HoleHead: North American première of Simon Cathcart's STAGKNIGHT

Simon Cathcart's StagKnight is scheduled to have its North American première at Another Hole in the Head (HoleHead) in San Francisco, California on June 1st, and to subsequently be screened there on June 12th. The movie is scheduled to have its world première at the Salento Fear Fest in Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy late on the night of May 29th / early on the morning of May 30th. Shoreline Entertainment Inc. is the international sales agent for it.

The screenplay for StagKnight was written by Cathcart and Rob Mercer. The movie apparently stars Jocelyn Osorio as Blossom, Danielle Mason as Ginger, Simeon Willis as Brian, James Hillier as Charles, Santos De Castro as Santos, Sandra Dickinson as Fay, Martin Bayfield as William, (Simon) Cathcart as Sean, Paul Coskun as Mike, Jason Hyde as Dave, J.C. Mac as Wolf, Joe Montana as Roger, Tony Tang as Makoto, and Barry McNeil as Steve.

For more information on StagKnight, see ScreenAnarchy's seventh, sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.

StagKnight theatrical trailer #3 (downloadable 18.2 MB WMV file)

StagKnight teaser trailer (downloadable 2.3 MB MOV file)

StagKnight clip #1 (downloadable 1.3 MB MOV file)

StagKnight clip #2 (downloadable 1.2 MB MOV file)

StagKnight clip #3 (downloadable 1.3 MB MOV file)

StagKnight clip #4 (downloadable 2.6 MB MOV file)

StagKnight clip #5 (downloadable 1 MB MOV file)

StagKnight clip: "Kill Number One (New Wave Dave)" (downloadable 1.2 MB WMV file)

StagKnight official website

Shoreline Entertainment: StagKnight

Below is a synopsis for StagKnight from the production.

After the great battle at Richborough and the death of King Arthur at the hands of Mordred, Merlin and Lancelot bury the defeated Mordred alive in a tomb along with the sacred Cauldron of Annwn - the original Holy Grail. Through a sacred ceremony, Merlin locks the Cauldron in the tomb, preventing it from ever falling into the hands of man again. Leaving, Merlin curses a horrible fate to any who tries to remove the Cauldron from the tomb, as it is sealed for all time.

Present day. A minibus carves its way through a huge, remote forest, carrying a party of ten misfits heading off for a weekend paintball stag party they will never forget. At the back of the bus and buried in a local history book is groom-to-be Brian (Simeon Willis), a schoolteacher and all-round loser. Joining him on the trip are: Roger (Joe Montana), a tattooed, ex-con scout master and organizer of the ill-fated weekend; Santos (Santos De Castro), a wannabe Columbian drug dealer; Wolf (J.C. Mac), a fading Chippendale dancer; Charles (James Hillier), an arrogant asshole; Sean (Simon Cathcart), a recovering alcoholic who hates Charles for having slept with his fiancée while he was confessing all at an AA meeting; Dave (Jason Hyde), an amateur DJ and mod; Makoto (Tony Tang), a disgruntled Japanese owner of a Chinese take-out; Mike (Paul Coskun), a sad techno geek; and last - but certainly not least - Steve 'the Queen' (Barry McNeil), a camp-as-Christmas hairdresser. Together they are the "Weekend Warriors" - the worst paintball team in the history of the league!

The Weekend Warriors arrive at the Happy Valley Paintball Park to be greeted by Fay (Sandra Dickinson), the psychotic owner, and her simpleton giant brother William (Martin Bayfield). Not wanting to waste time, they head out for their first game of the weekend all dressed up as superheroes, and wielding the most hardcore paintball guns ever seen. After an exciting paintball battle of the egos between Charles' and Sean's teams, Charles not only loses the game and his temper, but also his prized possession - his beloved sports car.

Later, during a barbecue, Santos takes a very nervous Brian off deep into the forest for a heart-to-heart and a joint, where they stumble across an occult ceremony involving sinister, hooded figures and two gorgeous, half-naked girls tied to an alter. To their horror, they witness one of the girls being sacrificed at knifepoint by a high priest, while the other hooded figures chant ominously. Without thinking, Brian heroically charges into the middle of the ceremony, only to find his own life threatened by the hooded figures as they bear down on him with daggers drawn. Terrified, he faints... but not before he pisses his pants.

Brian awakens to find himself tied, dressed in bondage gear, with a butt plug firmly up his ass, and all the hooded figures revealing themselves to be his so-called friends. However, unbeknown to them, the ceremony - which was orchestrated by Fay to unlock the wall safe in the tomb containing the Cauldron of Annwn - has awakened the giant Guardian Knight, the Cauldron's deadly protector whose only reason for being is to kill all who witness the sacred ceremony... the ceremony that the guys unwittingly performed.

Back at the bunkhouse, a hedonistic party is in full swing, fuelled by huge amounts of cocaine, alcohol, and a jaw-dropping lesbian floorshow by the two girls from the ceremony, strippers Blossom (Jocelyn Osorio) and Ginger (Danielle Mason). The guys proceed to get completely trashed in spectacular style. Charles, coked-up and keen on revenge, insists on a rematch there and then.

Once again, the Weekend Warriors arm up and head off into the dark forest. Only this time there's a new player in the game... one who won't stop until they're all dead!