Film Bites
The Miskatonic Acid Test
Some of you may remember our July, 2004 interview with Dark Lord Rob, the Electric Druid. During the interview, DLR discussed his film-in-progress, The Miskatonic Acid Test. We recently asked the Electric Druid how the project is going, and this is what he had to say:
Oh yeah, still working on my magnum opus! Let me just say that making highly ambitious motion pictures on a shoestring budget has doubtless driven more to madness than the Pnakotic Manuscripts... fortunately for me, I've always loved roller coasters so I'm getting more fun than frustration out of
the experience.
Okay, it's not as bad as I'm making it sound. Sure, we had to jettison virtually the entire original cast for one reason or another (and it's a big cast); sure, we started out intending to shoot in Bath, ME and now are in Middleboro, MA (a difference of a measly few hundred miles); sure, we lost our primary location on the eve of shooting (!) but everything is going hunky-dory more or less.
We've now got a great cast and a terrific crew and we've already shot some terrific stuff; we do have some footage to shoot with one major character that did kind of set us back... the character, the villain's henchman Alex, has been a jinx since day one... no less than four different actors have been cast in the role (our Alexes have shown a tendency to flake out, I'm afraid) and the last shoot was no
exception... Alex was a no-show. **&@*&!!! One of the other cast knew a guy who was perfect however. Problem: he was SAG [Screen Actors Guild]. No problem, says everybody. SAG has a rule that lets actors work on ultra-low-budget films. Alas, said rule was changed recently; we can use him but SAG needs the script a month in advance. So now we have to wait a month to finish up. Oh well.
What we have so far is terrific, this is certainly going to be a very unique entry into the HPL pantheon. The movie looks great (our DP has that camera that shoots in 24p), there are some outstanding performances in our (huge) cast, our new location is perfect, exactly what I envisioned and of course the soundtrack is first-rate. You don't have to take my word for it (not that you would); I'm planning on posting one of the musical segments on-line as soon as I get a good edit together (next week, most likely).
If all goes well, the finished Miskatonic Acid Test will be ready for its first engagements by October, knock wood. Wow!
Hastur leugo!
DLR
For more info about Dark Lord Rob and his many projects, be sure to visit his web site, American Entropy. It's a real trip!
Enter the Dagon
On August 19, a new edit of the often-LOL-funny short Enter the Dagon premiered at Horrorfind Weekend V. Director Tom Gleason informed Dunwich Herald that the new edit has been tightened and resequenced, and that the DVD--when available--will be loaded with extras. Look to Dunwich Herald later this year for a review of the film and information on how to get your grimy little paws on a copy of your own.
Also, congratulations to Tom and his wife on the birth of their daughter, Kyra Elizabeth, on August 18, 2005. Here's hoping Kyra's first words are: "IA! Shub-niggurath. Black Goat with a Thousand Young!"
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
We received the following press release early last month. The 13mb teaser for this animated film looks pretty cool, so all you mythos maniacs with high-speed connections be sure to check it out.
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath now on DVD
Portland's Guerrilla Productions announces the availability of its first feature film, the animated adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, on DVD.
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, one of H. P. Lovecraft's few novels, follows the adventures of Randolph Carter, a brave Dreamer in the Land of Dream, as he navigates a terrifying landscape of ghouls, zoogs, Shantak birds, nightgaunts, dholes, evil priests, and moonbeasts, all in
search of his beloved Sunset City.
"We've really punched it up," says Director Edward Martin III. "We've remastered the soundtrack in Dolby Digital, added more bonus features, pulled out many scenes that were very loosely animated and re-animated them completely from scratch, included some very neat DVD-ROM content, and just overall have made this an even more attractive product than the first release."
The first limited release of 1000 copies sold out in six months.
"That's not going to happen again," adds Martin. "We're committed to keeping this product alive and well for as long as the fans want it."
Guerrilla Productions, fueled almost entirely by caffeine, has completed half a dozen short movies since the initial release of The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and is currently in post-production on Flesh of my Flesh (www.FleshOfMyFlesh.com), a live-action horror/thriller with Lovecraftian undertones, and pre-production on a live-action adaptation of "The Statement of Randolph Carter."
For more information, please contact
Edward Martin III
Guerrilla Productions
http://www.Guerrilla-Productions.org/
Edward@Guerrilla-Productions.org
Zann
Dunwich Herald's first interview was posted on April 4, 2004, with Kempelin, a budding filmmaker working on an adaptation of "The Music of Erich Zann." I fired off an email to him last week to see how his project is coming along. Here's his verbose reply:
Am still working on 'Zann',
cant talk now
will be in touch
Quite the talker, that one. That's OK, though. We hope things are going well for our inaugural interviewee, and we're looking forward to enjoying his film when it is done.
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Edgar Allan Lovecraft
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