Love in the Time of Monsters

Love in the Time of Monsters is a 2014 comedy horror film directed by Matt Jackson and starring Doug Jones, Kane Hodder, Mike McShane, Shawn Weatherly and Heather Rae Young.^[1][2] It was produced and distributed by TBC Films and Indican Pictures respectively.^[1] It premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and was released on DVD and VOD in the U.S. and Canada on February 17, 2015.^[2]

Love in the Time of Monsters
Film poster
Directed by	Matt Jackson
Written by	Michael Skvarla[1]
Produced by	Andy Gunn[1]
Starring	Doug Jones Kane Hodder Mike McShane Shawn Weatherly Heather Rae Young
Cinematography	Jorge L. Urbina[1]
Edited by	Todd Zelin[1]
Music by	Rob Gokee[1]
Production company	TBC Films
Distributed by	Indican Pictures TBC Films
Release dates	March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08) (Cinequest Film Festival) February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17) (U.S.)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The title is a play on Love in the Time of Cholera, a novel by Gabriel García Márquez.

Cast

• Doug Jones as Dr. Lincoln
• Kane Hodder as Lou
• Mike McShane as Slavko
• Shawn Weatherly as Marianna
• Heather Rae Young as Brandi
• Gena Shaw as Marla
• Marissa Skell as Carla

Production

Filming began on May 3, 2012, in northern California^[3] (Gasquet and Klamath).

Marketing

The official trailer was released in April, 2013.^[4]

The tagline is "True love can get real ugly."

Release

Love premiered on March 8, 2014, at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California.^[5]

Reception

Dread Central was enthusiastic about "the sheer amount of charm and fun that is crammed into this movie": "Jackson has crafted an incredibly funny, rich, and ultimately entertaining movie with enough heart to keep you hooked till the end. ... It's a perfect combination of cheesy love story and campy monster movie. ... A lot of my enjoyment from the film comes from how over-the-top it goes, while still maintaining a human element with the love story goofiness. A movie that starts with standard love drama goes to zombies, goose zombies, moose zombies, hordes of squirrel zombies, Abraham Lincoln scientist, Russian immigrant Uncle Sam, and an actual Bigfoot showdown."^[6]

The Best Horror Movies review was also strongly positive, describing Love as "a highly entertaining film" with "smart and witty" dialogue.^[7] Two rave reviews appeared at Aberrant Films, with Spider Santana giving it a 10/10 rating (calling it a "campy little gem") and Sky Tallone a 9/10 ("unlike your traditional campy horror-comedy, this story actually has very compelling characters with well-defined relationships, romances, back stories, personal struggles, and well-written dialogue").^[8] The Undead Review gave the movie a 4.5/5 rating, calling it "a strange, hilarious, and yet still chilling film that I would highly recommend."^[9]