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MAY

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23rd
APR

Movie I Worked on Hitting the Big Screen

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That’s right, “The Viewer,” a short film (IN 3-D) I worked on, will be playing in NYC.

By worked on, I mean that I mopped up Brian Spears’ fake blood. AND I GET A THANK YOU IN THE CLOSING CREDITS!

Beat that, Roger Ebert!

Here’s the full press release:

Glass Eye Pix is proud to announce the NYC theatrical run of I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER; a date is set for the DVD release.

I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER to run at NYC’S Kraine Theater April 29th through May 5th, with an additional screening on May 10. DVD to be released on May 26th.
I CAN SEE YOU: A Psychedelic Campfire Tale

I CAN SEE YOU, the fifth in Larry Fessenden’s celebrated low budget horror ScareFlix anthology, is writer/director Graham Reznick’s debut feature film. Graham is a Glass Eye Pix regular, having sound designed many past and current Scareflix releases (The Roost, Trigger Man, Automatons and I Sell The Dead, as well as JT. Petty’s Blood Red Earth and Ti West’s The House of The Devil). I CAN SEE YOU was produced by fellow ScareFlix veteran Peter Phok.

SUMMARY: Three aspiring ad-men take a weekend in the wilderness, brainstorming for their first assignment: to overhaul the image of a once popular cleaning product, Claractix. While in the woods, a girlfriend’s mysterious disappearance sparks a harrowing descent into unreality. Personalities contort into extremes and visits are made by a specter from Claractix campaigns of the past as the film careens towards it’s startling climax.

The film’s ad-men are played by real-life members of Waverly Films (Ben Dickinson, Duncan Skiles and Chris Ford), a Brooklyn based production company specializing in commercials, music videos, and who have an immense cult following with their comedic YouTube shorts. Summer Day, the free spirited temptress destined to drive them apart, is played by Heather Robb (Trigger Man, The House of The Devil, I Sell the Dead), lead singer of popular folk-rock group The Spring Standards. Long-lost ClarActix pitchman Mickey Hauser is played by producer Larry Fessenden, who describes the movie as “1960’s psychedelia by way of David Lynch with dashes of Philip K. Dick and Cronenberg.”

Reznick says: “I CAN SEE YOU is about the experience of being young and ambitious in New York City, but blind to any sense of responsibility or stakes. When the naïve lead ad designer in I CAN SEE YOU takes his ill-fated trip into the woods and is faced with an impossible situation, his mind malfunctions. He doesn’t know how to cope with something outside of his safe, easy existence, and we experience his world shattering breakdown along with him. I love watching films that show the world through the tinted perspective of another person – and in I CAN SEE YOU we watch the world through the eyes of someone who is quickly losing his grasp on reality.”
THE VIEWER: A Telepathic Interrogation in Three Dimensions

In addition to the feature, Glass Eye Pix enters the world of Stereoscopic 3D cinema with “The Viewer,” a brand new short film also written and directed by Graham Reznick.

SUMMARY: “The Viewer” is a telepathic interrogation experienced from the perspective of a suspected murderer. Telepathic Viewing doesn’t come without a price, however; as the suspect resists the mind-reader’s tactics, the “viewing” intensity is increased… dissolving the fragile boundaries between memory, identity and reality.

“The Viewer” was shot using a specialized two camera HD rig designed by cinematographer Gordon Arkenberg (I Can See You, The Meaning of Tea). Featuring a multi-dimensional 5.1 soundscape designed by Graham Reznick, “The Viewer” is a psychedelic feast for both the eyes and ears. Starring Mick Lauer as “The Viewer” and Lindsay Burdge as “The Victim.” Written and directed by Graham Reznick.
THE VENUE

I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER screen at the Kraine Theatre, within a custom, high-definition, full-surround, 3D system, maintained by distribution and exhibition company Cinema Purgatorio. Founded by former Pioneer Theater chief Ray Privett, Cinema Purgatorio installed the system at the Kraine for the four-month-long release of CHRISTMAS ON MARS, a science fiction film made by rock band the Flaming Lips. Together, Glass Eye and Cinema Purgatorio are adding the 3D capabilities for the screenings of I CAN SEE YOU and THE VIEWER.

Says Ray Privett: “I founded Cinema Purgatorio to work on extraordinarily creative film projects that deserve and reward extra special attention. I CAN SEE YOU is a great match. I’ve been lucky to work with Glass Eye and Scareflix many times elsewhere in the past, and I’m honored to work with them again.”

-I CAN SEE YOU will be preceeded by THE VIEWER during it’s theatrical run, from April 29th to May 5th at the Kraine Theater in NYC. Tickets are available through CinemaPurgatorio.com.

-The DVD of I CAN SEE YOU will contain THE VIEWER (along with special Glass Eye Pix 3D glasses) as a special feature. The special limited edition DVD set will also include a behind-the-scenes featurette, actor/director commentary, trailer, and promotional materials. The DVD will be available on May 26th through CinemaPurgatorio.com and Amazon.com.

