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You know who it is.” 1: Sinister Cinema is a new film series .- bringing cutting-edge independent honor movies to 25 theatres across Canada. indud- ing Galaxy Cinemas in Waterloo on May 9, ,4 with the premiere of The lastWil] and Testa- ment of Rosalind Leigh. “Thiskindoffllmhardlyevergetsathe 2 atrical run," said Markowitz. Canadian tele- vision legend and We producer of the ‘_ unforgettable oil-beat children’s show. he “1‘3 Hilarious House of Frightenstein. ”I think j Rodrigo Gudino (writer and director, and ' Rue Morgue Magazine's founder) spent . ,. somewherebetweena millionâ€"and-aâ€"halfto ArealhomeprovedtobammananuonablefaoimfleforaWhamhflieustmflandfmofkmlim Lagrwhidi is $2 million, which on the larger scale is a part ofthe Sinister Cinema series opening up May 9 at Waterloo’s Galaxy Cinema. mo more dropin tltebucketSohavingthehonourof running in the Sinister Cinema Series that itself because it's in a subdivision surround- with the dead.‘ So he takes out one of the blood gushing. it’s just a very well-written Cineplex Odeon is doing with a national ed bynormal-Iooh'rmhousea cassettes and puts it into the cassette piece. with a very interesting use of the nar- release is unbelievable.” “But this one was custom built for a very machine that's conveniently near the box. rative effect. and it really should be seen in a The story begins with the mysterious strange lady. And when they went into the and that’s where l enterthepicture. theatreona big sateen.” death of the reclusive Rosalind Leigh house, it had about 95 per cent of the 'My role in the film is lam a oommuni- The film is also very open to interpreta- (Vanessa Redgrave). Her estranged son, strange items already there. that appear in cations coach. Communications in the tion. Markowitzdisoovered. “My wife. brothâ€" been (Aaron Poole) arrives at her house to the movie It was as strange imide as it was sense that 1 proceed to instruct Leon er and sister-in-law were all at the screening take stock of his inheritance. but there's outside, so all the prop people had to do was through these audio tapes how to oommuni- of the director‘s cut with me. and afterwards more to this house than dark corners and rearrange some things and add maybe five rate with hisdeoeased mother." they talked about it on the car ride home,” dusty antiques, the synopsis reads per cent. But to a very large extent. the The award~winning movie has been well he said. ”My sister-in-law sawa whole differâ€" “The house is a very scary mansion. full house was as scary when they first discov- received at more than 30 film festivals ent film than I did as she read all kinds of of all kinds of statues of angels and strange ered it as it is when you see it in the movie.’ worldwide over the past six months, includ- thing into the story. that I'm embarrassed objects," added Markowilz. ‘And Leon has lnthe film, anunearthlyforoe leads Leon ing the Cannes Film Festival. it has been to say, i hadn’t seen. So it’s one of those this horrible feeling that his mother is trying through a tumultuous night of terror. hailed as ‘a suspenseful, thwart-provoking things where. depending on how astute and to contact him through all these strange arti- “Deon is in the living room at one point. film with supematural overtones" how deep thinking you are. there's a whole facts sits down on the Chesterfield and looks at a Markowitz agrees. lot more to this movie than meets the eye.” “And the interesting thing about it is, box on the coffee tablein front of him.” said ”This is not your traditional slash and Upcoming Sinister Cinema films when Rodrigo and (producer) Marco Pecota Markowitz. "It's one of those old-fashioned gore horror film,” he said. “I was literally include The Last Will and Testament of R05- found the house. theylovedtheexteriorand boxes that people used to keep cassette awestruck when I first saw it, as it's very aline Leigh on May 9. 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