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If you have a news item you would like to see posted please e-mail it directly to me at almaric@usa.net/.Well guys, it's taken me a while, but I've finally got the message boards up and running. Do me a favor, check them out and let me know what you think.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
I supported this last year, and I'm doing it again this year.
"Hello all you great filmmakers,
"Its that time again. Time to ask wholeheartedly for donations as prizes for Horrorama 2001. Last year was easily the most exciting and most successful year for this undertaking. very much because of the people of this list contributing. So this year I am asking for the same.
"For those who do not recall or are new to the list: Horrorama is a 12 hour all night horror movie marathon in Dayton, Ohio hosted by Legendary horror host Dr. Creep (who inthe last year has gathered a whole new cadre of fans through his work onthe Necrophagia rock video project!)All proceeds go to Project Christmas Smiles, nearly 25 year old charity here in Dayton to gives presents to needy familys and children during the holiday season.
"What I am asking is for donations of movies, magazines, t-shirts, hats are anythign else horror/sci-fi movie related to be given away at the marathon. Last year many on this list donated and the crowd were overwhelmed with the prizes. This is a great way to get the word out about your movies (word of mouth) and some good promotion too. Best of all it is tax deductable!
"So please give generously and freely. I am not asking for money, but for YOUR MOVIES! This is a rabid die hard horror crowd we draw and they love low budget stuff!
"Contact me at: topo872@yahoo.com for details.
"Mail any stuff to:
Andy Copp
P.O. Box 081
Dayton, Ohio
45404-0081
USA
***** The AX has RETURNED... DAY OF THE AX 3 -BLOODLETTING- is now done shooting. The final AX flick is now in post production and should be done within the next few weeks. Ax 3 is full of blood, guts, and nudity. Computer generated effects that will blow your eye lids off of your head. Starring Shawn Meyer as J.R. Sorg With special cameos from TINA KRAUSE, PHIL HERMAN, LILITH STABS, AMY WATT, and MAX CERCHI. DotA3 was written by Dominic Guerieri and Ronald Damien Malfi (the writters of SHUDDER) from Tunnel Vision Entertainment. Come back soon for release dates.
***** The Suburban All-Stars is an independent rap group out of Petaluma, CA. They've agreed to allow their music to be used as source material in COMBUSTIBLES. The soundtrack for COMBUSTIBLES is shaping up to be a unique blend of talents, with the Suburban All-Stars being added to the line-up that already includes ML Marosits and John Brugmann.
We're still in post-production on (COMBUSTIBLES). With everything that's happened in the personal lives of the members of Dead End Pictures, we've had to rearrange our schedules and release date plans, but we're shooting for an ambitious time table for the completion and release of this project.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2001
The following message is from Mike White, the editor of the great Cashiers du Cinemart magazine.
FILM FOR A CAUSE
You may not be in New York City but it you know someone who is then be sure to tell them about this.Other than our thoughts, time, and blood, we can give money to aid in relief efforts for the victims of September 11th. To that end, on October 4th at 8PM there will be a special screening of "THE TURKISH WIZARD OF OZ" at The Two Boots Den of Cin, 44 Avenue A & East 3rd Street in New York City.
Tickets are $10 and all proceeds will go to the American Red Cross. If you can't make it to this movie (maybe you're like me and stuck in the Midwest) but still want to help, National Amusements * is donating all box office and concession (where all theaters make their money) proceeds to the American Red Cross on September 25th, 2001. For more information visit: http://www.showcasecinemas.com/victimspg.asp
For more information about THE TURKISH WIZARD OF OZ visit: http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?File=ReviewsOne.inc&Id=1402
***** It's been awhile since our last update. I apologize for the lack of communication, but needless to say, things have been more than hectic recently. Anyhow, here's what is happening in the continuously growing world of ULTRA VIOLENT Magazine.
Unfortunately, issue 4 is going to be slightly delayed. We're currently looking at a November release date, as opposed to the original Halloween release. However, we're going to make up for our little flaw by unleashing a special double issue of UV! (64 pages).
For those of you who have not been informed: We recently inherited some material that was intended to be published in the upcoming, Pages of Filth. The magazine was to be edited by Bruce Holecheck and published by Blackest Heart Media. Bruce is currently pursuing another (horror related) business endeavor and Shawn barely has time to breathe, so the material was offered to us for publication.
We're proud to be publishing the long awaited and EXTREMELY thorough, Art Ettinger interview with Roger Watkins. Watkins is the director behind the infamous video nasty, Last House on Dead End Street (soon to be released on DVD by Barrel Entertainment). Roger was kind enough to pass along a few pics from his scrapbook that we'll run alongside the interview.
Issue 4: Exclusive interviews with (the aforementioned) Roger Watkins, Jean (Fascination, Living Dead Girl amongst many others) Rollin, Michael (Hills Have Eyes, Cut & Run) Berryman, Fred (Night of the Creeps, House) Dekker, Alan (Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, Deranged) Ormsby and horror author Jack Ketchum (conducted by Chas. Balun).
