Sideshow Newsletter #11

[MikeWatt]

Side Show : 10/08/04
News from around the b-movie world! (Or, as much as I can find in the fascinating world of the web). Remember, you heard it here eventually!


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B-Movie News!
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“The Shrieking” sets shoot dates, hires crew

North Carolina-based film production company Funhouse Pictures has set production dates for its debut feature “The Shrieking”. The creature feature will go under the lens in the Crowders Mountain region of the state March 21, 2005 with production lasting three weeks. Director Shawn Hunt, who also penned the screenplay, comments “I wrote the script with Crowders Mountain in mind, so getting to film there will be absolutely perfect.”

The film, described as a camping trip gone to hell, is about four college students who venture into the mountains for a weekend of R&R only to encounter a bloodthirsty monster who definitely does not appreciate its turf being invaded. Special Effects guru Ron Karkosa of 2001 Maniacs and Wishmaster 3 recently joined the crew and will be in charge of the creature design.

“The Shrieking” stars Kelly Ray (Scare Museum, Season in Hell), Anna Bridgforth (The Wickeds, UN33D Help), Nathan Faudree (Kottentail)and Logan Hunter(Mixed Nuts)and is being produced by Tony Urban of Crazy Ralph Films who adds, “We’re extremely excited about ‘The Shrieking’. It’s a gritty, brutal horror movie which holds nothing back.”

Email – shawn@crazyralph.com

Grudge Ghosts Spooked Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who stars in the upcoming Japanese horror
remake The Grudge, told SCI FI Wire that she and co-star Jason Behr
were amazed by the performance of Japanese co-star Takako Fuji, who
plays one of the grudge-filled ghosts in the film. "We could not wait
to see her do what we like to refer to as the cockroach crawl," Gellar
said in an interview while promoting the film. "My American warped mind
figured it's a stunt. Oh, no. She crawls down those stairs on her
knees, this little woman, who makes me look like I could be a float in
the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. And Jason and I, the first day,
just sort of stood there. We ruined the first take, because we were
just so, like, flabbergasted that she actually did this."

Behind the scenes, Fuji was surprisingly jovial and not as creepy as
her on-screen persona, Gellar said. But that wasn't the case for
another of the Japanese actors, Yuya Ozeki, who plays a young boy ghost
in the film. "There is a slight language barrier, but, no, you just
start talking," Gellar said. "[Fuji] giggles and, like, [acts normal].
But you know what's worse is the freaky little kid. I'm sorry, that
little kid is freaky. When he opens his mouth with that [scream], oh,
man. I would see that kid on set, and it would freak me out."

The Grudge is based on the Japanese film Ju-On. Although the original
movie was made for Japanese audiences, Gellar said she thinks the
scariest moments in The Grudge won't be lost in translation. "I think
Japanese films leave a lot more to the imagination," she said. "It's a
lot more about setting it up and letting you take it to that place
where it makes it scariest for you. It's not gory. It's not bloody, and
I think because of it, it's much more chilling." The Grudge opens Oct.
22.



Japanese SF Author Yano Dies

Tetsu Yano, an SF author and translator of science fiction in Japan,
died on Oct. 13 from cancer of the large intestine, the Science Fiction
and Fantasy Writers of America Web site reported. He was 81.

Yano translated more than 350 books, including titles by Frederik Pohl,
Desmond Bagley, Gene van Troyer and Edgar Rice Burroughs, and was author
of "The Legend of the Paper Spaceship," a novella first published in
English translation in 1984 and subsequently reprinted numerous times in
various collections. He was also the translator of almost all of the
novels and short stories by Robert A. Heinlein and helped to introduce
many American and British science fiction writers to Japan, the site
reported.

Yano was born Oct. 10, 1923, and educated at Chuoh University. He has
been called Japan's first science fiction fan, having discovered SF
through a paperback book discarded by an American soldier. In 1953 he
was one of the first Japanese SF fans to visit the United States when he
traveled to Westercon and the WorldCon in Philadelphia, the site
reported.

A former chairman of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan,
Yano wrote many original works, some of which were made into anime.


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B-Movie.com site news
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Everyone knows how to access the sections of our site store, right? Just click on the little arrow next to sections like “What’s New” and “Specials” and you’ll jump right to it!

New titles added to the official b-movie.com site:

VERTICAL SMILES: DEVILS COVE - DVD

MARDI GRAS SMILES 2 - DVD

Spring Break Smiles 1 - DVD.

SEXY ADVENTURES OF VAN HELSING - (VHS) and (DVD)

SEDUCTION OF INGA, THE - (VHS) and (2-Disc DVD)

VOODOUN BLUES DVD-EP - Produced, Directed & Edited by MISTY MUNDAE.

