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Ghoul
Director-writer: Petr Jákl
Writer: Petr Bok
Cast: Jeremy Isabella, Jennifer Armour, Paul S. Tracey, Debra Garza, Alina Golovlyova
Distributor: Vega Baby Releasing
Ghoul is the first “full run” release for Vega Baby Releasing, following a very small release for documentary The Magic Of Heineken last year. The Czech thriller follows three Americans who travel to Ukraine to investigate how cannibalism swept through the country during the notorious famine of 1932. After being led deep into the vast forest for an interview with the last known survivor of the cannibalism epidemic, they are plagued with a series of unexplainable supernatural encounters and come face to face with the evil spirit of Andrei Chikatilo, the most violent serial killer and cannibal of all time.
“I first saw Ghoul around the time we launched the distribution division [of Vega Baby] in June when Petr Jákl screened the film,” said the company’s head of distribution, Sheldon Brigman. “We made a deal at AFM with the promise that we’d get it out quickly.” Ghoul opened to solid numbers in the Czech Republic despite going up against Hollywood big hitters. Unlike the U.S., genre fare and thrillers are not popular in the country, according to Brigman. “It opened No. 2 against Fifty Shades of Grey,” he added. “In its second week, Ghoul was actually No. 1, and then the following week it was second.” Vega Baby said the feature had cumed nearly $500,000 in three weeks in the Czech Republic as of last weekend.
For the film’s U.S. bow this weekend, Vega Baby is targeting areas in Southern California and New Jersey on the periphery of New York City and Los Angeles with a high concentration of college students. Ghoul will open at the AMC 20 Theatre in Puente Hills, within driving distance to Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Fullerton. The title also will bow at the AMC Jersey Gardens 20 within the vicinity of other colleges in the area. “We’ve run a lot of ads on genre sites and recently had an exclusive clip on Fandango,” said Brigman, adding that the company also has touted the film’s executive producer, genre veteran Rob Cohen (The Fast And The Furious) in its marketing material. “We’ll see how it goes and expand from there.” Vega Baby plans to release eight to 10 titles per year, though not all will have a theatrical component.
Ghoul
Director-writer: Petr Jákl
Writer: Petr Bok
Cast: Jeremy Isabella, Jennifer Armour, Paul S. Tracey, Debra Garza, Alina Golovlyova
Distributor: Vega Baby Releasing
Ghoul is the first “full run” release for Vega Baby Releasing, following a very small release for documentary The Magic Of Heineken last year. The Czech thriller follows three Americans who travel to Ukraine to investigate how cannibalism swept through the country during the notorious famine of 1932. After being led deep into the vast forest for an interview with the last known survivor of the cannibalism epidemic, they are plagued with a series of unexplainable supernatural encounters and come face to face with the evil spirit of Andrei Chikatilo, the most violent serial killer and cannibal of all time.
“I first saw Ghoul around the time we launched the distribution division [of Vega Baby] in June when Petr Jákl screened the film,” said the company’s head of distribution, Sheldon Brigman. “We made a deal at AFM with the promise that we’d get it out quickly.” Ghoul opened to solid numbers in the Czech Republic despite going up against Hollywood big hitters. Unlike the U.S., genre fare and thrillers are not popular in the country, according to Brigman. “It opened No. 2 against Fifty Shades of Grey,” he added. “In its second week, Ghoul was actually No. 1, and then the following week it was second.” Vega Baby said the feature had cumed nearly $500,000 in three weeks in the Czech Republic as of last weekend.
For the film’s U.S. bow this weekend, Vega Baby is targeting areas in Southern California and New Jersey on the periphery of New York City and Los Angeles with a high concentration of college students. Ghoul will open at the AMC 20 Theatre in Puente Hills, within driving distance to Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Fullerton. The title also will bow at the AMC Jersey Gardens 20 within the vicinity of other colleges in the area. “We’ve run a lot of ads on genre sites and recently had an exclusive clip on Fandango,” said Brigman, adding that the company also has touted the film’s executive producer, genre veteran Rob Cohen (The Fast And The Furious) in its marketing material. “We’ll see how it goes and expand from there.” Vega Baby plans to release eight to 10 titles per year, though not all will have a theatrical component.