Film Reviews: My Lovely Burnt Brother and His Squashed Brain, Nutbag, Death Curse of Tartu & Sting of Death, Argento's Sleepless, Lucker, Badi & more!
DVD Reviews: Schramm, Cut Throats Nine, Cat O' Nine Tails, Children of the Corn, NightWatch, Creepshow 2, Amuck, Funny Games, The Beast Within, Psycho Beach Party & more!
Book Reviews: Zombie, Eros in Hell, The Dead Walk & more!
Articles: Muren You Can Imagine: A Detailed Dissection of Equinox, New Wave Nihilism: The Surreal Visions of Stephen Sayadian, AKA Rinse Dream & more!
As always, thanks for your interest and support!
Scott Gabbey
Ultra Violent
***** From Atomaton Entertainment
As you probably know, we are in the process of shooting our next smash hit film, entitled "Stop Or I'll Shoot, Volume 3".
Next Friday, September 28th, 2001, we will be shooting a scene for the movie that takes place in a lecture hall at Brock University. In order to pull this off, we need to recreate the look of a real lecture, and since we have little to no friends, we need your help to fill the classroom with eager students. That's right, we need extras!
If you would like to be immortalized up on the big screen alongside some of the biggest names in independent film, all you have to do is show up at Brock University at around 7:45 or so. We will probably all meet outside of Schmon Tower before going inside. The shooting will occur between 8:00 and 11:30 pm.
Please note the following guidelines:
1. Just dress casually, as if you were a student attending a class. Don't dress like a jerk.
2. You will not get paid for this, you greedy bastards.
3. Please note that there may be some explicit dialogue spoken during the scene, so if explicit dialogue offends you then please bring earplugs.
4. Some of the extras may possibly be assigned speaking roles.
5. The extras with speaking roles will not get paid either, you greedy bastards.
6. Don't ruin our movie.
Alright then. If you think you can make it to this special event, we would appreciate it if you could let us know in advance, so we can get an idea of how many people will be attending. E-mail us or something. You can also e-mail if you have further questions about the movie shoot.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Let's keep the good times rollin'.
Sean Dwyer
Man For All Seasons
Atomaton Entertainment
http://atomaton.8m.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2001
Being the uber-supporter of indi-horror that I am, I created a new message board over at Horrorfind. Note: This is no excuse for you chaps to not use the message board resource you have available on this site.The link for the Horrorfind board is: http://userboards.horrorfind.com/board/IndiHorror/index.html
***** The last weeks of September should see Minneapolis filmmakers Aaron James Pfeifer and Audie Harrison shooting thier 16mm Black and White comedy THE LAST AMERICAN.
The following plot synopsis comes directly from the official website.
"A comedy about a punk rocker trying to sell his sister's couch. "The Last American" is a film steeped in rock and roll mysticism, apocalyptic miscommunication, and screwball comedy. It is a coming of age fable about a punk rock hero named Kev and his adventures as a salesman."
***** THE DIVIDING HOUR director Mike Prosser recently sent out the following info regarding upcoming projects and releases."www.playgroundfilms.com is now open for business.
"Greg and I have spent long hours getting the new and improved site up and running. All new photos and art. Be sure to check out the following...
"Updated DIVIDING HOUR pages featuring the Scream Queen photo gallery and the Gimp's vacation photos from LA and NYC!!
"NEW...coverage of our short THE LIFE OF DEATH (Behind the scenes, stills, bios, AND a clip of the flick)!!
NEW...our rock video for HUNG LIKE THE LORD by the band LAVOODOOKISS!!
"In other news...DIVIDING HOUR DVD is on its way! 2/3rds of the behind the scenes interviews with the cast and crew are in the can (or tape if you will). The commentary was recorded 2 weeks ago. Authoring begins in 2 weeks!!"
***** Well, since RADIO FREE STEVE was named B-Independent.com's Underground Film of the Year for 2000, I just HAD to pass along the following e-mail.
"Hey Mutants!
"I just got a copy of one of the episodes of "An American Perspective" I did for TNN awhile back.
"It's on that world wide web dealie at: http://www.radiofreesteve.com/american.html
"In this episode I give out a few of my hunting secrets which have made me one of the best goddamn deer assassins on God's green earth.
Armed to teeth... always,
Steve Glenn
SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
Divergent Thinking Productions says that even though the B-Movie Festival was cancelled, they will continue to hit hhe festival circuit hard and will be screening their film LETHAL FORCE at the following:
- October 4-13, 2001 Stiges Film Festival, Catalunya, Spain as part of their "Brigadoon" section. Time and Date is "a determinar" (that's TBD for us Yankees.) For more information on the Stiges Film Festival go to www.sitges.com/cinema
- October 11-18, 2001 Austin Film Festival, Austin, Texas as part of their "Midnight Madness" section. Time and Date is TBD. For more information on the Austin Film Festival go to www.austinfilmfest.com
- Tuesday, October 30 @ 9:15PM at VisionsDC in Washington, DC. A selection of the Director's shorts will precede the film. For more info on VisionsDC go to www.visionsDC.com
- October 31-November 4, Microcinefest in Baltimore, MD. Time and Date TBD. For information, please go to www.microcinefest.com
SEPTEMBER 19, 2001
This coming Wednesday night will be the last week of a four week run for the second episode of Sub Rosa Studios new Syracuse public access TV show - " Red Files".
