New Review of THE DAYS GOD SLEPT/THE MINIONS

New review of THE DAYS GOD SLEPT and THE MINIONS at Trust Movies.

"Kipp employs suspense and shock technique, done rather quietly and subtly, and both these films are full of sexuality seen as both attraction and danger."

http://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2015/09/two-more-ten-minute-bizarrosities-from.html

Minions Interview at LIIFE

Reaching Oliver Stone levels of manic pretentiousness in this interview about THE MINIONS at LIIFE. But I get into my passion for the movie, why I love psychological terror and am grateful for the thoughtful questions by super-smart interviewer Aria McKenna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84pqOZ6VB-c&feature=youtu.be

Teaser for BLACK WAKE

We have launched the teaser for our new movie BLACK WAKE.  It's thrilling to collaborate once again with PAINKILLER scribe Jerry Janda and actress Kelly Ray LeGault, and BERENICE director of photography Kenneth Kotowski.  Our cast includes Nana Gouvea, Rich Graff and Eric Roberts.  Check out a little of our feverish HP Lovecraft-insired contagion movie here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZAHMTOZ19Y

LIIFF

THE MINIONS team at LIIFF.

LA CineFest

More good news. SOUND/VISION which I directed for wonderful writer/producer Ari Rossen now an official selection at LA CineFest!

Long Island International Film Expo

The Minions, a short film strikes again. Playing on Saturday, July 11 at Long Island International Film Expo.

Great screening at Visionfest 15

Had a wonderful screening of THE MINIONS last night at Visionfest 15 in the same block as William Speruzzi's paranoid thriller THE EXAM.  Fantastic Q&A afterwards.

Screening at Visionfest again is like coming home.

Laurel Leafs for Minions

Thanks to producer Lauren Rayner for updating our poster.

Shooting Theresa & Allison

Midway through principal photography on my second feature, THERESA & ALLISON, produced by Charles D. Lincoln.

Read all about it on Fangoria here: http://www.fangoria.com/new/exclusive-photos-and-comments-plus-nsfw-trailer-alice-in-wonderland-meets-maniac-in-theresa-isabelle/

Painkiller at Bangor ComicCon

Painkiller is screening as part of Bangor ComicCon on Saturday, April 25 at block one between 6-8pm along with Patrick Rea's HOWL OF A GOOD TIME, Jason Tostevin's TIL DEATH, Izzy Lee's POSTPARTUM and Corey Norman's TICKLE. 

www.bangorcomictoycon.com/

Painkiller Wins Best Short at HorrorHound Weekend

PAINKILLER wins best short film at HorrorHound Weekend in Cincinatti, Ohio!  A true honor to be recognized at this fantastic con, with impeccable film programming and a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for filmmakers.  Saw many good movies and talented people.

Screening MINIONS at Visionfest along with my friends

Visionfest - Domani Vision Film Society (one of NYC's great film festivals) will kick off 15th anniversary run on May 13, 2015, and happy to announce The Minions, a short film will be part of it. An honor to be screening with great directors and friends from The 3X3 Project: Brian Dilg is screening Double Negative and William Speruzzi presents THE EXAM. This fest captures the creative spirit of maverick indie filmmaking, and I couldn't be more honored that my colleagues and I are part of it!

Slaughterfilm Reviews Painkiller

"Painkiller was as intelligent as it is bad-ass. It's a must see, especially if you like Cronenberg. I can't wait to see more of Kipp's solid film making." - Slaughterfilm 

http://slaughterfilm.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-short-review-painkiller.html

Composer Harry Manfredini speaks with Sound Designer Roman Chimienti about THE DAYS GOD SLEPT

"This movie is going to burn itself into your memory!" Thank you so much to our erudite, super-talented composer Harry Manfredini ("Friday the 13th") for sharing his thoughts with our brilliant sound designer Roman Chimienti on making the music for The Days God Slept and a wonderful story about how he chose to present the film at HorrorHound Weekend while accepting an award on our behalf...an honor all around!

This surreal movie was one of my favorites to make, and I'd love to eventually share it online so viewers have the option of enjoying the movie yia Harry's suggestion of seeing the film more than once and getting something new out of it each time. It's something I loved about Joe Fiorillo's mysterious and honest script, complimented by Dominick Sivilli's expressionistic cinematography and editor Patrick McGowan's significant contribution during post-production. Producer Lauren Rayner and I remain incredibly proud of the movie, and will continue to find new ways to present it, because the audience completes the circle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul0XveKxeVs&feature=youtu.be

The Days God Slept screens in Purgatory

The Days God Slept screens in Detroit this March at the 2015 Purgatory Film Exhibition.

http://thatdamnedshow.com/presenting-the-2015-purgatory-filmmakers/

MINIONS in Glasgow

Witches are an appropriate monster for Women in Horror Month.

The Minions, a short film is selected by Jennifer's Bodies - An Official Women in Horror Recognition Month Event to screen in Glasgow this weekend! 

