When the dead are back, what do we do with them? The filmmaking group RKSS (Turbo Kid, Summer of ’84) offers a fresh take on the undead in the SCREAMBOX Original horror-comedy We Are Zombies, streaming everywhere August 13! In a city infested with the living-impaired — also known as non-cannibal zombies — three slackers […]
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French Canadian directing trio RKSS are back with new movie Wake Up, and Deadline reports this afternoon that Blue Fox Entertainment has picked up the North American rights. The film will “release across the U.S. and in Canada later this year.” “We are thrilled to add RKSS’s next film to our theatrical slate,” said Blue […]
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Huge breaking news out of the ongoing EFM in Berlin as Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse will be bringing the gore with the pulse-pounding and exceptionally bloody zombie comedy, We Are Zombies, which will release this fall on all VOD platforms and our SCREAMBOX streaming service! Deadline first reported the news this morning. RKSS (the filmmakers […]
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The filmmaking trio collectively known as RKSS (François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell) have not one but two features making their rounds in the festival circuit: mean slasher Wake Up (our review) and charming horror-comedy We Are Zombies (our review). We Are Zombies, an adaptation of Jerry Frissen and Guy Davis’ comic book series “The Zombies That Ate the World,” follows three […]
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The filmmaking trio collectively known as RKSS (François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell) put their stamp on the slasher subgenre with the brutal Wake Up, which made its World Premiere last week at Fantastic Fest (our review) before heading to Sitges this week. Bloody Disgusting spoke with RKSS after the debut about their slasher with a severe mean streak. Wake […]
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The filmmaking trio collectively known as RKSS (François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell) tend to toggle between two distinct tones of horror: infectious, gory horror comedies and mean horror that packs a punch. With two features screening at Fantastic Fest, We Are Zombies showcased the directors’ playful side. At the opposite end of the spectrum lies Wake Up, RKSS’s delightfully mean-spirited […]
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We seem to have run the gamut of the zombie apocalypse film. Like the possession film, it’s getting to be more and more difficult for filmmakers to breathe new life into the sub-genre, with only a few managing to eke out moments of true inspiration. Enter Canadian filmmaking trio RKSS‘ (Turbo Kid, Summer of 84) […]
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