From Deliverance to Wrong Turn, hillbillies have been portrayed in cinema as predatory woodland inhabitants with a predilection for mercilessly menacing city-slickers and beautiful young co-eds.  In the horror-comedy Tucker & Dale vs Evil, however, it's the locals being terrorized by a group of college kids who just assume the titular half-wits are out to spill collegiate blood.  Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine play Tucker and Dale.  As you can see on the film's official poster, they are fully prepared to defend themselves from the likes of Katrina Bowden.

If you're anything like me, then you already have an elaborate and uncompromising plan in place for the event of an apocalyptic viral pandemic.  Coco, the hero of the Argentinian film Phase 7, however, had no such plan in place, and when his apartment block is put on quarantine, he must protect his pregnant wife and his precious refrigerator from paranoid, marauding neighbors.  Phase 7 is a potent mix of horror, social satire, comedy, and claustrophobic thriller, earning a legion of enthusiastic fans in Argentina.  Now, the film is coming to America as part of the "Night Terrors" film series, brought to you by The Collective, AMC Theatres and Bloody-Disgusting.

This is the second part of my two-part interview with New Media reviewer / writer of "Attack of the Show", Liz Shannon Miller.  Check out her latest excellent piece on YouTube talent companies. The first part of this interview can be found here.

Poet, director, musician, actress, and writer Miranda July has not directed a feature film since Me and You and Everyone We Know back in 2005.  With her return film, The Future, she once again writes, directs, and stars, this time alongside Hamish Linklater.  The film played at Sundance and SXSW to solid reviews, and a new trailer debuted today, displaying July's unparalleled knack for deadpan quirk, along with genuine emotional insight.  Check out the trailer for The Future, in which a couple seeks to adopt a cat, only to be confronted by the fears of the unconquerable future.

It's an indisputable empirical fact that 99.9% of people who have seen Attack the Block love it and rave about it until you want to slap them because you haven't seen it yet.  The British action comedy really has been earning near-unanimous raves from everyone who laid eyes on it at SXSW and LA screenings.  The mashup premise is certainly promising: a group of kids in the London projects must defend themselves against alien invaders.  A new trailer appeared at The Guardian (via CinemaBlend), and it is such a blast that you'll be bummed you have to wait awhile to see Attack the Block stateside.

At SXSW this year, a little piece of lunacy called The FP made a big impression.  One only needs to watch the trailer to see why the film inspired both a lot of love and a lot of hate.   The film, written and directed by the Trost Brothers, looks to be a highly stylized, lunacy filled sports story in which the sport of choice is Dance Dance Revolution.  You may have seen the trailer making the rounds today, and if you haven't checked it out yet, then do so now.  Keep in mind, though, that it is very much NSFW, with all sorts of naughty language and a tiny bit of nudity.

The trailer for A Bag of Hammers, which played this week's SXSW Festival, is chock full of quirky indie movie hallmarks.  There's the low key aesthetic, deadpan comedy, and some inexplicable outfits.  If you have a low tolerance for quirk, then there's also the always-welcome song 'The Lovecats' by The Cure, and more importantly, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and The Town actress Rebecca Hall wearing a hat with a waffle on it.  Joining Hall in A Bag of Hammers are Jason Ritter and co-writer Jake Sandvig.  In case you forgot, I'll mention again that this trailer has Hall in a waffle hat.  What are you waiting for?

Don't let the word "history" in this video's title scare you away.  You'll find no book-learning in A Brief History of Title Design, just an immaculately edited video celebrating iconic title designs throughout the ages.  The two and a half minute video was created by Ian Albinson for a panel at the SXSW Festival, and is cut to a song by RJD2.  It kicks off appropriately some golden oldie titles, including King Kong, Citizen Kane, and Modern Times starring Charlie Chaplin, and by the end, you'll be treated to titles from films like Saturday Night Fever, Fight Club, Superman, Catch Me If You Can,  and a host of Hitchcock pictures.  I promise you won't regret giving it a watch:

The new teaser trailer for Gareth Edwards' low-budget wonder Monsters has just premiered at Apple.com, and it's definitely worth a look, so peep it below. Monsters, in case you're unfamiliar, was shot by newbie director Edwards for peanuts; the sci-fi movie utilized a two-man crew and a store-bought digital camera, while boasting realistic yet homemade special effects. Apparently, it cost somewhere in the neighborhood of under $10,000 to make. (And if you're thinking it's just another Paranormal Activity, check out the trailer to find out you're way off.) The flick, which has understandably drawn comparisons to District 9 (in terms of story), premiered to rave reviews at this year's South By Southwest Film Festival and has steadily gathered excited buzz ever since.