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| Gary
Hoffman with a cast on his member from INVASION. |
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| Kenny
Arotin on the far left helping out
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July
30 2007 - "Gary Hoffman returns! Kenny Arotin
returns! After 18 years of MIA two of the stars of FLESH
EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE and INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD
contacted me out of the blue! Since they moved on after
shooting those movies, and at the time the movies had
different shooting titles, like many who worked on the
movies they probably didn't know that their films have
been in distribution around the world for most of the
last 18 years via different distributors! Gary Hoffman
is the guy in INVASION who gets castrated three times.
Kenny Arotin was the reluctant funny sidekick to the
Golden Slayer in INVASION. Both are talented and great
guys! And both I think got a little bent that they
weren't on this web site. I hope they'll provide their
memories for us of those days making those movies so I
can post them here. In my defense I'd like to say that
there are many important contributors to these movies
that haven't as yet been added to this web site.
Hopefully we'll eventually include everybody."
November
1st - "October was fun and productive. Mike Lee, a
fan who visited one of my movie sets as a young effects
artist, contacted me and is supply Hollywood quality
special effects for DARK BEGINNINGS. He is already
experimenting with the special CGI effects required for
my next movie, DEADLY CLOCKTOWER. Its truly amazing what
the current technology allows us to do - I send him the
sections of DARK BEGINNINGS via the internet, he
transforms the shots with CGI and sends them back to me
and I drop them into the movie. The files at full
resolution are huge and take time to send/recieve, but
the fact that he can be on the West Coast and send them
to me on the East Coast I still find wonderfully
amazing.
I went to Chiller
Convention here in Jersey and it was a huge fan draw. I
spoke with the the man in charge of Chiller, Kevin
Clement, who I knew 15 years ago, and he agreed to
having me as a guest at the next convention held I think
in January 2007.
12 local newspapers here
in Jersey have the option to carry an excellent full
page article on me by Lawerence Rappoport that was
perhaps the best article ever written about me;
certainly better than what has appeared in other
newspapers. Rappoport didn't feel the need to paint a
less flattering and less accurate picture of me and my
movies like other newspapers have in the past. He simply
told the truth and telling the truth puts me in a better
light. His article was in THE HUB in Red Bank, THE
ATLANTICVILLE in Long Branch and THE EXAMINER in
Allentown the week before Halloween; the week after
Halloween 9 others have the option of printing it.
On Halloween night 90.5
The NIGHT out of Brookdale Community College aired a
show called FICTION, FILM AND FOLKLORE and I was one of
several guests. The hour show was a discussion examining
why people are attracted to horror books and movies.
I have mixed feelings
about the results, since my answers to questions were
recorded seperate from the others, on a different day,
which was a big disadvantage for me. The other
guests, I found out by hearing the show when it was
aired, were all intellectually pretentious with
their answers, even if a lot of their analysis
of the subject, in my opinion, missed the mark.
Oh, well, at least my answers were more valid and
clearly understood. The radio station, however, favored
style over content, so my quotes were not included with
the others in the radio station web site sound bite
download section. This is how politicians, who say
nothing in a thousand important sounding words, get
re-elected. Verbal gymnastics.
I do appreciate being
included in the show, and I would do another one for
90.5 The NIGHT if they asked me, but next time I would
like to be with the other guests, in the same room,
to get the feel of the show's approach, instead of
answering questions in a vacuum.
I'm roughly 1/3 finished
with the new screenplay for THE DEADLY CLOCKTOWER. It's
a departure from previous movies in several ways that I
think the fans will appreciate.
I guess that's it for
now."
August
24, 2006. "Hi again. DARK BEGINNINGS is finished,
but the ability via the computer to fix and change
things, has had me trying to make it as perfect as I
can. That has slowed things up abit. I've been color
correcting certain scenes filmed under less than ideal
conditions and doing single-frame animation to add
movement where movement was required. Despite my
continuation of improving DARK BEGINNINGS, screeners
were submitted to Lions Gate and Paramount Vantage for
consideration. The returns and promotion of my previous
recent releases has me looking for better situations
that may yield better results".
May
27 - I never get a day off :o( . I'm basically finished
with DARK BEGINNINGS except for the end credits and
fixing one or two things. While others are enjoying the
Holiday, I'm working on an article for THE RAG, and
working on DARK BEGINNINGS. I also have to write the
next script ASAP to shoot this summer. (As a departure
from the last four movies, the new script will be very
grim and dark.) Ben Sbar, who I met at Kulture, supplied
music for DARK and has been helping with PR. At Kulture
the shows they distribute are on Art and History. I
get to see DVDs of the lives of world famous artists,
who's lives involved alcohalism, drug abuse, mental
disorders and the scorn of others and living and dying
in poverty...THESE ARE THE SUCCESSFUL ONES!!!!
