Love in the Time of Monsters

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Love in the Time of Monsters
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Film poster
Directed byMatt Jackson
Written byMichael Skvarla [1]
Produced byAndy Gunn [1]
Starring
CinematographyJorge L. Urbina [1]
Edited byTodd Zelin [1]
Music byRob Gokee [1]
Production
company
TBC Films
Distributed byIndican Pictures
TBC Films
Release dates
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Love in the Time of Monsters is a 2014 comedy horror film directed by Matt Jackson and starring Doug Jones, Kane Hodder, Mike McShane, Shawn Weatherly and Heather Rae Young. [1] [2] It was produced and distributed by TBC Films and Indican Pictures respectively. [1] It premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and was released on DVD and VOD in the U.S. and Canada on February 17, 2015. [2]

Contents

The title is a play on Love in the Time of Cholera , a novel by Gabriel García Márquez.

Cast

Production

Filming began on May 3, 2012, in northern California [3] (Gasquet and Klamath).

Marketing

The official trailer was released in April, 2013. [4]

The tagline is "True love can get real ugly."

Release

Love premiered on March 8, 2014, at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California. [5]

Reception

Dread Central was enthusiastic about "the sheer amount of charm and fun that is crammed into this movie": "Jackson has crafted an incredibly funny, rich, and ultimately entertaining movie with enough heart to keep you hooked till the end. ... It's a perfect combination of cheesy love story and campy monster movie. ... A lot of my enjoyment from the film comes from how over-the-top it goes, while still maintaining a human element with the love story goofiness. A movie that starts with standard love drama goes to zombies, goose zombies, moose zombies, hordes of squirrel zombies, Abraham Lincoln scientist, Russian immigrant Uncle Sam, and an actual Bigfoot showdown." [6]

The Best Horror Movies review was also strongly positive, describing Love as "a highly entertaining film" with "smart and witty" dialogue. [7] Two rave reviews appeared at Aberrant Films, with Spider Santana giving it a 10/10 rating (calling it a "campy little gem") and Sky Tallone a 9/10 ("unlike your traditional campy horror-comedy, this story actually has very compelling characters with well-defined relationships, romances, back stories, personal struggles, and well-written dialogue"). [8] The Undead Review gave the movie a 4.5/5 rating, calling it "a strange, hilarious, and yet still chilling film that I would highly recommend." [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Production Team". TBC Films. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Kevin Woods (January 20, 2015). "New trailer for Love in the Time of Monsters, starring Kane Hodder". Jo Blo. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Mr. Disgusting (Brad Miska) (April 26, 2012). "Monster Cast For Indie Love in the Time of Monsters". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Mr. Disgusting (Brad Miska) (April 29, 2013). "Bigfoot Creatures Attack Love in the Time of Monsters Trailer". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ Barkan, Jonathan (January 30, 2014). "[Exclusive] Poster, Music Video Premiere For Horror Comedy Love In The Time Of Monsters". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ Hentschke, Ted (March 4, 2015). "Love in the Time of Monsters (2014)". Dread Central. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ Deldio, Giovanni (January 22, 2015). "Love in The Time of Monsters (2014) Review". Best Horror Movies. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  8. ↑ Santana, Spider and Sky Tallone (June 1, 2014). "Love in The Time of Monsters". Aberrant Films. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  9. ↑ Skvarla, Michael (August 22, 2015). "Love in The Time of Monsters". Undead Review. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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