Indie SciFi Comedy "S4" To Be Featured Film at Xanadu Horror Fest Las Vegas

Feb. 3, 2009 - PRLog -- Jacqueline Monahan, reviewer for The Flick Chicks (www.theflickchicks.com)says "Actor/producer Will Edwards is a believable straight man, adding intentional injections of comedy through his serious delivery amid increasingly absurd circumstances. Robert Watts takes on a challenging role as the pregnant, emotionally fragile Carter. The fearless Watts hrows himself into being a carnivorous, expectant Marine with telepathic powers and domestic expertise, tackling water retention, hormonal imbalances and feeling fat and unloved like any hysterical housewife."

"Antoinette Correia has a campy way of line delivery that makes her perfect for the role of a native Trugollion uncomfortable in her own skin. She makes her character’s confident cluelessness work in a plot where logic is secondary to the progression of events. Henry Clarke possesses a screen presence and military composure that offsets Watts’ hysteria like an opposite bookend. He has a palpable star quality and a natural delivery that makes him one of the most watchable and enjoyable characters in the film. An Air Force veteran, Clarke completed a six-month tour of duty in Iraq. Trugollions are no match for this guy."

Writer/Director/Producer Chris Gabriel’s film has an impressive production value and the pristine black and white print conveys an effective timelessness. Even audio quality, long the bane of indie productions, is free of the usual amateurish echoes for the most part. Shot in 15 shooting days over three weeks, the screenplay was written in less than a month and makes a few cameos itself. You can actually see the script in three shots. One shot of Mason running down a hallway, dropping and retrieving his sunglasses from the floor and turning a corner is repeated three times – good for both the budget and a laugh. A pounding original soundtrack keeps an atmosphere of dread alive throughout the lunacy.

"S4" looks to be an optimum candidate for cult status, judging from the audience response in its first screenings, and will be showing in limited release around the country over the months of February, March and April. To find out more trivia about the movie, visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305908/trivia.

Mercenary Films has retained First Earth Films to manage marketing and rights sales for the movie. For more information contact First Earth Films at info@firstearthfilms.com or call 702-856-4600. To see the trailer visit www.s4themovie.com.

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