2008: the first official expedition into the wilderness attempts to solve the mystery of the lost citizens of Friar. The monster offers health and protection in exchange for human sacrifices, identified when their faces materialize on ceramic jugs fabricated by an entranced potter. The plot, one that is not exactly the easiest to follow, surrounds an isolated & backwoods community that worship a pit. The ensemble cast features Sean Young (Blade Runner), Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter), Lauren Ashley Carter (The Woman, Premium Rush), Daniel Manche (The Girl Next Door), and Sean Bridgers (The Woman, Sweet Home Alabama). I had fun about 4 years ago making milk jug skeletons but was a little different. Jug Face, also known as The Pit, also known as The Pit: Jug Face is a 2013 horror written and directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle and starring Sean Bridgers & Lauren Ashley Carter. We root for her. Written and directed by Kinkle, Jug Face is the dark story of a demonic power worshipped by an isolated rural community. She shows kindness toward her grandfather, who lives alone in a trailer. As it seems Dawai has failed again in interpreting the pit's desires, he is severely punished by the community and tied beside the pit to be taken. Loriss punishes Ada, who later informs Jessaby that she is pregnant. The face of the person to be sacrificed is crafted onto a ceramic jug. Although, it's carried by strong performances, and a few explicate [sic] shots of gore.
Written and directed by Kinkle, Jug Face is the dark story of a demonic power worshipped by an isolated rural community. [2] Young said that she found it difficult to play an unsympathetic character, but she enjoyed working with Carter and Fessenden. [8], Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting rated the film a 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Jug Face feels really small, in a good way, and captures the essence of this tiny group of worshippers. Just when you think this is another hillbilly, backwoods-slasher film (a la Wrong Turn part 17), Crawford slaps us in the face with an incredibly clever, strange and memorable film.. Zimmerman adds, "These rough patches are slightly alleviated thanks to grounded work from Jug Face’s cast and Kinkle’s own depiction of this small community." [5], Jug Face grossed $14,315 in domestic DVD sales and $7,491 in domestic Blu-ray sales, for a total of $21,806. "[13], While the film is mainly praised for its script, effective low-budget filmmaking and performances, the story's supernatural elements received some criticism. Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Jug Face erzählt von von der schwangeren Ada (Lauren Ashley Carter) und ihrem Leben in einer abgelegenen Gemeinschaft. The monster offers health and protection in exchange for human sacrifices, identified when their faces materialize on ceramic jugs fabricated by an entranced potter. You have to hope it doesn't bear any resemblance to what you saw in the mirror while brushing your teeth: if it does, The Pit has a death warrant with your name on it. Sean Young plays the hillbilly mother and she certainly has changed her appearance since her Blade Runner days.
In 2013, it played at the Boston Underground Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, and Nocturnal Film Festival. The next morning, Ada's mother finds her free of her ropes but kneeling beside the Pit.
The story follows a teen (Carter), who is pregnant with her brother's child and tries to escape from a backwoods community, only to discover that she must sacrifice herself to a creature in a pit.
A family intervention goes horrifically awry within the snowy confines of an isolated lake house. "The pit wants what it wants," says Sustin (actor-filmmaker Larry Fessenden), Ada's father—a notorious quote from Woody Allen with one word changed. Her mother ties her up beside Dawai next to the pit. Jug Face Official Trailer 1 (2013) - Horror Movie HD - YouTube When ignored, the entity unleashes an unspeakable evil, and violent tragedy befalls the town. 7 of 10 people found this review helpful. monitoring_string = "df292225381015080a5c6c04a6e2c2dc", The One-Sheet for Jug Face Is Less Juvenile, Gravitas Ventures Takes Digital Rights to Jug Face, First Look At Another Slamdance Entry, Jug Face. Ada, pregnant with her brother. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.
Chad Crawford Kinkle directed this indie effort and we have some images and poster art to share with you inside. "[11], Scott Weinberg, writing for Fearnet, praised the acting and wrote, "[T]he director's steadfast insistence on presenting a potentially outlandish horror tale as plainly and realistically as possible that elevates Jug Face beyond that of a mere curiosity. A few scenes later we learn that her brother Jessaby (Daniel Manche) is the fellow she messed with. The sequence adds another layer to poet William Carlos Williams' famous description: the "pure products of America go crazy—/mountain folk from Kentucky/or the ribbed north end of Jersey.". [3], Potter and sculptor Jason Mahlke designed and created the face jugs for the film.[4]. Kann sie dem drohenden Grauen entfliehen? Ada meets with Dawai, and she suggests that he create a new one from memory. Jug Face tells the story of a pregnant teen trying to escape a backwoods community who discovers that she may be sacrificed to a creature in a pit. ", "Sean Young talks about the new horror movie 'Jug Face' (and why she may boycott the next 'Blade Runner' movie)", "Gravitas Acquires US VOD Rights to 'Jug Face, "Cultish Thriller 'Jug Face' A Creepy Slow-Burn", "Slamdance 2013 Review: Atmospheric JUG FACE Is Ultimately Half-Baked Horror", "A Hole in the Ground, Worshiped and Feared", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jug_Face&oldid=938290857, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 January 2020, at 07:38. CIFF 2020: Black Perspectives Program Highlights Diverse Voices, CIFF 2020: The Roger Ebert Award Returns to Champion New Voices, Immerse Yourself in Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #3. Was this review helpful to you? In most of "Jug Face," Lauren Ashley Carter cleverly uses her "Bette Davis Eyes" a.k.a.
