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APRIL 29, 2001
You might have noticed a lack of news updates recently. My damn computer took a nasty lightening strik and until I buy a new computer, updates will be whenever I can do them.
***** Two new titles have just been released from W.A.V.E. Serena Powers: Private Eye stars Barbara Joyce as Serena Powers and Tina Krause as her secretary, Lisa McKay, and would be partner. Lisa is kidnapped by a killer thinking that she is Serena Powers. When he learns his mistake, he kidnaps Serena and puts the the two women through a series of deathtraps in order to find the location of $150,000 in drug money. But the women refuse to talk! Will Lisa be cut in half by the table saw? Will they hang together? Or will they simply go up in flames? Check out this light hearted, damsel-in-distress video teaming Barbara and Tina together and opposite each other for the first time ever! This video contains topless nudity, chloroforming, and some violence. LETHAL ILLUSIONS stars Pamela Sutch as magician, Jennifer the Magnificent and Barbara Joyce co-stars as Kara, the Knife Thrower. However, Jennifer is hardly magnificent. In fact, her whole act is a complete disaster and is told by the owner of the club to improve it, or she's fired. She comes up with an unthinkable idea. What if she saws her victims in half for real in front of a live audience? Debbie D and Bobbi Madison become her unwitting victims. See Kara cut off Lisa's top with her knife throwing act! This video contains topless nudity, black humor, and some gore.
APRIL 17, 2001
Terry West say that Pre-Release copies of BLOOD FOR THE MUSE are now available for 19.99 plus shipping at BloodfortheMuse.comOur newest project, I SEE DEAD STRIPPERS, has a domain at: http://www.deadstrippers.com
We have wrapped filming on I SEE DEAD STRIPPERS and should have pre-release copies done soon. I SEE DEAD STRIPPERS is a sex comedy spoof of The Sixth Sense.
***** After months of nothing, suddenly there's tons of Twisted Illusions news. Here's the latest from the website.
TIM RITTER has found a publisher for THE HAMMER WILL FALL, his exciting first novel that finds a teacher pitted against a violent gang of kids. Think THE STEPFATHER meets BLACKBOARD JUNGLE. The contract is rumored to have already been signed and the book should be released internationally by the end of the year. We will keep you updated here and keep in mind, this is a psychological thriller that turns into an absolute bloodbath at the end! The book is also full of B-movie homages, so you'll want to read it slow to catch all the tributes! Ritter is hard at work on his second novel, but he's tight-lipped on its subject matter at this time.
JOEL D. WYNKOOP recently did a cameo appearance in Richard Anasky's upcoming gorefest I AM VENGEANCE. Final pickup shots for this masterpeice of mayhem have been completed and look for it by fall 2001. Joel's role...you guessed it! Gus Kimball, the dirty cop!
FALL OF AN ACTOR is still in postproduction. Writer/Director Joel Wynkoop hopes to get it into the marketplace by the end of the year. There's still a few scenes left to shoot.
WEBMASTER BILL, "HUNG-LIKE-A-HORSE HARRY" aka BILL CASSINELLI is in production on his first movie, an anthology tentatively called WARPED REALITIES. He is shooting now and hopes to have the flick ready to market by summer's end! Stay tuned here!
MONSTERMAN, aka "Protectors Of Terror: Ransom II", is currently in postproduction at Brimstone Productions. There was a hangup due to the elaborate computer generated effects that are being created for the entire series, but producer Kevin Lindenmuth told us that it still looks good for a late 2001 release, or early 2002. We'll keep you posted! Lindenmuth's second book on making movies should be out this summer as well, spotlighting more information on Twisted Illusions' trials and tribulations!
And yes, there is an "unofficial" DVD release of KILLING SPREE that diehard fans have been picking up via E-BAY. Grab 'em while you can, but you might want to wait for the "official" version, coming in early 2002. This will feature two commentary tracks and a host of extra stuff, including lost and deleted footage! Also, there is once again talk of a KILLING SPREE 2. Some investors have approached Tim Ritter about the possibility, so we will keep you up to date the minute something develops!
