Anne Howard, film publicist and writer
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 "Neighborhood Watch is the touching story of a man trying to police his neighborhood from an outbreak of perverted sex"

Montreal, QC (rushprnews) July 22nd, 2006- A terrifying psychological thriller who strangely manages to bring humour into play, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH written and directed by Graeme Whifler, produced by Jeff Kirshbaum and Michael J. Brody claims another victim  at the Midnight, Friday July 21st Fantasia Film Festival's screening in Montreal, Québec.  A young man of about twenty five years of age fainted during one of the most gruesome final scene of the movie, bringing the count to three such incidents up-to-now and multiple other physical gut wrenching reactions. 

 Superbly acted by a cast composing of Nick Searcy from DAYS OF THUNDER, FRIED GREEN TOMATOES and THE PRINCE OF TIDES whose performance in this film is being compared to Anthony Perkins in Psycho, the other cast includes  Jack Huston,  grandson of John Huston and Pell James who was lately seen playing opposite Bill Murray in BROKEN FLOWERS, this film is truly terrifying to its audience.

 
The director, Graeme Whifler and the producer, Michael J. Brody were present at the screening and were both available for interviews prior and following to the screening.  Questions ranged from mental state of the  crew while filming to the source of  inspirations. Whifler's descriptions of the true events that inspired the film were received with great interest.

 The website:  www.neighborhoodwatchthefilm.com  (Caution, for adults only)

 Although it may be comforting to imagine that the chilling story of Neighborhood Watch is entirely fictional, "Its actually based in truth", says writer/director Graeme Whifler.  "I saw a story on a TV news show about an ambulance attendant who used to bring in donuts and snacks for his fellow crew members Whifler explains.  He seemed like a normal, likable guy.  But gradually people on his crew learned not to eat anything he brought in.  The people who kept eating this stuff were feeling sick all the time.  The more they ate, the sicker they got.  Well, it turned out that he was putting rat poison in the donuts!  Years later, this guy became a doctor and ended up in prison because at least six of the patients he assisted died from poisoning".        

The film tells the story of a man so obsessed with sex  that he ends up castrating himself and turned his living quarter into an operating room to cut open his stomach and poke looking for the organic source of his obsession.  These horrific true stories provided the basic concept of Neighborhood Watch.  This isnt a film about violence, its about the fear of being violated.  The whole movie is a series of violations designed to chip away at each one of those childhood fears we all have inside us.  I want to entertain my audience.  I want to make them squirm and cringe and really disturb them, Whifler explains, and from reactions audience, it seems that Whifler has succeeded.

QUOTES FROM REVIEWS "If the website ( http://neighborhoodwatchthefilm.com/) is any indication of how well this film will be promoted, then I say kudos to Whifler and Cafe Productions. Neighborhood Watch's website is one of the darkest spots on the internet and I strongly urge those reading this review to give the site a full once-over. It's like seeing a train wreck for the first time."  Horrorview.com

 "Neighborhood Watch is the most disgusting film I have ever seen."  Horrorview.com

"Neighborhood Watch features the most profoundly disturbing imagery ever


movie: www.neighborhoodwatchthefilm.com

For further information, call Anne Howard at 514-523-3771.
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