WEEKEND OF HORRORS 2004!
January 9 – 11 saw the annual (East Coast) Fangoria’s “Weekend of Horrors” convention unfold in grand and exciting style once again, this time at the Meadowlands Sheraton, in East Rutherford, NJ – its first at this location. It’s also the first time that Chiller Theatre, who runs its own spectacular semi-annual fan shows at this very same location, in April and October, has taken on the role of promoter for the “Weekend of Horrors.” The Fangoria show has always been one of the most popular and eagerly anticipated fan shows over the years, and the new venue – along with a great guest list, multiple film screenings, and an entertaining schedule of events, appearances and previews in the spacious auditorium – succeeded in attracting a steady stream of horror fanatics who braved the weekend’s sub-zero temperatures. Go to www.Fangoria.com and click on “Special Events” to see the full line-up of guests and goings-on.
ei Cinema was on hand throughout the convention to promote the Shock-O-Rama Cinema label and its first in-house produced horror film to be released to home video – Brett Piper’s haunted insane asylum creep-fest SCREAMING DEAD, starring Rachael Robbins, Seduction Cinema star Misty Mundae, Joseph Farrell, Heidi Kristoffer, Rob Monkiewicz, Kevin G. Shinnick and CJ DiMarsico. On Friday evening, at 9:30 p.m., Shock-O-Rama was afforded the honor of screening SCREAMING DEAD to a packed captive audience. The event began with an introduction by Tony Timpone – Fangoria’s longtime editor – followed by a few brief, welcoming words from ei Cinema president Michael Raso. Then the lights went down, and trailers for upcoming Shock-O-Rama films BITE ME! (Brett Piper’s second film for Shock-O-Rama), SKIN CRAWL, SUBURBAN NIGHTMARE and DRACULA ran. SCREAMING DEAD hit the screen next. For the ensuing 90 minutes, the audience thoroughly enjoyed the story of a renowned sleaze photographer who lures three beautiful models to an abandoned insane asylum – a derelict old building purportedly haunted by the ghost of the depraved industrialist who built it – for a photographic “study in terror”…a photo shoot that quickly goes to hell!
Immediately after the screening, stars Misty Mundae and Rachael Robbins and writer/director Brett Piper appeared on-stage for a Q & A session. A Shock-O-Rama film crew documented the Friday night event and gathered fan and participant interviews for a mini-featurette earmarked for the SCREAMING DEAD DVD.
Misty and Rachael spent Friday evening and Saturday and Sunday show hours at the Shock-O-Rama Cinema booth meeting and greeting , autographing SCREAMING DEAD posters and limited edition 8x10’s; posing for photos; and generally promoting the upcoming March release of the Piper horror flick as only two talented, beautiful and personable women can!
On Saturday, a film crew from New York City’s Kaufman Films visited the show to record interviews for an epic horror film documentary slated to run over five consecutive nights in October 2004 on the Bravo cable network. Misty Mundae and Rachael Robbins, along with Chelsea Mundae, were offered invitations to take part in this ambitious project. The documentary, THE 100 SCARIEST SCENES OF ALL TIME, is being co-produced by Fangoria’s Tony Timpone and the Bravo Network, and will feature interviews with legendary directors, producers, writers, actors and rising talent in the horror film world, backed, of course, by extensive clips from classic films from the United States, Japan, Canada, Italy and France. Misty, Rachael and Chelsea were each interviewed at length and asked to expound upon what they consider the scariest scenes from some of the classic, cult and legendary films represented on the master list – a list painstakingly compiled by the Kaufman, Bravo and Timpone. A documentary of this kind – which explores and pays tribute to the greatest fright flicks of all time and the masters who created them – has long been overdue, and Shock-O-Rama Cinema eagerly looks forward to seeing its own stars in the finished project, one that seems destined to be a horror fan’s dream come true.
Many thanks to Fangoria editor Tony Timpone and managing editor Michael Gingold for all their help and support in making the SCREAMING DEAD evening a special one for Shock-O-Rama Cinema and all the enthusiastic fans who were given the sneak-peek opportunity. Thanks, too, to Kevin Clement and the Chiller Theatre crew for putting on a great show.
