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Thursday, May 22, 2008
A mysterious black letter... SOLVED!
Current mood: curious
SOLVED! According to Screenrant this is an HBO promo for Alan (Six Feet Under) Ball's new vampire series called "True Blood". I am now part of the undead ranks! Awesome!
Yesterday I received a bizarre black envelope with no return address. It looked like an invitation to something and had a red "TB" seal on the back. Inside was this letter:
Thinking that it was viral in nature, I contacted fellow journalists to see if they had received one. No one had, but Miska from Bloody-Disgusting told me that there was some strange ad on his site. Sure enough, it had the "TB" logo and went to this website: http://www.chishio.jp/
My letter and three others are posted there...and nothing else. The ad has since disappeared.
Frantic for answers, I sent the site to the UCLA linguistics department. Hours later, I got this response:
"Hi Mr. Kasch, We've determined that the scripts on the website are actually all from different ancient languages. The first is Akkadian. The third is Greek. And the fourth is Sumerian. The second (which you received) is Hieratic (http://www.jimloy.com/hiero/hieratic.htm). Unfortunately, I'm not don't know anything about what it is that they say. Also, it is very strange that they are all on a Japanese webserver, whose name (chishio) means "blood cirulating within the body (often as an metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)", according to my dictionary. All very strange."
It's clear I've been invited into some sort of game. But what could it be?
"Wake up, Ed Haaaaaarley!"
Current mood: accomplished
Pumpkinhead has been one of my all-time favorite movie monsters and for years I've been wondering, "When the hell is the special edition DVD coming out?" Well I never dreamed I would one day be working on it!
Yup, toss out your shitty full-frame discs and prepare for one helluva release! We've been shooting interviews non-stop for the disc and so far its been a blast. As a geeky fanboy whose love of movies came from the 80's James Cameron crew, one of the biggest thrills I've ever had was going to Lance Henriksen's house to shoot an interview. The man is one of the coolest, most professional actors I've ever met and hearing his old stories from Pumpkinhead/Aliens/Near Dark/Millennium - hell, decades of material - from one of my favorite actors was just amazing.
Today I hit the road for Arizona. Going deep into the middle of nowhere, camera in hand, to film the biggest interview yet. Here's a hint:
I might even summon up my own Pumpkinhead while I'm there.
It's been a long time since I've done one of these things. I don't know if anyone even reads them, but I figure if Diablo Cody can win an Oscar by using the word "blog" every other sentence, these things must be popular.
After nearly a year of work, the end of THIRSTY is finally in sight! We finished our last big night shoot and wrapped a very tired Joe Lynch at 5:30 am in the middle of the desert. The amount of work put into this one fifteen-minute short has been staggering, but it's been an exciting ride (especially now that the press got wind of it). Right now I'm in post-hell trying to finish in time for the fall festival deadlines. So many more FX shots and voice-over cameos to lock down... *whew*
Coincidentally, Bear McCreary had his Battlestar Galactica concert the same weekend which made for the perfect "wrap party." Still exhausted, we all cruised down to the Sunset Strip to catch the sold-out event at the Roxy. Frank Darabont showed up and we got to hang with him for a bit before the show kicked off with opening act "Bt4" (Brendan McCreary's band).
I'm a concert veteran and have seen well over 100 bands perform, but this was far and away one of the best (and most eclectic) shows I've seen! Bear orchestrated the entire event with around a dozen performers, including Steve Bartek and Johnny Vatos (Boingo!), Brendan, James "Baltar" Callis (who also hosted) and one of the most insane violinists ever! At the halfway point, they showed a hysterical mockumentary about the BSG score which featured most of the show's cast and crew giving Bear a hard time (hopefully we'll see it on a DVD release). Galactica is the best show out there right now (if you're not watching, shame on you!) and Bear one of the most exciting composers in a long time, so this event was one giant geekgasm for all of us.
And, yes, "All Around the Watchtower" is even better live!
Here's a little clip for all you BSG nerds out there. It's not the score, but an original song with Mr Gaius Baltar himself on vocals! Pardon the bootleg quality...I filmed it off my still camera.
Not much else happening since the Recession hit Hollywood. Work is harder to find than a Right Said Fred album.
I recently saw Darren Lynn Bousman's Repo! The Genetic Opera and loved the ever-living shit out of it. I'm also gonna see an early cut of Ridley Scott's new film soon.
That's about it. If anyone is reading, please toss me a comment so I know I'm not typing into cyberspace oblivion.