"Red Files" deals with a series of bootleg video recordings of evidence from various F.B.I. case files. Each story is told in documentary style, and most cases deal with unexplained supernatural happenings. The series is being overseen by Syracuse filmmaker Ron Bonk ("the vicious Sweet", "Strawberry Estates", and local TV shows "Syracuse City" and "Big City").
The second episode, subtitled "1717 Evergreen Terrace", deals with a "Big Brother" reality type game show and a serial killer breaking into their house one night. It stars Jasi Lanier, Lloyd Lathrop, Ed Mastin, Jessica MacGrail and Joseph Romeo. It was produced by Lloyd Lathrop and Ron Bonk and was written and directed by Ron Bonk.
Next Wednesday, an edited down version of our 100 minute feature "Strawberry Estates" will air. This episode deals with a camera crew sent into a closed down, supposedly haunted insane asylum to document paranormal activity. It stars Jason Reed, Chrissy Frick, Bob Fullenbaum and Lisa Chelenza. This edited version runs 30 mins and will air for the next four weeks.
Production starts on episode four this coming weekend. Subtitled "Rocky Mount", it deals with "Red Files" first reoccurring character, Taylor Bach, a psychic who aids in special police investigations. This particular case deals with some strange murders and the possibility that a werewolf might be involved. It will star Natasha Kay, Robert Licata, Tom Minion, Ed Mastin, Frank Tropepi, and Justin Busch. This episode should start airing around 10/24.
The Red Files plays every Wednesday night at 10pm on Channel 3 in the city and 14 in the suburbs.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
By now all of you have heard the terrible news regarding the cowardly acts of terrorism that took place today in New York City and my hometown, Washington, D.C. My prayers go out to all of you. Other than sending our prayers, there's isn't much many of can do. There's been talk on the news about the need to blood at the Red Cross. If you are able, please find it in your heart to donate a pint. It might just save a life.Find your local Red Cross
***** FOO TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN WITH BOO FEST 2001
After having so much with three straight years of Foo Fests in the spring, you can't blame Foo (or its growing fan base and expanding audience) for demanding more. Therefore, this Halloween, the Foo gang will return to the Bentley College campus and unveil Boo Fest 2001.
The official word states that on Saturday, October 27th, Boo Fest 2001 will emanate from the Koumantzelis Auditorium at Bentley College in Waltham, MA. The show will begin at 7pm and will feature Foovies never-before-seen on the big screen at prior Foo Fests.
What will be shown? Well, if there's any kind of Halloween-type theme for the event, maybe we'll see some horror/thriller movies (and no we're not talking about Full Throttle). Could The Sandy Robot Ninja Hook Lingerie Beach House Party Massacre be completed in time? Perhaps the recently re-mastered Demento Delivery or the spine tingling Marionettes?
***** Allen,
I know you already know this, but...!
MooDude Productions new feature horror film BIOHAZARDOUS Will screen at the B-Movie Film Festival this coming Saturday night, Sept. 15th at Wescott Movie Theater in downtown Syracuse, NY. Biohazardous have recived six "Killer-B" award nominations!
Biohazardous Website: www.Biohazardous.cjb.net
B-movie Fest Website: www.b-movie.comFull details below:
WHAT: A Special Screening of MooDude Productions new Horror film "BIOHAZARDOUS" as part of the B-Movie Fim Festival
WHERE: The Wescott Movie Theater
524 Westcott St. Syracuse (479-9911)WHEN: Saturday , Sept. 15th 2001 at 11:30pm
Only $5.00 admission !!!!! BYOB
SEPTEMBER 9, 2001
Ari Bavel gave me a quick update on what he and Todd Sheet's have been up to.
"As for Extreme Entertainment and Todd Sheets, there is a November start date listed for filming of the new project, "Lords of Chaos." LOC is an adaptation from the book about the Scandinavian Black Metal movement. It's full of murder, arson, pagan religions and plenty of gore. Look for a Summer 2002 release.
"Evilarab Productions is uniting with Monumental Pictures to product Blake Fitzpatrick's "Imprudence." It's a revenge story with zombies, witches, lots of gore and a few belly laughs. The project is in full production at the moment and stars Abraham Dyer, veteran of Todd Sheets' "Catacombs" and "Zombie Bloodbath 3." Look for release in the Spring. Evilarab is also in post production of "Bride of the Zombie." A short horror-comedy starring "Catacombs" and "ZB3" scream queen Ruth Ellen Dyer. Release is planned for Halloween.