SPIDERBABE SCREENING
On November 19,
2003, Seduction Cinema
newest and biggest sexy-spoof, SPIDERBABE, had its premiere screening at Manhattan’s Pioneer Theater.
The turnout was excellent as cast and crew and the general public braved
a torrential downpour to see – via the silver screen – what is arguably
Seduction Cinema’s most beautifully produced and popular spoof to date. Stars Misty Mundae and Julian Wells were on
hand to enjoy the show, as were legendary erotica director Joseph Sarno and his
wife, Peggy Steffans, Michael Gingold - Associate Editor of Fangoria Magazine,
Doris Wishman-biographer and sexploitation authority Michael Bowen, Chelsea
Mundae, and Seduction Cinema’s LA-based
photographer, Ward Boult, among many other friendly and familiar faces.
After the show, many in the
audience repaired to the “Den of Cin,” a cozy lounge/screening room nestled one
floor beneath the theater, for a post-SPIDERBABE pizza party. It gave everyone a chance to hang and
schmooze, have a couple drinks, then hit the flooded streets of the East Village.
MISTY DOCUMENTARY
With two Shock-O-Rama horror
films already under her belt – Brett Piper’s SCREAMING DEAD, set for a March
30, 2004 release, and Tony Marsiglia’s DRACULA
– and a third (Piper’s BITE ME!) currently in production, Seduction
Cinema star Misty Mundae is poised to make quite a name for herself in the
horror movie genre. And what better way
to get acquainted with Misty’s rise to ‘B’ movie stardom than a documentary
that charts her movie career course over the past six years. “FROM SKIN TO SCREAM” is such a
documentary. It details Misty’s earliest
work and successes in the world of underground cinema (at the tender age of 18,
as part of the avant-garde Factory 2000) and her subsequent metamorphosis into
a super-talented, ‘B’ movie star with a tremendous legion of devoted fans
throughout the United States and around the world.
Ingeniously crafted by ei
Cinema editor extraordinaire Brian McNulty, “FROM SKIN TO SCREAM” features
clips from Misty films and projects old and new; interviews with fans,
filmmakers, friends and the actress herself; and a wealth of intriguing
information that will give further insights into this young, stunning,
one-of-a-kind actress. “FROM SKIN TO
SCREAM” will make its first appearance as a DVD extra on the upcoming release
of SCREAMING DEAD, which features Misty in her very first horror film
co-starring role. We’re sure there’ll be
many more to come.
SEXY NEW STAR JOINS ei CINEMA CONSTELLATION
Raven-haired beauty Erika
Smith, a New York
City actress
who earned a degree in Music, with a concentration in Voice, from Hunter College, is the newest addition to ei Cinema’s ensemble of talented and sexy
stars.
Smith, who was born and raised in Massachusetts and now resides in Manhattan, is one of the featured players in BITE ME! – a humorous horror movie ei Cinema is currently producing
under its Shock-O-Rama Cinema label. The
attractive 22-year old was also cast in another ei Cinema production, which
just wrapped shooting in Los Angeles. The film, tentatively titled
MINE, was written and directed by Tony Marsiglia, whose DR. JEKYLL AND MISTRESS
HYDE is currently ei Cinema’s most popular title.
“So far, working for ei has
been a great experience,” says Smith. “I
really enjoyed shooting BITE ME! The
director, Brett Piper, is very dedicated to his work, and I had a lot of fun
with my character, an exotic dancer who turns out to be both very sexy and
comically clumsy. I got to really ‘camp
up’ my performance…a silly voice and a pair of glasses that I lose and must
search for while stumbling around and bumping into things.”
Smith, who is a fan of
classic movies – her favorite film is Gone
With the Wind – and Broadway musicals, was in the
movies Hotties 1 and Hotties 2 before being cast in
ei’s BITE ME! She has
starred in a number of stage productions in the New York metropolitan area, including Ibsen’s “A Doll’s
House.”
“Doing comedy is fun, but I
also like the challenge of a dramatic role, and that’s why I enjoyed doing the
Tony Marsiglia movie,” offers Smith. “I
had seen several of his films before I was cast, and I was already a big fan of
his style.”
MINE will be Smith’s first feature-length drama.