We wish we could be there to celebrate this honor! Our great producer Lauren Rayner is an indie film superhero.

http://jennifers-bodies.blogspot.com/2015/03/jennifers-bodies-2015-line-up-short.html

Screenings in February

In the midst of a difficult time where one of my dearest friends has passed away, I'm grateful that the recent movies we've made are being shared with audiences. Multiple screenings of THE MINIONS, PAINKILLER and BERENICE this past week. Many thanks to the cast and crew who were able to represent the films on my behalf, and to the programmers for your enthusiasm and support of our work. Some of the great people who made this possible: Lauren Rayner, Catrin Lloyd-Bollard,Theresa Buchheister, Lukas Hassel, Cristina Doikos, Jason Hoover, Todd Staruch, Title:Point, Culture Shock, Grindhouse Nights at Cafe Z, Jeffrey Scott Gould, Jerry Janda Jr and the fabulously coiffed Kelly Rae LeGault. Wonderful and talented people, all heroes.

New Review

Some love for BERENICE from Through the Shattered Lens and wonderful praise for lead actress Cheryl Koski. "An effectively morbid mood piece...Berenice works as a succession of increasingly surreal and disturbing images...[and] can be positively compared to the work of the great French director, Jean Rollin...Cheryl Koski is like a force of nature...an energetic, heartfelt and poignant performance." 

http://unobtainium13.com/2015/02/23/three-films-from-jeremiah-kipp-berenice-minions-and-painkiller/


They also cover PAINKILLER and THE MINIONS: "An amazingly effective and atmospheric 11 minutes, full of creepy images and growing paranoia." 

Tonight's Video Installation at the DIRTY Exhibit

Movie Waffler reviews MINIONS and PAINKILLER

The Movie Waffler cheerfully discusses the sex and violence of PAINKILLER and THE MINIONS. 

"The Minions is about male weakness, and, as William is enticed by Sarah and Katrina, we too are enchanted by The Minions with its seductive pace, whining score and hypnotic use of light and shadow. In this cryptic film the suspense is delicately sustained and a queasy feeling of dread surges throughout. Bewitching...That woozy blend of sex and horror is maintained in Painkiller [which is] shocking and utterly disgusting, but witty to boot." 

http://www.themoviewaffler.com/2015/02/shorts-in-focus-minions-painkiller.html#.VODePxx8YnQ

Upcoming MINIONS Screenings & Hickey's House of Horrors

Feb 13-15, 2015 - RadCon SF&F Convention – Pasco, WA
Feb 26, 2015 – The Silent Barn/Title:Point – Bushwick, NY
Feb 27, 2015 – Days of the Dead: Culture Shock – Indianapolis,IN 

"Taking the inherent otherworldliness that descends on bustling city streets when nights falls and the crowds disperse to be replaced by the outcasts and weirdos, THE MINIONS delivers a real punch. On one level Joe Fiorillo's story can be seen as deceptively simple, albeit dangerously alluring. Yet on another it really warrants significant dissection and discussion. It deals with a surprising yet stirring central theme — we are all potential victims, right up until the point we become the predator. It's an examination of temptation, opportunism, coincidence and fate." - Hickey's House of Horrors review

http://hickeyshouseofhorrors.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/sharp-shock-short-minions.html

New Review of The Minions

http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2015/02/the-minions-2014-a-short-film-by-jeremiah-kipp/

"The Minions is closer in style and tone to his 2012 short The Days God Slept, a dream-like tale...stunningly photographed by Brian Dilg...[highlighting] Kipp's skill at creepy atmosphere and broody tension...Joe Fiorillo’s dialogue sometimes manages to be both very straight-forward and multi-layered at the same time...what is seduction and what is real?" - wonderful review of The Minions​ from the United Kingdom!

Imaginarium 12: Prince Humperdinck Brought Me Coffee

Wonderful interview with Scott Colbert at The Imaginarium.

17:30 - The influence of Cronenberg on CONTACT and Painkiller.
19:14 - How Jerry Janda Jr came up with PAINKILLER
20:18 - How PAINKILLER came about because of Rob Dimension's BAGGAGE and the notion of how work begets work 
21:18 - "The making of PAINKILLER was the most excruciating..."
21:46 - Everything comes back to John Carpenter's THE THING

Listen here:

http://thesupernaughts.com/the-imaginarium/imaginarium-12-prince-humperdinck-brought-me-coffee/

Praise for Adam Ginsberg's performance in ALONE

A beautiful and contemplative review of ALONE starring Adam Ginsberg at Rivers of Grue, highlighting Adam's haunting performance and Andrea Urbinati's beautiful cinematography. "To say that Ginsberg’s delivery of Poe's verse is pitch perfect is not doing it anywhere near the justice his utterly honest performance demands. Kipp wants us to feel his desolation and, what’s more, Ginsberg acts as exquisite harbinger. By the time he wraps up his verse, I felt a spike of emotion as it was utterly clear that he himself was moved." 

http://riversofgrue.com/2015/02/04/alone-2014/

Not Really Normal - Independent Critic Reviews THE MINIONS

"Kipp's shadowy, dark, and uncomfortably intimate film...It's the worst kind of scary really, because there's a complete and utter normalcy about it all...Yet, we know it's not really normal. THE MINIONS is perhaps a more subtle voice than we're used to from Kipp, less hardcore intensity and more subtle lingering of mood, atmosphere, word, and action. It's jarring. It's honest. It's intimate. It's normal."

