Attention Orlando - Our film '2:22' Screens this week...
1:12pm, November 5, 2009
Hey Gang,
So....I never use this blog to pimp out my own shit...but today...I'm gonna abuse my authority for a few moments in service of myself and my friends.
If you live in the Orlando area, you can check out the short film I produced "2:22" this week at the Orlando Film Festival and the Enzian Film Slam .
If you follow me on my Twitter page or are a Facebook friend, you probably have heard me talking about this short for a while now.
We had the pleasure of World Premiering the film at the SITGES Film Festival in Spain in September. The film played ahead of Paul Solet's GRACE to a sold out crowd of 1,500 people.
On top of that we, just got back from a trip to Los Angeles where the film had it's North American Premiere at Screamfest .
Writer/Director Steven Shea and I are very proud of the film and very excited to see it play in our home town. We were invited to play the festival at the request of the programming director and we were honored to accept.
Also...The Thursday & Saturday Orlando Film Festival screenings are totally FREE!
Sunday's Enzian Film Slam is only $5
A lot of people, very talented people, bust their ass to get this movie made and this will be their homecoming show. I know a ton of them will be out to see the film and I hope you can join them in celebrating their hard work.
So, if you're free, come on out to the new Plaza Cinema Cafe on Orange Avenue and check it out. Details below....along with some stills!
Take Care
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SCREENING INFORMATION
"2:22" will be screening as a part of the upcoming Orlando Film Festival. The festival runs from November 4th-8th at the new Plaza Cinema Cafe in Downtown Orlando and is completely FREE!
If you haven't seen this well reviewed short film in a theatrical setting, then come downtown and check it out with us!
2 Screening times:
Thursday, November 5th
8:45 PM
Theater 10
Saturday, November 7th
6:50 PM
Theater 10
"2:22" is a new horrific short film from Abyssmal Entertainment.
Written & Directed by Steven Shea
Produced by Tim Anderson
Starring Tara Lightfoot and Adam Lopez
After an incredible night out with her girlfriends, Vickie Palmer is wrenched from her peaceful slumber and cast mercilessly into a world spinning out of control. Writhing half naked on the cold porcelain tile of her bathroom floor, Vickie desperately tries to piece together the tragic turn of events that has twisted her once carefree life into a nightmare of pain and suffering. But when she discovers the truth, will it be too late to save her from eternal damnation?
Find out more at:
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POSTER ART
PRODUCTION STILL #2
PRODUCTION STILL #2
MYSELF, LEAD ACTRESS, TARA LIGHTFOOT and COSTUME DESIGNER ALEKSANDRA CHERNOVA at the SCREAMFEST PREMIERE
WRITER/DIRECTOR STEVEN SHEA
Live Near LA? Check out this AWESOME FILM for FREE!
9:51am, November 4, 2009
Hey Gang,
As you all know, every once in a while, I like to pimp-out a film that I saw here in my blog, when you can see if for free.
I just got an e-mail from the Deagol Brothers letting me know that their award-winning film "Make-Out With Violence" is going to be playing in the Los Angeles area.
This is a really great and original film. I know it's been a big year for Zombie flicks, but trust me, this is one that is not to be missed.
Think I'm kidding, then take a look at my review of the film from SXSW 2009 HERE
The film is "Atmospheric and lyrical, like pages from some forgotten photo album snapped to life, [It] is a melancholy gem eerily reminiscent of Sophia Copola’s The Virgin Suicides and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks as seen through the eyes of Wes Anderson."
Convinced?
Check out the details below, then get your ass to the show...
...and tell 'em Tex sent you!
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WHAT: MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE, produced and directed by Nashville filmmakers the Deagol Brothers, is making its Los Angeles Premiere as winner of the Regal Cinemas Dreammaker Award.
WHEN/WHERE: MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE will be screening at-
Regal (Edwards) Atlantic Palace on Thursday November 12th @ 7pm
Regal (Edwards) Atlantic Palace 10
W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
event phone (626) 458 9748
Although Alhambra might be out of the way for some of you, Admission is FREE and this is a ONE-NIGHT-ONLY screening of the film.
