February 28, 2004

Mike is also in pre-production on a new film starring the characters Mo and Doyle from Creepy Tales: Girls Night Out.

Maxim Media International
Creepy Tales
Creepy Tales: Girls Night Out
Mo and Doyle: Idiot Our Us
CinemaSky Productions

Razor Sharp Productions is proud to announce that production has begun on ESCAPE FROM THE DEAD 2: STILL ESCAPING, the sequel to last year's cult effort directed by Eamon Hardiman.

With the help of a college pal and a down-on-his-luck priest with a surprise or two up his sleeve, Lance Steele returns to battle The Dead That Walk in this epic undertaking of West Virginia microcinema. Expect tons of breasts, bullets, and blood when this one hits in the Fall. And lets not forget, extreme zombie mayhem!

Razor Sharp Productions

Chris Kobin says that "'Slasher' a feature length documentry directed by John Landis will world premiere at SXSW on Monday March 15th. The film is the first ever, no holds barred look at the world of used cars and used car salesmen. Shot at a three day sale in Memphis, Tennessee, the film focuses on Mike Bennet, who travels the United States, staging Slasher sales events, and his crew. I produced the film along with Steven Cantor and Daniel Laikind for The Independent Film Channel.

Mike Mongillo us Mean Time Productions says that "WELCOME TO EARTH, our next feature, will be shooting later this year. Casting has begun for this sci-fi drama/comedy so if you know any talented actors/comedians, please tell them to ship or e-mail their picture and info to Mean Time Productions, ASAP. As with all of our projects, talented, energetic, passionate and fun-loving folks are encouraged to apply, even if one lacks a standard headshot and resume."

WELCOME TO EARTH is Mean Time's follow-up to their successful festival hit THE WIND.

For more info on the new production, check out the Mean Time site. While you're there, check out the awesome unauthorized SILENT HILL trailer based on the video game of the same name.

Mean Time Productions
The Wind

Sharkey Video's Deep Undead is almost finished. They are wrapping up post-production very soon and hope to have the movie ready for release this May.

We would like to thank our large talented cast & crew: David Maul, Pam Sutch, Vince Butler, Marian Lane, Mick McCleery, Allen Richards, Jonathan Taylor, Osman Karriem, Dawn Murphy, Debbie D, Greg Baron, Domonick Borelli, Tom Knott, Christina Rose, Caitlin Morgan, Phil Herman, Ciris Thompson, and John Pabst.

The Sharkey web site has been totally redesigned and updated with many new pages. There are many pics from DEEP UNDEAD on various pages so check it out at http://sharkeyvideo.rocks.it

MTI Home Video will release the horror film, URBAN GHOST STORY, on VHS and DVD April 27, 2004. Set in the flats of Scotland, this haunting feature explores how poltergeists possess a young girl's mind after a horrific car accident.

After a car accident, Lizzie lies dead on the roadside, slowly she is taken into the light, but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by her doctors. She feels certain that during the 184 seconds that she lay dead, something latched on to her and came back into her world. The nightmares and visions that follow only crystallize her belief that she should have died in the crash. At first the disturbances start merely as tapping and bad smells, but soon the activity escalates. Lizzie seems to be the focus, but according to others, she’s only playing games for attention.

Boasting huge extras, the digitally mastered DVD will include a 16:9 Widescreen Presentation, 5.1 Stereo Surround Sound, 3 Documentaries, 2 Audio Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Musical Score, Photo Gallery, Interactive Menus, Scene Selection, Cast Biographies, Optional Spanish Subtitles, and Trailers.

MTI Video

February 12, 2004

Ravenna, OH: Lurid Entertainment has announced that they will be screening GENUINE NERD—Wayne Alan Harold’s documentary on cult star Toby Radloff (AMERICAN SPLENDOR, KILLER NERD, TOWNIES)—at this April’s Frightvision convention in Cleveland, Ohio. The film will be screened at Frightvision on Friday, April 2 as part of Tempe Entertainment’s Friday Movie Night. Radloff and Harold will both be on hand to introduce the film.

GENUINE NERD documents the life and times of Cleveland’s own Toby Radloff, the self-described "Genuine Nerd" who first received national attention when he was featured in a number of comedy segments on MTV's WEEK IN ROCK in the late 80s and early 90s. Radloff went on to appear in the cult classics KILLER NERD, BRIDE OF KILLER NERD and TOWNIES. Toby also appeared as "himself" in last year’s big screen AMERICAN SPLENDOR, which chronicled the life of Toby’s friend and co-worker, underground comics legend Harvey Pekar. SPLENDOR won the Grand Jury Prize at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and won a special award at Cannes.

