{"id":27415,"date":"2017-11-28T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T22:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27415"},"modified":"2017-11-26T07:41:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T12:41:56","slug":"the-theta-girl-a-new-indie-gore-thriller-is-hitting-film-festivals-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27415","title":{"rendered":"The Theta Girl, a new indie gore thriller, is hitting film festivals this Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1agaycee.jpg?resize=800%2C436\" alt=\"The Theta Girl\" width=\"800\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1agaycee.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1agaycee.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1agaycee.jpg?resize=768%2C419&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1agaycee.jpg?resize=624%2C340&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>&#8216;The Theta Girl&#8217;, a feature film produced by first-time filmmakers David Axe and Christopher Bickel, is coming to film circuits this Winter. Watch the trailer via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-My7mJg1M4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The film had its world-premiere in Atlanta on Friday the 13th of October at midnight &#8212; a fitting time slot for opening what director Christopher\u00a0Bickel calls &#8220;a brutally violent existential horror film.&#8221; At the Atlanta screening, several audience members walked out of the film following one shocking scene depicting a violent home invasion. The audience members who remained were very vocal and enthusiastic about their enjoyment and appreciation of the film, one audience member writing in a comment online: &#8220;Holy shit! Talk about a low-budget MASTERPIECE. A gory drug-induced mystery! A psychedelic B Movie thriller! Roger Corman-esque Punk cinema that&#8217;s WAY better and smarter than it should be! A++++++&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Theta Girl&#8217;\u00a0was produced on a shoestring budget of $14,000. To put that budget into perspective, the film could have been made 3,571 times over for what it cost Hollywood to make one\u00a0<i>Emoji Movie<\/i>. It is the first film for Axe and Bickel, and indeed it was the first film for the majority of cast and crew. Though the film exhibits some rough edges as a result of its extremely low budget and the experience level of the creators, it has been enthusiastically praised for its high entertainment value, thoughtful existential themes, and shocking content.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as an &#8220;existenploitation film,&#8221;\u00a0&#8216;The Theta Girl&#8217;\u00a0follows the trials and tribulations of young drug-dealer, Gayce Delko, and the hallucinogen she peddles. &#8220;Theta&#8221; was a &#8220;fun drug&#8221; &#8212; a drug that blew people&#8217;s minds. Theta was supposed to be a door to Heaven, but when her best friends get methodically and brutally murdered, Gayce realizes theta might also be a door to Hell &#8212; and it&#8217;s up to her to shut it. The film&#8217;s tagline is <em>&#8220;She brought the pills. He brought the kills.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bickel describes\u00a0&#8216;The Theta Girl&#8217;\u00a0as <em>&#8220;an exercise in sex, drugs, punk rock, brutality, gore, revenge, and self-actualization&#8230; but really it&#8217;s an\u00a0art\u00a0film.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Theta Girl&#8217;\u00a0was written by David Axe and directed by Christopher Bickel, who also shot, edited, and provided sound-design for the film. Axe and Bickel also served as the film&#8217;s producers under the &#8220;Barron Perter Productions&#8221; moniker. The film stars Victoria Elizabeth as &#8220;Gayce,&#8221; Shane Silman as &#8220;Brother Marcus,&#8221; and Darrelle D. Dove as &#8220;Derek.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The film has not been rated by the MPAA, but it contains nudity, drug use, adult themes, and extremely graphic violence.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/files.constantcontact.com\/67e4e85b001\/dbb0852c-06a5-421a-8643-374bd833ac5e.jpg?w=578\"  name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.488\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#8216;The Theta Girl&#8217;, a feature film produced by first-time filmmakers David Axe and Christopher Bickel, is coming to film circuits this Winter. 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