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From Hard Candy to 30 Days of Night to the Hannibal TV series and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, David Slade has been giving viewers thought-provoking nightmare fuel for years, making him the perfect choice to be one of the five directors in the new film Nightmare Cinema. With the horror anthology out now in theaters and VOD platforms, Daily Dead talked with Slade about his segment, This Way to Egress, including the short film's emotional journey to getting made, working with writer Lawrence C. Connolly to adapt his short story, and reteaming with Elizabeth Reaser.

Thanks for taking the time to talk, David, and congratulations on Nightmare Cinema and your short, This Way To Egress. I like how Nightmare Cinema is this grab bag of different nightmarish horror shorts, and yours is really interesting to me because it is so psychological and yet it is so visceral, too. How were you approached...

Produced by: Mick Garris, Courtney Solomon, Mark Canton, Joe Russo Screenplay by: Mick Garris, Alejandro Brugués, Richard Christian Matheson, Sandra Becerril, David Slade & Lawrence C. Connolly Release Date: June 21, 2019 in Theaters & On Demand Rating/Run Time: R / 119 Minutes Nightmare Cinema – Official Theatrical Trailer 2019 from Good Deed Entertainment on …

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Stars: Mickey Rourke, Sarah Withers, Faly Rakotohavana, Maurice Benard, Elizabeth Reaser, Zarah Mahler, Mark Grossman, Eric Nelsen, Richard Chamberlain, Adam Godley, Annabeth Gish | Written by Lawrence C. Connolly, David Slade, Alejandro Brugués, Richard Christian Matheson, Sandra Becerril, Mick Garris | Directed by Mick Garris, Alejandro Brugues, Joe Dante, Ryuhei Kitamura, David Slade

Mick Garris, Joe Dante and David Slade are among the horror directors contributing to Nightmare Cinema, an entertaining anthology in the spirit of Garris’ Masters of Horror TV show. The stories themselves have a surprisingly high hit rate, but the film is let down by its poorly thought-out linking concept. The set-up is almost too simple, taking the title entirely literally. When random people walk past the well-lit-but-seemingly-abandoned Rialto cinema, they see their name appear on the marquee. Intrigued, they enter the cinema, where a creepy projectionist (Mickey Rourke as The Projectionist) shows them a film that features their death.

*full disclosure: an online screener of this film was provided by the film's publicity arm. Directors: Alejandro Brugués, Ryûhei Kitamura, David Slade, Joe Dante and Mick Garris. Writers: Sandra Becerril, Alejandro Brugués, Lawrence C. Connolly, Mick Garris, Richard Christian Matheson and David Slade. Horror fans might know director Mick Garris from his "Masters of Horrors" series. In 2005, several extended shorts were brought together, from the best in horror: George A. Romero, John Carpenter and Dario Argento. Garris brings some of his filmmaking friends together again, in Nightmare Cinema. Developed as a potential series, Nightmare Cinema brings five short films together, along with a wraparound. Mickey Rourke stars as the projectionist and he brings a series of characters into his supernatural theatre. Then, tales of stalkers, vanity, Catholic slaughter, a devolution into madness and a journey to limbo with: "The Thing in the Woods," "Mirari," "Mashit," "This Way to Egress,"...

Exclusive: Five notable filmmakers from the fake-blood business have united for the horror anthology film Nightmare Cinema, which reaches theaters June 21, the same day it will be available via on-demand platforms. Now three of those same filmmakers are collaborating for a tie-in screening series that will celebrate fan-favorite horror films.

Cranked Up Films, the genre-specialized distribution arm of Good Deed Entertainment, and AMC Networks’ Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror and thrillers, are launching a curated screening series that centers on filmmakers showcasing their own work and the work of their creative influences.

The series kickoff will be June 14 at the Hayworth Theater in Los Angeles with a triple feature of films followed by stage interviews with the directors of each film. The bill will be Sleepwalkers with Mick Garris, Juan of the Dead with Alejandro Brugués, and Piranha with Joe Dante.

Those same three directors each contributed a story section to Nightmare Cinema,...

We've been excited for Daily Dead readers to watch Nightmare Cinema since Heather Wixson called it "a quintet of terror-filled tales" in her Fantasia review, and horror fans can now look forward to seeing the horror anthology early next year, as Cranked Up Films and Shudder have acquired North American distribution rights to the film that features segments directed by Mick Garris, Joe Dante, David Slade, Ryuhei Kitamura, and Alejandro Brugues:

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA: Cranked Up Films, Good Deed Entertainment’s recently launched genre label, announced today from Afm that, in partnership with Shudder, AMC Network’s genre streaming platform, they have acquired North American distribution rights to Cinelou Films’ Nightmare Cinema. The film is a horror anthology comprised of five shorts and a wrap-around storyline from directors Mick Garris (The Shining), Joe Dante (The Howling), David Slade (Hannibal), Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train) and Alejandro Brugues (Juan Of The Dead...

Stars: Mickey Rourke, Sarah Withers, Faly Rakotohavana, Maurice Benard, Elizabeth Reaser, Zarah Mahler, Mark Grossman, Eric Nelsen, Richard Chamberlain, Adam Godley, Annabeth Gish | Written by Lawrence C. Connolly, David Slade, Alejandro Brugués, Richard Christian Matheson, Sandra Becerril, Mick Garris | Directed by Mick Garris, Alejandro Brugues, Joe Dante, Ryuhei Kitamura, David Slade

Mick Garris, Joe Dante and David Slade are among the horror directors contributing to Nightmare Cinema, an entertaining anthology in the spirit of Garris’ Masters of Horror TV show. The stories themselves have a surprisingly high hit rate, but the film is let down by its poorly thought-out linking concept. The set-up is almost too simple, taking the title entirely literally. When random people walk past the well-lit-but-seemingly-abandoned Rialto cinema, they see their name appear on the marquee. Intrigued, they enter the cinema, where a creepy projectionist (Mickey Rourke as The Projectionist) shows them a film that features their death.