I’ve added the following teaser trailer for Kevin Smith’s Red State to the site as a sales teaser, but it lists the film, which will have its debut at Sundance next month, as having a March release. This leads me to believe he may have found a distributor, but the trailer and official site don’t list one.
However, Smith and his team have apparently set up a pair of separate sites for the film at CoopersDell.com and GodDamnsUSA.com so there definitely seems to be a plan.
The film, which stars Kevin Pollak, Michael Parks, Kyle Gallner, Melissa Leo, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Angarano, Steven Root and John Goodman, follows a group of misfits who encounter extreme fundamentalism in Middle America. Here’s a more thorough plot description from the Sundance Film Festival:
Ever since Clerks (co-winner of the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival), Kevin Smith has been known for his sharp, subversive, comedic writing. He shifts from comedy to horror with Red State and aptly demonstrates that good writing transcends genre.
Red State begins by following three horny high-school boys who come across an online ad from an older woman looking for a gang bang. Boys being boys, they hit the road to satisfy their libidinal urges. But what begins as a fantasy takes a dark turn as they come face-to-face with a terrifying “holy†force with a fatal agenda.
Instead of relying on archetypes and predictable formulas, Smith meticulously fashions all-too-real characters, utilizing exceptional performances (notably by Michael Parks) and an intelligent script. His realistic style gives the film an intimate feeling, heightening the terror to biblical proportions. Red State is a shocking new kind of horror film that aggressively confronts higher powers and extreme doctrines with a vengeance.
So check out the teaser below and weigh in with your thoughts in the comments.
