MATELLANO’S NEW MOVIE TO CLOSE ALMERÍA WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL
STOP OVER IN HELL is a new European western shot in English following the new standards of the genre. It could be described as a kidnapping movie set in the far west, with gore extreme violence and sadism, including a psychopath and comic and Weird western traces.
It has been directed by Víctor Matellano (WAX, VAMPYRES), produced by Andrés Acevedo and written by Antonio Durán, Juan Gabriel García and Matellano himself. Colin Arthur (NEVERENDING STORY, ALIEN) was in charge of the FX, the action was coordinated by Ricardo Cruz Ardura (GAME OF THRONES, WONDER WOMAN) and decor monitored by José Luis Galicia (FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE).
In the cast we can find Enzo G. Castellari, director of the cult classic KEOMA and Quentin Tarantino’s mentor in INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, together with Tania Watson, Pablo Scola, Denis Rafter, Veki Velilla, Maarten Dannenberg, Nadia de Santiago, Manuel Bandera, Antonio Mayans and Andrea Bronston among others.
The only European film festival dedicated to western, Almería Western Film Festival, which takes place where Sergio Leone made THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY and in which a tribute to Terence Hill will be paid, is having STOP OVER IN HELL as closing film.
After this fest, STOP OVER IN HELL will be shown in other fests and cons before starting its international tour.