BITE ME - (DVD) and (VHS)

AT DAWN THEY SLEEP (VHS) and (DVD)

Plus the amazingly disgusting “Guinea Pig” movies from Japan!
MERMAID IN A MANHOLE/HE CANNOT DIE (dvd)
FLOWER OF FLESH AND BLOOD (DVD)
DEVIL'S EXPERIMENT/ANDROID OF NOTRE DAME (DVD)

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Spotlight on …
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In 1962 a top secret government agency designed a spaceship to explore the deepest reaches of outer space. On its voyage back to Earth it disappeared without a trace. 44 years later Jack Alder, a rogue CIA agent has uncovered the government’s dark secret.Today, Alder is set to unleash an evil on this planet like nothing man has ever seen. Fueled by his own ambition and greed, he has devised a plan that threatens the fate of all humanity as he opens the door to something not of this earth. Caught in the chaos is Slade Hunter, a down and out ex-special forces soldier. He searches to put the pieces of his brother’s brutal murder together. Soon, he finds himself battling for his own life against a band of mercenaries, government agents and Earth’s deadliest visitor.

Extras include: “Digital Inferno: The Making of The Risen”, The Risen: Photo Gallery, 30 seconds The Risen Trailer.

"A fun story told with a lot of flare and style...THE RISEN is a tautly-paced and exciting monster flick!" -buried.com

Buy it Tuesday, October 26 from B-Movie.com: http://www.b-movie.com/catalog/produ...ucts_id=117098

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New Sale!
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This weekend’s sale features some brand new, never-before-offered-at-these-prices titles from the NuTech line. Some so-bad-it’s-good horror and some rare, out of print, hardcore titles.

Choose from these great titles:

AUNT PEG - A gorgeous female film producer (Juliet Anderson), a hot-blooded, temper mental Italian director, a dazzlingly beautiful young starlet and a small town teenage seductress all come together in the extremely hot story of AUNT PEG...(DVD SRP $17.96, sale price $16.16)

BIKINI GODDESESS - Billy (Alton Butler) thought visiting his father at his hotel overseas would be the ideal summer vacation - that is, until he accidentally releases three beautiful goddesses from their centuries-old sundial prison! (OUT OF PRINT VHS SRP $17.99, sale price just $16.19)

BOO! - SPECIAL EDITION DIRECTOR'S CUT! (DVD SRP $19.95, sale price $14.96)

CARDIAC ARREST - (DVD SRP $17.96, sale price $16.16)

DAY OF THE ANIMALS - The high-drama and frightful tension will have you on the edge of your seat. Can anyone survive "The Day Of The Animals"? (DVD SRP $17.96, sale price $16.16)

DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE - (DVD SRP $17.96, sale price $16.16)

GRIZZLY - (DVD SRP $17.96, sale price $16.16)

ONLY THE BEST - The ONLY authorized, authentic series of classic sex scenes from Jim Holliday's definitive book on X-Rated films. (DVD SRP $26.96 sale price $18.96)

TUNNELS - The tunnels under a city can breed strange and mysterious things. (DVD SRP $17.96, sale price $16.16)

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE - Ever wondered you'd do if one morning a disgusting creature grew out of your moldy leftovers and terrorized your household? (DVD SRP $17.96, sale price $16.16)


Or check out these other terrific offerings:

AJ Kahn's Kinky Casting Couch (DVD SRP $29.99 sale price $25.49)
ANNA OBSESSED (VHS SRP $26.96 sale price $13.48)
Aunt Peg's Fulfillment (DVD SRP $$17.96, sale price $16.16)
BENEATH HER BOOT (DVD SRP $49.95, sale price just $39.95)
BIKER'S ORGY OF PAIN (DVD SRP $49.95, sale price just $39.95)
Date with a Vampire (VHS SRP $19.99, sale price just $15.00 )
DUNGEONS OF DEGRADATION (DVD) (DVD SRP $49.95, sale price just $39.95)
First Time Ever (DVD SRP $22.46 sale price $15.72)
JEWEL RAIDER (DVD SRP $26.96 sale price $18.96)
Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (VHS SRP $12.99 sale price $3.25)
Satan's School for Lust (DVD SRP $19.99 sale price $16.99)
Shocking Truth (DVD SRP $26.96 sale price $18.96)
Sin Sisters (DVD SRP $19.99 sale price $16.99)
Sorority Babes in the Slime-Bowl-A-Rama (DVD SRP $9.98, sale price $8.98)
Sorority Sadists/Schoolgirl Sacrifice (DVD SRP $29.99 sale price $25.49)
Taste of Candy, A (DVD SRP $26.96 sale price $18.96)
Vambires (DVD SRP $26.99 sale price $10.80)
Vambires (VHS SRP $26.99 sale price $10.80)
Vista Valley PTA (DVD SRP $17.96, sale price $16.16)
Witches are Bitches (VHS SRP $12.59 sale price $6.30)

Hurry, sale ends Monday, October 25th! So don’t miss out!

All this and more at www.b-movie.com!

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Ron Bonk
Sub Rosa Studios, LLC
315-652-3868
Fax: 315-622-2315

[MichaelMyers]

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[ThenThereWasOne]

Don't spam, Mike ! Whatever you do don't... DOH ! You could've at least mentioned I'm doing the music for 'The Shrieking' LOL
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