APRIL 16, 2001
Well how is this for a happy lead story?Dawn and Dave Castiglione (BACKWOODS MARCY) of Sharkey Video have a new addition to their family. Kayla Ann Castiglione was born on April 6, 2001 at 3:55 PM weighing 8.3 lbs and 20 inches long. Dawn, Kayla and Dave were released from Stork Central on Monday and we are all doing fine.
Congratulatoins to Dawn and Dave!
***** Tim Ritter say that DIRTY COP, NO DONUT is going to be playing for two consecutive weekends as a midnight movie at The Den of Cin, a new venue in New York City. The film is being shown on June 15, 16, 22 and 23 and it will be reviewed in all major New York media.
***** Gary Whitson of WAVE says that REAL DETECTIVE STORIES 2 is now available. Pamela Sutch and Dean Paul star in this follow up to REAL DETECTIVE STORIES 1. Arthur (Dean) has remarried and things are not going well. His new wife, Samantha (Pam), plans to murder Arthur for his money while Arthur continues to read his trashy Detective magazines, imagining himself as the killer and his new wife as the victim. Only one of them will survive the ending. Who will it be?
***** Midnight Pictures had their "first of three day's shooting on our new film project Encounter at Black Ridge. The venue was McConville's, a bar in Portadown. For the first ever time, we're employing a professional actor: Tim McGarry, famous in Northern Ireland for starring in the hit TV series Give My Head Peace. He was there, playing one of our lead characters. Also on hire was a professional cameraman and sound man. Recording was done on digital video with sound on minidisc via an overhead mic. This is very much new territory for us. Being there on the day, beholding the scene, and recalling us on the last movie setting up our poxy analogue camcorders, all I could think was, 'Jeepers, this is like a real film. We're making a real film.'"
***** Joshua Warren says "INBRED REDNECKS will not be released in Australia soon after all. The planned distributor, Iioadek Entertainment, is going out of business. However, that means our Australian rights are now open!
"The INBRED REDNECKS DVD is scheduled to be released in mid-2001. Aside from the film, it includes cut footage and bloopers, interviews with cast and crew, and Joshua P. Warren's personal guide to indie filmmaking."
***** Rapid Heart Pictures has just signed an eight picture deal with Regent Realm (The genre division of Regent Entertainment - producers of the Academy Award winning Gods and Monsters). First on the slate is the recently completed THE BROTHERHOOD 2: YOUNG WARLOCKS. This Sexy Supernatural Shocker stars a cast of Super Hot Newcomers and will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
FINAL STAB, a slasher movie about a murder-mystery game gone awry, premiered at the American Film Market in February. The film stars Bradley Stryker and Erinn Carter. Alan Soloman's Amsell Entertainment is handling foreign sales. Look for it at Blockbuster Video this Halloween.
VOODOO ACADEMY, the first horror movie for girls, directed by Rapid Heart's own David DeCoteau has received the best consumer reviews in his Full Moon career (See In Review section). His 93 minute version is now available as a DVD exclusive loaded with many extras including 15 trailers of DeCoteau's films with audio commentary (DeCoteau's first). This controversial version is UNRATED and also includes an introduction by DeCoteau. The VHS release of the Director's cut will be available in later in the year. You can order the UNRATED DVD version now direct from www.tlavideo.com! A sequel, the rights of which Rapid Heart Pictures has just licensed from Full Moon Universe, is being developed.
ANCIENT EVIL: SCREAM OF THE MUMMY is available on DVD and VHS at video stores nationwide. THE BROTHERHOOD is also available on VHS and DVD at Blockbuster Video and Ebay!
Look out for a career retrospective on Rapid Heart Pictures' favorite screenwriter Matthew Jason Walsh, in Femme Fatales Magazine hitting newsstands this Summer!
***** I was over at the MTI Video website and saw a solicitation for a new entry into the Fangoria line on tapes. Maybe I overlooked it, but I hadn't even seen it mentioned on the Fango site. The following synopsis was taken directly from the MTI site.