Getting up this morning, I receieve a pink envelope from my car insurance company. My policy has been cancelled (due to their fuck-up). I need to be on set, so I weigh it over: Deal with it now or later? What could happen to my car in one afternoon?
Fuck it. I decide to call them up on the spot and take care of it.
Ten minutes after I reinstate my policy, I turn into a post office parking lot and - WHAM! - a 70-year-old lady parked on the curb floors it and bashes into the side of my car. I take a huge blow and the panicky idiot responds by keeping her foot on the peddle, screaming and thrashing her arms around without even trying to control her car. Her vehicle pushes me 180 degrees and flies down the street. A guy dropping off his mail leaps out of the way just in time as she jumps the curb, flies across a neighbor's lawn, and crashes right into a house!
I jump out and run over to her where she gets out of her car and whopples over to me, mumbling incoherently. No sooner do I ask if she's okay when a jet of blood squirts out of her mouth and nose. Then the water line in the damaged house explodes, spraying the entire street with rain. Two half-naked 90-year-olds in diapers come running out of the house screaming. One of them starts to clutch their chest.
Minutes later, all three geriatrics are being loaded into an ambulance and I stand there surveying the destruction. I get an eye-witness to give me his info and then have my attorney back in TN call him (turns out, the two know eachother...spooky).
Shaken up, I decide to go see a movie to get my mind off of things. The Bourne Ultimatum is playing...
I've done my best to keep it under wraps, but the cat is outta the bag! "Thirsty" - the first ever Joe Knetter adaptation - is in full swing (which Dread Central and Arrow in the Head were cool enough to report on).
The flick stars Joe Lynch (director of "Wrong Turn 2"), Michael Bailey Smith (Pluto from "The Hills Have Eyes" remake), and Tiffany Shepis (every man's fantasy). There are also a slew of cameos from several cult icons, which I'm keeping a tight lid on. Gotta have some surprises, ya know?
I'm currently busting ass in the editing bay and, all in all, it's looking pretty sweet. The plan is to unveal the flick at Rock and Shock in October.
Be sure to check out Joe Lynch's blog on the whole experience. It's a fun read!
Currently
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Maximum Overdrive Release date: 07 September, 2004
Grinding with chainsaws in Texas!
Category: Blogging
*whew*
After a week long editing binge, I managed to catch a screening of Grindhouse late last Thursday (read the review on Dread Central) before hopping the red eye for Dallas, TX. Destination: Fearfest.
After getting booted from six consecutive flights (never fly Frontier, folks) I finally made it and was greeted at the airport by a stretch limo with Barbara Crampton in the back (Fantasy #351 fullfilled!). We were later joined by Richard Tyson and whisked away to the convention where I did my first ever panel discussion for Horror's Hallowed Grounds and spent the weekend signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans (?!?!). I remember a lot of alcohol, room parties, and sombreros, and the weekend ended with a group of us huddled around a sports bar television set watching the season finale of Battlestar Galactica (Frak me!).
I spent the following days in Austin, shooting our next episode of HHG - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We hit every location from the flick and finished under some pretty brutal weather conditions (how Tobe Hooper survived that shoot is a fucking miracle!).
Now I'm finally back in glorious Los Angeles, and I look a helluva lot like my profile pic. Need sleeeeeeeeep...
Freaks, torture, and gratuitous nudity!
Current mood: bored
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Nope, it's not the next Grindhouse film festival.
It's "The Fall" - my old horror short film from 2003 which I made with my pal Marten back in the Bible Belt of Tennessee. After a long festival run, I figured its time had past, but it's back online in Dread Central's video section for all to see. If you like gooey surrealism or J.G. Thirlwell music, it's probably your cup of tea.
Crispin Glover's mojo broke my camera.
Current mood: exhausted
Today, I mourn the loss of a true friend...
My Canon GL-1.
For the past five years, it has gone everywhere with me, capturing more madness and debautory than most see in a whole lifetime: The movie sets of Hollywood...the flashing breasts of Saint Patrick's Day...the ganja fields deep in the hills of Jamaica...
My first short films were taped on it and it eventually got me into the biz. One of its last accomplishments was the pilot episode of Horror's Hallowed Grounds on the Halloween: 25 Years DVD.
It met an untimely end in Crispin Glover's living room this week. The cause of death is unknown, but it is believed that Crispin's screen presence was just too much for it to take.
curious
accomplished
drained
tired
busy
bored
exhausted
