June 14, 2005 -- No Trespassing 2: No Exit went over
really well. The only disappointing thing was that the print was too
dark and hard to see in many places. The projector was not super
bright to begin with but it's really my fault for not having more thoroughly
tested it. I could have screened it at a friend's house but I waited
too close to the deadline. Adam Barnick's movie Mainstream
(which will be on the next Fangoria Blood Drive DVD) was a really
good powerful statement about how programmed we are as a society. And,
I have to admit that Vin Morrone's Beaster was quite funny as much as
I wanted to hate it after what he said on WBAI. The Q&A was cut
for time but we did pose for a photo op at the end. All in all, it was
a fun evening despite learning that I am being laid off from my day job come
August 31st. Oh well, that will give me more time to work on Sins
of the Father. And, if anyone needs a director, writer, etc., I'm
for hire.
June 12, 2005 -- Check out the
trailer for
SVI Bell's new movie She-Demons of the Black Sun starring Isabelle Stephen (Sins
of the Father). It also features Suzi Leigh (The Tenement)
and Kerri Taylor (Fairview Falls). Looks like a bloody good
time!
June 7, 2005 -- The WBAI radio show was a lot of fun to do
tonight. I was on with filmmakers Adam Barnick and Vin Moron... oops
Morrone. Vin, whose short movie Beaster was shot on film,
made a comment that film is for serious artists and professionals and that
video is for jerks - a comment that I have a strong suspicion was directed
at me. My reply was that it doesn't matter what the medium is, it's
all about how you tell the story and doing it in the best possible way you
can. Hopefully his short lives up to his boast. I'm certainly
going to stick around to check it out. Last I checked, I was
distributed nationally and internationally. Not bad for a jerk.
Later on I was asked what my inspirations were for my horror stories.
I replied that I draw from real life events and that perhaps in my next
movie I'll have a character call a video director a jerk only to be gutted
and beheaded. In other news, my latest
Fangoria.com review
is online. This time I take a look at Lloyd's Kaufman's Make Your
Own Damn Movie! DVD box set while injecting a few personal anecdotes.
Check it out and speaking of festivals, we are still accepting entries for
the 5th Annual Putnam County International Film & Video Festival.
Click here
for more info. Award winning jerk signing out.
June 4, 2005 -- Congratulations to Kerri Taylor! She's in
this month's Steppin' Out magazine again. And, if you haven't
read about it already on
Fangoria.com then I'll announce it
here. No Trespassing 2: No Exit
will be showing at the Pioneer Theater on June 13th. A few filmmakers,
myself included, will be on the Niteshift on WBAI 99.5 FM this
Monday night, June 6th, at midnight to talk about the upcoming One Dark
and Stormy Night film festival. I think they'll bring us on at
around 12:30 AM. The press release is below. Also, be sure to
check out other upcoming Light & Dark events.
FEARSmag.com Presents
ONE DARK AND STORMY NIGHT: An Evening of Frightful Short Films
June 13, 2005 @ 7:00 pm
The Two Boots Pioneer Theater
155 East 3rd Street (between Ave A and B) New York, New York 10009
Phone: (212) 591-0434
Hosted by FEARSmag.com's COO & Executive Editor Joseph B. Mauceri
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
Join Joseph B. Mauceri, Executive Editor of FEARSmag.com, and several
filmmakers as they present their short movies, with a Q&A to follow
thescreening of all the films. The program will include a few surprise
trailers, special behind the scene peaks of some upcoming theatrical
releases, possible special guests, and at the end of the evening's program
some film prizes for the audience. Tickets are $6.50 tickets for members,
students, seniors, and $9.00 for the general public. Tickets maybe purchased
in advance by going online to
http://pioneertheater.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=29241. These tickets must
be picked up by show time, or they will be released. In this case, there
will be no refunds.
Edgar A. Poe's ANNABEL LEE: A wonderfully macabre blending of
puppets and stop-motion animation that takes Poe's classic tale into new
depths of mystery and imagination.
Director: George Higham
Biography: NYC-based sculptor/filmmaker George Higham attended the School
of Visual Arts on a merit scholarship, graduating with a BFA in the late
80's, where he met co-producer/post production supervisor Tony Pellegrino.
His SVA thesis film, NECROMANIA was broadcast on PBS. His early career
consisted of creating special effects for film and television. He then began
to create sculpture and jewelry for worldwide gallery exhibition and sale.
George works at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City,
providing forensic radiography to the city morgue. He x-rays the dead to aid
in the identification of bodies and to document evidence in criminal
investigations.
