First Details on Grand Guignol Style Horror-Comedy The Painting
Debi Moore
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The Painting, a horror-comedy that celebrates the Grand Guignol style of filmmaking, is having its World Premiere on March 21st at the Garden State Film Festival, and we have additional details on the film to share with you today.
The third feature film from award-winning indie writer/director Robert Rothbard (Pizza with Bullets – Best Screenplay – Action on Film International Film Festival; Best Director – Syracuse Film Festival; Platinum Remy – Best Comedy – WorldFest Houston) and artist/first-time writer/producer Sally Lamb, The Painting stars Robert Homer Mollohan, recently seen in Road to Paloma and Wolves. Joe Dalo, Henry Hereford, Merilee Brasch, and Caleb Lane co-star. The special effects were created by Vincent Guastini.
The dilemma facing Edward Alfonso Lexington (Mollohan), a spoiled, pretentious, talent-less “artiste” and son of a world renowned deceased artist is… What is one to do when he doesn’t have the talent to follow in his famous father’s footsteps?
Edward will stop at nothing to be as famous as his father, as he lures unsuspecting artists to his home to paint, then signs his name to their art and, afterwards, makes them disappear – one at a time. But he may have met his match when he crosses paths with a voodoo queen artist who has her own plan in mind for Edward.
The Grand Guignol was a theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris from 1897 until its closing in 1962. It specialized in naturalistic horror shows, and its name is now often used as a general term for graphic horror entertainment. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Sweeney Todd, Freaks, and the films of acclaimed Italian director Dario Argento are generally considered to be in the Grand Guignol style.
The Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 19-22, 2015. Visit GSFF.org for more info.
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