Well, it's from WWE studios after all! My guess is The Undertaker. He fit the horror theme nicely.
shareJust saw this tonight at TIFF, and as someone else already mentioned, a wrestler named Brodus Clay is in it. I'm not a wrestling fan so I know nothing about him, but his casting (and his size) were clearly calculated for the film's signature scene, one that I think may be talked about more in the long run than the film itself, which is pretty good but no classic. I'm in the process of uploading the TIFF Q&A for the film right now, and will post links when it's done, but be warned it contains MAJOR spoilers about the scene.
shareI would love to know how the film did at TIFF...I am so excited to see this movie myself.
Response seemed positive from my vantage point, but then that's always subjective with people at TIFF, especially Midnight Madness shows. My guess is it will go to DVD and on-demand/streaming with only genre festival play in North America; not sure about other countries. Nonetheless, it seemed like most people jumped, laughed or let out those uneasy "I know what's gonna happen next" winces at all the right times, with the biggest surprise, as mentioned, involving this Brodus Clay character. The concept of the movie is pretty clever, although once you know what the "hero" is capable of within the first half hour, the rest becomes fairly predictable, especially with that title, so it's a good thing they had a stylish director on board to keep things interesting and the gore levels reasonably high.
shareResponse seemed positive from my vantage point, but then that's always subjective with people at TIFF, especially Midnight Madness shows.
My guess is it will go to DVD and on-demand/streaming with only genre festival play in North America; not sure about other countries.