GOTHKILL
The Goth Kids Won’t Know What Hit Them
Available on DVD
May 12, 2009
Wild Eye Releasing is pleased to announce release of cult New York midnight movie GOTHKILL on DVD. Featuring the dark talents of Flambeaux, and FUSE favorite Mistress Juliya.
When Catholic Priest and Inquisitor Nicholas Dread finds out that innocents are being burned as witches he decides to do something about it. Unfortunately for him, his superiors don’t agree and he’s burned at the stake alongside two women he forced confessions from. While dying, Nick curses god and makes a pact with Satan to reign over his own kingdom someday at any cost.Now, in 21st century New York City, Dread has returned to finish the deal. His end of the bargain with Satan must be fulfilled, and many will die so Dread can take the throne in his kingdom of over one hundred thousand corrupt souls. He just has to find the right bunch of victims…and it just so happens the best Goth Club in the city is ripe for this bloodthirsty butcher bent on revenge!
Can a group of Goths and wanna-be vampires hold their own when the real thing arrives?
This tongue-in-cheek, JJ Connelly horror fest features a willing cast of New York underground and avant guard music and fetish performers, including Flambeaux, Eve Blackwater, and FUSE’s Mistress Juliya.
“Grown men shouldn’t wear shiny black lipstick, and GOTHKILL is bloody good fun.”
– B Through Z“Deals with the Devil may not be new to horror films, but Connelly’s spin on the premise is fresh.”
– Soho JournalOfficial Selections: Coney Island Film Festival (2008) and Evil City Film Festival (2009)
Most Evil Extras
• Audio/video commentary by Connelly, Falmbeaux and Blackwater
• Q&A with JJ Connelly from a New York City screening
• GOTHKILL live performance chronicle
• Production and publicity still galleries
• Original trailersWebsite and Trailer: https://wildeyereleasing.com/gothsite.html
DVD artist Mike Hrubovcak:
Based out of the Philadelphia / NYC area, Mike Hrubovcak has been heavily involved in the Metal scene both musically and artistically since 1992.
His artwork has graced many a Death Metal album cover and he has worked with a multitude of Bands, Record Labels and Magazines worldwide – such as Century Media, Metal Blade and Relapse Records, Revolver and S.O.D. Magazines; and the bands Mortician, Grave, Sinister, Cattle Decapitation, Avulsed and many more.
Besides spending time illustrating album covers, Mike is the Vocalist for the Monstrosity, Vile and others.
Mike says about his first foray into the horror DVD market:
“Working on Gothkill was Satanically refreshing and fun”
GOTHKILL director JJ CONNELLY:
First time writer/ Director JJ Connelly has spent years working behind the scenes, and his technical experiences run the gamut from underground art films to mainstream blockbusters. He has also spent years working on Broadway, in television, live rock shows, and even in opera. It was during this time that James met many of the cast of Gothkill.
JJ wrote prose, poetry and short stories before he started writing for the screen, and prefers to write escapist material. Although serious subjects are often touched upon, his aim is to entertain. Look for more exploitation material in the future.
JJ says about his first time at bat in the horror realm:
“Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong during production of this movie, and yet, I got exactly what I set out to create. A campy, b-grade midnight movie that’s fun to watch.”
GOTHKILL star MISTREES JULYIA (“Devil Girl”)
Juliya Chernetsky, AKA Mistress Juylia, is a television personality best known for her stint on the music-themed network Fuse, formerly known as MuchMusicUSA. She hosted the heavy metal-themed program “Uranium” and a call-in and e-mail advice program called “Slave to the Metal”, for which Sirius Radio recently signed her to do a radio version. She currently hosts several online programs.
After over two years of being absent from Fuse, Juliya announced via Myspace her return to Fuse to do a weekly hard rock/metal countdown show. She also appeared on The Weekly Riff, a panel show hosted by Steven Smith. On September 22, 2008 she replaced Sami Jarroush as the host of No. 1 Countdown Rock.
Juliya and JJ Connelly became friends during her early days at FUSE. JJ was on the FUSE lighting crew at the time. Juliya appears in several scenes throughout Gothkill, which are a must see for her legion of loyal fans.
Flambeaux (“Nick Dread”)
Scottish-born fire breathing performance artist Flambeaux believes he has at least one thing in common with his character Nick Dread. Both were burned at the stake during the middle ages. At least, that’s one of the reasons he credits his life long fascination with fire with, and for taking the lead role in Gothkill.
Long before his recent stint as a contestant on “America’s Got Talent, Flambeaux has been doing fire shows and making exotic costumes to go with his performances for most of his adult life. He started out doing street performances in Ireland and Scotland. Since then, he’s done elaborate fire shows at star-studded events from Las Vegas to Europe.
Flambeaux has also had a recurring role on the TV show “Mission Fashion,” wrote and directed his own Off Broadway show “World Of The P Cult,” and has also appeared on David Letterman.
