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DEAD EARTH: Wych Kaosayananda’s ‘The Driver’ Tie-In Lands An Official U.S. Trailer

With filmmaker Wych Kaosayananda’s The Driver hitting the streets on November 26, and Kane Kosugi’s The Rider still inbound there’s fair reason to pay mind and stay tuned to Lionsgate’s upcoming follow-up release, Dead Earth. You can take a gander at my early review here while indeed, and as Lionsgate elucidates in its announcement, Dead Earth “tells a parallel story” to the Mark Dacascos horror thriller. This one sees actresses Milena Gorum and Alice Tantayanon in a starring capacity for a quieter, slow, more atmospheric horror opus. In this searing post-apocalyptic action thriller, two young women cling to life in an abandoned resort. They must survive in silence, in mortal fear of attracting the hordes of undead that roam the Earth. When their compound runs out of fuel, they are forced into the countryside to find gas, resulting in a nightmarish encounter with survivors. But that is nothing compared to […]

ALL-IN: Catching Up With Filmmaker Wych Kaosayananda

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been seventeen years since director Wych Kaosayananda’s Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever put him on the radar for many a filmgoer for several reasons. For someone pennamed Kaos for the film’s marketing, I totally expected Wych to stick around and blow minds. Of course, that was how my fanboy brain worked at the time. Wych and I spoke of this and more back in 2014 for our first interview, and he certainly gave an in-depth perspective about his career to keep in mind. Around this time, he had just finished a seething murder mystery thriller called Angels along with serving as director of photography for a few projects from directors like Daniel Zirilli and actor Dustin Nguyen. I don’t plan on re-editing it like recent reprints given the time-sensitivity, but I welcome anyone willing to check it out if it provides any current and needed context. For this, the director […]

DEAD EARTH Review: A Sultry, Mininalist Survival Thriller All About Counting On Your Loved Ones

Lee B. Golden III

Wych Kaosayananda’s forthcoming release of The Driver will soon cohese with its predecessor, Dead Earth, starring Milena Gorum and Alice Tantayanon. Ideally this title would have been released first though the goal seems clearly to put the two actresses on radar with the Mark Dacascos-starrer first, with a pending release date for this one coming soon from what I hear. Formerly titled 2 Of Us, Dead Earth features Gorum and Tantayanon in the roles of Sylvia and Rose, a couple living out their quiet, idyllic lives in an desolate paradise resort in Thailand in the wake of a deadly zombie massacre. Their stay at the resort is a quiet, often pleasant provided they survive their periodic excursions for food, weapons and other essentials. Of course, their time is running out as they know their personal luxury paradise can only be safe for so long until the walking dead trespass. Their […]