JW Kennedy ([info]dr_phlog) wrote,
@ 2007-01-26 17:16:00
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I'm in a Movie!
"Mark of the Damned" (directed by Eric Miller) is finished! We showed it to a select audience of friends and cognoscenti last night .. it was the first time I had actually seen the entire thing, and I'm excited. It clocks in at about 1 hour and 40 minutes of extreme awesomeness. We will premiere it locally within a month, probably enter it in some festivals, and presumably DVDs will be for sale soon.

How to describe "Mark of the Damned" ... It's a retro (early 1960s) style sci-fi/monster movie, a tribute to the series of "Santo" movies from Mexico. It is black & white with a dubbed soundtrack (since the original Santo movies were in Spanish, we wanted that foreign language feeling.) It has all the elements of greatness: zombies, vampires, alchemists, mad scientists, cyborgs, cops, Abraham Lincoln, sweet cars, astronauts, magicians, archaeologists, a priest, a luchadore, hot girls (some in skimpy costumes), a Horror from Beyond the Spheres, a mummy, and a robot. Despite all this, it is not a hopeless mish-mash, and (unlike many movies of this genre) you do NOT have to be stoned to enjoy it. We weren't stoned when we made it. It's actually a pretty good movie, and I'm not just saying that because I helped make it.

What exactly did I do? I co-wrote the script, helped with the shooting, played 4 characters on-screen, dubbed voices for 5 characters, and provided incidental music for selected scenes. (The main musical score was done by Casey Tomlin from VCR.)

"Mark of the Damned" has an unfinished website and a Myspace page which should show up at the top of a Google search. Seek it out! You will love it!



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[info]artytoons
2007-01-26 07:03 pm UTC (link)
Cool...will this be showing up at Blockbuster and other fine movie rental chains?

If there is a way of purchasing a copy, I will be interested.

Do you play Lincoln by any chance? Just a wild guess...

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[info]fiawol
2007-01-28 03:16 am UTC (link)
Want, want! Gimme!

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Bulldadalust on the Third Coast
[info]dumpsterskunk
2007-02-01 05:13 am UTC (link)
Huzzah! How much for a copy? (begins going through wallet & pockets, under sofa cushions etc) By the time it comes out I'll actually be able to watch it on my new DVD player (which won't connect to any of the rather elderly TVs we have here, so...), assuming I find a new(er) TV in time.

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