WINDERNESS
In the light of the moon, seduction and pleasure is never what it seems. And neither is Alice White (AMANDA OOMS), a beautiful and lonely woman with a painfully sinister secret: once a month, when the moon is full, she locks herself away and transforms into a she-wolf. When a passionate triangle ensues between a psychiatrist who can hardly believe her erotically charged tales and a man she may be her one shot at love, Alice flees to the wilderness where she is free to satiate her own beastly desires.
The pre-order date is May 10, 2001. The street day is May 29, 2001.
***** Something Unseen Productions is proud to announce the debut of their first film, Wired Awake, at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY on April 13th and 14th. The premiere will be attended by the directors and much of the cast and crew; and is free and open to the public. The premiere is sponsored by the Vassar Student Association and the Vassar Film League.
Something Unseen Productions is also proud to announce the Philadelphia Premiere of Wired Awake, April 27th at a location to be announced. This showing is also free and open to the public. The premiere is sponsored by the Digital Media Design department at Penn and the University Scholars
PREMIERES:
VASSAR PREMIERE
When: April 13th and 14th; 8pm
Where: Vassar College -- Blodgett Hall
124 Raymond Ave
Poughkeepsie, NYPENN PREMIERE:
When: April 27th; 7pm
Where: The University of Pennsylvania, Details TBAhttp://www.chatterjee.com/wa/default.htm
APRIL 15, 2001
I found all the following the Fred Olen Ray website. It's been about a year since I've been there so I'm not to sure how old this is.His current feature film, COUNTER MEASURES, marked Ray's 50th motion picture as director. The movie, which starred Michael Dudikoff, Alexander Keith, Scott mArlowe and Francine York was budgeted at $1.5m and is a submarine action film along the lines of Dudikoff's earlier HBO World Premiere CRASH DIVE. Producers were actor Andrew Stevens and Ashok Amritraj. Shot on location in Los Angeles, San Pedro and aboard the USS Pampanito submarine in San Francisco. The crew presented Ray with a celebratory cake marking the event. (Photo forthcoming)
Ray's total Directing/Producing/Writing credits number an even 70 films. Ten of which were made last year in what surely must be a new Hollywood record for a director (or at least in the last twenty or thirty years). And that included a trip to India for two months to direct INFERNO.
RECENT FILMS:
Ray recently completed a slate of pictures headed towards video and cable. They include:
INFERNO for Exec Prod Roger Corman, starring Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Rick Hill (DEATHSTALKER), and Tane McClure. Filmed on location in Madras, India.
RAPID ASSAULT, a submarine action picture starring Tim Abell (TV's SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE, INC.) and Jef Rector.
THE SHOOTER, a Western for Cabin Fever Entertainment starring Michael Dudikoff, Country singer Randy Travis and William Smith.
LITTLE MISS MAGIC, a childrens film starring Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Kirk and Michele Bauer.
PROPHET, another Roger Corman picture with Don "The Dragon" Wilson and Barbara Steele. An X-Files styled martial film.
COMING SOON:
INVISIBLE DAD, a follow-up to the successful INVISIBLE MOM, this one starring Karen Black and Charles Deirkop.
MASSEUSE 2 - Need we say more? Starring Gabriella Hall.
BIKINI HOE-DOWN - Lil Abner meets Griffin Drew.
NEXT IN LINE:
SECRET SANTA - a Christmas film starts shooting on September 20th. No cast set as yet.
INVISIBLE MOM 2 - another Corman sequel for November. The original INVISIBLE MOM which starred Dee Wallace Stone became the 3rd most rented video in America in the specialty market and was one of Concorde/New Horizon's top grossers of the year. The film also won the Finalist Award for Best Comedy Feature at the Santa Clarita International Film Festival in 1996.
TIBURON - Formerly FUTURE SUB, a up-dated version of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, by year's end.
***** Rapid Heart Pictures has just signed an eight picture deal with Regent Realm (The genre division of Regent Entertainment - producers of the Academy Award winning Gods and Monsters). First on the slate is the recently completed THE BROTHERHOOD 2: YOUNG WARLOCKS. This Sexy Supernatural Shocker stars a cast of Super Hot Newcomers and will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.FINAL STAB, a slasher movie about a murder-mystery game gone awry, premiered at the American Film Market in February. The film stars Bradley Stryker and Erinn Carter. Alan Soloman's Amsell Entertainment is handling foreign sales. Look for it at Blockbuster Video this Halloween.
