Kevin Smith has set out to prove the critics wrong! After spending years making stoner comedies in his own little world called the Askiewniverse, Smith has broken his own mold and made a horror film close to his heart. Smith shopped the script for Red State around to all of the usual suspects but was only met with rejection. Smith raised the money to shoot the film on his own and at Sundance earlier this year decided he would distribute the film himself!
(watch the trailer after the leap!)
According to Smith himself Red State explores some of the themes visited in his earlier work Dogma but does it with a much harder edge. After making the film on his own dime, alienating the film industry at Sundance and holding a cross country tour of Red State, the film has been optioned by Lionsgate who will give it a wide release on VOD and in select theaters this October. This week, Lionsgate released their version of the Red State poster while Kevin Smith unveiled his red band trailer. Check it out.