WHY: Official Selection of numerous festivals including the 2009 SXSW FF and Winner of both the Atlanta and Nashville Film Festival's Best Picture Awards our debut feature is part eerie love story, part coming-of-age drama and part zombie flick. With its stylized vision and custom-made soundtrack, MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE recalls the early work of Wes Anderson and Sofia Coppola.
Please visit the website: www.makeoutwithviolence.com
or feel free to contact us for additional information about the film: limerentpictures@gmail.com
Best Regards,
the deagol brothers
MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE
"It's pretty damn good"
-Scott Weinberg, Cinematical
"a lyrical, surreal and deeply felt zombie movie that constantly subverts and rethinks the genre."
-Jim Ridley, Village Voice
"one of the most original films I've seen at a festival"
-Kim Voynar, Film Essent
"it's the "American Graffiti" of zombie love stories."
-Tim Anderson, Bloody-Disgusting.com
TEX MASSACRE'S HALLOWEEN of HORRORS
11:00am, October 30, 2009
Wanna watch a movie tomorrow night. How about a dozen! Here are 12 films some obvious, some not so obvious) that I would recommend watching for Halloween.
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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! – 1966
Virtually no one reading this list today could comprehend a Halloween where a primetime viewing of Charles Schultz's Peanuts masterpiece wasn't a mandatory event. Take a moment to watch it again. I promise you'll remember why.
Night of the Creeps – 1986
Director Fred Dekker occupies 2 places on my list (including The Monster Squad). This is a spoof for the seriously hardcore film buffs – example – The cast are all named after horror film directors (Romero, Cameron, Landis, Rami, Cronenberg, Hooper)and they attend Corman University!!! Look closely in the bathroom, the graffiti reads "Go Monster Squad" …it would be the title of the next film on this list.
The Monster Squad – 1987
Imagine what it would be like if The Goonies had to make battle against the dark forces of the Classic Universal Monsters of the 30's and 40's - A film probably best remembered by the life lesson – If you're attacked by The Wolfman…. kick him in the 'nards - because "Wolfman's got 'nards"
Something Wicked This Way Comes – 1983
Ray Bradbury's classic story comes to life in Walt Disney's gothic masterpiece. You literary types will recognize Bradbury borrowed the title from this line in Shakespeare's Macbeth - "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" Act I Scene IV. Writer Steve Kloves later incorporated the same line into the Halloween Song from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Sleepy Hollow – 1999
Tim Burton's homage to all things great about 1960's Hammer horror films, is a breathtaking supernatural set piece. Burton who began his career as an animator lifted several scenes directly from the 1949 Disney adaptation The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller – 1983
Maybe it’s just nostalgia on the rise, but I think you all need to take 14-minutes out of your life and watch this video. Epic. Amazing, there are not enough adjectives in the English language to laud this masterwork of the music video era. Shot in 1983 by Director John Landis, with make-up effects work by Oscar winner Rick Baker. The video cost a reportedly unheard of $500,000 to make. It went on the sell over 9 million copies on Home Video and win the 1st ever Grammy Award.—for best Video Album (an award arguably created solely to bestow this honor).
Ginger Snaps – 2000
Speaking of Werewolves…probably the absolute best Werewolf film since John Landis' 1981 cult fave An American Werewolf in London, Ginger Snaps, takes Joss Whedon's idea of High School as hell and the Teen Wolf theory of Werewolf transformation as puberty and splatters that bloody framework all over a pair of miscreant Canadian high school sisters. Eagle eyed genre vets will recognize Emily Perkins from her previous fright film experience as young Beverly Marsh in Stephen King's It and her cameo in the series finale of Showtime’s unjustly canceled series Dead Like Me.
Trick r Treat - 2009
Speaking of Dead Like Me, little sister Reggie Lass (Britt McKillip) makes an appearance in X-Men 2 writer, Mike Dougherty’s epic ensemble Halloween film. Call it the Pulp Fiction of horror movies, Trick r Treat weaves together a creepshow of macabre tales and instantly creates one the best horror films of the decade. You can finally rent this film festival favorite since Warner Brothers finally got their shit together and put it on DVD.