NO TRESPASSING 2: NO EXIT: The story piece takes place one year after
the tragic events that took place in Fairview Falls and reintroduces
audiences to the Sistine Slasher. When John and Misty break into a haunted
house attraction they quickly find that they aren't the only ones who are
trespassing.
Director: Glen Baisley
Biography: Glen is a writer, producer, director, cinematographer, editor,
actor, composer, and founder of Light & Dark Productions. The name having
been inspired by a novel that Glen wrote a number of years ago, their goal
as a small independent film company is to produce cutting edge dramatic
pieces, horror and psychological thrillers, and earn the company the support
and enthusiasm of the genre fans.
QUIET: The loss of his son and the stress of dealing with his
nasty, domineering wife send a man over the edge into insanity.
Director: Christopher White
Biography: Christopher White is a writer and director of numerous
projects including his award winning short film "Quiet" that he wrote and is
directed by his cousin Sylvain White (veteran music video/commercial
director) and is currently in rotation on HBO/Cinemax. Christopher recently
finished adapting the critically acclaimed book "Iced" by Ray Shells into a
screenplay for
acclaimed Producer Lee Daniels (Monster's Ball' & The Woodsman) which is
slated for a late 2005/early 2006 production start date. Christopher's
thriller/horror script "Last Stop," which he is attached to direct, has been
receiving a lot of positive buzz in the industry.
BEASTER: Jesus is resurrected as a flesh-eating zombie, three days
after the crucifixion. It is now up to Pontius Pilate to finish the job that
he has started.
Director: Vin Morrone
Biography: Vin Morrone is a writer/director with a keen eye for extremely
sarcastic humor and irreverence. Vin's sacrilegious masterpiece "Beaster"
won Best in Show after its first film festival and premiere showing. The
film has since received encore screenings at the 2004 F4 Film Festival
[non-competitive], was the closing film at the 2004 Hollywood Film Festival,
and has earned its place in Film Threat's Top Ten Best Short Films List of
2004.
MAINSTREAM: It might be now or it could be 10 minutes into the
future, in either case MAINSTREAM is a haunting and surreal look at a
society where people live on societal autopilot and let their creative
drives and independence get sucked away to become part of the machine. At
that's just the beginning.
Director: Adam Barnick
Biography: Adam toiled during his school years in various production
tasks while producing advertising and special effects for La Commedia Del
Sangue, New York's long-running Vampire Theatre. He incorporated the video
and stills he took during this period into an exhibition at the Musei di
Porta Romana in Milan, Italy. As a director, Adam's 16mm film, the eerie
and
layered Twilight-Zone chiller "No Man's Land" took second place at the 1998
Short Fuse Film Festival and opened Drew University's Director's Night
series in 1999. Adam is about to begin production on his next film, "Eight
Phone Calls," and he was hired to direct a music video for Lump N' Loaf
Records as well as two videos for independent artists.
NON-ABDUCTEES ANONYMOUS: Focuses on the goings-on at a support
group for people who have NEVER been abducted by aliens. Forlorn and
rejected, they go to extremes in trying to get the attention of those snobby
extraterrestrials.
Director: Philip Powell
Biography: Philip earned a Communications degree and had no idea what to
actually do with it. So Philip started Leading Edge Productions, where he
has worked with HGTV, PBS, the Sci-Fi Channel, Sara Lee and many others.
Whenever his wife isn't looking, Philip does a bit of acting on the side,
having appeared in national commercials and theatres throughout the
Southeast. After years of making films for others, Philip decided it was
time to make one of his own. "Non-Abductees Anonymous" is his short film
debut, having competed in over 30 film festivals nationwide and winning
several awards along the way.
AN EVENING WITH IVAN GORSKY: On a dark and rainy right, a pool
hustle, looking for a fresh mark, plays a dark and mysterious foreigner. As
the evening progress, the "stakes" change and the hustler's ego may
unknowingly place his life in jeopardy.
Director: Joseph Mauceri (not the editor of FEARSmag.com}
HOST: Joseph B. Mauceri is the COO & Executive Editor of
FEARSmag.com {http://www.fearsmag.com}.
A radio personality, author, editor, critic, journalist, screenwriter, web
designer -- Joseph B. Mauceri is always on the cutting edge of pop culture.
The Pioneer Theater {http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer/}
seats 100, and shows 35mm, 16mm, and LCD video on a 12'x8' screen. All shows
are screened in their original format, unless otherwise noted. The Pioneer
was built at the beginning of January 2000 and premiered its first program,
"The Blank Generation" from February 17th - February 23rd, 2000. Ever since,
The Pioneer has hosted a mix of independent premieres, revivals of classic
films, film festivals, ongoing special series, and a place to catch those
great films in New York that deserve an extended theatrical life.
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