May 2003 News Archive

May 30, 2003 --  It seems like everyone is busy working on projects these days!  Keep an eye out for Nikos the Impaler featuring Sal Sirchia (The Tenement and Sins of the Father).  Sal is in the first half of the movie and has one of the best scenes in the entire movie!  Kirk Larsen (Fear of the Dark) has been showing up in TV spots and most recently in print ads that appear in Better Homes and Gardens.  John Sudol (The Tenement) is in a play on June 20th and 21st in Brooklyn.  Visit www.heightsplayers.org for information.  Also, Sandy Pasquale (Sins of the Father) has a play coming out.  Be sure to check it out.  Here are the details.

Kristaful Productions, by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., Presents:  

“Emily”

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All tickets: $15.00 

“Emily” is an AEA approved Showcase * denotes member of AEA

May 12, 2003 --  Check out the new Rellik Gallery.  It's chock full of wicked pictures.  You can now pre-order the limited edition Rellik mask as well.  I would like to announce that thanks to the good people at B-independent.com we now have a forum on their site.  I have also been posting on the Fangoria.com bulletin board.  You can show your support for Light & Dark by leaving us some positive feedback in both places.  Of course you can always leave your comments on our Discussion Board here as well or email them to me for me to post.  Thanks again.  Keep checking back because there's plenty more to come!

May 8, 2003 --  Chiller was a blast this year.  It looks like things are looking up for Light & Dark.  On Friday I was interviewed by VH1 for a "where are they now" special about horror movie stars which will air sometime in June.  They asked me about my inspirations as a filmmaker along with who my favorites were and who I thought got the there start out in show biz doing horror flicks.  I plugged the cast of Phantasm as it is truly one of my all time favorites.  Angus Scrimm (Phantasm's Tall Man) was kind enough to lend his voice for a little "easter egg" which will appear in The Tenement.  Being a big horror fan myself, it's always great to hear from our own growing fan base.  I had a teenager come up to me and buy the movie explaining that he was happy that he was finally old enough to buy it and that for him "the staple of the Chiller convention is walking by the Light & Dark table every year and watching the mouse smashing scene from Fear of the Dark.  Now I can watch it over and over again."

        On Saturday, We sent Joe Lauria (the Black Rose Killer) and Mike Valenzano (Oscar Valentine) out to stir up some publicity.  Mike suddenly found himself in front of a camera doing standup comedy in character as Oscar Valentine.  The people of Jokevision, a new 24 hour joke channel launching this summer, took him so seriously that they seemed a little startled when he told them it was all an act.  Gene Mazza blew a gasket when his idol Kane Hodder (Jason from Friday the 13th) took pictures with him holding up the Rellik mask (The Tenement) and his own handmade Jason hockey mask.  

        Some of the best news arrived on Sunday.  Bill Diamond of Diamond Studios (Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock, Little Shop of Horror's Audrey II) applauded us for our work on Fear of the Dark.  He has invited us to a gallery exhibition that he will be holding the second weekend of October at his studio.  We will display props from our movies.  Details on this will be announced at a future date.

        Finally, Al Vermette of Blood Moon Rising magazine made us an offer we couldn't refuse.  On October 4, 2003, The Tenement will premiere in Boonton, New Jersey at the Daress Theater as part of their Blood Fest.  The event will take place from 5 to 12 PM and will feature other movies as well.  Cinema Sky will show their "Creepy Tales".  Lake Films "Mind's Eye" series will be shown, one of which (Baby Doll) stars Fear of the Dark's Rosemary Gore.  My movie will probably show last because ...  we are also having a simultaneous premiere at the Putnam County Film & Video Festival held at the Taconic Outdoor Education Center in Putnam County, New York.  My good friend Maryann Arrien, the director of the festival, will be on hand to introduce the movie.  Showtime schedules for both events will be posted on the Light & Dark site once finalized.  The great thing about the Boonton premiere is that we will have many of the cast members there to do a Q&A.  And, the good folks at Blood Moon Rising want to really make it a memorable and special event for us.  The Tenement will premiere "William Castle" style which means there will be plenty of chills and shocks for the audience throughout the movie!

        So stay tuned for upcoming info and plenty of pictures from Chiller as well as more movie stills.  Thanks again for all your support.  It looks like this year  will go out with a bang and pave the way for Sins of the Father.

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