"Ari Bavel, Evilarab Productions president and PR chief, has been busy with several films over the summer. June saw an appearance in "Mob Daze" a dark comedy about group of college buddies who team up to take on the local mob. Joe Estevez and Maniac Cop's Robert Z'Dar head the cast. Chris Watson produced and David Diamond directed. In July, Bavel made an appearance in Monumental Pictures' "Imprudence." He plays an unfortunate policeman who stops the wrong guys at the wrong time and pays with his life. August brought a trip to Wichita, Kansas for a lead in Brock Rhodes' "Shotgun." Bavel once again donned the policeman's costume as Officer Contendre', the arresting officer in a triple murder-cannibalism case. Also in August came Jeff Buckles' "Camilla's House," one segment in an anthology tribute to The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. The working title of the project is "The Outer Zone." Bavel plays Dracula opposite Lilith Stabs' Camilla in a thriller dealing with the destruction of Dracula. Finally September brings Jeff Buckles' feature film, "Portrait of Death," starring Lilith Stabs, Leslie Culton and Kimberly Lynn Cole. Bavel is cast in a supporting role as Satan in a story that incorporates elements of Oscar Wilde's classic "Picture of Dorian Gray" with a war between Heaven and Hell."
***** Recently, a few people have been kind enough to creat links and banner for me. I appreciate all the work. If anyone wants to link back to me, please feel free to use either of the links below. Also, if you want to create yourown link for the site, please do. Make sure you send me a copy so I can share.
This one is a general banner for the website created by JW James.
This next one is from the king of extreme horror, Todd Sheets. He created this banner to link for the B-Film mailing list. For those of you not familiar with the list, it's what eventually gave birth to this site.
Please use this URL when linking to the list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/B-Film
Thanks to both JW and Todd.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2001
From Mark Pirro:
"Hello everybody,
"The first of my two documentaries is complete. We just finished "Polish Vampire: Behind the Fangs." It runs about 30 minutes and is full of interviews, clips and behind the scenes shots. It was tough to edit, because there were so many great interviews that had to be cut down to 12-20 second bits. Among the actors interviewed were myself, Lori Sutton, Marya Gant, Alfie Pearl, Tyrone Dubois, John McCafferty, Pat Hunter and even Sphincter the skeleton. Now, with the documentary and remastering done, the next step is the menu design, artwork and packaging. Once that's finished, we're ready to get it out into your hot little hands. In the meantime, I just started offering VHS copies of the remastered Polish Vampire with the documentary on Ebay. That should hold you all until our MTI Home Video DVD release later this year.
"Now I'm about to embark on the second documentary, "Curse of the Queerwolf: Completely From Behind." I've already gotten interviews with Kent Butler (Richard Cheese), John McCafferty and Pat Hunter (Queerbillies) and Brian Smith (Associate Producer). I will be interviewing Taylor (Lois) Whitney and Rodney (Torchman) Trappe before the end of the month.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
Earlier this year, Sub Rosa Studios decided to launch a new division called Sub Rosa Extreme. This production arm was developed to create a specific kind of depraved entertainment for a specific non-mainstream target audience. Originally, the plan was to create mostly fetish videos with something of a unique, edgy slant. But Sub Rosa Extreme quickly evolved into something bigger.The first step for Sub Rosa Studios president Ron Bonk was to put a producer in charge of this new line of titles. Bonk asked Eric Stanze to add Sub Rosa Extreme production duties to his already slammed Wicked Pixel Cinema duties. Stanze agreed. Some Wicked Pixel Cinema projects were pushed back several months (including a Stanze-directed music video for the band Analogue Satellite and the short film compilation THE SEVERED HEAD NETWORK VOLUME TWO). Stanze was also in full-steam writing mode for his upcoming project, TEMPEST OF THE DAWN when he accepted Bonk's offer. Writing on that screenplay will resume in a couple of months.
Stanze's moonlighting duties for Sub Rosa Extreme are basically as an executive producer of five movies, all slated for release before the end of 2001. If sales are strong, Stanze will continue executive producing more of these projects next year. Stanze is making this an opportunity to give green directors a way of making their entrance into the world of indie movie-making. Under Stanze's supervision, four of the five Sub Rosa Extreme titles will be helmed by new movie-makers: John Specht, Robin Garrels, Zert Sineca, and Jeremy Wallace (Wallace was producer on Stanze's ICE FROM THE SUN and SCRAPBOOK, and is now directing his first movie).
Stanze himself just finished directing one of the Sub Rosa Extreme flicks. The movie's working title is I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE, I PISS ON YOUR GRAVE. This movie (like many of the other Sub Rosa Extreme projects) is being financed out of St. Louis, New York, France, and Germany. It will star Emily Haack, Shaun Snow, John Specht, and Jeff Atwater. At the time of this newsletter, the 8-day shoot has just finished up. The movie is slated to be released all over the globe in October of this year.
Stanze decided to direct this project with full-blown exploitation aggression and make a flick that is stylish, brutal, fun, and absolutely offensive. Stanze has called I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE his "Swirl of insanity, carnival of carnage, festival of filth, and onslaught of sleaze."