UK MOVIE
Seduction Cinema’s 2003
UK-lensed erotic comedy/adventure, THE GIRL WHO SHAGGED ME (changed from Goddess of Lust, as stated in previous
news), has wrapped post-production and will be scheduled for a home video
release later in 2004.
Written by Andy Sawyer, directed by Tom J. Moose, and co-starring
Misty Mundae and Anoushka (Play-mate of
the Apes, Vampire Obsession), the
hilarious and ultra-sensual film finds a recent archaeological discovery – the
mythical “Goddess of Lust” (Anoushka) – unleashed from her icy slumber by the
nefarious and unsavory Dr. Unsound and let loose to wreak erotic havoc upon an
unsuspecting populace. It falls into the
quite capable lap of Secret Agent Johnson (Misty Mundae) to track down the
sexually insatiable she-beast and restore order and propriety to England.
THE GIRL WHO SHAGGED ME
constitutes Moose’s first film for Seduction Cinema, which eagerly looks
forward to his next project. Considering
the success of SC films in the UK, Misty’s popularity there and the fact that it’s a
British production, THE GIRL WHO SHAGGED ME should be an extra special release
for fans “across the pond.”
MINE
Misty Mundae and newest ei
Cinema actress, the beautiful Erika Smith (Shock-O-Rama Cinema’s BITE ME!), are
just returned from Los Angeles and Burbank, California, where they co-starred
in Tony Marsiglia’s latest film – the sensual drama MINE.
Misty and Erika, along with
SC actress Andrea Davis (Dr. Jekyll and
Mistress Hyde, Sin Sisters) spent
the week between Christmas and New Year bringing Marsiglia’s newest creation to
life – a metaphor that is quite apropos, considering MINE’s plot: a young woman
(Misty Mundae), who wants a child but despises the act of sex and is unable to
conceive, is driven to jealous rage by a rivalry with her fertile, sex-crazed
neighbor.
Marsiglia, the director of
such critically acclaimed Seduction Cinema favorites as SIN SISTERS, DR. JEKYLL
AND MISTRESS HYDE and the recently produced films DRACULA and CHANTAL (a remake
of the Nick Philips 1969 original), has created an impressive and unique body
of work over the past three years. His
erotica/sexploitation films – which are unlike any others produced in recent
decades in the genre – are a fascinating and caustic mixture of black humor and
bizarre psychological underpinnings,
presented with an intense visual style that hearkens back to the deeper
complexity of classic films produced in the hey-day of grind house cinema in
the 60s and 70s. SC is certain that MINE
will be no different, and it eagerly anticipates the new “delivery.”
SUBURBAN NIGHTMARE
Shock-O-Rama Cinema will
soon be announcing a release date for its 2002 horror production, SUBURBAN
NIGHTMARE (initially titled Blood and
Roses), written and directed by Texas filmmaker Jon Keeyes (American Nightmare, Hallow’s End) from a story by popular ‘B’ movie actress Debbie
Rochon. The macabre and claustrophobic film tells of husband and wife Charles
and Deborah Rosenblad (Trent Haaga/Terror
Firmer, Dead & Rotting;
Brandy Little/American Nightmare),
who are anything but your typical
next-door neighbors. Underneath their
facade as a loving, all-American family, they are psychotic monsters who take
pleasure in kidnapping and then torturing and murdering beautiful young women
in their basement. But like any married couple, the Rosenblads are not the
picture of wedded bliss. Amidst their
rampages of bloodthirsty cruelty, Charles and Deborah begin to question their
love for and devotion to another, and soon these serial killers are at each
other’s throats – plotting gruesome revenge that will take their bloodlust to
new and sadistic heights.
SUBURBAN NIGHTMARE and a
pack of other Shock-O-Rama horror films – SCREAMING DEAD and BITE ME! (both
from acclaimed horror film veteran Brett Piper), Justin Wingenfeld’s SKINCRAWL
and Tony Marsiglia’s DRACULA – will make for an exciting and entertaining
line-up of fright flicks…coming to you soon from your fiendish friends at
Shock-O-Rama Cinema.
