Synopsis: Simon en Stanley zijn een compleet geschifte tweeling. Ze groeiden op in een familie die zo barstte van haat, nijd en jaloezie dat ze zichzelf vernietigden. Geweld is steeds het antwoord en de oplossing voor alles wat hun morbide wereld verstoort. De tweeling vermaken zich met het naar de andere wereld helpen van iedereen die zo onfortuinlijk is om het vervallen winkeltje te bezoeken dat ooit door hun familie werd uitgebaat. Op een schitterende zomerdag rijden een bende kamperende studenten verloren. Ze vallen in de handen van de diabolische tweeling en worden gedwongen om hun geliefkoosd spelletje te spelen; een versie op leven en dood van Simon Says.
De Canadese regisseur William Dear staat vooral bekend voor zijn familievriendelijke avonturenfilms, maar zijn eerste oefening in exploitation horror is allesbehalve kinderen toegelaten. Klassebak Crispin Glover (Back To The Future, Willard, What Is It?) speelt een heerlijk gestoorde dubbelrol in een film vol zieke grappen en uitzinnige splatter scènes. Simon Says is bovendien een lust om te bekijken en dendert aan een razende vaart voorbij. De personages krijgen genoeg tijd om onze sympathie te winnen alvorens één voor één aan hun gruwelijke eind te komen. Deze bloederige en verontrustend komische griezelprent is gefundenes midnight movie fressen.
Simon Says Director Bill Dear (Harry and the Hendersons) dives into exploitation fare with relish, serving up a tasty treat featuring the divine Crispin Glover, plenty of character-based humor, and a number of outlandishly clever splatter scenes. The film looks ravishing and rocks along briskly; the characters get plenty of time to establish their various degrees of likability before being killed off one by one. Surprisingly enough, you start to care about them. It played extremely well with the audience.
From: http://www.rollerfeet.com/backporchbeer/ Simon Says - Director William Dear and son Oliver Dear were in attendance to screen what I believe is the one of the core films of this year..s festival. Crispin Glover plays twins, one of whom went on a killing spree but was released because of his retardation. They run an autoshop and roadside store near a camping site the teenagers go to for privacy..and you know where that..s headed. Glover is at his crazy finest with inspired clever slaying, the boys are hunky and the girls are hot and topless at least once. This film is a great addition to the tradition of fun teen slasher movies, funny at times, scary at times, silly at times.
Here's a photo from Fantastic Fest of Editor Chris Conlee, Writer/Director Bill Dear and 2nd Unit Director/Production Designer Oliver Dear
We just got back from our movie premiering at Fantastic Fest in Austin TX and what a great time we all had! Wached a ton of horror movies, showed our own, met some great people and had a lot of bloody fun...
Simon SaysCome see the premiere at Fantastic Fest! For more information click below or go to fantasticfest.com
William Dear (THE NORTHVILLE CEMETERY MASSACRE, HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS) directs proverbial screen weirdo Crispin Glover in not one, but TWO roles, as insane backwoods twins who stalk transient vacationers for recreation. Five teenagers set-off on a spring break camping trip only to have their vacation plans interrupted by the mysterious disappearance of one of their friends. Before long, the kids realize they'd made a grave mistake trusting the odd set of twins who recommended the isolated lakeside campsite, and they are launched into a deadly game of cat and mouse - complete with elaborate wilderness booby-traps and one of the most unhinged performances of Glover's career! PLUS! Don't miss William Dear's Director's Cut of THE NORTHVILLE CEMETERY MASSACRE screening Monday Sept 25th at midnight!Simon Says Come see the premiere at Fantastic Fest! For more information click below or go to fantasticfest.com
Fantastic Fest runs from Sept. 21-28 at the Alamo Draft House Cinema in Austin, Texas. This is the premiere festival presented by Harry Knowles, Ain't It Cool, Cinemuerte, and SXSW to create a festival of the best new Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, and genre films from all over the world.
64th World Science Fiction Convention
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Art of the Prop Maker Come get a sneak peek at the killing machines and death traps from DarkMoon Pictures' latest horror movie 'Simon Says' at the 64th World Science Fiction Convention, August 23-27th, 2006 in Anaheim, California. See many of the gruesome items presented by Production Designer and 2nd Unit Director Oliver Dear.
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