Stanze elaborates: "I decided it would be fun to direct this as a little side project. It started off as a much smaller, less time-consuming production, but then Jeremy Wallace got all hyped up about it and came on as my producer. Then Emily Haack, the leading lady in our movie SCRAPBOOK, got excited about doing I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE. She flew in from LA to play the main character, an enraged psycho woman with revenge on her damaged mind. The project just got bigger and I became more and more enthusiastic about it. I wrote the movie as a very gritty, surreal, and abrasive exploitation thing... and when the French financing came through, those guys had their own suggestions for the story to make the movie even MORE vile and crazy! So I just went with it. It was a blast to shoot. We all had a lot of fun. And this is easily the most sick and depraved thing I've ever done. Extremely nasty. But we wanted it to be different from SCRAPBOOK, which was very somber and dramatic and hard to watch. I decided to make I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE with over-the-top, dizzying energy. So it will be fun to watch, IF you are part of the intended audience."
Shaun Snow makes his acting debut in I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE. This insane project was a very "interesting" introduction to movie acting for Snow.
Shaun Snow: "I met Emily Haack, my co-star, for the first time when I arrived on set. I was standing naked, acting with her in front of the camera about 30 minutes later. This woman is great; she made me feel very comfortable in the midst of this new experience. And she was a great actor, very convincing (frightening sometimes), and very professional. Director Eric Stanze, was great to work with. If I ever act in a film again, I hope it is with a director as encouraging, and as responsive as he was."
Emily Haack, acting the lead role in her second Eric Stanze project, was eager to play the part of Sandy.
Emily Haack: "I was extremely excited because she is a badass, take-no-prisoners kind of girl. I was very ready to play that character. And adding to the anxiety and intensity of the shoot was the fact that I was only in St. Louis for 3 days and Eric had to wrap all my scenes in that very brief period of time! As always, the set atmosphere was great. Eric makes sure that everyone is comfortable with what they are doing or about to do. His ability to talk his actors through a scene and get the best out of them is unbelievable. I have to admit that I really loved having the power over the male characters in the story! It was quite an experience. For my character, I was able to draw off of personal experiences and personal fantasies to create as much realism as possible. This movie is very dark and brutal. It might make you think twice about how you treat someone."
SEPTEMBER 2, 2001
The silence has been to long... The darkness is moving in your direction. The AX has RETURNED... DAY OF THE AX 3 -BLOODLETTING- is now shooting. J.R. has returned to raise hell once more in the final AX flick. Shooting was started in late June and is now coming to a wrap. Editing will start in late September.... This is the big one DEAD HEADS... More blood, guts, and naked women. Special effects that will blow your eyeballs out of your head. Starring Angie Guido and Shawn Meyer as J.R. With special cameo's from TINA KRAUSE, PHIL HERMAN, and LILTH STABS. This Ax flick was written by Dominic Guerieri and Ronald Damien Malfi (the writters of SHUDDER) from Tunnel Vision Entertainment. More news to come soon with pictures. So, come back soon DEAD heads.
***** For years people have been asking how they can get a copy of the sequel to Donald Farmer's RED LIPS. Well the answer is there wasn't one, until now! CREATIVE PRODUCTION has been hired to edit RED LIPS 2. We're not sure when the distributor is releasing the movie to the public, BUT POST PRODUCTION IS IN PROGRESS NOW!
***** DARKWAVE FILMS NEWS LETTER
HOLLYWOOD - Danny Draven (Horrorvision, Witchouse 3), is slated to direct, photograph (director of photography) and edit PRISON OF THE DEAD II sometime towards the end of September. Produced by J.R. Bookwalter, and gore makeup FX by Mark Bautista, and written by Troma veteran Trent Haaga (Toxic Avenger 4). Cast TBA. The movie is a zombie gore fest, something like DEAD ALIVE AND TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD meets THE FOG. Stay tuned for more on this upcoming project...
TELL YOUR MUSICIAN FRIENDS ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY!
Full Moon Pictures (Puppet Master, Trancers, Subspecies) and Tempe Entertainment are seeking new, hip bands to contribute music for B Horror / Sci Fi films. We are looking for high quality GOTH, INDUSTRIAL, DARKWAVE, TRANCE, ELECTRONIC, AMBIENT, ALTERNATIVE, METAL, ROCK types of music for use on our upcoming zombie gore fest PRISON OF THE DEAD 2 directed by horror guru Danny Draven. Our movies are released straight to video and can be found in Blockbuster, Movie Gallery, Video Update and Hollywood Videos nationwide and well as overseas distribution. All movies are released on VHS and special edition DVD.
Although there would be NO pay for use of your music, we can offer you free copies of the DVD and VHS, opening BAND NAME credit and end credit with players and website plug and a possible music video. If you're looking for excellent worldwide exposure from a leader in home entertainement, we would like to hear your stuff. Please send it to us on CD to:
Danny Draven
Prison of the Dead 2 MUSIC
3727 West Magnolia Blvd. #241
Burbank, CA 91510-7711 USA.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2001
My good friend Max Cerchi now has his film HELLINGER on the rental shelves in Video Update/Video Warehouse stores across the country. I recently walked into my local branch and saw 6 copies on the shelf. Not bad for micro-budget horror, eh?
