Mel House, writer/director of the recently released CLOSET SPACE, dropped Fango a line with word that his follow-up feature WALKING DISTANCE has been acquired for distribution, with a title change for its release next year. He also sent along some exclusive new photos from the movie.
House tells us that Grindstone Entertainment picked up North American rights to WALKING DISTANCE, which will be issued in 2011 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment under the new moniker PSYCHIC EXPERIMENT. (The film had previously been rechristened EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITY for overseas sales thanks to the presence of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY heroine Katie Featherston in the cast.) Also starring Denton Blane Everett, Glenn Morshower, Kathy Lamkin, Debbie Rochon, Melanie Donihoo, Reggie Bannister, Adrienne King, James LaMarr and Shannon Lark, EXPERIMENT is about strange and horrifying goings-on in a self-sufficient gated community that stem from a mysterious research facility.
“I am excited beyond belief,” House says. “Obviously, with Grindstone behind us, we’re looking at a great release—the kind I think the film deserves. It has definitely been a labor of love, so it’s great to see it get this kind of fairy-tale ending…dark, melty, disturbing fairy tale that it may be.”
While details of the disc release have yet to be announced, House assures, “We’ve been working nonstop to put together a bunch of cool extras. We’ve recorded a commentary track with Reggie, Debbie, Shannon, Denton, Melanie and myself—and it was awesome. Great energy, and everyone was excited. To top it off, Reggie had just seen the film for the first time the night before, so it was neat to get his thoughts in that context. He was pretty impressed, I think…which really made me feel great. When the woman who killed Mrs. Voorhees and the guy who fought the Tall Man tell you they’re proud of you…it’s pretty damn cool. I was half-afraid he’d shoot me with that four-barrel shotgun.”
Stay tuned for further details and check out the movie's trailer below, its official website here and its Facebook page here.
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