VOODOO ACADEMY, the first horror movie for girls, directed by Rapid Heart's own David DeCoteau has received the best consumer reviews in his Full Moon career (See In Review section). His 93 minute version is now available as a DVD exclusive loaded with many extras including 15 trailers of DeCoteau's films with audio commentary (DeCoteau's first). This controversial version is UNRATED and also includes an introduction by DeCoteau. The VHS release of the Director's cut will be available in later in the year. You can order the UNRATED DVD version now direct from www.tlavideo.com! A sequel, the rights of which Rapid Heart Pictures has just licensed from Full Moon Universe, is being developed.
ANCIENT EVIL: SCREAM OF THE MUMMY is available on DVD and VHS at video stores nationwide. THE BROTHERHOOD is also available on VHS and DVD at Blockbuster Video and Ebay!
Look out for a career retrospective on Rapid Heart Pictures' favorite screenwriter Matthew Jason Walsh, in Femme Fatales Magazine hitting newsstands this Summer!
APRIL 14, 2001
Want to know what's going on with Sub Rosa Studios? Here's the answers to your questions.Editing resumes this weekend on "Dark Descent: Unholy Fire". Should be wrapped up around mid-summer. This movie is anthology of shorts from Sub Rosa Studios.
Alexandre Michaud ("Urban Flesh") is producing "Goregoyles". "It is going to be a kick-ass series of movies each featuring two medium length fictions by the top indie directors. It's going to be wild and gory as the real horror fans like it." Reports Alexandre.
Worm Miller ("I was a Teenage Frankenstein's Roommate") has finished "Hey, Stop Stabbing Me!" (soon to be available via Sub Rosa Studios) and is hard at work editing an earlier production called "Murder Made Easy". "Also I shot a 30 minute short last week tentatively titled 'Magma Head'" Worm reports, "which I plan to package together with another loosely related short this summer.
Eric Thornett reports: "23 HOURS is being shown at the Johns Hopkins Film Festival this coming Saturday at 5 and 10pm! And best of all, it's gloriously free! Now you may think, "two showings hardly counts as a full night. Eric should stick a knife in his face." But wait! Before the ten o'clock showing is a film that Piranha Pictures is associated with called LETHAL FORCE, directed by Alvin Ecarma and starring Baltimore underground acting legend Cash Flagg Jr. I was called in for my action expertise, and I directed the many bloody action scenes. It's a night full of mayhem and demolition-derby style violence!"
APRIL 13, 2001
I got a message today regarding another theatrical screening of RADIO FREE STEVE. I hope some of you can make it out.RADIO FREE STEVE
Friday, April 27th 2001 at 9:00pm
The USA Film Festival
http://www.usafilmfestival.com/The Cinemark Megaplex 17
11819 Webb Chapel Road
at the Lindon Baines Johnson Memorial Freeway
Dallas, TexasBig 'ole party afterwards!
APRIL 11, 2001
The following showed up today as part of Stephanie Beaton's e-newsletter.A quick note in regards to Evilynn character. There is no more Evilynn! Due to the greedyness of the one partner and wanting to take all monies for himself and being able to fire Stephanie at anytime, the Evilynn character and or contract has been terminated!!! The official Evilynn.com website will not launch on Friday, April 13th. If it happens to, there should be no pictures of Stephanie as the character Evilynn on this site. IF THERE IS pictures of Stephanie that you DO find out there as Evilynn, PLEASE contact myself, or Stephanie ASAP and where the location you found the info at. This would have been a GREAT concept but there are those out there in this world who want, want and want for themselves and have plans to scew you over right from the start!
