The Vicious Brothers

Last updated
Colin Minihan
Born (1985-05-18) May 18, 1985 (age 39)
Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer, editor
Stuart Ortiz
Born (1984-03-20) March 20, 1984 (age 40)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer, editor

The Vicious Brothers are Canadian-American filmmakers Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz. They are best known for writing and directing the cult horror film Grave Encounters , [1] [2] [3] [4] and for writing and producing its sequel Grave Encounters 2 . [5] [6] They also wrote and produced Extraterrestrial , which Minihan solo directed. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Contents

In 2015, The Vicious Brothers had premiered their 15-part anime called Temple which was based on The Guest screenwriter Simon Barrett. [11] In May of the same year, Minihan and Ortiz had announced that they were making Grave Encounters 3: The Beginning; [12] however, it was quietly cancelled shortly after due to lack of public interest. In February 2020, a reboot of the 1998 slasher film Urban Legend was announced to be in development, with Minihan writing and directing. [13]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

AssociationNotable workCategoryResult
Sitges Film Festival (2011)Grave EncountersOfficial SelectionNominated
Tribeca Film Festival (2011)N/ANominated
Bram Stoker International Film Festival (2011)Best Director AwardWon

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Wan</span> Australian filmmaker (born 1977)

James Wan is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of film and television production company Atomic Monster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brian Pulido</span> American film producer

Brian Pulido is a creator, writer and producer of comic books and films.

Kim David Henkel is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He is best known for co-writing the horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Tobe Hooper.

Matthew Currie is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, producer, and director who has appeared in over 40 film and television projects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Greutert</span> American film editor

Kevin Greutert is an American film editor and director, best known for his work on the Saw film series, as well as character-based supernatural horrors. He is married to actress Elizabeth Rowin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brittany Allen</span> Canadian actress (born 1986)

Brittany Allen is a Canadian actress. Her first notable role was as Marissa Chandler on All My Children from 2009 to 2010, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011. In later years, she worked consistently on television, and in the films of her partner, Colin Minihan, including the 2014 film Extraterrestrial, the 2016 film It Stains the Sands Red and the 2018 film What Keeps You Alive, the latter of which Allen starred in and scored.

The Butcher Brothers are the filmmaking alter-egos of American film directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores.

<i>Paranormal Activity</i> 2007 film by Oren Peli

Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film produced, written, directed, photographed, and edited by Oren Peli. It centers on a young couple who are haunted by a supernatural presence inside their home. They then set up a camera to document what is haunting them. The film uses found-footage conventions that were mirrored in the later films of the series.

<i>Grave Encounters</i> 2011 Canadian found footage supernatural horror film

Grave Encounters is a 2011 Canadian found footage supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by the Vicious Brothers. It stars Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir, Mackenzie Gray, and Juan Riedinger as the crew of a paranormal reality television program who lock themselves in a supposedly haunted psychiatric hospital in search of evidence of paranormal activity, as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.

David Eric England is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for writing and directing the body horror film Contracted (2013), and later Get the Girl (2017) and Josie (2019). England also produced and co-wrote Greenlight (2019) with Patrick Robert Young and Graham Denman.

<i>Extraterrestrial</i> (2014 film) 2014 Canadian film

Extraterrestrial is a 2014 Canadian science fiction horror film that was directed by Colin Minihan—one half of the Vicious Brothers, who co-produced, wrote, and edited the film. It stars Brittany Allen, Freddie Stroma, and Melanie Papalia as a group of friends who must defend themselves against an alien onslaught.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Black-eyed children</span> Urban legend

Black-eyed children or a black-eyed kids, in American contemporary legend, are paranormal creatures that resemble children and teenagers, with pale skin and black eyes, who are reportedly seen hitchhiking or begging, or are encountered on doorsteps of residential homes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jared Cohn</span> American film director

Jared Michael Cohn is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed films such as Buddy Hutchins, Atlantic Rim, and Born Bad, among others, and has directed multiple films for The Asylum.

