‘Cold Sweat’ Gets a North American Distribution Deal – Fall 2011 Release
by Marc Patterson
Good news for fans of foreign horror – and all those who enjoy a nice bit of nail-biting gore. MPI Media Group acquired all North American rights to Cold Sweat, the latest South American horror film from Adrián García Bogliano. If you’re not familiar with Bogliano then I would encourage you to seek out his previous films 36 pasos (36 Steps) and Rooms for Tourists. Both are well directed pieces from a filmmaker who is passionate about the genre. In fact – Rooms for Tourists was done on a meager budget of $3000, but is executed in a manner that looks bigger and better than what equates to chump change in this biz.
Cold Sweat premiered at the South By Southwest film festival in March. You can see my review of the film here. Currently the plan is to give the film a theatrical release in the fall of 2011 followed by a to-be-determined DVD and VOD release.
Here’s the official plot outline, and of course – a trailer: When Roman’s girlfriend disappears he expects to find her in the arms of another man. And find her he does but there is no lover on the scene, only a pair of crazy old men keeping her locked away in the basement of their crumbling mansion. Armed with wild-eyed political ideals and case after case of decades-old and highly unstable dynamite. The villainous duo are conducting illicit experiments on a string of young women lured to their home via the internet and if Roman cannot free his young love she is likely to end up in pieces, thanks in part to a generous slathering of nitro-glycerine.
