{"id":21031,"date":"2016-06-14T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T10:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=21031"},"modified":"2016-06-14T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T10:31:37","slug":"bachelor-games-an-epic-stag-weekend-turns-deadly-in-this-twisted-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/bachelor-games-an-epic-stag-weekend-turns-deadly-in-this-twisted-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"BACHELOR GAMES &#8211;  An Epic Stag Weekend Turns Deadly in This Twisted Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/bachelor-games-an-epic-stag-weekend-turns-deadly-in-this-twisted-trip\/bachelor-games\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Bachelor-Games.png?fit=868%2C1238&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"868,1238\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bachelor Games\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Bachelor-Games.png?fit=640%2C913&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21032\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Bachelor-Games.png?resize=640%2C913&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bachelor Games\" width=\"640\" height=\"913\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The best man usually has a few tricks up his sleeve for the bachelor party, but the groom has a deadly one of his own in horror-comedy BACHELOR GAMES, arriving on digital platforms July 8, 2016 from Gravitas Ventures and Strike Films.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When five friends embark on a bachelor weekend in Argentina, everyone expects the usual hedonistic business.\u00a0 They do not expect to find themselves stranded, wounded, and hunted through the Andes. But that\u2019s just what happens when an elaborate scheme for revenge goes horribly awry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Hangover<\/em> meets <em>The Hills Have Eyes<\/em> with a Shyamalan-esque twist, <strong>BACHELOR GAMES <\/strong>stars a bright young cast led by <strong>Charlie Bewley<\/strong> (<em>Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, Nashville, <\/em>forthcoming <em>The Lake <\/em>with J.K. Simmons), <strong>Jack Gordon<\/strong> (<em>Fishtank, Northern Soul <\/em>with Steve Coogan) and <strong>Jack Doolan<\/strong> (Ricky Gervais\u2019 <em>Cemetery Junction<\/em>, <em>Cockney\u2019s Vs. Zombies<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BACHELOR GAMES<\/strong>, Best Feature winner at <strong>Halloweenapalooza Film Festival <\/strong>and official selection at <strong>World Horror Con Film Festival<\/strong>, is the first feature film from award-winning director<strong>Edward McGown<\/strong> (<em>Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough, David Attenborough Meets President Obama<\/em>). Written by<em> <strong>Sam Michell<\/strong> (BBC\u2019s People Time, It\u2019s Not What You Know) <\/em>and <strong>Chris Hill<\/strong><em> (The Last Station), <\/em>Produced by <strong>Georgina Edwards<\/strong> of Strike Films<em> (Pork, Rome, Behind Bars),<\/em>with Director of Photography by <strong>Lucio Bonelli<\/strong><em> (Everybody Has a Plan) <\/em>and with the score composed by <strong>David Julyan<\/strong><em> (Momento, Insomnia, The Prestige<\/em>), it will be available on all good digital platforms worldwide from 8<sup>th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bachelor Games is available to<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/apple.co\/1tliRc9\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/apple.co\/1tliRc9&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1465985995658000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFCfBrmE2VoP530lGbh2SHwKjs7XQ\"> pre-order now<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information please visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bachelorgamesmovie.com\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bachelorgamesfilm\/?fref=ts&amp;ref=br_tf\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bachelorgames\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/169998146?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best man usually has a few tricks up his sleeve for the bachelor party, but the groom has a deadly one of his own in horror-comedy BACHELOR GAMES, arriving on digital platforms July 8, 2016 from Gravitas Ventures and Strike Films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5200],"tags":[5998,5997,5994,5999,6002,5995,6001,142,6000,5439,5996],"class_list":["post-21031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-films","tag-andes","tag-argentina","tag-bachelor-games","tag-charlie-bewley","tag-georgina-edwards","tag-gravitas-features","tag-halloweenapalooza-film-festival","tag-itunes","tag-jack-doolan","tag-new-film","tag-strike-films"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-5td","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46506,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/02\/trav-torch-bachelor-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":21031,"position":0},"title":"Trav Torch &#8211; &#8216;Bachelor Life&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"16\/02\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Newark New Jersey artist Trav Torch is no stranger to EP. 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