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THE SIEGE Review: Daniel Stisen’s Latest Ode To 90s Action Nostalgia Holds The Fort

The Siege opens in theatres Friday, March 10, followed by Digital and On Demand rollouts on March 14. Two years after making headway with his first major attempt in feature lead roles with Last Man Down, actor Daniel Stisen returns to us in familiar form with The Siege which marks a switch in gears for Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop helmer Brad Watson. The film also features a cast that’s familiar with this platform, namely Black Widow co-star Lauren Okadigbo who has largely been on my radar in stunts per my coverage in The Hit List in the last decade, as well as actor Phillip Ray Tommy who I’ve cast an occasional spotlight on for a number of his work in short films. Full disclosure is warranted here as it was Tommy who at one point connected me with Stisen for an interview prior to his coming out party […]

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Tom Paton’s BLACK OPS Climbs The Stairway To Terror In The Official U.S. Trailer

Black Site director Tom Paton has seen his share of festival runs in the past year following the Arrow Video FrightFest premiere of his new thriller, Stairs. Fast forward to 2020 with all respective deals signed thusfar, such is the case for Samuel Goldwyn Films who’ve stamped a VOD release sometime in June along with an official U.S. trailer for its U.S. release title, Black Ops. Updates to follow. Follow a black ops team who find themselves trapped in a terrifying, never-ending stairwell. Forced to climb or die, the group soon come face to face with their past sins in a desperate fight for survival. Paton directs from his own script. He rejoins with Black Site cohorts Bentley Kalu, Samantha Schnitzler and Toby Osmond, with Shayne Ward, Rachel Warren and Simon Meacock also starring.

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BLACK SITE: Tom Paton’s H.P. Lovecraftian Sci-Fi Actioner Gets A U.S. Trailer

Well on his way with a fourth outing in Stairs, writer/director Tom Paton’s latest sci-fi thriller, Black Site, finally has an official trailer after earning its street cred among festival goers in the past year. It’s a victory lap for actress and martial artist Samantha Schnitzler (Duchess) who makes her feature debut, and with Epic Pictures Group delivering an April 9 U.S. release on Blu-Ray and VOD. An elite military unit encounters a supernatural entity, known as The Elder Gods, that forces them into battle against an army from another dimension. They must fight together to defend the Black Site and save the world from ultimate destruction. Also starring are Mike Beckingham, Bently Kalu, Angela Dixon, Phoebe Robinson-Galvin and Kris Johnson.

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Tom Paton’s BLACK SITE Opens Its Doors To Hampered Epic Sci-Fi Poetry

Redwood and Pandorica director Tom Paton combines action, science fiction thrills and drama with a darkly-lit, slow burn tinge to the pacing in Black Site, his third feature film now hailing from Airpick Pictures and Tom Paton Film. Relatively modest in budget with an apt creative approach that makes an effort toward a bigger scope and scale at times, the performances are largely solid with a strong lead in actress and martial artist Samantha Schnitzler who carries her feature debut lead role with impressiveness and wit, and the necessary screenfighting chops to boot. From the start of opening credits, the score alone gives you the feeling of a paranormal sci-fi that pays homage to shows and films of the 1980s. Bits of nostalgia continue just a little more as the film progresses toward its modern day-set narrative, centering Paton’s H.P. Lovecraft-inspired tale on a remote facility in the woods that […]

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BLACK SITE: Tom Paton’s Lovecraftian Kick-Ass Sci-Fi Thriller Gets An Official Trailer

London’s Arrow Video FrightFest kicks off on August 23 at the Prince Charles Cinema with several program announcements to follow. One such update came on Thursday courtesy of Jonathan Barkan at Dread Central with an exclusive first trailer for Tom Paton’s martial arts-induced John Carpenter/H.P. Lovecraft hybrid, Black Site. A young woman is forced to push past her worst fears and battle to deport an ancient entity back to where it came from. Set inside an underground military base known as The Artemis Black Site, the movie mixes an Escape From New York style survival story with Lovecraftian elements and large scale mythology building. Paton directs from his own script debuting martial artist and actress Samantha Schnitzler in her first feature film role. She’s joined by Simon Pegg sib, actor Mike Beckingham and Bentley Kalu, with Kris Johnson getting in on the action as the villainous “Elder God”, Erebus; there’s […]

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BLACK SITE Broods With Menacing Villains And Brutal Fight Action In The First Teaser

Pandorica helmer Tom Paton’s latest sci-fi thriller, Black Site, recently wrapped filming following production start in June. Actress and martial artist Samantha Schnitzler makes her lead debut in this, Paton’s own inspired genre push honing in on The Raid and HP Lovecraft – a combo now available to sample from in the first official teaser ahead of its 2018 release. BLACK SITE is the story of REN REID, orphaned as a child when a member of an ancient race known as THE ELDER GODS killed her parents. Twenty years have passed and a fractured Ren now works for the covert group ARTEMIS, an organization set up to capture, contain and deport these ELDER GODS back to the dimension that they came from.  When the ELDER GOD responsible for Ren’s childhood tragedy, Erobos, is caught and brought to the BLACK SITE for deportation, Ren must partner with an unlikely ally, Sam, […]

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BLACK SITE: Meet Samantha Schnitzler As Ren Reid In A First Look Photo

Production continues with upcoming action horror sci-fi, Black Site with actress and martial artist Samantha Schnitzler cast as the lead. Filming started in May and the UK actress just started filming her scenes several days ago, including over the weekend wherein the production unveiled a first look at Schnitzler from the set. Take a look: Tom Paton directs his third outing, hailing from AirPick Pictures and Tom Paton Film and is described as a mix of elements from The Raid and the vision of H.P. Lovecraft. Schnitzler, who shares stunt credits on Scott Derrickson’s Marvel adaptation, Doctor Strange, makes her feature film debut as Ren Reid, a member of an organization known as Artemis which detains and deports rogue members of a species known as Elder Gods. The film sets itself twenty years after the murder of Reid’s parents, wherein Artemis finally captures Erebus, the Elder God responsible, only to […]

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Tom Paton’s BLACK SITE Casts Its Heroine And Supervillain

Production is already underway for Pandorica helmer Tom Paton’s third feature film, Black Site. For this, news of actor Mike Beckingham’s casting now precedes this week’s breaking news of its official casting of actress Samantha Schnitzler (TV series 50 Ways To Kill Your Lover!, upcoming feature film Darkness Wakes) Black Site hails from AirPick Pictures and Tom Paton Film and is described as a mix of elements from The Raid and the vision of H.P. Lovecraft. Schnitzler, who shares stunt credits on Scott Derrickson’s Marvel adaptation, Doctor Strange, will play the film’s central protaginist, Ren Reid, a member of an organization known as Artemis which detains and deports rogue members of a species known as Elder Gods. The film sets itself twenty years after the murder of Reid’s parents, wherein Artemis finally captures Erebus, the Elder God responsible only to face a new threat when its worshippers attempt to free their deity from […]

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