***** One of my other good pals, John Bowker, finally has a new release date for his Blockbuster Video Exclusive EVILMAKER. Look for this SOV title to hit the streets just in time for Halloween on October 24. And yes, BBV is releasing this one on both VHS and DVD.
***** And my buddies aren't done yapping. Here's a message from one of my Writght State Allum Andrew Copp.
"My movie BLACK SUN (been in production for over a year! FUCK I gotta stop doing that to myself!) started shooting again this past weekend after a far too long hiatus. We shot a whopping four hours of footage over a two day period! Lots of freaky imagery, some blood, nudity and other fun shit. I am real happy with what is coming out. I hope to be cutting the film by the end of the year for a early next year release.
"What is BLACK SUN about? That is the $20 million dollar question. Like MUTILATION MAN it is an experimental horror movie that is not designed as a linear structure. Where as MM was about pain and childhood violence, this is about relationships, sex and emotional violence. It is a companion piece to MM in the way it will be put together and structured, except BLACK SUN will have some dialogue.
"The story is a man reflecting on how his relationships have been fucked up and haw those fears have lead his current one to a state of flux. But don't worry there is still the castrations, tumor eating, gutting, throat slitting, crucifixion, shootings and beatings you all know and love in my films, as well as a couple of ultra HOT beautiful women and for the ladies some nude dudes running around as well. Its got it all and then some!"
***** DEPT.13 Screenings at Dragon*Con 2001, Atlanta, GA:
FRIDAY August 31, 2001
Showcase 05 "CHAMELEON"
Showtime: 8:00pm
Room: RIO GRANDE/MCKENZIE/YUKONSATURDAY September 1, 2001
Showcase 11 "TWISTED REALITIES"
Showtime: 5:30pm
Room: RIO GRANDE/MCKENZIE/YUKONShowcase 15 "BOOBIE TRAP"
Showtime: 11:00pm
Room: RIO GRANDE/MCKENZIE/YUKON
***** Misty Mundae New Flash
Seduction Cinema's young and lovely star, Misty Mundae, free from the demands of her college studies, is going to have a busy 2001 Seduction Cinema Summer. Marvel at the upcoming films on the docket for her in the coming months: "Ghost in the Mirror" and, of course, "The Seduction of Misty Mundae", both co-starring Laurie Wallace (www.lauriewallace.com); George Freeway's film debut, Vampire Lover; Zachary Snygg's black comedy Purgatory Blues; the erotic featurette, "Misty Mundae, Mummy Raider", directed by Brian Paulin (At Dawn They Sleep) and written by Bruce G. Hallenbeck (Vampyr, Fangs, writer of Seduction Cinema's Witches of Sappho Salon). "Misty Mundae Meets the Mummy", also starring the luscious Ms. Mundae and directed by Bill Hellfire (Vibrating Maid, Peeping in a Girl's Dormitory), will be tag-teamed with the above Mummy Raider as the pulse-pounding shorts double feature Misty Mundae, Mummy Raider. Last, and certainly not least, Misty will be the star of "Playmate of the Apes", an epic erotic adventure and parody of Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake. Shooting begins in August (see info above).
Misty Mundae is Seduction Cinema,s most popular and requested star, and you can witness all her girlish beauty at the "Women of Seduction Cinema" area of SeductionCinema.com. But you can look forward to her very own site coming soon. Presently in development, MistyMundae.com will offer extended photo galleries, streaming video, and ultra-naughty movies available only on her site. It,s never been easier to get your fill of that beautiful and unapproachable girl-next-door.
***** Pink Bubble Bath: The Sexy Film Festival Bursts into it¹s Second Year.
Pink Bubble Bath: The Sexy Film Festival debuted last year to a sold-out, film-starved Los Angeles crowd. With a festival line-up that the LA Weekly called "A wonderful assortment of oddities, like a dangerous box of chocolates" the night was an enormous success for both filmmakers and fans alike.
We are pleased to announce that Pink Bubble Bath: The Sexy Film Festival is back in the saddle, for yet another fling. We are currently seeking film submissions and sponsors for our next event.
Sponsors from the first year included CrapTV, Mean Magazine, Mute Records, Metro Home Video, The Pleasure Chest, Plastica, and PeopleGraphic.Com. Along with prizes for the winning filmmakers, our complimentary "I Spent The Night" gift-bags ensured that, "ŠGood times were to be had even after the Pink Bubble Bath Film Festival." ‹OUI Magazine 06/01
As always, Pink Bubble Bath: The Sexy Film Festival seeks films that explore human sexuality in a non-exploitative manner. Interested parties should contact us via our website http://www.pinkbubblebath.com, or by calling Oscar Perez at (323) 906-9447.
