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Now Available: BARNEY BURMAN’S WILD BOAR Has Got The Bacon

Oscar-winning make-up artist Barney Burman has made his directorial feature debut with Barney Burman’s Wild Boar, a full-length version of his 2019 short based on the same premise. A group of geocaching friends set out to find a treasure belonging to entrepreneur and millionaire geocacher Roger Foster, missing since 2006. Their adventure takes them to a former nuclear test site, and we all know from countless 1950s science fiction films that this never ends well. The film is bookended by stop-motion animation clips, with the initial scenes showing pigs on the grounds of the nuclear testing site. It doesn’t take a nuclear scientist to figure out what happens from there. Mutated pig people with an appetite for human flesh think they’ve found their next meal with the lost geocachers. Engaged couple Scarlet Lamb (Augie Duke) and Garret Wolf Reed (Daniel Roebuck), along with Wolf’s brother Turtle (Jim Nieb) and friends […]

BARNEY BURMAN’S WILD BOAR Scares Up A Thanksgiving Release On Amazon Prime

Lee B. Golden III

To say that Barney Burman has outdone himself in all of his thirty-six year film career might be an understatement, having just taken to his first feature production, Barney Burman’s Wild Boar following his 2019 Wild Boar short film. The completed thriller has since undergone what could only be described as rows upon rows of accolades and wins from its festival circulation, earning multiple Bests in Feature, Original Concept, Gore, Makeup, VFX and Horror Film, and even Best New Director. And this is from multiple award associations around the country. Alas, the film is coming to a head and with Vangelis Films handling U.S. distribution, Barney Burman’s Wild Boar is now on track to release on Amazon Prime from November 25. The official trailer is just above, with the poster below. A group of weekend warriors venture into a toxic wasteland, where an eccentric billionaire (presumed dead) is said to […]