NEW SARNO FILM
Legendary erotica auteur
Joseph Sarno recently completed the final draft of his script for his first
motion picture in over twenty years – the tentatively titled LAURA. It’s the tale of a young, successful nude
model (Misty Mundae), who returns to her rural hometown, unwittingly spinning –
and ensnaring herself in – a complex web of carnal craving, lust, love and
lies.
The writer and director of
such classic films as Inga, Sin in the Suburbs and Swedish Wildcats, Sarno was convinced to
come out of feature film retirement by ei Cinema president Michael Raso, who
suggested he write and direct a picture for Seduction Cinema starring its
stable of acclaimed and popular actresses.
The New
York native
began work on the script in Sweden, where he and his wife, Peggy Steffans, live for two
months during the summer each year.
Sarno had been introduced to
stars Misty Mundae and Julian Wells prior to leaving for Sweden and wrote parts specifically with each of them in
mind. Since then, new ei and SC actress
Erika Smith (Shock-O-Rama Cinema’s Bite
Me!) has come on board, along with Chelsea Mundae, and there is rumor of a
special appearance by Scream Queen legend Linnea Quigley.
LAURA is scheduled to begin
shooting in February, in northern New Jersey.
FEMME FATALES Weekend of Wonder
Seduction Cinema and
Shock-O-Rama Cinema star Misty Mundae (SpiderBabe,
Screaming Dead) has been invited to
the Femme Fatales “Weekend of Wonder,” April 24 – 25, 2004, at
the Burbank Airport Hilton, in Burbank, Ca., and she is #2 on the roster of
gorgeous and talented actresses attending.
This is the premiere fan convention presented and hosted by Femme Fatales - the #1 magazine
dedicated to revealing the “Sexy Sirens of the Screen” – and the magazine’s
publisher, Mark Altman, is thoroughly excited by its prospects of becoming the
ultimate in fan shows.
Guests include
Chase Masterson (Leeta
from “Deep Space Nine,” Comic Book: The
Movie)
Misty Mundae (Seduction Cinema's SpiderBabe,
Lord of the G-String)
Ellie Cornell (Halloween 4 & 5, House
of the Dead, Free Enterprise)
Jenya Lano (S.W.A.T., Mutant X, “Xena: Warrior Princess”)
Julia Rose (Return to the Batcave: The
Misadventures of Adam and Burt, Enterprise)
Julie Strain (Actress/Model/Photographer)
Paget Brewster (“Friends,” “Andy Richter Controls the Universe,” “The
Specials”)
Audie England (Free Enterprise, Delta Venus)
Mia Zottoli (Mummy's Kiss, Sex Files)
Celeste Yarnall (Genre movie and television actress)
SECOND ei CINEMA HORROR FLICK ON SCHEDULE
Production of ei Cinema’s
second sexy horror film – the stop-animation, killer-mutant-bugs-on-the-loose
movie, BITE
ME! – is moving along on schedule and looking good,
reports writer/director Brett Piper.
“Most of the shooting has
been completed, and I’m excited with what we’ve got so far,” says Piper, who
wrote and directed SCREAMING DEAD, the first-ever sexy horror film to be produced
in-house by ei Cinema. “We’ve got very
talented and experienced actors, interesting special effects and a script that
is equal parts horror, humor and sex.”
Like SCREAMING DEAD, BITE ME! will
be released under ei Cinema’s Shock-O-Rama Cinema label in 2004. The new picture features, among others,
Seduction Cinema sensation Misty Mundae, the luscious Julian Wells and stunning
newcomer Erika Smith.
“This is the second picture
on which I’ve worked with Misty, and the first with Julian and Erika,” explains
Piper, who has written/directed three monster movies – Arachnia, Draniac and Psyclops – that are currently available in
Blockbuster Video stores across the country.
“Each actress brings a unique and special quality to the film, and the
combination of the three is quite dynamic.
I think the finished product will be something very special.”
CKY MUSIC VIDEO WITH MISTY MUNDAE DEBUTS
Seduction Cinema is happy to
report that the CKY band’s “Shock & Terror” music video, starring Misty
Mundae, is now out and available at retail and etail as part of their Deluxe
Edition Double-Disc DVD, CKY: INFILTRATE-DESTROY-REBUILD: THE VIDEO ALBUM. The DVD features videos for all ten songs on
CKY’s most recent album on Island Records, among a wealth of other cool extras.