GENUINE NERD features an extensive, often hilarious sit-down interview with Radloff, intercut with Toby’s nerdy observations on life, love and (of course) his obsession with White Castle hamburgers.

Producer/Director Wayne Alan Harold is Toby’s primary collaborator, having directed him in the KILLER NERD films, TOWNIES and the upcoming ABERRATION BOULEVARD. "Toby is my ‘Divine’," says Harold, referring to filmmaker John Waters’ longtime muse. "I can’t imagine making a flick without him. I also figured that it was time to document his amazing life in one place."

Radloff adds the following: "I'm still a government employee full time, but I love to be in the spotlight once in a while—whether I'm the "Genuine Nerd" or the "Killer Nerd!""

GENUINE NERD will be released on DVD later this year.

Lurid Entertainment
Tempe Entertainment
Frightvision

February 8, 2004

Of the film, Director Mike Legge says, "Doesn't matter how the election goes, folks. We'll always end up with a purchased politician ready to go fetch for the corporate pillagers who really run the country. So, let's visit a fantasy country. A country that goes one step beyond...

"I've already broken two ribs just trying to start this movie. Is someone trying to stop me? Someone from our "shadow government'? Some goon defending the Patriot Act? Someone with good taste? Who can say?"

Sideshow Cinema

Delaware-based Delaware Based Productions has put the final touches on their 99 minute animated effort, The Meaty McMeat Show. There really isn't much to tell about this cult-oriented no-budget animated feature that can't be gleamed from the boxart.

Delaware Based Productions

LOGAN L Productions has just released their first DVD: The Digital 8 Collection. The DVD includes the mocumentary OU uncovered, the creepy thriller Double or Nothing, Hayward, and College Life along with many special features. This diverse collection of short movies goes from light hearted to very dark.

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Writer-Director Matthew Luetwyler and Ambush Entertainment recently completed production on the horror comedy "Dead and Breakfest" with a premier set for the South by Southwest Film Festival.

Synopsis:

Six friends on a road trip stop for the night at a Bed and Breakfast in the sleepy town of Lovelock. But appearances are not what they seem as the already bizarre residents of the town become possessed by and evil spirit and wreak terror on the gang, pinning them down inside the B&B. In the vein of Evil Dead II and From Dusk Til Dawn.

Dead and Breakfest

Indianapolis filmmaker Don Boner, today announced that preproduction had begun on his latest feature movie, Somewhere in Indiana. Mr. Boner's prior works include the feature Losers Lounge, accepted by 2004 Bare Bones International Independent Film Festival being held April 19-25, 2004, and the short films Ripple, The Bumbling Detective, and Welcome to Kentuckiana.

Mr. Boner explains, "Somewhere in Indiana is a contemporary drama about four young adults of diverse backgrounds who seek answers and closure by visiting Fairview, Indiana, hometown of the late (fictitious) actor Eddie Ray, whose life was cut short in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24. The young people's journey introduces them to a mysterious, older stranger who changes their lives forever."

Matthew Zatkoff was selected by Mr. Boner as his Director of Photography. Zatkoff was writer, director and Director of Photography of the feature-length film, Jordan Bank and Director of Photography on The Benefit, The Postcard, and Sebastian's Pen. Mr. Boner also chose Gerald Peterson and Elayne Powell as assistant directors. Mr. Peterson was assistant director on Losers Lounge and the author of The Murder of Matthew Raymonds. Ms Powell is associated with Inverted Staircase Productions Adrienne Reiswerg will be Script Supervisor for Somewhere in Indiana. Ms. Reiswerg has worked onstage, backstage, and on the administrative staffs of Indianapolis theatres for fifteen years. Jonna Arnold will associate produce, as she did for the film Looking Glass Inn. Thomas A Johnson will be Sound Mixer and Postproduction Editor. Johnson was Sound Mixer on The Book and the Rose and The Wendall Tragressor. The production crew also includes Chera Federle, Ed Kessner, Mark Merritt, Jon Witmer and Martin Stapleton.

