Back in April of 2007, producer Robert Burnett and director Dave Parker put together a pitch teaser trailer for what would eventually become The Hills Run Red. At the time, it was set up as Fever Dreams project, but after completing this trailer and showing it to Warner Premiere President Diane Nelson and production executive Matt Bierman, they decided the film would be perfect to produce as part of their output deal with Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment. Hence, this is how The Hills Run Red came to be.
Shot in one day on a shoestring in the Vine theater on Hollywood Blvd, the teaser stars Sara Downing as the girl in the chair, Nick Principe as the Babyface prototype and a number of other genre luminaries as dead corpses, such as directors Mike Mendez, Darin Scott, Rolfe Kanefsky, composer Joseph Bishara and Shock Till You Drop's own Ryan Rotten.
Have a peek for yourself at the original pitch teaser trailer for The Hills Run Red:
As an added bonus, check out this original animatic produced through Burnett's company, Ludovico Technique which illustrates Parker's vision for the teaser:
Warner Premiere releases The Hills Run Red this Tuesday, September 27th on DVD. Check out our interview with producer Rob Burnett and director Dave Parker right here.
Posted by: Calum on September 27, 2009 at 08:43:32
That was a cool trailer but I doubt that was actually what they wanted to do in the film. Usually a pitch film is like a trailer, shows thse who you are pitching to exactly what you want to do in the film, which that was nothing like what I've seen from the film.
I still want to buy it and would order it in a heartbeat if it were being released on Blu-Ray
Posted by: robg on September 27, 2009 at 13:41:15
It was more to show the tone of the piece and the fact that Parker could in fact execute his vision if given the chance. And he proved that in spades. Very, very cool stuff.
There will only be a Blu-Ray if the DVD does well, so we need to support this one.
Posted by: Calum on September 27, 2009 at 16:14:01
It's very cool, like I said, just a completely different beast to what I've seen from the film so far (unless Sophie Monk ends up in a cinema prior to her death unless she's the final girl?)
Why Warner isn't releasing a Blu-Ray with this as well as a DVD is beyond me - whilst Trick R Treat is getting glowing reviews, that's still Warner Premiere (like this) and they're releasing that on Blu-Ray, why not this? I'm sure people would by both if they released both on Blu-Ray.
Unfortunately unless it's super rare I don't get DVDs from the states, only region-free blu-rays, most Warner blu-rays are free.
Posted by: Calum on September 27, 2009 at 16:15:51
It's coming to Aussie shores October 7 - but at $34.97 I'd rather wait till it's cheaper because even if it takes forever I'll buy it on Blu-Ray regardless. I'll wait till the DVD gets cheaper
Posted by: erick brezniak on January 13, 2010 at 13:42:58
i must admit i actually got bored with this film pretty quickly, and in all honesty i don't think 10 minutes of extra overthe top kill scenes would have done much to change that.
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Posted by: Calum on September 27, 2009 at 08:43:32
That was a cool trailer but I doubt that was actually what they wanted to do in the film. Usually a pitch film is like a trailer, shows thse who you are pitching to exactly what you want to do in the film, which that was nothing like what I've seen from the film.
I still want to buy it and would order it in a heartbeat if it were being released on Blu-Ray
Posted by: robg on September 27, 2009 at 13:41:15
It was more to show the tone of the piece and the fact that Parker could in fact execute his vision if given the chance. And he proved that in spades. Very, very cool stuff.
There will only be a Blu-Ray if the DVD does well, so we need to support this one.
Posted by: Calum on September 27, 2009 at 16:14:01
It's very cool, like I said, just a completely different beast to what I've seen from the film so far (unless Sophie Monk ends up in a cinema prior to her death unless she's the final girl?)
Why Warner isn't releasing a Blu-Ray with this as well as a DVD is beyond me - whilst Trick R Treat is getting glowing reviews, that's still Warner Premiere (like this) and they're releasing that on Blu-Ray, why not this? I'm sure people would by both if they released both on Blu-Ray.
Unfortunately unless it's super rare I don't get DVDs from the states, only region-free blu-rays, most Warner blu-rays are free.
Posted by: Calum on September 27, 2009 at 16:15:51
It's coming to Aussie shores October 7 - but at $34.97 I'd rather wait till it's cheaper because even if it takes forever I'll buy it on Blu-Ray regardless. I'll wait till the DVD gets cheaper
Posted by: erick brezniak on January 13, 2010 at 13:42:58
i must admit i actually got bored with this film pretty quickly, and in all honesty i don't think 10 minutes of extra overthe top kill scenes would have done much to change that.
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