The videos, including “Shock & Terror,” were directed by pop icon/pro
skateboarder Bam Margera (whose new MTV show, “Viva La Bam,” is one hot property,
as is his current dtv feature, HAGGARD) and produced by Joseph Frantz. CKY are guitar/vocalist Deron Miller,
guitarist Chad I. Ginsburg, drummer Jess Margera and bass player Vern
Zaborowski.
The video incorporates
Misty’s sexy and bloody performance with footage of the band, done up in
gruesome makeup, performing in a macabre funhouse. There’s also a fun,
behind-the-scenes mini-documentary about the creation and production of “Shock
& Terror.” It’s an awesome music
video, part of an entertaining double DVD package, and
we urge all Misty fans to snap up a copy.
Between “Shock & Terror” and Shock-O-Rama Cinema’s upcoming horror
film, SCREAMING DEAD, Misty has been head-to-toe covered in blood twice now! She wears it well. Seduction Cinema will pass along any news
concerning other options for checking out Misty’s starring turn in the CKY
video. Check out www.ckymusic.com and www.bamargera.com for more info.
SHOCK & TERROR
CKY Music Video
CKY:
INFILTRATE-DESTROY-REBUILD: THE VIDEO ALBUM
Status: Completed
Production Dates: Sumer 2003
Director: Bam Margera
Studio: Universal Music
Release Date: November 18, 2003
Chiller Theatre Presents
FANGORIA’s Weekend of Horrors
January 9-11,2004
Meadowlands Sheraton Hotel
2 Meadowlands Plaza
East Rutherford, NJ 07073
Ticket info: (201) 457-1991
Vendor info: (570) 575-1850
Website: www.chillertheatre.com
Hotel Phone: (201) 896-0500
ADVANCE SCREENING OF “SCREAMING DEAD”
In person: Director Brett Piper & Stars MISTY MUNDAE and RACHAEL ROBBINS
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Friday Night Screaming: Advance screening of E.I. Independent Cinema’s THE SCREAMING DEAD with actresses Misty Mundae & Rachael Robbins, plus director Brett (ARACHNIA) Piper live on stage
Saturday & Sunday: Misty Mundae & Rachael Robbins will be at the POPcinema table greeting fans
SPIDERBABE in “Comedy Section” at Best Buy
For those of you searching high and low at your favorite Best Buy store for Seduction Cinema’s newest sexy spoof SPIDERBABE, starring Misty Mundae, Julian Wells and Darian Caine, you will likely find it in the “Comedy” section. So get your copy now, as they are moving quickly!
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors to feature ei Cinema's Screaming Dead
BUTLER, N.J. - Screaming Dead, the first horror movie produced by ei Cinema and released under its Shock-O-Rama Cinema label, will be one of the films featured at Fangoria Magazine's Weekend of Horrors, Jan. 9-11, at The Meadowlands Sheraton in East Rutherford, N.J. Brett Piper, who wrote and directed Screaming Dead, and two stars of the movie, Misty Mundae and Rachael Robbins, will be present to answer questions after the film's screening. A second Shock-O-Rama and Brett Piper film, the stop-animation, killer-mutant-bug-on-the-loose-movie tentatively titled "Bite Me" - currently in production - will be previewed at the Weekend of Horrors. "Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors is one of the premier horror, fantasy and sci-fi conventions in the world every year," said Michael Raso, president of ei Cinema. "We're really pleased that the folks at Fangoria think highly enough of what we're doing to present our stars and our films at their important show."
ei Cinema carved out a niche in the market by producing movies - under its Seduction Cinema label - that combine erotica and humor, gaining recognition and a devoted legion of fans with such sexy movie spoofs as Lord of the G-Strings, Gladiator Eroticvs, Dr. Jekyll and Mistress Hyde and their latest, SpiderBabe. With Screaming Dead and Bite Me, the company has begun producing its own brand of sexy and clever horror films. Both will be released in 2004, as will the company's contemporary version of Dracula, directed by Tony Marsiglia and starring Misty Mundae and Julian Wells.
