All About Evil
All About Evil is a 2010 American gore horror film written and directed by Joshua Grannell. It stars Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Dekker, Cassandra Peterson, Noah Segan, and Jack Donner. Plot. Shy librarian Deborah Tennis (Natasha Lyonne) takes over her father's old decrepit cinema in an attempt to protect the family from the shame of bankruptcy. In the process, she discovers her inner filmmaker -- and serial killer -- with the help of her assistant Mr. Twigs (Jack Donner), the insane twins Veda and Vera (Jade and Nikita Ramsey), and a robber (Noah Segan). Deborah creates gory public safety  warning videos to inform her audiences of proper theater conduct, actually murdering people on camera in the process. The cinema becomes extremely popular, notably for Deborah's pre-screening videos, which audience members believe to be faked with realistic effects. When his best friend Judy (Ariel Hart) disappears, Steven Thompson (Thomas Dekker) discovers the truth about Deborah's actions and tries to stop her as she attempts to murder the audience during the premiere of her feature-length film, which is about the audience's deaths. Steven manages to rescue Judy and the audience escapes, killing Mr. Twigs and the  robber as they try to stop them. Deborah kidnaps Steven's mother and takes her to the roof to kill her where Steven confronts her. Steven points out how disappointed her father would be and denounces her as a talentless fraud, immediately destroying Deborah's ego and causing her to break down into an emotional rage, trying vainly to claim that she did it for her father and yelling at Steven to shut up. This allows Steven's mother to break free and also denounce Deborah as a terrible person, before stabbing her in the neck with her own knife , and Steven then pushes Deborah off the roof to her death. Most of the audience survives and escapes and when the twins come out, the police try to arrest them. Instead of surrendering, they turn on each other and stab each other repeatedly, killing each other. The news talks to Steven about Deborah's films and the possibility of her actions becoming a film, which he doubts will happen, commenting that if it were, Deborah would rise from the dead by now. As he leaves, a worker causes Deborah's body to move and she seems to stare right at  him, freaking him out slightly. Production. "All About Evil" was written and directed by Joshua Grannell and its cast includes Natasha Lyonne of "Die, Mommie, Die!", television star Thomas Dekker, famous Elvira actress Cassandra Peterson, "Deadgirl" actor Noah Segan and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" vampire Jack Donner. The make-up was created by the famous French artist Aurora Bergere. Grannell created a special promo clip for the 2010 WonderCon, which narrated his project. Release. "All About Evil" premiered on May 1, 2010 as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. The film ran in a tour of United States  cinemas July-November 2010. The film had a limited release on June 17, 2010 as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival (Shock). The film had its European premiere at Cornerhouse in Manchester as part of the AND (Abandon Normal Devices) festival on October 2, 2010, coinciding with the debut of Midnight Mass performed outside of the US. Genre. "Variety" described the film as gore horror and as being in the tradition of "Blood Feast" and "Serial Mom". Actress Cassandra Peterson described it as a cross between Herschell Gordon Lewis and John Waters. Box office. The film grossed $7,995  at the domestic box office. Soundtrack. The score was composed by ambient musician Vinsantos.