Chilean helmer Patricio Valladares won notoriety around the globe with his 2012 shocker Hidden In The Woods - since remade in English with Michael Biehn - and having spent the past several years with his backwoods shocker he now moves into different, though still bloody, territory with his action-comedy Toro Loco: Bloodthirsty.Toro Loco: Bloodthirsty stars Francisco Melo as a vigilante who enlists the support of a young beauty, her geeky brother and a trigger-happy drag queen to avenge the murder of his son.Us rights to the film have already been snapped up by Artsploitation and we've got an exclusive clip from the film to share featuring the title character facing off with a very bad Santa. Check it out below....
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- 3/16/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: The distributor has announced from Berlin it has closed an all-rights North American deal for Chilean genre specialist Patricio Valladares’ action-comedy.
Artsploitation cut the deal at the Efm with producer and Valladares compatriot George Von Knorring of Chile’s Too Much Films.
Toro Loco: Bloodthirsty (Toro Loco: Sangriento) stars Francisco Melo as a vigilante who enlists the support of a young beauty, her geeky brother and a trigger-happy drag queen to avenge the murder of his son.
Valladares directed the notorious 2012 crime thriller Hidden In The Woods and the English-language remake starring Michael Biehn.
He is preparing to shoot the micro-budget English-language survival thriller Downhill in Chile this spring.
“Writer-director Valladares is an amazing talent,” said Artsploitation Films president Raymond Murray. “He imbues this fast-paced tale with memorable characters, imaginatively directed action scenes set within a modernised version of a Spaghetti Western and tops it off with a deft comedic touch.
“The film delivers...
Artsploitation cut the deal at the Efm with producer and Valladares compatriot George Von Knorring of Chile’s Too Much Films.
Toro Loco: Bloodthirsty (Toro Loco: Sangriento) stars Francisco Melo as a vigilante who enlists the support of a young beauty, her geeky brother and a trigger-happy drag queen to avenge the murder of his son.
Valladares directed the notorious 2012 crime thriller Hidden In The Woods and the English-language remake starring Michael Biehn.
He is preparing to shoot the micro-budget English-language survival thriller Downhill in Chile this spring.
“Writer-director Valladares is an amazing talent,” said Artsploitation Films president Raymond Murray. “He imbues this fast-paced tale with memorable characters, imaginatively directed action scenes set within a modernised version of a Spaghetti Western and tops it off with a deft comedic touch.
“The film delivers...
- 2/12/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Beware the wandering homeless man who is seeking vengeance. Francisco Melo is featured in the first look at Toro Loco: Sangriento (aka Toro Loco: Bloodthirsty), a new action comedy by Patricio Valladares (Hidden in the Woods). Valladares adapted from a comic book he did with Andrea Cavaletto. The official synopsis gets right to the point: A homeless man wanders the lands in search of revenge for the murder of his son at the hands of an unknown gang. Upon arriving in a new town he finds himself trapped in a city drowning in chaos, its people firmly in the grasp of a ruthless crime boss peddling the mind-bending drug, "El Ultimo Aire." This man is a legend, a hit man, the killer of killers and the people...
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- 7/21/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Get prepared to witness a pretty insane trailer (see below) for the Chilean horror "The Gravity of the Pugilist". This vision all comes from director Jorge Mella. The movie stars Celine Reymond, Patricio Valladares, and Francisco Melo. The film has a beautiful yet gritty retro thing going on. Here are the details: Synopsis: "In a small town in Chile, women and young children have been mysteriously vanishing. Sometimes their mutilated bodies…...
- 9/9/2013
- Horrorbid
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