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BDTV: First Look at ‘Death’s Door’
The filmmakers of the new indie film DEATH’S DOOR were cool enough to get us a little taste of what the movie has in store for us! Slightly spoilerific and some fun gore inside! Directed by George Scileppi, each week on her local cable show “The Seance Hour”, medium Madame Camille holds a seance with a guest from her viewing audience. But it’s a sham. Special effects smoke and mirrors. And everyone behind the scene knows it, including Camille. What they don’t realize is that Camille’s psychic powers are real. Her seance opens a door to the “Other Side” and connects with the spirit world. Tonight, the show’s producer has booked a controversial guest to boost the ratings. A guest who’s past holds a dark, horrible secret. So tonight, when hands are joined to form the seance circle, and the door to the Other Side is opened… Evil will be unleashed.
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Out today in select theaters and on digital platforms is heartfelt and playful documentary Mockbuster, which sees a director cold call a studio and ask to helm a lost-world dinosaur epic.
Inexplicably, they say yes.
Our exclusive clip below highlights both the comedic nature of this bizarre scenario as well as the pressures of shooting dino feature The Land That Time Forgot in a mere six days, with no real feature experience.
A dino attack scene causes friction on set in this scene.
In the documentary, “A struggling filmmaker’s opportunity collides with chaos and compromise when Sharknado’s notorious studio, The Asylum, invites him to direct a ‘mockbuster.’ With six days, a micro budget, and mounting pressure, Mockbuster is a comedic, behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the balance between low-budget filmmaking and creative ambition.”
More than just an inside look at filmmaking via low-budget film studio The Asylum, it doubles as one man’s pursuit of his dreams to charming, humorous effect.
“Mockbuster is a documentary about my own journey, but it’s also a love letter to one of the last grindhouses still functioning in Hollywood. We get to meet the characters and creators of some of the most infamous (and most hated) B-movies of the last few decades. People who make movies purely for profit – no pretension, no artistry, just monsters, C-listers, and chaos. A film that both genre fans and cinephiles can enjoy. But Mockbuster isn’t just about filmmaking, it’s about losing sight of your dreams, and reclaiming them in your own twisted way,” Director Anthony Frith said in a statement.
From Executive Producer and famed documentarian David Farrier, Mockbuster opens in select theaters and on digital platforms beginning July 10.