Red State begins with three high school friends Travis (Michael Angarano), Billy Ray (Nicholas Braun) and Jarod (Kyle Gallner), who have secured themselves a sexual encounter with a woman (Melissa Leo) they found online. Jarod and Billy Ray convince Travis to ask his parents to borrow the car for the evening so they can drive out to meet her. When they arrive things take an unpleasant turn as they come face to face with Abin Cooper (Michael Parks), the priest of an extremist church group that have anything but the safety of their souls on the agenda.
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
CinemaBlend - The Independent Spirit Award nominations came out a few days ago, and there weren't too many surprises, with buzzed-about indies such as Another Earth and The Artist receiving nominations. One person who wasn't pleased with the noms, however, is filmmaker/full-time podcaster Kevin Smith, who took to Twitter earlier this week to lambast the Spirit awards for not nominating anyone from his horror film Red State:
What a dick. Instead of taking things respectfully and with dignity like every other director out there, he decides to whine and bitch about it online. Classy.
You didn't see Chris Nolan cry like a baby online when he didn't get the Oscar nom last year for best director...And at least he deserved it!
IGN - "Silent Bob" talks Too Fat for 40, Secret Stash, Red State and more.