APRIL 10, 2001
As always, Ron Bonk is cranking out product for his great company Sub Rosa Studio. The following comes from his most recent newsletter.We've launched another new studio divison of our company. As many of you know, our first division (called Sub Rosa Midwest) has thrived well in Kentucky under the guidance of Tim Ritter. Now where Sub Rosa Midwest focuses on exploitation type movies, eventually centering in on AIP/Roger Corman like product from the 50-60-70's, this new division will meet another b-movie demand. Sub Rosa Extreme, as it is being called, will focusing on producing gory, violent, disturbing feature films. And who better to oversee this division than St. Louis director Eric Stanze, the director of such mind-blowing films as Ice from the Sun and Scrapbook. We're already in pre-production on five new features set to wrap before the end of 2001. Meanwhile, Sub Rosa Midwest is currently in pre-production on six more new features, and at least four are set to be completed before end of 2001.
NEW RELEASES AT B-MOVIE.COM
GUT PILE
AVAILABLE 5/1/01 - ORDER NOW AND GET $5 OFF! JUST $19.95
From Sub Rosa Studios! Directed by Jerry O'Sullivan and Produced by Ron Bonk. Includes a 15 min. featurette "Behind-the-Scenes of Gut Pile." Out hunting one morning, Dan accidentally shoots another hunter. Instead of doing the right thing, he chooses to instead hide the evidence and bury the body.
Cut to one year later. Dan's back out hunting with his friends Mike and Bob, his misdeed appearing to be successfully covered up. All is shaping up to a normal outing - the friend's playing cards, getting drunk, cracking jokes. But then something comes back to life in the woods. A spirit of a dead man, seeking revenge. And it'll stop at nothing to fulfill its thirst for blood...
Starring Ed Mastin and Ron Bonk, includes a cameo appearance by Sasha Graham.
TO DANCE WITH DEATH
A suicidal young woman is forced to face her life or death options after being visited by a beautiful specter. Contains Full Frontal Nudity, Lesbianism and Violence
Stars Brinke Stevens, Lauren Westen, Victoria Lundin, Kirsten Harker, Hugo Boteler, Kim Park
Produced by Los Dos Hombres (a subsidiary of One Shot Productions) & Jay Lind Film
Written and Directed by Jay LindDEAD GIRL ON FILM
Jimmy, Max, and Bill want to make some quick money. So they take what little cash they have and put it towards making some S&M films. But making these movies isn't as easy as it seems, and their distributor tells them to get lost. Left to foot most of the bill, Jimmy realizes that maybe he's gotten in a little to deep with Max and Bill. Now he has to tell his abusive girlfriend that nobody wants the movies - the movies that he promised would make her a star!
Meanwhile, Max, desperate to make some money, sinks deeper into the underground sex market. With no line too fine to cross, new parties take notice of his work. He is offered a large sum of money to make something different... a real snuff film. Driven crazy with greed, Max decides to make the movie. Jimmy objects, but Max forces him along, making him run the camera at gunpoint...
Screaming. The slash of a knife. Blood. Lots of blood... And then it's done.
But in the aftermath, Jimmy's world really begins to fall apart. Strange things begin to happen to him, and anyone that comes in contact with the film is slaughtered. He becomes haunted by horrific images and life around him spirals into a supernatural gorefest...
Starring Typhany Weathers, Rich George, Mike Cappuccilli, Brian Paulin, Linda Costa and Brian DeClercq.
Produced by Brian Paulin and Rich George.
Written and Directed by Brian PaulinAPRIL 9, 2001
I received the following ad and thought I would share. Enjoy.The Dead are rising..and they are HUNGRY! Bleedings to all of you Ghouls, Goblins and members of the elite Army of Gorehounds..Our day is closing in upon us..On April 15, 2001, One and All may bear witness to a World of Unholy Horrors and Unamable Terrors at the first official SPLATTERPALOOZA!
SPLATTERPALOOZA takes place on Easter Sunday (Thank You Easter Bunnicula !!) from 12PM to 10PM. The Venue is called the Polo Club and is located at 17 S. 1st Street in Alhambra (behind the Penny Lane Record Store). Tickets can be purchased at Retail Slut in Hollywood or at Dark Delicassies in Burbank, or by sending a money order for $15, and full name to:
Cassandra Healey
1100 West Edgeware #328
Los Angeles, CA 90026For any additional info please call 213 482 4085. Limited space is available for this event, so while coming the day of the show might be okay, the beast bet is to purchase tickets in advance.