"The always mesmerizing Lukas Hassel [plays] William, a young man increasingly caught between fantasy and nightmare and somewhere in between...There's a normalcy to it. Yet, we know it's not really normal. Hassel excels at playing characters who are layered and here he's both angel and devil in semi-peaceful co-existence."

http://www.theindependentcritic.com/the_minions

New Painkiller Review from the UK

In-depth review of PAINKILLER at Hickey's House of Horror from the UK.

http://hickeyshouseofhorrors.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/sharp-shock-short-painkiller.html

"Painkiller has a fantastic premise, full of imagination and it offers a unique and fascinating sci-fi horror with real human heart and emotion. It is examines the true nature of love and destruction — asking the viewer could you truly hurt the one you love?

I particularly admired Jeremiah Kipp's restraint during the more intense scenes, using suggestion rather than gore to create a far more disturbing atmosphere. There are scares and real emotion in this short’s compact 12-minute runtime and it offers a chilling, thrilling examination of the human condition, discovery, addiction and codependency." 

Adam the Movie God reviews BERENICE, PAINKILLER and THE MINIONS

"Production value here is truly impressive. All the shot choices and camera work (by Kenneth Kotowski) are on point. Beautifully lit, and the suspenseful score by Barbara Weber was a great addition. BERENICE should be a how to guide for getting the fundamentals of film making right."

The budget was much lower than Adam makes out, but he heaps some praise on Painkiller. "The camera work (by Jeffrey Scott Gould) is beautiful, very smooth and precise. The edit was really well cut together, and the story lays nearly everything out for you. Jeremiah shows a true grasp of the technical know how, as well as conjuring a wonderful, all be it disturbing body/horror short film. I can’t recommend this one enough..."

http://adamthemoviegod.com/painkiller-the-minions-berenice-review/

Cocktail Napkin Pitch

"Imagine if Charles Bukowski, Philip K. Dick and Graham Greene met at a bar and wrote a love poem together on a cocktail napkin—that’s the tone of this unusual film. " 
- my pitch for THE DAYS GOD SLEPT at Idea Fountain.  

http://www.ideafountain.ca/on-art-and-artists/the-beautiful-side-of-evil-the-films-of-jeremiah-kipp

Idea Fountain Essay & Interview

"The seductive persuasion of darkness, the erotic undertow of pure surrender, the edge where disgust gives way to submission, are masterfully played out in films like Crestfallen, Drool, and Contact. "
-  from an in-depth essay about my work followed by a contemplative interview at Idea Fountain.

Read all about it here:
http://www.ideafountain.ca/on-art-and-artists/the-beautiful-side-of-evil-the-films-of-jeremiah-kipp

"every masochist needs a sadist"

"There’s shades of Cronenberg and William Castle’s THE TINGLER, and a nasty twist once a third party gets involved. The film left me with the thought: every masochist needs a sadist. It also left me uneasy about the depths and shadows of the human condition, as some of the best horror does. And it adds a bone-chilling creepiness to the phrase, 'It’s not enough.'” - Death Ensemble covers Painkiller 

http://deathensemble.com/blog/?p=7117

German Review of The Minions/The Days God Slept

http://hardsensations.com/2015/01/the-minions-the-days-god-slept/

Wonderful double review of THE DAYS GOD SLEPT and THE MINIONS in German at Hard Sensations. 

"Mit hochgeschlagenem Kragen streift er durch die feuchten Gassen eines plötzlich sehr beklemmd engen New York, das, verstärkt durch die pulsierend traumartige und zugleich bedrohliche Tonspur zusammenschrumpft wie zu einer anderen, jenseitigen Welt, in der alles Mögliche passieren könnte. Unterstützt wird diese grundlegende Verunsicherung durch die immer wieder erratisch zitternden Bilder, die den Film wie im nächsten Moment auseinander zu reissen drohen. Verstörend schön."

"William roams the streets of New York, amplified by the pulsating dreamlike, yet menacing soundscape (by Roman Chimienti) that hints to another, otherworldly world in which anything could happen. This fundamental uncertainty is supported by the erratic trembling images (from director of photography Brian Dilg) that threaten to tear the film apart in the next moment. Disturbingly beautiful."

"Withholding details from the viewer for 10 threatening, surrealistic minutes, THE DAYS GOD SLEPT is very promising...the narrative elements are pushed further into the background (by writer Joe Fiorillo). It is a suggestive trip, a kind of meditative prayer art film...the central question of the film is: what do you want to know? A question you can only answer if you already have the answer."