One of the films that has been just a blip on the outer rings of my radar since Comic Con last year is the Milo Ventamiglia-starred Med School thriller Pathology. Considering the theme of the film (med school kids who get their jollies off messing around with dead bodies, only to graduate to murder) and the way it has been marketed thus far (note the atrociously bad teaser trailer), I would normally be avoiding the very mention of this film on our fair site here. But I continue to come back to it because I have faith in Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the writer/producer duo that has previously given us Crank. Having spoken with the entity that is Neveldine/Taylor, I am aware of how much passion they have for their films and how much fun they infuse into everything they do. So while I am skeptical and privately terrified at the prospects that Pathology brings, I am still interested, to say the least.
And speaking of marketing the flick, Lakeshore Entertainment has released a brand new poster for the film, which can be seen below.
It is beyond me how a company like Lakeshore can release utterly brilliant movie posters and release such tragically awful trailers for the same movie. This poster is dark and twisted, much like the movie should be, assuming it all goes off the way it is planned. In their defense, Lakeshore has made a film that is extremely difficult to explain and ultimately even more difficult to effectively market. How do you sell a film about sick-minded Med school kids who use their experiences as medical examiners to pull off murder? Its an impossible sell to the mainstream of America, but there is an audience out there for it — the tough part is finding them.
Pathology is directed by Marc Schoelermann, who is making his feature directorial debut. He previously served as an Assistant Director (uncredited) on Tomorrow Never Dies and has made a few short films. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank) wrote and produced the film for Lakeshore Entertainment. It is rated R for disturbing and perverse behavior throughout, including violence,
gruesome images, strong sexual content, nudity, drug use and language. Pathology hits theaters in limited release on April 18th.
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