The new Australian horror feature Throwback will have its North American premiere at the upcoming Famous Monsters Film Festival in San Jose, California. The festival runs from 17th-18th May in conjunction with Big Wow ComicFest, one of the largest pop culture conventions in Northern California.
Throwback is about two modern-day treasure-hunters, a female park ranger and an embittered ex-cop who encounter a Yowie, a savage Bigfoot-like creature, in the jungles of northern Australia. An homage to pulp adventure thrillers and monster movies of yesteryear, Throwback stars Shawn Brack, Anthony Ring, Melanie Serafin and Vernon Wells (The Road Warrior, Commando).
Writer/director Travis Bain and actors Shawn Brack and Vernon Wells will make special appearances at the festival. Bain says he is "ecstatic" about Throwback's impending US debut.
"It’s an honour and a privilege to be associated with the Famous Monsters name," he says. "The festival is the perfect fit for Throwback and vice versa. We couldn’t have asked for a better showcase for our US premiere. We're looking forward to giving Bay Area genre film fans one hell of a rumble in the jungle."
The festival is an offshoot of the Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, the world’s oldest entertainment magazine. Established in 1958, the magazine became one of the most popular and influential periodicals of all time. Film industry luminaries such as Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Stephen King, Rick Baker, George Lucas and many more have spoken at length about the influence and inspiration the magazine brought to their creative development.
Throwback has not yet secured a distributor but is expected to be acquired and released later in 2014... For more information please email travisbain@hotmail.com or filmfest@famousmonsters.com or visit:
www.travisbain.com.au/throwback
www.facebook.com/throwbackmovie
www.bigwowcomicfest.com/fmfest
www.famousmonsters.com