***** "VENGEANCE OF THE DEAD" BECOMES TEMPE DVD EXCLUSIVE
In the small town of Harvest, what the living do not remember, the dead cannot forget. When Eric visits, ghostly little Julia thinks she is the man of her dreams. But her vengeful mother has darker designs on him! As the graveyard disturbances and suspicious fires begin, Eric is living a fine line between reality and his nightmares...and wakes to the smell of gasoline on his hands. He has become walking death, following a trail of vengeance that began forty years before he was born!
In one of their stranger marketing moves, Full Moon Releasing's Cult Video division has struck a deal with Tempe Video to exclusively distribute the Lunar Edition DVD of their latest release, VENGEANCE OF THE DEAD!
VENGEANCE started life a few years ago under the title SLEEPWALKER, the brainchild of Wisconsin filmmakers Don Adams and Harry James Picardi (also known as Three A.M. Films). If all this sounds vaguely familiar, it's because SLEEPWALKER is the film that indirectly kicked off the Tempe/Full Moon association -- its post-production paved the way for J.R. Bookwalter's work on SHRIEKER and CURSE OF THE PUPPET MASTER and the rest, as they say, is history. (See the WITCHOUSE: BLOOD COVEN DVD for more.)
In addition to Bookwalter's post supervision, VENGEANCE also features a music score from Matthew Jason Walsh, who has contributed work to our past films such as THE SANDMAN and POLYMORPH. You'll also recognize songs from Slim Cessna's Auto Club, who were featured prominently in Walsh's 1997 thriller BLOODLETTING. And if that's not enough, the film features ADR from longtime Tempe actress Ariauna Albright.
Adams and Picardi are also no strangers to Full Moon -- hired by Bookwalter in 1998, they worked their way up the ranks, first as sound editors and later as the editors behind such films as ALIEN ARSENAL, WITCHOUSE and RETRO PUPPET MASTER. When word went out earlier this year that Full Moon would start acquiring outside features for distribution, their 16mm ghost story became the debut title.
There are actually two different DVD versions of VENGENACE -- the first was produced for Hollywood Video and includes a director's commentary with Don Adams, the showreel WARWOLF and a WARWOLF making of. WARWOLF stars genre favorite Amber Newman (VAMPS, TENDER FLESH) and Randy Rupp (BLOODLETTING, EVIL AMBITIONS), produced as a teaser to raise money for that project. This version is not for retail sale and can only be found at Hollywood outlets.
The full special edition version is identical on side A, but side B includes a host of additional extras:
- SHRECK short film (full version originally distributed by Tempe)
- The Making of SHRECK
- SHRECK audio commentary by Don Adams
- Graphic Nature music video "I Know"
- Three A.M. Films newscasts
- The Making of RED EYES (unreleased feature)This Lunar Edition DVD is exclusively distributed by Tempe Video and will be available within the next 2 weeks! But you can pre-order your copy today at the Tempe Video online store for just $19.99 plus shipping.
"WITCHOUSE 3" UPDATE
Post-production is now complete on WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE, the latest from director J.R. Bookwalter and star Debbie Rochon! Chris M. Jacobson supervised a rousing 5.1 surround mix complete with an original score by Jon Greathouse, main title and additional score by the popular Midnight Syndicate and original songs by Matthew Jason Walsh (with vocalist Melanie Newlin) and Phantom Blue!
We hear rumors that the December issue (streets in November) of the popular Femme Fatales will be dedicated to Bookwalter's career and the WITCHOUSE 3 project, including a retrospective by Tempe pal Jason Collum and an on-set diary from actress Brinke Stevens! And stay tuned for a New York Daily News piece on Debbie Rochon which will be plugging WITCH 3 and her other current work!
WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE
Starring Debbie Rochon, Tanya Dempsey, Tina Krause, Brinke Stevens Directed & Edited by J.R. Bookwalter
http://www.tempevideo.com/w3/PRODUCTION NEWS (a.k.a. WHEN DO THESE PEOPLE SLEEP?)
KILLJOY 2: DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL begins production in and around Los Angeles on August 27th with WITCHOUSE 3 co-producer Tammi Sutton taking the directorial reins from a script she penned with Douglas Snauffer (WITCHOUSE 2: BLOOD COVEN). While Tempe had no involvement in the original KILLJOY, this one promises to be rousing fun -- slated to co-star is Tempe fave Debbie Rochon and our old pal James Black, who directed the last Big City/Tempe production, THE VAULT. KILLJOY 2 is the first of a new three-picture deal between Tempe and Full Moon so stay tuned for more!
CRYPTKEEPER DEBUTS TEMPE DVDS IN U.K.!
Following on the heels of the earlier Canadian and German DVD releases of THE DEAD NEXT DOOR, we've now invaded the United Kingdom thanks to a licensing deal with new label CryptKeeper. They have just debuted special edition DVDs of DEAD and the cult favorite BLOODLETTING! Best of all, both films passed uncut with an 18 certificate, nothing short of a miracle in the case of the grisly BLOODLETTING!
