An indie movie we've been following for an awfully long time here at horror.com, CARNIES, is finally finished and will soon be ready for press screenings. We got the following note from one of its stars, A. Lee Perkins (the movie costars Doug Jones and Reggie Bannister). [click the poster image to enlarge it.]

Now and then you receive some good news...like a new president, but today I also got the word from Brian Corder that CARNIES is finished. I was told that screenings should follow shortly along with talks with distributors. Have I seen it? Nope. But Brian sent along the new poster and a few unseen photos of Reggie Bannister, Doug Jones and myself. On the website (http://www.carniesmovie.com/ [1]) there are additional pics of Ford Austin, Denise Gossett, Chris Staviski and others. What can I say, it was a big cast.

In other horror news...working their way though post -- Justin Paul Ritter's The Living Corpse (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071809/ [2]), Ford Austin's Dahmer vs. Gacy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1335986/ [3]), Chris Chow's Strawberry Cliff (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1335986/ [3]) and Jeff Dylan Graham's Psychosomatika (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078591/ [4]). Of course there's the non-horror flicks of The Road to Victory, Daze: Vol. Too (sic) - NonSeNse and The Red Machine that are also in post-production.

Not to mention 2 web series. 2008 was a very busy year! On the festival circuit -- Dark Canvas, Gandhi at the Bat, Live Evil and Edges of Darkness. Out on DVD -- Into the Arms of Strangers and Prom Queen. Hoping 2009 is great for all!

Lee Perkins