Many cast members of Somewhere in Indiana are local actors or have a Hoosier background and have had leading roles in recent Independent movies. Jason Kistler performed in A Certain Justice and 69:the Highway. Jason Smither, performed in Hair Trigger and Someone for Everyone. Apollo Bacala performed in Losers Lounge and Saving Star Wars. Vickie Smith performed in Losers Lounge and Wendell Tragressor Story. Colin Alexander performed in Losers Lounge and Sacred Seal. Dave Briggs performed in Freeze Frame and A Certain Justice. Tim Tyler performed in Losers Lounge and Someone for Everyone.

Somewhere in Indiana will be shot in central Indiana this summer. On March 6, forty-four actors are scheduled to audition for the twenty- one remaining roles.

Somewhere in Indiana

February 1, 2004

The DVD will include Interactive Menus, Scene Selection, Cast Biographies, a Trivia Game, Optional Spanish Subtitles, and Trailers.

I DOWNLOADED A GHOST stars Ellen Page (Ghost Cat, Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story), Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911, The Godson), and Gary Hudson (Paradise Falls, Road House). The feature was written by Jeff Phillips (Lightning: Bolts of Destruction, The Brainiacs.com), directed by Kelly Sandefur (TV’s Family Matters, Combustion), and produced by Leanne Arnott (Before I Say Goodbye) and Joe Broido (Landslide, Fangs).

Synopsis:

Twelve year old Stella stumbles across a curious website while surfing for ideas for the neighborhood's haunted house contest. Everything is fine until she accidentally downloads a real ghost named Winston. Now she is the only person who can help the trapped ghost, quickly realizing that it is much harder to upload a ghost than download one!

MTI Home Video will release Gator Entertainment’s shocking horror film, HELLBREEDER, on VHS and DVD March 16, 2004.

HELLBREEDER stars Dominique Pinon (Alien: Resurrection, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen), Lyndie Uphill, and Darren Day (Alice, Don’t Try This At Home!). The feature was written, directed and produced by James Eaves (Sanitarium) and Johannes Roberts (Darkhunters).

Synopsis:

In the sleepy town of Ludlow the mysterious arrival of a stranger coincides with a wave of horrific murders, which floods Alice (Uphill) with the memory of her own son’s death five years ago. Consumed with the need to find his killer, she persuades a weary drunk detective (Pinon) to work on the case and uncover the truth behind the killings before another murder occurs. Consuming her life, Alice must face the unbelievable truth behind the death of her son before insanity; grief and guilt shatter her mind.

MTI Home Video

OBITUARIES from the Astounding Space Monster Newsletter

Paula Raymond

B-movie leading lady Paula Raymond has died from respiratory ailments. She was 79. Raymond may be best remembered for her roles in such science fiction and horror films as "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "Hand of Death" and "Blood of Dracula's Castle." Born in San Francisco, Raymond made her 1938 film debut as a child in "Keep Smiling." She attended Hollywood High School and completed her education in San Francisco before returning to Hollywood in the mid-1940s to take up a film career. Among her early film credits were roles in "Rusty Leads the Way," "Blondie's Secret," "Crisis," opposite Cary Grant, and "Devil's Doorway," with Robert Taylor. She worked steadily throughout the 1950s, appearing in such "A"-budget films as "The Tall Target," "The Story of Three Loves" and "King Richard and the Crusaders," in which she played Queen Berengeria. In 1962, Raymond was sidelined by a serious car crash, which required extensive facial reconstruction. Miraculously, she recovered her strength and beauty and returned to films within a year. She also worked prolifically in television, appearing in such programs as "Yancy Derringer," "Perry Mason," "The Rough Riders," "77 Sunset Strip," "Bourbon Street Beat," "Cheyenne," "Hawaiian Eye," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and many others.

Lynn Cartwright

Actress Lynn Cartwright has died of illnesses related to dementia. She had also recently suffered a hip fracture. She was 76. Cartwright had small roles in a handful of B pictures in the 1950s, including several that were scripted by her husband, the late actor Leo Gordon. These include "Black Patch," "The Cry Baby Killer" and "The Wasp Woman," the latter two produced by Roger Corman. (A commercial promotion for "The Cry Baby Killer" was a "Prettiest Carhop Contest"; local theaters were encouraged to conduct a contest to find a carhop as lovely as the one played by Cartwright in the picture.) She also had a small part as a Venusian maiden in the cult classic "Queen of Outer Space," starring Zsa Zsa Gabor. She may be best known to contemporary audiences for her part in "A League of Their Own," in which she played an older version of Geena Davis' character, Dottie Hinson, a women's league baseball player. Cartwright's television credits include appearances on such programs as "Maverick," "Adam-12," "Little House on the Prairie" and "Dynasty."

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