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Blood Red Earth - The New Short Film From Acclaimed Director J.T. Petty
The
director of the brilliant independent film ‘soft for digging’
has a new short film ‘Blood Red Earth’ that you can see for
free at FEARnet.
Soft for digging is a fantastic independent horror film with originality
and atmosphere. It outclasses many films, despite its tiny budget of only
$6,000. if you have not seen softly for digging you can purchase at Amazon.com.
“BLOOD RED EARTH,” is the prequel to Feature Film “The
Burrowers”. You can visit J.T Petty's official website here
To find out more please read the press release below.
Los Angeles, CA – Monday, March 9, 2009 – Critically acclaimed
director J.T. Petty’s newest film, “Blood Red Earth,”
is now available for viewing – absolutely free – at FEARnet.com,
the world’s premiere online and on demand destination for horror,
thriller and suspense. “Blood Red Earth” is the 18-minute
prequel to Petty’s feature film “The Burrowers,” which
launches on DVD in April. “Blood Red Earth” takes viewers
on a harrowing journey of death, survival and mystery in 19th Century
America.
Filmed in a rich and sweeping cinematic style, “Blood Red Earth”
begins as one Native American Lakota brave, Red Earth (played by Malachi
Tsoodle-Nelson), takes his younger brother, Waiting Crow (Kirwin Parsons)
on the boy’s first hunt. Desperate to make a kill, yet thus far
unsuccessful, the young braves discover a half-buried doe, barely clinging
to life. Ignoring the ominous slash marks on the doe’s neck, the
braves complete the kill and drag the carcass home. Soon, however, the
tainted flesh of the animal, bewitched by the creatures who first laid
claim to it, exacts a revenge worse than death as an unstoppable evil
is unleashed that brings merciless doom to all who encounter it.
Writer and director J.T. Petty is a filmmaker’s filmmaker. His first
film, “Soft for Digging,” was shot for only $6,000 when he
was 20 years old, and was selected as an Official Entry at the Sundance
Film Festival. He went on to direct “Mimic: Sentinel” for
Dimension/Miramax, and his documentary on the world of underground horror,
“S&man” (pronounced “sandman”), was a popular
entry at both the Toronto International and SXSW Film Festivals.
Petty is also an author of books and graphic novels, and is well-known
in the world of videogames as well. Co-writer (along with novelist Tom
Clancy) of the best-selling videogame franchise Splinter Cell, based on
the best-selling novels by literary juggernaut Clancy, Petty went on to
co-write two additional versions of the videogame. Most recently, he wrote
and directed the videogame adaptation of Chris Nolan’s “Batman
Begins,” and contributed to the videogame adaptation of Jon Favreau’s
hit “Iron Man.” “The Burrowers” made its world
debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, marking Petty’s
second entry at the prestigious competition.
FEARnet Embraces The Decade’s Most Superstitious Year With $5,000 Giveaway
The web’s #1 destination for horror offers visitors opportunity to revel in 2009’s friday the 13ths.
Los
Angeles, CA – Friday, February 13, 2009 – 2009 contains, not
one, not two, but three Friday the 13ths and
www.FEARnet.com is bleeding money for all who dare. The world’s
premiere online and on demand destination for horror, thriller and suspense,
welcomes the first of the three superstitious days with a new sweepstakes
that gives away $5,000 towards a summer escape. With two back-to-back
months (February and March) featuring the traditionally unlucky date,
fans can simply enter the online sweepstakes at www.fearnet.com through
March 31. The sweepstakes is part of FEARnet’s ongoing initiative
to connect with horror, thriller and suspense fans everywhere via FEARnet.com
and FEARnet Video On Demand.
Launched in 2006, FEARnet offers free movie and video downloads, with high-quality original entertainment series unlike anything available for thrill seeking fans.
Earlier this year, Academy Award Winner Whoopi Goldberg debuted in FEARnet’s sixth original series, Stream, a psychological thriller about a woman who remembers the future.
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