Mistress Persephone (http://www.gothic.net/~framses/) is the Master of Ceremonies. Master of Musical Morbidity DJ Nightstalker will be spinning the spookiest of sounds and will accept special requests in between the event's happenings.
Screenings of The Dead Hate the Living, Splatter and more.
Troma bloody wet t-shirt contest, guest speakers, vendors and ghoulish costume contest.
There will also be raffled prizes. Penis Flytrap, Deadbolt and the Graveyard farmers perform.
For more information contact : WormfoodHorror@aol.com or FlytrapHorror@hotmail.com .
SPLATTERPALOOZA tickets are now available at Retail Slut, located at 7308 Melrose Ave. in Holywood (visit: www.retailslut.com/) and at Dark Delicasies, which is located at 4213 W. Burbank Boulevard in Burbank (visit: www.darkdel.com/) tickets are $13.00. Visit "evil events' at www.gothicbeachstudio.com
APRIL 5, 2001
My good pal John Bowker has gotten his excellent movie, THE EVILMAKER, onto the shelves of Blockbuster Video...sort of. As part of an exclusive deal, THE EVILMAKER staring Stephanie Beaton, will make it's debut by the end of June...so you cats have to wait for the one the coolest b-movies of recent years.
APRIL 4, 2001
The following is part of the most recent e-mail update from Dr. Squids monthly (???) e-zine.Deadly Spawn mastermind Ted A. Bohus' latest project is a bit of a departure from his usual monsterfests. It's a mob film called "This Thing of Ours," and just listen to this cast: Vincent (The Soprano's "Big Pussy") Pastore, Frank (Goodfellas, Casino, Raging Bull) Vincent, comedian Pat Cooper, tough guy Chuck Zito, Joe Rigano, Vinny Vella, Louis (A Bronx Tale) Vanaria and according to Ted, "a surprise cameo!" On top of all that, Ted and partner Danny Provenzano have Aerosmith's Joe Perry is working on music for the film! Geez, Ted, you are da MAN! Good luck with it! Fuggetaboudit!
Ted V. Mikels has a website up at http://www.geocities.com/tedvmikels/ - check it out for all kinds of cool info about the man and his movies, including his lastest, "Corpse Grinders 2!" Check out his filmography: I had no idea the man perhaps best known for Astro Zombies & The Doll Squad was so prolific! Tell him Dr. Squid sent ya!
Stephanie (Evilmaker, Witchcraft sequels) Beaton's next project is a film entitled "Made in Hollywood," scheduled to shoot in LA in April. The film is about a young, naive girl from Iowa who comes to California to make it in Hollywood. She winds up living at a hotel at which she thinks all the stars in Hollywood live, only to find out that the only shooting going on is porno flicks. Stephanie plays Nina, a top porn star dying to make it into non-adult film roles. The campy comedy is being directed by Ed (Bikini Car Wash) Hansen.
In May, Stephanie flies off to Minneapolis, Minnesota to work with Nightmare Productions on their latest, "Tortured Soul 3, The Willing Flesh." Michael W. Johnson will direct this 3rd and final installment of the series.
Then in June, Stephanie is back in California for a horror project entitled, "Little Bo Peep." According to Steph, she will be"will be slicing and dicing her victims one by one and playing not one but 3 roles as triplets!"
On top of all that, Stephanie will be premiering her new "character," Evilynn on Friday, April 13th at http://www.evilynn.com. There are plans for all kinds of Evilynn goodies, so watch the website for details.
You can catch Stephanie and gobs of other b-film, TV and entertaining folks at the Frightvision con in Ohio this next weekend, April 6, 7 and 8. She'll have a few Dr. Squid zines on hand, so check them out if you can!
APRIL 3, 2001
The following comes from a recent e-mail update from 4th Floor Pictures.4th Floor Pictures next flick "SHUDDER" is done. The newest thriller/slasher flick is complete and looking for distribution. This movie stars Angie Guido (Tales for the Midnight Hour), Vic Badger, Rose Woelfel, and Jeremy Stratton. Screenplay by Dominic Guerieri and Ronald Damien Malfi. This new flick Rocks the DEAD. Visit the SHUDDER web page to find out more...