THE DEAD NEXT DOOR features many of the same features as the Astro German disc, but the BLOODLETTING disc debuts an all-new making of which features insight from writer/director Matthew Jason Walsh, stars Ariauna Albright, James L. Edwards and Joseph A. Daw, director of photography David A. Wagner and others. We have also recently shot new interviews with supporting stars Sasha Graham, Scooter McCrae, Michael Gingold, Tina Krause, Michael L. Raso and Pete Jacelone which will be incorporated into a longer version for the forthcoming U.S. special edition!
Sadly, these are PAL format DVDs, but they are free of region coding and will play in many new personal computers with DVD-ROM drives such as the Apple G4, iMac, Powerbook and iBook models! Get your copies at the Tempe online store...where else?
pssst! J.R. Bookwalter just turned the big 35 on August 16th. We now officially refer to him as "The Old Man"...
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Full Moon Pictures
***** All of the following comes from the Sub Rosa newsletter. Head to www.B-Movie.com and sign up for yourself.
Side Show 8-24-01
TITLES ADDED TO B-MOVIE.COM
...including the first Sub Rosa Extreme flick "Bizarre Lust of a Sexual Deviant" (which just completed an excellent first week of sales), Mike Legge's long awaited short "Stumped", co-produced with Sub Rosa and starring Debbie Rochon and Roxanne Michaels, Aqua Fantasies "Random Acts" and more. Look for Jess Franco's "Blind Target" and Scooter McCrae's "Shatter Dead" next week.
SUB ROSA DVD'S
It's official. Sub Rosa is ready to announce our first four titles going out on DVD into KMart, Walmart and, now added to the potential list, Sam Goody's, Sam's Club and Cosgo (?sic?). The first four movies are "Cut Up", "The Murder Men", "Bang" and "Urban Scream". As an added bonus, you'll also be able to find them packaged as DVD double features! They'll be packed with lots of nice extras too - we have a lot of supplemental material for each title. Five more titles will be announced in the next couple weeks.
We're almost done with the Hellcats in High Heels DVD. Work has begun on the Shatter Dead DVD. We're also planning a series of DVD's with another new company.
PRODUCTIONS AND RELEASES
From Sub Rosa Main; Jess Franco's "Vampire Blues" cover is in the works. The cover for Franco's "Vampire Junction" and Evan Jacob's "Shusterman Levine" start soon. Production resumes in Sept. on new Red Files episodes. Three more scripts are done, one is pre-production now. The second episode, "1717 Evergreen Terrace", airs Wednesday Sept. 29th at 10pm on Channel 3 in Syracuse.
Sub Rosa Extreme is close to wrapping production on their second movie, title to be announced soon. It's already been pre-sold to Germany, UK and France. A third flick is in pre-production and two more are in development and will shoot late Sept./early November.
Tim Ritter and Ron Bonk both are going to be taking a more hands off approach with the Sub Rosa Midwest division. The division is running really well and Tim and Ron will still oversee things. But Sebastian Kult will now head operations in Kentucky and newcomer Marc Elsworth will handle the Syracuse office. Tim is going to concentrate on some other film and book projects and Ron is busy with his own productions. Around early 2002 SRMW will start moving away from the heavier "fetish" overtones of these flicks and more into exploitation, that is if the market allows for the change. Meanwhile, Sebastian has delivered the fourth SRMW flick of 2001, "Slaughtered Starlets". Look for it on the site in 2-3 weeks. A fifth movie is shooting now.
We'll be announcing yet another new division soon, the filmmaker heading it and its area of concentration.
Sub Rosa Blue, which has just been running in Syracuse, NY under our main banner, will get a new head of operations later this year. Also, "Red Lips 2" is nearly edited and will be released this fall. Editing is nearly complete on the two shorts "Attack of the 40Ft Incredibly Shrinking Women" and "Virtual Voodoo", and production begins in Sept. on another shorts called "Battle of the Colossal Women". Check out the web site for casting news on this flick http://www.b-movie.com/sneakpeeks/presales.html/.
Sub Rosa Cult will have a test release of "A Modern Day Western" on the site in the next week or so. "Stop it, You're Killing Me" goes up for design soon.
THE B-MOVIE FILM FEST
http://www.b-movie.com/hof/fest.html/
It's getting close! Sept. 14, 15, 16. Get your tickets and make your plans. We've got some great flicks this year. Sam Sherman will be the guest of honor, and Jerry O'Sullivan, Alvin Ecarma, Carl Rolstein, Mike Watt, Amy Lynn Best, Dwight Kemper, Allen Richards and more will be in attendance. Jasi Lanier and Joseph Anthony may also show up. Sam Sherman's "I Spit on Your Corpse" will play Friday night at 11pm to open the fest. We'll be showing the Best B-Movie nominees "Lethal Force", "Scrapbook", "Third World Cop", and "Peroxide Passion" Saturday and Sunday between 8am-2pm. We'll also be showing our own production "Gut Pile" Sunday 9:45am (directed by Jerry O'Sullivan), as well holding the awards show around 11am. Saturday night at 11pm we have another special screening - the zombie film "Biohazardous". We also have secured a secondary location to show shorts at - both Saturday and Sunday from 3pm-5pm. We'll announce the address next week. Stay tuned to the site for the latest updates.
