HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN teaser trailer blasts onto the webs

Now that Machete (review here) is in a theater near you, it seems like perfect timing that we would hear about another faux trailer becoming a movie.  Honestly, as much as people will talk about the Machete trailer, this film is the one I cannot wait to see.  I ask you to click beyond the break and get ready for a sneak at one of my highly anticipated films in the near future…

For those of you that don’t know, Hobo With A Shotgun was a fake trailer created specifically for a contest to promote Grindhouse.  Among the submissions, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez chose their favorite fake trailers created by the fans.  Hobo With A Shotgun won top prize – rightfully so may I add.  The trailer went viral.  The one year – other than this year – I didn’t fly up to Canada to check out Rue Morgue’s Festival of Fear was the one year that Hobo With A Shotgun‘s creator, Jason Eisener, would show up and sell some homemade t-shirts for the trailer.  I’m still upset I missed it – Jason, if you are reading this…got any more?

The thing I kept hearing about Jason was the dude was not only a standup guy, but truly understood what he wanted to make, if he was given the opportunity to make a feature length film of Hobo.  Now, he has been given that chance.  Gone is the memorable David Brunt as the Hobo – even though, he is still in the film according to imdb.com – and in his place is no other than Rutger Hauer.  While some onlookers might have their doubts about a first time feature filmmaker directing an established actor like Hauer, I would like to think that I have a pretty keen eye judging a film on a few minutes of footage on whether that filmmaker is competent or not.  Eisener has a unique visual flair to his films.  His short film Treevenge was a laugh riot and you could tell he was still developing his signature.  Judging from the teaser below, Eisener not only has an identity but I believe he will be a director to watch from here on out.  He has an anarchic style to this film and this teaser reeks of it in gel colored lighting chaos.

Behold…..Hobo With A Shotgun in its unrated gory glory! Disclaimer: I have watched this at least 5 times this morning.

What do you guys think?!  Leave your comments below.  That speech by Hauer is amazing and perfectly sets the tone………..GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I want this movie now!

For the uninitated, here is the original trailer created for the Grindhouse contest:

Hobo With a Shotgun
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