Halloween 1 & 2 – 1978 & 1981
John Carpenters definitive film virtually created the model for stalk and slash cinema and Rick Rosenthal's 1981 follow-up is a near perfect linear progression in the theory – everything needs to be twice as big in the sequel. Interestingly Rosenthal's film still feels as intimate and immediate as Carpenters ever did. On a side note, the guards in part 2 are watching the next entry on this list.
Night of the Living Dead – 1968
A late night staple for over almost 40 years, George Romero's slow moving gut munchers are the definition of man's overwhelming need for consumption – spreading like a virus across this earth. Decades ahead of its time, the film still feels fresh today, even though it perfectly dissected American strife the year it was released. As for your thoughts, consider this – How many horror films can you say have been honored by induction into National Film Registry of the Library of Congress! Shocking, but true.
Suspiria – 1977
If horror films are made of our nightmares and our nightmares are made of horror films, what do you call a 104-minute bad dream that you can't wake up from? I call it Suspiria - Italian Maverick Dario Argento's tale of hell on earth has been begged borrowed and stolen from, but never ever duplicated. If you can manage to make it to the ending, just remember the tagline…."The Only Thing More Terrifying Than The Last 12 Minutes Of This Film Are The First 92"
Halloween Horror Nights - Full Line Up Announced (Orlando)
10:48am, August 27, 2009
Hey Gang,
Here is the full press release from Universal Orlando for the line-up at Halloween Horror Nights 19!
This year sounds off the fucking chain....get your ass to O-town and maybe David, Keenan and I will come along with you for a helluva fun night!
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MODERN HORROR FILMS COME ALIVE
AT UNIVERSAL ORLANDO’S HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS
For the First Time Ever, Universal Orlando Dedicates its Entire Event to Mega-Horror Films!
SAW, The Wolfman, Chucky and More Are “Ripped from the Silver Screen” at
ORLANDO, Fla. (August 27, 2009) – A cold, lifeless hand takes your ticket. You’re left with a bone-chilling shiver as you move toward an empty theater seat. The lights dim, voices fade, the film begins. The screen starts to rip apart as the action comes straight for you. The show’s about to begin…
For the first time ever, Universal Orlando is devoting its entire Halloween Horror Nights event to bringing horror films to life. All eight haunted houses, all six scare-zones and two live shows will be directly inspired by some of today’s most popular horror films.
In another first, guests will experience three powerful mega-horror film concepts live and in-person before seeing them on-screen: “SAW,” the legendary horror series from Lionsgate® and Twisted Pictures, due in theaters with its newest release of “SAW VI” this October; “The Wolfman” from Universal Pictures, in theaters February 2010; and “Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” also from Universal Pictures, due in theaters October 2009. There will be two additional houses inspired by cult horror films.
“Our guests are going to feel as if their favorite horror films have left the screen and surrounded them,” said Jim Timon, senior vice president of entertainment for Universal Orlando Resort. “They will come face to face with many of the most disturbing characters in film history. When they leave Halloween Horror Nights, they’ll wish their experience was just a movie.”
The terrifying world of “SAW” – one of the most profitable horror franchises to date – will be transformed into a haunted house featuring iconic scenes from the films such as Jigsaw’s lair and the tomb-like bathroom. Guests will come face to face with Jigsaw and also watch as his victims struggle to try and win at his game.
Before guests can see the “The Wolfman” on-screen, they will be able to live its horror. In this house they will walk through scenes from the film, joining “The Wolfman’s” alter-ego Lawrence Talbot as he discovers a primal side of himself he didn’t know existed.
A world where toys go bad is brought to life in a haunted house inspired by the “Chucky” films. Guests will experience a funhouse lead by the sadistic doll where favorite children’s toys aren’t what they seem.
This year’s Halloween Horror Nights will also include dramatic new interpretations of Universal Pictures’ famed Frankenstein and Dracula. Both will be featured in their own houses and both will be more horrifying and intense than ever before.
In the Silver Screams haunted house – based on a demented movie theater run by a supernatural usher – guests will experience “Shaun of the Dead,” Universal Pictures’ “The Phantom of the Opera,” Lionsgate®’s “My Bloody Valentine 3D” and more.
Two live shows inspired by popular films return this year – the entertaining “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute.”
Halloween Horror Nights runs September 25-26, October 1-4, 8-11, 15-18, 21-25 and 28-31.
HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 19: AN OVERVIEW
EIGHT HORRIFYING HAUNTED HOUSES
SAW – For years you have come to celebrate Halloween and to witness the weakness of others. The only way to gain redemption for this voyeuristic obsession is to truly know what it means to bleed, to feel weak; to experience pain. Jigsaw will give you this experience. Happy Halloween. Let the games begin.
The Wolfman – Pure. Animalistic. Rage. Take a journey through England’s countryside and come face to fangs with one of the most terrifying creatures to ever explode from the silver screen. Forget everything you thought you knew, and prepare yourself for the sights and sounds of the newest addition to Universal Pictures’ legacy of horror.
Chucky: Friends to the End – Ever wonder what happens when good toys go bad? Chucky has been hard at work, tinkering with your favorite childhood playthings. Nothing is what it seems as you step inside and experience what its like to live in Chucky’s world. This is no Child’s Play.
Dracula: Legacy of Blood – Welcome to Castle Dracula on the night of “The Calling.” Vlad Dracul bids you welcome – be you one of the chosen women who has been called or merely a mortal man. Those who have been chosen must decide whether to join the Dark Prince in everlasting life as his brides, or reject his offer and suffer for all eternity. The blood must be renewed. The fate of the legacy hangs in the balance – Dracula’s legacy of blood.
Frankenstein: Creation of the Damned – It has been a fortnight since his creation caused the castle to be engulfed in flames. Doctor Frankenstein now continues his work to perfect the art of resurrection and regeneration, surrounded by his creations. The Creature has also returned, to make the Doctor pay for the pain and suffering he has had to endure. The Creature will destroy everything in his path to gain redemption, and you are now caught in the middle of this epic battle.
The Spawning – Something “different” has moved in among the sewers of Wyandot County, Ohio. The locals claim that these creatures, these “Sculders,” are two feet tall, with the body of a snake. As a volunteer member of the local water district, it is your civic duty to venture into these pipes and restore the flow. But beware, the locals are wrong about the “Sculders” and the only thing that will be flowing is your blood as it leaves your lifeless body.
Leave it to Cleaver – Samuel Meetz works for the people of Carey, Ohio as a butcher, bringing them the freshest meat possible. With a steady livestock of transients and town
lawbreakers with which to serve, and a staff of volunteers who will preserve their towns deadly secret by any means necessary, there is truly no end in sight for Samuel or his family business. As Sam always says: Meet Me at Meetz…The Z stands for cannibal.
Silver Screams – Julian Browning has been the usher in the Universal Palace since it opened in 1922, of course, he’s been dead since 1940, but he still commands respect for his most beloved films from every patron. Buy a ticket to the Universal Palace, and let Julian usher you into a realm where the horror on the screen is ripped away to reveal a world that is truly terrifying. Features “Shaun of the Dead,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “My Bloody Valentine 3D” and other popular horror films.
SIX INESCAPABLE AND CHILLING SCAREZONES
Lights, Camera, Hacktion!!! – Hollywood Boulevard is being used as a location for the filming of the next big horror movie to be released in October 2010: The CHAINSAW DRILL TEAM MASSACRE in 3-D. Lights, Camera, Hacktion! Our director, Mas Imair, noted horror film aficionado, is bringing the massacre to life in blood-red terrorcolor. But the actors seem to be taking their direction literally and are “hacking” through the cast and crew. It’s a close encounter of the worst kind as the backlot becomes a hacklot and the streets run red with blood. Are you ready for your close-up?
Cirque Du Freak – Inspired by Universal Pictures’ upcoming film “Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” which tells the fantasy-adventure tale of a boy who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. “Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant” will be in theaters on October 23.
Horrorwood Die-In – The Hollywood Drive-in has been closed for years, and some say the abandoned grounds are haunted, where late at night the dim flickering images of carnage and chaos, monsters and madmen leave the screen and enter the real world looking for fresh victims to star in their latest horrors.
Apocalypse: City of Cannibals – A whole civilization of war-like carnivorous humanoids emerges from the sewers and underground tunnels of New York, looking for fresh food. Half-humanoid, half-beast and ravenous, these tribal cannibals invade the streets of Manhattan. No one is safe!