SHUDDER also had music produced by Music 2 Hues, Acid Music, and MC EVIL. I've got to give a huge shout out to MC EVIL for letting us use one of his songs in the flick. Plus the fact that we screwed up his name and song title on the end credits. Much love to MC EVIL... Get MC EVIL'S new album titled "Picture Mommy Dead" Email him at: hauntedhood@hotmail.com
NEW SECTION AT THE 4Th FLoor... Introducing the 4th Floor Underground. NOW you can get tons of new indie flicks from Sub Rosa Studio's and Falcon Video's. Pay by PAY PAL or by snail Mail. Yes, now you can buy any title by credit card... So, go and shop around.
Whats next for the 4th Floor??? Tons of new stuff coming soon. The 4th Floor is in the works of making the final Axe flick. Thats right dead heads "Day of the Axe 3" is in the works. The 4th Floor is also in the works of doing the final chapter for the Evil Tales series. We are looking for new and weird tales for this final chapter. Stay tuned dead heads...
APRIL 1, 2001
Ellsworth Hall recently completed directing and scoring a new film starring Conrad Brooks titled DEL FARRAR. Conrad plays an evil dictator. Look for a release soon. You can view clips at the official website.DEL FERRAR
H&H Warranted Productions
***** The following news is brought to us by the monthly B-Monster newsletter.
OBITUARIES
Sally Mansfield
The actress best known to genre-film fans for her role as Vena Ray on the "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" television program, Sally Mansfield, is dead at 77. She had lung cancer. She began her show business career with theater work in her native Chicago. She switched to radio in the mid-1940s where she was heard on many soap operas and commercials. She also worked as a dancer in Las Vegas before winning a Paramount Pictures contract in 1951. She had small roles in several Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin films as well as "The Leather Saint" opposite Paul Douglas and John Derek. She beat out 300 other actresses to win the role of Vena on the "Rocky Jones" program, which starred Richard Crane as a two-fisted space pilot. In 1954, she was selected to portray Miss Emmy, a character used to publicize the annual television awards.William Hanna
Pioneering animator William Hanna, who had been in declining health for some time, died at his home in North Hollywood. He was 90. Together with partner Joseph Barbera, Hanna created some of the best-loved characters in cartoon history, including "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons," "Yogi Bear," "Huckleberry Hound" and many others. Hanna and Barbera won a total of seven Academy Awards for the Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoons they created for MGM in the 1940s. Shifting to television in the 1950s, they won the first Emmy Award for an animated series for "Huckleberry Hound and Friends." Other series produced by the venerable Hanna-Barbera animation house were "Jonny Quest," "Quick Draw McGraw," "Space Ghost" and "Scooby-Doo."Sam Wiesenthal
Sam Wiesenthal, who worked in a production capacity on classic Universal horror films such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein," passed away at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 92. While still in high school, Wiesenthal worked at Universal's Manhattan office. Along with Carl Laemmle Jr., he helped produce the 1930 Academy Award-winner "All Quiet on the Western Front." He produced several films in the 1950s, including "Cry Danger," Tension at Table Rock" and "Second Chance."Sir Lancelot
Lancelot Victor Pinard, who helped introduce Americans to calypso music using the stage name Sir Lancelot, died at his home in Anaheim, Calif. He was 98. He debuted at New York's Village Vanguard night club in 1940 and soon after began a West Coast tour that caught the attention of filmmakers. Cult-movie fans will remember Sir Lancelot's roles in some of producer Val Lewton's classic RKO horrors, including "I Walked With A Zombie," "The Ghost Ship" and "Curse of the Cat People," as well as the 1950s shocker "The Unknown Terror." He also had a small role in the Bogart-Bacall classic "To Have and Have Not." His singing career was briefly resurrected in the 1980s when he performed in the Los Angeles area accompanied by Van Dyke Parks on piano, Ry Cooder on guitar and Jim Keltner on drums.