While she is with Bodey's sister, Eileen, Ada has a vision of Eileen's death, and the creature later kills Eileen. It's aesthetically similar to other Modernciné movies; it’s a look that gives the film quality and technical shows expertise. A backwoods community worships a pit with healing powers. Trivia The film was accepted at a number of film festivals, including its premiere at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival.
His is not a name that you can make up, or easily forget, and I'm sure we'll be hearing it again. Main navigation. When she learns the supernatural pit worshipped by her remote community in the woods has demanded her as a blood sacrifice, Ada struggles to find a way to survive, while the pit lashes out in anger. ModernCine (The Woman, The Girl Next Door) is back with another offering; this one’s called Jug Face. Well I guess they just got used to things being like that. Another film making its debut at Slamdance this month is Jug Face, a ModernCine production – they brought us The Woman and The Girl Next Door.
See instructions, Lauren Ashley Carter stars as the person whose face is on the jug. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including Elysium , Disney's Planes and We're the Millers . This thing is deadly serious and realistically portrayed even with the supernatural elements.Good movie - kind of a different take on "Winter's Bone" if you liked that. I’m pretty sure Jug Face is the first movie I’ve seen where the monster is a hole in the ground. Ada breaks Dawai free, and they run off.
Ihr bisherigen Leben wird vollkommen auf den Kopf gestellt, als die anderen Bewohner beschließen, sie an die unheimliche Kreatur in einem Erdloch zu opfern. Jug Face is Chad Crawford Kinkle's debut feature-length film and I have to admit, he broke out into the genre with a more than worthy offering.
Inside, you’ll find a larger look at the one-sheet for Jug Face, recently acquired by 108 Media. A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune. After all the thrills, chills, and jumped up machinery in both big and little films these days, there's not too much that can shake us up; show me something I can't get anywhere else, like "Jug Face's" rare joyful hillbilly dance sequence, with heels-tapping and spoons clanking. Every now and then a hole in the ground demands a specific person be sacrificed to it. She does a credible job portraying a simple minded girl coming of age. To be fair the dreaded hole does manage to tear people apart from a distance, so there’s that. Sep 9, 2013 - Explore Jalaine Carden's board "Face Jugs", followed by 552 people on Pinterest. Last week, we presented some films from the Slamdance 2013 flick and now we have a trailer. United States In the cult-like community tucked away in a spot that might be North Georgia or Tennessee (where the film's debut director is from), all hold to the belief that a hole in the ground with suspiciously reddish, sometimes gurgling, liquid contains a spirit that protects the group. Assuming that it is Dawai with whom Ada had a relationship, Ada is whipped, miscarries her child, and then reveals to her parents that it was her brother's baby. The face of the person to be sacrificed is crafted onto a ceramic jug.
Ada has a vision of her father's death, and the creature kills him. A lonely girl's violent descent into madness. Jug Face was released in 2013 on Friday, August 9, 2013 (Limited release). Later, Ada discovers she is pregnant. The pit has spoken. It's terrifying. (2013). Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. He won a screenwriting award at the Slamdance Festival for this script, which he says was inspired by a pottery museum in North Georgia.
Lauren was a strong female lead who induced quite a bit of sympathy I didn't even recognise her from another good movie "The Woman" which I'd already seen. In a Fangoria review, Samuel Zimmerman wrote: "While Jug Face is clearly on a tiny budget, it’s never bothersome until the frankly cornball appearance of the dead is revealed." Use the HTML below. Wouldn’t Al Capp be surprised to see the horror version of his classic comic strip.
Worried that they have angered the creature, the community questions Dawai, who claims to be ignorant of whether there's a missing jug, as he creates them while under a trance. Beat. However, the two are caught, brought back, and punished. Check it out. [1], It was announced in January 2012 that Lauren Ashley Carter, Sean Bridgers, Larry Fessenden, and Sean Young were cast in the film. She is spunky and also compassionate.
The other time you might want to shut your own peepers and invoke your favorite protective spirit is when the slightly deranged local potter (Sean Bridgers) carves a "divine"-inspired image on his most recent jug.
1940: the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked up a winding mountain trail, leaving everything behind. Loris administers a primitive vaginal exam, lit cigarette in hand, to ensure Ada's virginity before marriage—or being "joined" as the community calls it—to a fellow Ada doesn't care for. Jug Face has nothing to do with Archie and the Riverdale gang. Gravitas Ventures announced today that they have acquired U.S. VOD rights to Jug Face, the tense horror-thriller that was written and directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle. Ada is a gothic heroine, all right, in more ways than one.
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