depression than extraordinaire. In the end, this critic was left with the question: what is missing? And, this review will offer a few answers. The film focuses centrally on Melanie played by Amy Crowdis (Breadcrumbs). Her mother recently passed away after a suicide attempt. Now, Melanie is alone in her house. Her schizophrenic thoughts keep her company while inciting her to murder. Then, Dukken (Robin Taylor) enters the picture. Will he turn her away...

The first film in Ad Calvo's planned Gothic mental illness trilogy, The Melancholy Fantastic, is about to hit USA Video-On-Demand in April. Take a look at the trailer below, and we're sure you'll agree that this definitely falls into the mental illness category.

Written and directed by Calvo, The Melancholy Fantastic stars Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr, David Pirrie and Shirley Knight. It's about a girl, her doll and her dementia. It has a little bit of a May feel to it, which is always a good thing.

For more info check out The Melancholy Fantastic Facebook page and the official The Melancholy Fantastic website.

Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!

Got news? Click here to submit it!

Be melancholy in the comments section below!

Some early evening distribution news has come out of the bustling American Film Market, and we've got the latest for you on tap and ready to go. Into tales of creepy dolls and Christmastime? Then, brother and sisters, do we have a fix for you!

A.D. Calvo's uniquely titled The Melancholy Fantastic has been acquired by Lightning Media for distribution within the U.S.

The flick stars Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr, David Pirrie, and Shirley Knight and is said to be a very different kind of holiday film.

Dig on the trailer and artwork below.

Logline

Against the objections of a life-size doll, a delusional young girl falls for an alluring Goth in this unconventional psychological thriller.

Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!

Got news? Click here to submit it!

Spend your holiday in the comments section below!

Plenty of passionate filmmakers decide to give it a go in the horror genre. While some of them have the drive, the ambition, the talent, a lot of them fail to create a distinctive film in a genre that has seen it all before and will see it again a million times more. So when a director and writer like A.D. Calvo comes along, we here at Big Daddy Horror Reviews take notice. What sets him apart from so many others that have tried so hard at creating something original is his ability to create narratives that seamlessly blend elements of horror, psychology, drama, romance, fantasy, even a bit of nostalgia and whimsy. He did solid work in The Other Side of the Tracks (now titled The Haunting of Amelia) starring Brendan Fehr and Chad Lindberg. Now he is following that up with The Melancholy Fantastic starring Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor,...

"A strange and gripping holiday tale of grief, love, and the horrors of loneliness"

Just in time for the holiday season, comes another portrait of the darker side of Christmas, the most chilling since the original Black Christmas hit theater screens back in the 1970's. Against the objections of a life-size doll, a delusional young girl falls for an alluring Goth in this unconventional psychological thriller. The Melancholy Fantastic is a strange and gripping holiday tale of grief, love, and the horrors of loneliness. Director A.D. Calvo mixes elements of horror, psychology, drama, romance, fantasy, even a bit of nostalgia and whimsy in a Goodnight Film / Budderfly presentation of 

The Melancholy Fantastic 

Starring: Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr, David Pirrie, and Shirley Knight

Screenplay By: A.D. Calvo

Directed By: A.D. Calvo

Share

The Melancholy Fantastic - Trailer from Stephen Sheridan on Vimeo.

A huge film favorite around the Dread Central offices is Lucky McKee's debut feature, May, which pretty much played as a national friggin' anthem for the misunderstood soul. A.D. Calvo's latest feature, The Melancholy Fantastic, looks to echo that film and up the ante in terms of freaky! Dig it!

The film stars Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr, David Pirrie, and Shirley Knight and is said to be "an alternative Christmas story with a shockingly happy ending".

Dig on the trailer below, and for more check out the official The Melancholy Fantastic Facebook page.

Enough talk! On to the goodies!

The Melancholy Fantastic - Trailer

Uploaded by dreadcentral. - Full seasons and entire episodes online.

- Uncle Creepy

Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!

Got news? Click here to submit it!

Meet your doom in the Dread Central forums!

Here’s a tip of the hat to all you eccentric kids out there — you can talk to that life-sized doll sitting in the corner of your room, but when the doll starts whispering sweet nothings back to you, it’s time to get the hell out of the house. Or at least, burn the damn thing. That’s not what our heroine in A.D. Calvo’s “The Melancholy Fantastic” does, which is good for us, because the result is this moody, atmospheric trailer. Calvo says he’s submitted the film to Sundance, and I presume other festivals as well. So if you’re one of those festival going types, keep an eye out for it. Suffering from her mother’s recent suicide, a delusional young girl falls for an alluring Goth, against the objections of a life-size talking muslin doll. The Melancholy Fantastic is a psychological thriller set during the holidays.