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20th
APR

Chiller Theatre Convention April 2009

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A collection of clips from this month’s Chiller Theatre Expo, held somewhere in Jersey.

Warning — the Iron Sheik likes to curse.

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17th
APR

WLAD vs NewsTimes.com

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Had the chance to go on Dave Rinelli’s show this morning on WLAD 800-AM in Danbury this morning. I like Dave because he allows me try out goofy new camera equipment live during his show.

We chatted about Twitter stuff, Danbury stuff and horror convention stuff.

I recorded the interview with a tiny Flip video camera I purchased the other day.

Here is part I:

And here is part II:

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16th
APR

Wacky Billy Bob Thornton

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15th
APR

This woman makes perfect sense

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14th
APR

Marilyn Chambers, of Westport, dead at 56

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From the AP:

LOS ANGELES—Marilyn Chambers, the pretty Ivory Snow soap girl who helped bring hard-core adult films into the mainstream consciousness when she starred in the explicit 1972 movie “Behind the Green Door,” has died at 56.The cause of death was not immediately known. A family friend, Peggy McGinn, said Chambers’ 17-year-old daughter found the actress’ body Sunday night at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Canyon Country. Chambers was pronounced dead at the scene, the county coroner’s office said Monday.

More info here.

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12th
APR

Twitter Terror

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I’m addicted to Twitter, but I’m in the early stages of my addiction, so it’s cool.

Yesterday Twitter had itself a big ol’ cluster frik on its hands in the form of the StalkDaily worm.

If someone sent out a Tweet with the StalkDaily URL — and you were unfortunate enough to click on the little bugger — your Twitter account got JACKED, YO!

It spread like the creeping crud Saturday, especially Saturday evening.

Here’s an explanation from Prince Charles:

Of course, the wonderful thing about Twitter is that you could see the freak out in real time — in 140, frantic character bursts.

Everyone and their brother sent out urgent Tweets, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON’T CLICK ON STALK DAILY!

I clicked on the profile of a guy who calls himself wwwRepAmINFO — a “watchdog” of the Republican-American’s editorial page.

He was one of the “infected.” I visited hisTwitter profile to see what type of carnage the worm was inflicting. You know, like slowing down at a car wreck.

Then I saw a Tweet saying if you visited the profile of an infected, YOU BECAME INFECTED.

Suddenly it was Twitter “Dawn of the Dead.”

I freaked out, signed off, grabbed the boom stick. Then this happened:

I awoke this morning to learn:

Brooklyn, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – Mikeyy Mooney, the 17-year-old creator of StalkDaily.com from Brooklyn, has admitted responsibility for the Twitter worm that rapidly spread through Twitter on Saturday, stating in an email to BNO News, “I am aware of the attack and yes I am behind this attack.”

Twitter users were infected by simply visiting an infected users Twitter page. Following being infected, users began tweeting about stalkdaily.com with messages such as “Dude, www.StalkDaily.com is awesome. What’s the fuss?”

Mikeyy described how he carried out the attack:

(GEEK TALK GEEK TALK GEEK TALK)

Mikeyy explained to BNO News that he created Stalk Daily from “boredom” and because he “needed a way to make money.”

I would shake my fist and curse little Mikeyy right now, but he probably has access to my bank accounts and/or my medicine cabinet.

I will just say this. Mikeys are notorious pains in the a**:

UPDATE: As far as Mikeys being a pain in the a**, that excludes my older brother, who just dumped a dead goat on my lawn.

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11th
APR

The Pick Up at Chiller Con

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My good buddy Brian Spears sent me a note last night saying “The Pick Up” will be screening April 17 and April 18 at the Chiller Con in Parsippany, N.J.

Dread Central broke the news yesterday.

Spears is a gore make up artist getting lots of press for the work he did with G&S Effects partner Pete Gerner on “I Sell the Dead.”

He created something quite special for “The Pick Up.”

Click here for a pic.

Visit Dread Central for more.

Visit Fangoria for even more.

“The Pick Up,” is a funny, over-the-top short short film that will link the notorious exploitation flick “Flesh for the Beast” to its coming-soon sequel, “Flesh for the Beast 2.”

“Flesh for the Beast,” as we all know, is the craziest flick ever to be filmed at the intersection of Executive Boulevard and North Broadway in Yonkers.

Anyway, if anyone is going to be at Chiller next weekend, details on “The Pick Up” screening can be found here.

Support true indie filmmaking!

FYI: I tried posting this info to a Chiller Theatre Yahoo group, but an e-mail signed by “Chiller Theatre Staff” informed me that no approval has been giving for the screening.

I’m assuming the details will be worked out by Friday.

Have a great weekend!

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8th
APR

Observe and Report: Instant Classic?

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Opens Friday.

Looks epic.

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Movie I Worked on Hitting the Big Screen

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WLAD vs NewsTimes.com

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