HAPPY TIMES For Artsploitation Films

HAPPY TIMES For Artsploitation Films

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HAPPY TIMES For Artsploitation Films

Israeli American Horror/Comedy Happy TimesComing to DVD & VOD on February 9th
A Dinner Party Descends into Murderous Mayhem

Michael Mayer, director and co-writer of the 2012 Israeli gay drama Out in the Dark, returns to filmmaking with Happy Times, a decidedly raucous horror-comedy. to be released on DVD, Blu-ray and streaming platforms this February 9th.

An Israeli American couple invite friends and family over to their Hollywood mansion for a Shabbat dinner party. But a deadly mix of alcohol, inflated egos, inappropriate lust and raging jealousy turns the sedate affair into a cauldron of murderous mayhem.

Filmed with a mix of English and Hebrew, this Jews Behaving Badly story stars Israeli actor Michael Aloni (Out in the Dark, Netflix’s Shtisel), Shani Atias (Ten Days in the Valley, Shameless, MacGyver) Guy Adler (The Angel, Big Bad Wolves) and Israeli TV star Liraz Chamami (Manayek, Unchained, Asylum City, Malkot).

  • Initial reviews:
“Gleefully sadistic and wholly unpredictable, Happy Times takes the Tarantino template, sprinkles liberally with some insightful social and cultural context, and lets loose with a torrent of inspired mayhem.”
John W. Allman, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

“A bloody hilarious and hilariously bloody movie.”
Michael Haberfelner, Search My Trash

“A wildly amusing dark comedy with every impulsive-driven and tension-wrought scene chock full with bated breath.”
Steven Lewis, It’s Bloggin’ Evil

Happy Times

Country: USA, Israel

Language: English, Hebrew with English Subtitles

Year: 2019

Running Time: 93 minutes

Director: Michael Mayer

Producer: Tomer Almagor, Paola Porrini Bisson, Michael Mayer

Screenplay: Guy Ayal, Michael Mayer

Cast: Michael Aloni, Liraz Chamami, Iris Bahr, Alon Pdut, Stéfi Celma, Ido Mor, Guy Adler, Shani Atias, Daniel Lavid, Mike Burstyn, Ziv Berkovich

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Ash Hamilton is not only the owner of Horror-Fix.com, but also one of its major contributors. A long time horror movie enthusiast, Ash has lent his personality to radio and television and continues to support his favorite genre through his writing and art. He also loves beef jerky and puppies... and low-grade street-quality hallucinogens.
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