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Exclusive: Genre sales outfit has also struck a deal on Lemon Tree Passage to the Us.

Genre specialist sales agent Devilworks is ramping up its European Film Market (Efm) activity.

The company has boarded world sales on Red Christmas, Craig Anderson’s Australia horror-comedy which stars Dee Wallace (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial).

Wallace plays a mother who must protect her family who are tormented by a creepy stranger on Christmas day, the actress was also a producer on the project with Anderson. The film premiered at Sydney Film Festival, Fantasia and FrightFest.

Separately, Devilworks has struck a North American deal on its supernatural horror Lemon Tree Passage with Glass Pictures.

Starring Tim Pocock (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Jessica Tovey (Adore) and Andrew Ryan (Last Cab To Darwin), the film follows a group of young backpackers in Australia who discover that a legendary local ghost tale turns out to be true.

David Campbell directed the film and co-produced the screenplay...

Reviewed by Jesse Miller

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Lemon Tree Passage is an Australian Horror-Thriller that is set around the local ghost story that goes like this: A tormented biker that was struck and killed in a hit and run now apparently haunts the backroads of a small Australian town.

Three American Backpackers, Maya (Jessica Tovey), Amelia (Pippa Black) and Sam (Nicholas Gunn), meet a couple of Aussie larrikins, Geordie (Tim Phillips) and Oscar (Andrew Ryan), that recite the spooky urban legend to the trio and off they all go to test the theory. Unsurprisingly, horror ensues.

Lemon Tree Passage starts off strong. There’s a few good scares, the cast are all particularly strong and the atmosphere is quite effective, due to some superb cinematography.

The problem comes later as the story progresses. The plot developments come off feeling more than a little silly and contrived, dispensing of the great atmosphere...

Lemon Tree Passage, an Australian supernatural thriller inspired by an urban legend, will open in a limited number of cinemas on October 31, tying in with Halloween.

Produced by Jeremy Ervine and directed and co-written by David Campbell, the plot follows three American backpackers who learn about the ghost of a motorcyclist that stalks young motorists and encounter something far more evil.

The cast is headed by Jessica Tovey (Wonderland, Tracks), Pippa Black (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Nicholas Gunn (The Hunters Club, Neighbours), Tim Phillipps (TV.s Chopper, The Secret Circle), Tim Pocock (Dance Academy) and Andrew Ryan (Not Suitable for Children, Tomorrow, When the War Began).

Campbell and Erica Brien wrote the screenplay after he saw a segment aired on Today Tonight in 2010 dealing with teenagers who were caught speeding in Lemon Tree Passage Road in Port Stephens and told the cops they saw a ghostly light.

A YouTube...

The Australian shot horror title Lemon Tree Passage has an exciting trailer. The clip shows several new friends and a ghostly light. Released in the land of Oz through Odin's Eye Entertainment, Lemon Tree Passage has not found North American distribution, as of yet. The film stars Nicholas Gunn (The Devil's Whispers), Jessica Tovey, and Pippa Black. Bright lights await below. The film's story is based on an old legend. The myth of Lemon Tree Passage is founded on one man's fatal motorcycle accident. Now, it is believed that his ghost haunts the hills around Lemon Tree. Four friends are determined to see if this urban legend is true. The trailer for the film offers a few scares. The four friends might have had more fun at the beach. Only terror awaits them at Lemon Tree Passage! Release Date: Tba. Director: David Campbell. Writers: Erica Brien and David Campbell. Cast: Jessica Tovey,...

This year’s Film4 FrightFest guest list brings together the great, the grand and the gifted as over 100 filmmakers, performers, writers and producers from all over the world make their way to the Vue West End for the 15th Film4 FrightFest event which runs from Thursday 21st – Monday 25th August. Highlights – at least as far as we here at Nerdly are concerned – include the legend(s) that are Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm St.) and Alan Moore (Watchmen), the infamous Jorg Buttgereit (Nekromantik), Frightfest fave Adam Green (Hatchet, Holliston), the always-wonderful Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare, The Tour) and friend to Nerdly, Federico Zampaglone (Tulpa) whose short Remember I’m possibly looking forward to seeing the most at this years festival!

Check out the press release below:

He lit up the 1980s and 90s genre landscape with one of the classic horror performances of all time as Freddy Krueger...

“I’m your boyfriend now, Nancy.” It may be hard to believe, but it’s been thirty years since Robert Englund’s Freddy Krueger said those words to Heather Langenkamp’s Nancy in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. A 30th anniversary screening of the film is taking place at this year’s Film4 FrightFest, and Englund has been announced as a member of a guest lineup that includes Alan Moore.

Taking place at London’s Vue West End, the 15th Film4 FrightFest will run from August 21st – 25th. In addition to celebrating the 30th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund will also be unveiling his latest film, The Last Showing.

Actress Maika Monroe will be on hand for the UK premiere of The Guest, and director John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) will screen his latest film, The Harvest. Also of note...

Nightmare on Elm Street star and comic-book legend set for horror festival.

Film4 FrightFest (Aug 21-25) has unveiled its guest list, topped by A Nightmare On Elm Street star Robert Englund.