<i>Jigsaw</i> (2017 film) American film by the Spierig Brothers

Jigsaw is a 2017 American horror film directed by the Spierig Brothers and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. It is the eighth installment in the Saw film series and stars Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, and Hannah Emily Anderson, with Tobin Bell returning to his role as John Kramer / Jigsaw. The plot follows a group of people who find themselves forced to participate in a series of deadly "games" inside a barn. Meanwhile, the police investigate a new series of murders that fit the modus operandi of the eponymous Jigsaw Killer (Bell), who has been dead for almost a decade.

Rodo Sayagues is an Uruguayan writer, producer, film director, and songwriter. He is best known for his work as a co-writer on the Fede Álvarez-directed films Evil Dead (2013), Don't Breathe (2016), and Alien: Romulus (2024), and for directing Don't Breathe 2 (2021).

Urban Legend is an American horror media franchise consisting of three slasher films. The first installment was written by Silvio Horta, directed by Jamie Blanks, and released in 1998.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Damien Leone</span> American film director, special effects artist, writer and producer

Damien Leone is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer known for writing and directing All Hallows' Eve (2013), Terrifier (2016), Terrifier 2 (2022), and Terrifier 3 (2024), each of which feature his character Art the Clown.

V/H/S is an American horror anthology franchise that includes seven found footage films, two spin-off films, and one miniseries. Created from an original story idea by Brad Miska, the plot centers around a number of disturbing VHS tapes that are discovered by innocent viewers and the possessive influence of the videos over those who see them. Realized by a collaboration of various filmmakers and different casts, the installments are mostly standalone in nature, though recurring elements indicate the same fictional villain as the source for all of its videos.

Seth Breedlove is an American filmmaker and founder of the Wadsworth, Ohio-based production company Small Town Monsters. Under the Small Town Monsters banner, Breedlove has directed over a dozen documentary films and miniseries related to cryptids and cryptozoology, including Minerva Monster (2015), Boggy Creek Monster (2016), The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017), and The Mothman Legacy (2020).

References

  1. Charles Webb (August 23, 2011). "Interview: The Vicious Brothers on Creating Their Grave Encounters". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. Perri Nemiroff (May 1, 2011). "Tribeca Video Interview: Grave Encounters Writer-Directors The Vicious Brothers". CinemaBlend. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. Stephen Saito (August 17, 2011). "Interview: The Vicious Brothers on "Grave Encounters," Shooting in a Psych Ward, and Making Scares Unreal". moveablefest.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  4. Jeannettte Catsoulis (September 8, 2011). "There's Something Odd About This Hospital". The New York Times . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  5. B. Alan Orange (October 12, 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: The Vicious Brothers Talk Grave Encounters 2". MovieWeb . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  6. Charles Webb (October 24, 2012). "Interview: The Vicious Brothers Return To The Asylum With 'Grave Encounters 2'". MTV. Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  7. Derek Anderson (May 12, 2015). "Exclusive: The Vicious Brothers Talk EXTRATERRESTRIAL, GRAVE ENCOUNTERS 3". Daily Dead. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  8. Dennis Harvey (November 20, 2014). "Film Review: 'Extraterrestrial'". Variety .
  9. Jonathan Romney (November 1, 2014). "Extraterrestrial review – 'extra-terrible'". The Observer/The Guardian . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  10. Brad Miska (September 16, 2014). "Elevated 'Extraterrestrial' Poster (Exclusive)". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  11. Rebecca Ford (July 27, 2015). "Vicious Brothers to Helm Horror-Thriller 'Temple' From 'The Guest' Writer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  12. Michael DeFellipo (August 20, 2015). "The Vicious Brothers Announce Completion of "Grave Encounters 3" Script". Horror Society. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  13. Miska, Brad (February 10, 2020). "Screen Gems is Making a New 'Urban Legend' for the Digital Age". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  14. Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (2021) . Retrieved 2024-10-25 via www.blu-ray.com.