Update on "Hell's Bells" DVD

I am finishing a master DVD for shipment to David Hatcher Childress who has requested to sell Hell's Bells through his Adventures Unlimited Press catalogue. I'll send it tomorrow and he'll let me know when it will actually be available. He sells via a printed catalogue but also online, so it could be fairly soon.

The DVD includes the film itself, a 'Making of Hell's Bells' featurette, and a photo gallery of production stills accompanied by the music from the film -- original compositions performed by Joseph P Farrell who is well known to those who buy from the AUP catalogue. The 'making of the movie' feature is essentially interviews of the cast and myself, along with outtakes and stills. The whole thing is over 90 minutes worth of entertainment. The film I would rate PG, the 'making of' feature has some colorful language here and there (actors, you know).

I'm also waiting to hear from Amazon regarding what date I can expect Hell's Bells to be available for online streaming.

More to follow...

Ooops! Wrong Link!

Sorry about that! I pasted the wrong link before. Corrected now!

So I decided to post this scene because, well, I simply want to display the progress on the new film. Some will hate it. These are the people who are ADD in their film viewing. If you're expecting snappy dialogue and rapid-fire repartee, don't bother with this. My current influences include a big primary dose of Lynch and a bit of Kubrick. I like using slower paced interactions because, for me, it builds tension. Even the dumber people who are addicted to the teat of constant stimulation are actually experiencing this in spite of themselves. That nagging sense of wanting something to happen is, in itself, the building of tension. That's why I shoot my scenes the way I do.

This is the longest 'non action' scene of the film and what you see here is only half of it. These are rough shots -- meaning they have merely been cut out of the roll and not given their final trim -- in a rough pasting of the scene. There will be fine tuning but the pacing will essentially not change very much. Also, the sound here is the raw sound, captured in camera, so if you're one of those prissy types who can't drive five miles in a car without constantly noticing every murmur and hiccup of the engine, I can't help you.

CHTHONIC Scene 30 Rough Cut

Hell's Bells DVD Update

I've been busy working on the 'Making of' featurette for the DVD. I had two BIG files of just my commentary to wade through and cut selections from. Of course, rendering for hi-def viewing (because a lot of people have big screen TVs and most have at least hi-def TVs) takes a while, making this all a tedious process. Anyway, I finally have everything ready except one final short actor interview. I simply plug in my comments and theirs, and all the elements for the Hell's Bells DVD are complete. I would like the film to be available on Amazon streaming before I release the DVD, but that's taking forever and I may not be able to wait, so look for an announcement here regarding when it will be linked here for sale via PayPal.

More to follow...

The Making of "Hell's Bells"

Take a brief look at the featurette that will be included on the DVD of my silent film HERE

Updates and Thoughts

Maleina Malinskii, star of CHTHONIC

Now that we're three weeks into the New Year and the Hell's Bells premier has come and gone, I find myself in a down week on production of CHTHONIC due to this flu epidemic. I gave everyone the week off, actually about ten days, to reduce bugs flying around. I did manage to shoot a bit of a scene last night, essentially my shots and lines of that scene. What the hell, I may as well, I had little else satisfying to do.

Presently, I'm waiting to hear word from the first festival to which I've submitted HB. I don't want to say which one in the event we get rejected. I'm not expecting to compete, I just want a screening slot. It'll be quite a boost should the film get a nod there. Of course, I'll be submitting to other festivals and scheduling other screenings. Also, HB is being processed for download rental viewing at Amazon and should be available within a couple of weeks or so. Hopefully they won't over-price it. A buck would suit me just fine. I need to get the film screened more. I have been slowly getting the actor interviews shot for the DVD. It's the final element of the DVD so, as soon as it's done, I can start marketing that. Naturally I'll announce that here, as well as any screenings at festivals and such.

Shawny Kenney just cast in CHTHONIC

CHTHONIC is started. The holidays slowed us down, then this flu season thing. That has given me time to flesh out more details and really decide exactly what sort of film it is. I've been pushing it as a horror film, but I question that now. Don't get me wrong, it's certainly a horror film in that it has something otherworldly doing scary and deadly things. However, the story has subtext and I think I should be pushing the theme of that as much as the horror angle. I don't want audiences to think they're in for the usual torture porn or latest 'found footage' offering. CHTHONIC is heavily influenced by Hammer and David Lynch. And the transgender alchemy aspect is as important as the genre stuff. It's not a multiplex movie, that's for certain. Anyway, we got off to a slow start so I'm sure once we're rolling again, I'll be energized by what's developing as we go. But I am going to start marketing the film as something other than merely a horror movie because the LGBT audience will find something of interest here, too.

Redstar Films is in post-production on a film which I share a story credit with my old friend and sometime writing partner Mike Williamson. The title of the film is Damnation and it was adapted by director Paul Kimball. I'm very anxious to see it. Damnation was shot on Nova Scotia. It's a thriller with supernatural flavor. I'll do a post on that as soon as it's released.

Well, that's all for now...

Walter Bosley Interview Tonight!

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A Quick Moment On The Set Of CHTHONIC

Just for fun...CHTHONIC Moment