Trailer: “In Space, Everyone Screams”! Cult Classic PLAGUERS Available in 10th Aniversary Edition
Josh Millican
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Brad Sykes’ cult classic Plaguers is now available for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD from Wild Eye Releasing. The 10th Anniversary edition includes audio commentary and an unseen Q+A with cast and crew. The title is also available on digital. Give the trailer a spin at the top of the article!
Synopsis:
When an alien contagion is released aboard a spaceship transforming its victims into demonic flesh-eaters, the crew must either destroy the infected or join them. Steve Railsback stars.
Brad Sykes is an award-winning filmmaker and author based in Los Angeles. During high school, he wrote and directed multiple shorts (one of which won the top prize in a PBS-sponsored competition) and features on video before attending Boston University’s film program, where he graduated cum laude. After moving to Los Angeles and working in studio production and development, Sykes made his feature debut with the horror comedy Scream Queen, starring genre icon Linnea Quigley.
Sykes has since written and directed over twenty feature films, including the first digital 3D horror movie, Camp Blood. Camp Blood was a worldwide success and has become one of the longest running franchises in indie horror, with its first two sequels (Camp Blood 2 and Within the Woods aka Camp Blood 3) also written and directed by Sykes. Sykes’ film Death Factory became its distributor’s all-time top-grossing title and was also later sequelized. Sykes’ other writing-directing credits include Goth, Mad Jack, Demon’s Kiss, Plaguers (winner Best Screenplay at the 2008 Estepona Film Festival and Best Actor Steve Railsback at 2008 Shockerfest) and Hi-8: Horror Independent Eight, an award-winning horror anthology called “The Expendables of SOV Horror” by HorrorHound. He also co-executive produced Burying the Ex, the recent Joe Dante film starring Anton Yelchin and Alexandra Daddario.
Sykes’ films continue to stream on cable and VOD and enjoy releases on DVD/Blu Ray around the world. They have also received attention in publications including Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, The Dark Side, Sight and Sound, Gorezone and LA Weekly and books such as Jumpstart Your Awesome Film Production Company, The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies, Horror!: The Definitive Companion to the Most Terrifying Movies Ever Made, and Horror Films by Subgenre. Sykes has taught film production at the International School of Motion Pictures and has also penned articles for periodicals including FANGORIA, Indie Slate, and Evilspeak.
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