Containment – When an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released into the atmosphere, the streets are filled with a toxic green mist that turns anyone that comes in contact with it into an infected, melting glob of flesh and blood.
War of the Living Dead – On a remote island in the Pacific during the last days of World War II, German military attempted to create the unthinkable – a new breed of super-soldier made from the reanimated corpses of the dead. American forces quickly seized the island compound, but not before the reanimate agent was released. The island was quarantined and has remained a secret until now. Fifty years later, the two opposing dead forces are still locked in immortal combat with you caught in the crosshairs.
TWO LIVE SHOWS
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure – Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted Theodore Logan return with an all new, especially excellent Halloween adventure featuring a who’s who of notorious celebrity guests stars.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute – Mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Rocky Horror and other famous Rocky Horror Picture Show characters return, bringing the musical mayhem of the classic horror spoof to life on-screen and on-stage with live performers singing and dancing in outrageous costumes. The tribute will be interactive with audience participation and on-stage guest involvement.
Jigsaw is coming to Halloween Horror Nights!!!
1:10pm, June 25, 2009
RIPPED FROM THE SILVER SCREEN: UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT’S
HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 19 TO BRING MODERN DAY HORROR FILMS TO LIFE
Experience to Feature Upcoming Release and Hugely Popular Horror Series
The Wolfman, Jigsaw and Chucky Will Wreak Havoc at Nation’s Most Frightening Halloween Event
ORLANDO, FL (June 25, 2009) – For the first time ever, guests at Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights will live a mega-horror movie before it even hits the big screen. They will also experience two modern day blockbuster horror franchises as Universal Orlando devotes its entire Halloween Horror Nights event to bringing horror films to life.
Universal Orlando is partnering with Universal Pictures to bring one of the year’s most highly anticipated films, “The Wolfman,” to life so guests can experience it firsthand before it hits theaters on November 6. It is also partnering with Lionsgate® and Twisted Pictures to bring the most profitable horror franchise, “SAW,” to Halloween Horror Nights 19: Ripped From the Silver Screen. Universal Orlando is also using its partnership with Universal Pictures to bring the popular “Chucky” film series to life at the event as well.
Lionsgate is expected to release the sixth installment of the powerhouse franchise in theatres nationwide on October 23rd in its traditional opening weekend slot leading into Halloween; the “Chucky” films have become a favorite among horror film and pop culture enthusiasts.
Never before has Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights featured such a catalog of horror. Everyone knows these films. And now everyone will get to live them in person. Guests will experience the physical and psychological horror that Jigsaw, Chucky and The Wolfman have inflicted on the silver screen. They will become victim to the mental games of “SAW’s” maniacal killer Jigsaw. They will come face to face with “Chucky’s” wrath. And they will be there as “The Wolfman’s” alter-ego, Lawrence Talbot, discovers a primal side of himself he didn’t know existed.
“Halloween Horror Nights is the perfect launch for ‘The Wolfman,’” says the film’s producer Scott Stuber. “The horror audience is one of the most enthusiastic and loyal so we are so pleased they are experiencing it first at Halloween Horror Nights.”
“Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights provides a unique platform which allows horror fans to experience Jigsaw’s terrifying labyrinth firsthand. Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures couldn’t have asked for better partners to bring the world of SAW to life,” said SAW producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures.
From house and character design to costuming and prosthetics, work is already underway on this year’s event. Additional details will be revealed leading up to opening night of Halloween Horror Nights 19. A SAW attraction will also be included in the Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood.
“We have an exciting opportunity to bring our guests into the world of some of the most popular horror films,” said Jim Timon, senior vice president of entertainment for Universal Orlando Resort. “If you thought you were scared watching these movies, wait until you experience this year’s Halloween Horror Nights.”
For 23 select nights this fall, modern horror films are “Ripped from the Silver Screen” to frighten guests at what promises to be the most feared Halloween Horror Nights ever. Other horror films and characters from the movies, including completely re-imagined Frankenstein and Dracula concepts, will also be integrated into this year’s event.
Halloween Horror Nights 19 will feature all-new horrifying haunted houses, inescapable and chilling scarezones, live shows and hundreds of frightening “scare-actors.” Event dates are September 25-26, October 1-4, 8-11, 15-18, 21-25 and 28-31.
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