Schlock-Wire: Autonomy Pictures Teams With Chris Alexander For QUEEN OF BLOOD
Fresh off the home video release of Blood For Irina, Autonomy Pictures is teaming up once more Fangoria editor-turned-filmmaker Chris Alexander for another bit of microbudget artsy vampire mayhem. This time, the film will be called Queen Of Blood. It will revive the title character from Blood For Irina and transplant her into the unusual setting of the Wild West. The film is currently in pre-production and Autonomy intends to release in the Spring of 2014. Read on for all the Canadian chillfest details...
QUEEN OF BLOOD
(New York, NY – August 28, 2013) Following the critical and festival success of multiple-award winning experimental horror film BLOOD FOR IRINA, Autonomy Pictures is proud to announce they will be producing Chris Alexander’s next project, QUEEN OF BLOOD. The new film will further deconstruct the vampire myth created in IRINA and will continue Alexander’s filmmaking style of blending mood, startling imagery and original music all drenched in a sea of deep red blood. The film is currently in pre-production and will be released in Spring 2014."With my first film, which was an education in filmmaking, I created an unconventional, mood piece tackling themes such as death, birth, redemption, addiction and loneliness,” says director Chris Alexander. “With QUEEN OF BLOOD, I will continue to expand on those themes and fuse them into a Horror/Western hybrid which will make it a darker, stranger and visceral film experience. I’m excited that I’m working with Autonomy Pictures again as they give me complete creative freedom to bring my vision to life."QUEEN OF BLOOD follows the rebirth of Irina (once more portrayed by Shauna Henry), who rises from the center of the Earth, ready to bring a wave of death and madness to the battered wastelands of the Wild West. A parasite who roams the alternately breathtaking and dangerous rural landscape, Irina leaves of path of bloody destruction and victims as she aims her sights on a young widow whose unborn child may hold the secret to Irina’s longevity. Dark, erotic, beautiful and bizarre, QUEEN OF BLOOD will be an immersive, horror dream and nightmare brought to vivid, violent life.The film will also star horror art/music pioneer and Skinny Puppy frontman Nivek Ogre with additional cast members announced soon. QUEEN OF BLOOD is written by Chris Alexander, Editor-in-Chief of FANGORIA, who will also direct and compose the film’s score. Costume design will be handled by Toronto-based artist Alex Kavanagh, who has designed costumes for multiple films including the SAW franchise (including parts of the elaborate death traps), REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA and LAND OF THE DEAD.Visit QUEEN OF BLOOD’s official Facebook page at:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Queen-of-Blood-A-Film-by-Chris-Alexander/560270217349564BLOOD FOR IRINA is now on Blu-ray from Autonomy Pictures. Order your copy now at Amazon: http://amzn.to/18YV01V