HUMAN CENTIPEDES ENTER THE VOID TO VALHALLA ON IFC MIDNIGHT

IFC Films is keeping their VOD label going strong with a new genre label titled IFC Midnight. They’re going to be bringing us a ton of acclaimed films each month on demand, most alongside theatrical runs. They will also be releasing Blu-Rays and dvds of the films soon after release.

Their lineup is pretty fantastic- The Human Centipede, Valhalla Rising, Enter the Void, Vengeance and Doghouse show how varied the selections are. I absolutely love that these films are getting out to folks who don’t have theatrical runs hitting nearby!

Here’s a partial schedule for the next few months, along with trailers so you have some idea of what you’re in for.

The Human Centipede (First Sequence).  Written and directed by Tom Six, the film is a truly one-of-a kind horror film about a mad scientist who achieves his sick lifetime fantasy of creating a human centipede.  Entertainment Weekly wondered if this may be “the most disgusting horror movie of all time?” The film — a winner at Fantastic Fest for Best Horror Film and Best Actor, and a winner of Best Film at Screamfest LA — premiered theatrically on April 30 and will premiere on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning this month.

 
Cell 211.  Directed by Daniel Monzón and winner of 8 Spanish Goya Awards, including Best Picture, this taut prison drama tells the gripping story of a rookie prison guard who becomes trapped in a cell during a violent riot and must convince the prisoners he is one of them. The film, an official selection at the Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals, will premiere exclusively on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in June.
 

 
Doghouse.  Directed by Jake West, this riotous British horror comedy follows ravenous, blood-thirsty female zombies as they wreak havoc on a group of guys trying to enjoy a male-bonding weekend. The film, which premiered at last year’s Edinburgh Film Festival, will premiere exclusively on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in June.

 
Don’t Look Back. From director Marina de Van (IN MY SKIN) comes this tense psychological thriller about a beautiful, best-selling author (Sophie Marceau) who loses her grip on reality as she slowly morphs into the body of another woman (Monica Bellucci).  The film, an official selection last year at the Cannes Film Festival, will premiere exclusively on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in June.

 
Valhalla Rising.  Director Nicolas Winding Refn (BRONSON, THE PUSHER TRILOGY) delivers an action-packed epic about a savage one-eyed Viking warrior and a young runaway who embark on a dangerous odyssey. Starring Mads Mikkelson, the film — an official selection at Venice and Toronto last year and a featured selection at the upcoming BAM Cinemafest — will premiere in theaters and on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in July.

 
Exam.  In this gripping thriller, director Stuart Hazeldine follows eight strangers as they enter a ruthless competition to get the job of a lifetime, where the stakes soon become life or death. The film, which screened at Fantastic Fest last year, will premiere exclusively on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in July.

 
The Horde (La Horde). Directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher, this French zombie movie follows a posse of crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead through an action packed story of escape and revenge.  A hit at the Venice Film Festival, London’s FrightFest Film Festival and at this year’s COLCOA (City of Lights City of Angels), the film will premiere in theaters and on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in August.

 
Vengeance.  From acclaimed director Johnnie To (ELECTION 1 and 2, EXILED) comes his first English language film starring French superstar Johnny Hallyday along with To regulars Anthony Wong, Simon Yam, and Lam Suet. The film, a revenge thriller, was screened in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and screened as an official selection at last year’s Toronto and San Francisco Film Festival.  In the film, Hallyday plays François Costello, a Parisian restaurant owner who is in Macau at the request of his daughter—to avenge a savage attack on her family. The film will premiere in theaters and on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in August.

 
Enter the Void. Filmmaker Gaspar Noe’s long awaited follow up to the controversial IRREVERSIBLE is a cinematically audacious exploration of the connected nature of sex, drugs, life, and death that was one of the most talked about films on the festival circuit in the past year – playing at Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and SXSW.  Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the film follows Linda (Paz De La Herta of THE LIMITS OF CONTROL) and her brother Oscar (Nathan Brown) on a spiritual journey through the city of Tokyo where the past, present and future merge into a hallucinatory maelstrom.  The film will premiere in theaters and on VOD under the IFC Midnight label beginning in September.