The Us horror actor will attend the festival to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Wes Craven classic, screening on Aug 24, and to launch the latest production in which he stars, The Last Showing, which screens Aug 22.

Festival co-director Alan Jones described Englund as “one of the genre’s originals” and “an icon of fright”.

In support of opening film The Guest, Us actress Maika Monroe will present the UK premiere of the thriller, directed by Adam Wingard and co-starring Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens. Monroe is also the star of horror It Follows, which debuted at Cannes.

Alan Moore, the author of bestselling graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell, will attend the festival to introduce and discuss his short film trilogy Show Pieces...

Writer-director David Campbell should be making a splash on the festival circuit soon with his debut feature, Lemon Tree Passage. When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost said to appear in the rear-view mirror of a speeding car they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals. After speeding down Lemon Tree Passage, a remote road surrounded by dense woods, their jubilation turns to terror as one by one each passenger begins to disappear in a violent fashion.  Isolated and ten thousand miles from home, the tourists find themselves caught in the clutches of a malevolent force much more heinous than the local myth they set out to experience.Jessica Tovey, Nicholas Gunn, Pippa Black, Tim Phillipps, Andrew Ryan, Tim...

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Shooting Stars continues its buying spree for the Middle East.

The distributor has now added four more titles here at the Efm, head of acquisitions Lorianne Hall confirmed to Screen.

The acquisitions are two from Rezo Films, Peter Sattler’s Camp X-Ray starring Kristen Stewart and Marvin Kren’s Alps-set horror The Station.

The company bought four titles from Carnaby International, including supernatural horror Dark Peak directed by Ben Jagger.

And from Odin’s Eye, Shooting Stars has acquired David Campbell’s horror Lemon Tree Passage.

Odin.s Eye Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Lemon Tree Passage, an Australian supernatural thriller directed and co-written by David Campbell.

The South Australian-shot film inspired by an urban legend had its first screening on Saturday at the European Film Market in Berlin.

Campbell and Erica Brien wrote the screenplay after he saw a segment on Today Tonight in 2010 dealing with teenagers who were caught speeding in Lemon Tree Passage Road in Port Stephens, Nsw, and told the cops they saw a ghostly light.

A video of the sighting has been viewed more than 330,000 times on YouTube and some locals believe it.s the spirit of a motorcyclist who was killed on the road.

The plot follows three American backpackers who learn about the ghost of a motorcyclist that stalks young motorists and encounter something far more evil.

The cast includes Jessica Tovey (Tracks, TV's Wonderland), Pippa Black...

Exclusive: Sales agent takes worldwide rights on Lemon Tree Passage [pictured] and 2nd Reign of Night.

Sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment (Oee) has acquired worldwide sales rights to two supernatural thrillers made on different sides of the planet: Lemon Tree Passage from Australia, and 2nd Reign of Night from Spain.

Writer/director Antoni Sole’s directorial debut was filmed in Barcelona in English. Sole will get a producing credit too alongside Loris Curci, who has recently also been busy on the Us thriller Hidden In The Woods.

2nd Reign of Night tells of an eminent anthropologist who, by translating an ancient text, unwittingly resurrects an Egyptian god that plunges the world into eternal darkness. The film is still in post-production and Oee will be screening a promo at Efm.

The writer/director of Lemon Tree Passage is David Campbell and the producer is Jeremy Ervine. The pair sold the advertising agency they jointly owned in order to go into...

Australia's Lemon Tree Passage is the site of many accounts of alleged paranormal activity. The story goes that if you drive really fast down the road, you will see the image of a ghost in your rearview mirror. True? Probably not. Perfect fodder for a horror flick? You betcha.

News has just come out of the American Film Market that writer/director David Campbell is currently in the post-production stage of a supernatural thriller that explores the urban legend. You can read the plot crunch below, and expect more news about the film as we learn it.

Lemon Tree Passage stars Jessica Tovey, Pippa Black, Tim Pocock, Nicholas Gunn, Piera Forde, and Andrew Ryan.

Synopsis

When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost which is said to appear in the rearview mirror of a speeding car, they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals.

Writer-director David Campbell is in post-production on the Australian supernatural thriller Lemon Tree Passage.

The film stars Jessica Tovey, Pippa Black and Andrew Ryan.

When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost of which is said to appear in the rearview mirror of a speeding car, they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals.

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Australian horror comedy 100 Bloody Acres was watched by a handful of people in Us and Australian cinemas -- a tiny fraction of the number who have illegally downloaded the film.

The producer, Cyan Films. Julie Ryan, said two independent companies that work in the online area estimate the film has been downloaded at least 35,000 times.

.That is three times more than we had thought,. Ryan told If. .Torrent Tracker doesn't pick up all the bit torrent sites so this figure is on the conservative side.

.These sites can't be shut down and unfortunately we can't tell where in the world this activity has occurred. But we do know that the film was on Pirate Bay the second day of the Us release, and we have anecdotal evidence in Australia where people have admitted to downloading it illegally.

.I just hope that some of these people buy the DVD when it releases in their country.