January 27, 2004 -- You might have noticed that the official
box art for The Tenement is now
online. I like it. I think Brain Damage Films did a wonderful job
with it. It's a great attention grabber but I have to voice my opinion
about it. I just wanted to let everyone know that I didn't really have
any input on it. I provided them with about (no kidding) 2,000 press
pictures. They had their hands full. What I want to point out,
which I guess is nitpicking, is that there are few discrepancies in the cover.
The Black Rose Killer does not wield an axe in this one. There is a
flashback with an axe but he doesn't go after Michael Gingold's Winston Korman
character with it. It was a shovel. The box art also depicts a
dilapidated tower on the cover. That is a location within the movie but
we only actually see it in the DVD extra "Winston Korman's Movie Marathon".
The real tenement building in the movie looks nothing like that. Again,
I like the cover and I realize what they were going for. I did strongly
express to them that I wanted the Black Rose Killer on the cover and I did get
it. I just wanted to clear the air on that one. I just saw the
cover for the first time tonight in an order ad click from Rentrak.
Rentrak is a profit sharing company who buys up copies from the distributor
and rents them out to video rental stores. Hopefully this is a good sign
of things to come and that it means that The Tenement will be in a
local video rental store near you come April 13, 2004. If not, you can
always buy a copy from our web site.
I am currently taking a break from
post production on Sins of the Father long enough to get the screenplay
for Fairview Falls jumpstarted. I'm a few scenes in and it's looking
pretty good so far. Returning actors will include Joe Lauria (Alec
Woodrow), Sandy Pasquale (Megan Woodrow), Michael Gingold (Eli Korman), Sal
Sirchia (Sal), Michael Valenzano (Oscar Valentine), Gene Mazza (Chopper), Toby
Elmore (Spaghetti), Ed
Shelinsky (the Taxi Driver) and Light & Dark newcomer
Kerri Taylor (Tina).
January 17, 2004 -- Pictures from the
October 2003 Chiller Theatre convention,
Fangoria Weekend of Horrors 2004 and the
latest photo session with Judy Burrett are now
online! Check out the latest trailer for Sins of
the Father that premiered at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors. It
features all new footage!
January 13, 2004 -- This past weekend was our final big
promotional push for The Tenement before it comes out on April 13th.
The winners of our Fangoria Weekend of Horrors raffle are : Dune
Delheridge Ticket # 161783 (1st Prize - Rellik Mask), Nick Wiegand Ticket #
161802 (2nd Prize - The Gentleman Mask), and Eric Strauss Ticket #161811
(3rd Prize - Advance VHS copy of The Tenement). Congratulations
to you and thank you to all of you who participated!! Pictures from
the convention and this past October's Chiller Theatre convention
will be online this week. Check out the new trailer for Dave
DeCoteau's
Ring of Darkness. The movie was written by Fangoria Managing
Editor Michael Gingold. It's his follow-up screenplay to Leeches.
The trailer was well received this past weekend at the Fangoria Weekend
of Horrors as was our new Sins of the Father trailer which
premiered there (and will be online later this week). More
movie reviews have been posted. Check them out.
It looks like we are already starting to take some heat (ReelCriticism.com
review) for the cat killing scene like we did with Fear of the Dark's mouse
smashing scene.
January 7, 2004 -- Come visit us at the
Fangoria Weekend of Horrors this
January 9 - 11 at the Sheraton Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey
for a chance to win special prizes in our free raffle. Click
here for details. Read our
first reviews of The Tenement by Wooden
Spoons Obscure Horror Movie Reviews, Worcester Rocks (1310 AM
WORC), and The Hacker's Source. See you at Fangoria!
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