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BLACK DEATH GIVEAWAY

In honor of BLACK DEATH’s release on VOD, and upcoming theatrical release on March 11th, We Are Movie Geeks a BLACK DEATH is bringing you another one of our super contests!

And what, you might ask, are we giving away this time? Well… let’s just see!!!

PRIZE PACK WILL INCLUDE:

  • A BLACK T-Shirt
  • A copy of Christopher Smith’s SEVERANCE on DVD
  • A copy of CENTURION on DVD
  • A poster (below) designed and signed by British Comic Artist Simon Bisley

Here’s how to enter our BLACK DEATH GIVEAWAY CONTEST…

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE A US RESIDENT WITH A US MAILING ADDRESS. PRIZE WILL NOT BE SHIPPED OUTSIDE OF THE US.

2. FILL OUT YOUR REAL NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW. (E-mail will not be visible).

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: How would you escape the BLACK DEATH?

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

Synopsis:

The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. In this apocalyptic environment, the church is losing its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric (Sean Bean), a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors. He enlists the guidance of a novice monk, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne) to lead him and his band of mercenary soldiers to the marshland, but Osmund has other motives for leaving his monastery. Their journey to the village and events that unfold take them into the heart of darkness and to horrors that will put Osmund’s faith in himself and his love for God to the ultimate test.

BLACK DEATH is now available on VOD, VUDU, Xbox Marketplace, Playstation Network, Amazon and iTunes and will be in theaters March 11.

FIND BLACK DEATH: ON FACEBOOK HERE

BLACK DEATH OFFICIAL WEBSITE HERE

BLACK DEATH Red Band Trailer

Magnet Releasing has debuted this red band trailer for their upcoming action, bubonic plague film BLACK DEATH.

“Time to repent” is right. Yikes – this film is rife with some hardcore, medieval torture. Good times.

Synopsis:

The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. In this apocalyptic environment, the church is losing its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric (Sean Bean), a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors. He enlists the guidance of a novice monk, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne) to lead him and his band of mercenary soldiers to the marshland, but Osmund has other motives for leaving his monastery. Their journey to the village and events that unfold take them into the heart of darkness and to horrors that will put Osmund’s faith in himself and his love for God to the ultimate test.

BLACK DEATH premieres on Video On Demand on February 4, 2011 and in theaters on March 11, 2011. Find the film on Facebook here.

Lena Headey + Bubonic Plague + Necromancer = “Black Death”

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Yesterday, the Hollywood Reporter announced Geoff Sax’s (White Noise) next project: Black Death, a gothic horror set in medieval England.   Not that exciting, I hear you saying.   Okay, well, add to that Lena Headey (300), fresh from her current role on Fox’s The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Sean Bean (The Hitcher, Silent Hill, LOTR, Equilibrium), and Rupert Friend (Young Victoria, The Libertine).   A little better, right?

Okay, now here’s the plot: a monk and a renegade priest attempt to hunt down a necromancer who’s made a pact with a local village in the midst of the bubonic plague outbreak, aka The Black Death.   It may sound like the subject of a Frank Frazetta painting (not a bad thing), but your movie hipster eyebrow is raised half-ironically in interest now, yes?   Between this and Neil Marshall’s Doomsday, you should be getting your fill of ruined european landscapes very soon.   You’ve heard about Doomsday, right?

See, Neil Marshall is amazing. First he gave you Dog Soldiers, one of the few quality werewolf movies of the last decade. Then he gave you The Descent, with more authentically frightening cave action than you thought possible.   If you haven’t seen these, consider watching them your homework.   And now he’s coming out with Doomsday.   I’ll just let you watch the trailer:

www.doomsdayiscoming.com

I can pretty much guarantee it’s the most fantastically ridiculous thing you’ll see all day. Mad Max fans, take heart.