''Breath of Hate'' is a 2011

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later re-released in 2015 under the title ''The Last House'' by Wild Eye Releasing. Starring

Jason Mewes Jason Edward Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, film producer, and podcaster. He is best known for playing Jay, the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob, in longtime friend Kevin Smith's films. Early life Mewes was ...

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, and Monique Parent, it is the second collaboration between Velvet Hammer Films and ArsonCuff Entertainment who previously teamed up on '' Silent Night, Zombie Night''.

Plot

Love is a prostitute looking to get out of the business, but unfortunately her last gig is for three

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ists who've just escaped from a

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and are trawling for victims.

Cast

as Hate *

as Ned * Lauren Walsh as Love * Jack Forcinito as Sonny * Monique Parent as Selma * Timothy Muskatell as "Poot" * Ricardo Gray as Cleb *

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as Realtor * Alexis Zibolis as Jenna * Jeanine Daniels as Hailey * Trista Robinson as Tabbi * Ted Prior as Danton * Aramis Sartorio as Mike *

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as Candy * Regan Reece as Lead Dancer

Production

Production began in August 2010 for fourteen days in the Los Angeles area. The Malibu mansion that Hate and his cohorts take over has been used in many other productions, mostly notably

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's 1313 films and sex comedies from

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Release

''Breath of Hate'' had a sneak preview at the ''Gorezone'' magazine Weekend of Horrors on October 2, 2010, in

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, where it played to a packed house. The film had its official world premiere as part of 2011's Another Hole in the Head film festival in

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, and as part of the ''

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'' film festival in

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. In January 2011, Sean Cain, the film's director, stated his goal was to secure a limited theatrical run for the film. After nearly two years of talks with distributors, he started a

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campaign to obtain funds for a January 2013 four wall theatrical debut and DVD/Blu-ray release. The $15,000 fundraiser raised $5,033 after one month, and the project subsequently failed to get funded. The film was picked up for a Los Angeles premiere in March by the CineMayhem film festival
Dread Central's Indie Horror Month Kicks Off with the CineMayhem Film Festival in conjunction with

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, as part of their 2013 Indie Horror month, where it played alongside another Jason Mewes film, '' K-11'', and the world premiere of ''

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''. On November 24, 2015, the film, now retitled ''The Last House'', was released digitally and on DVD through the boutique indie distributor,

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. In April 2018, it was pulled from

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due to offensive content.

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