Eeeek! I'm doing my best to achieve something of their
success without all those negatives. SCARLET MOON has
gotten some good reviews and a few kicks in the teeth,
so its in the arena like all other movies with people
who love it and people who hate it.
April
01,2006 - Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in Asbury Park,
NJ, The Garden State Film Festival has been happening
and I was able to meet some very important industry
people there that I hope will help further my career;
one of them being a major Hollywood producer. The next
move for me is securing an agent. The Hollywood producer
said I already had enough under my belt to make that
easier than most people he has encountered seeking his
help. SCARLET MOON plays tomorrow at 2pm at Asbury Lanes
as part of this festival and two days later will be
available for purchase at your local DVD outlet. If
you don't see it on the shelf, ask for it. Even if the
chain carries the movie, the buyers for a particular
area may not bring it into the store nearest you. Even
with locally shot movies where there is a local public interest,
some regional buyers are not smart enough to get it into
local stores, or only order one copy at a time, which
is, again, pretty stupid. Best Buy seems to be one of
the smarter companies when it comes to re-stocking it's
shelves, but if you don't see it, ask for SCARLET MOON.
In Arizona one of my friends, Jay Gowey, says my
previous movies rocket off the shelves in Arizona and
they are constantly replenishing them. If the people
handling the titles being carried in any particular
store don't order copies or get one copy at a time, that
hurts sales. It's just one more weak link in the
distribution of all movies that filmmakers don't have
control over. Blockbuster years ago picked up INVASION
FOR FLESH AND BLOOD and had it available in 500 of their
stores across the country but only a single copy in a
New Jersey store. EI Entertainment had INVASION at
that time and it was the very first movie they carried
that Blockbuster thought was good enough to buy for
their chain. We did a signing at Suncoast and sold 100
copies in two hours. When I wanted to do more signings
there was no support from EI. We sold more copies in two
hours than EI did, according to their accounting, in
that year. You would think they would have wanted me to
continue selling INVASION in different venues, since I
was doing better than they did, but no, for some reason
they didn't support further signings. You gotta love
it...
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| My
design for the Scarlet Moon DVD box art (c) 2005
Warren Disbrow |
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| First
draft of Troma's version of the DVD box. I gave
them suggestions for minor changes |
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| Dominic
Gregoria as Nosferatu in DARK BEGINNINGS. I made
the costume and makeup. |
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| Annie
Donato as Satanya kills victim in DARK BEGININGS |
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| The
22 inch tall marionette Nosferatu I made
standing on the 1/4 scale Castle set I built for
DARK. |
March
23, 2006 - SCARLET MOON is playing at 2pm at Asbury
Lanes. Admission is $8.00 (no, I don't get a dime). I'll
be there with some of the cast to sign DVD's and meet
the public. I'll have copies of the Troma double feature
DVD FLESH EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE/INVASION FOR FLESH AND
BLOOD there. Also Troma is rush shipping me a case of
SCARLET MOON DVDs to sell. It's officially released on
April 4th, 2006 but you can, if they get here in time,
buy advance copies and get them autographed.
I did an interview
with MONSTER TIMES and more interviews will follow. Some
of my fans have started to actively support the cause by
sending out press releases, for which I am very greatful.
things are moving ahead nicely. 2006 looks like it will
be the best year I've had in the last 13. If you like my
movies - or horror movies in general - spread the word
about SCARLET MOON coming out. I'll thank you ahead of
time for your support. :o)
March
20th,2006 - SCARLET MOON will be playing on saturday,
April 1st, at 2 pm, in Asbury Park, as part of the
Garden State Film Festival, and in the stores the
following Tuesday.
I'm negotiating
a deal for foreign releases of SCARLET MOON with an
Arizona company. Details as I get them. I have a
non-exclusive agreement with Troma as far as foreign.
My company is
growing. ASAP I'll post names, pictures and bio's of my
new associates.
February
14th, 2006 - Lots of stuff in the works. On April 1,
2006 SCARLET MOON will be showing in Asbury Park NJ as
part of the Garden State Film Festival. That's just days
before the release date of April 4th.
The additional
supermarionation scenes I'm shooting for DARK BEGINNINGS
are almost complete and we were able to bring the 22
inch life-like marionette to life on the 1/4th scale
castle set, much like they did in the 1960s Gerry
Anderson classic show CAPTAIN SCARLET. After many years
of reading how they did the special effects, minatures
and marionettes in the Anderson shows, we actually did
it ourselves. Very cool and fun.
I also have a new
legal representative who is handling all my contracts
from here on and who will be helping me raise bigger
budgets to do bigger, better movies. With all this new
activity I'm hoping 2006 will be a good year, finally,
after several bad years. Things just seem to be falling
into place. I hope it continues this way.
I also am working
at a local production facility, KULTUR, not far from
where I live. I took the position because they use
computer programs I wanted to learn, and instead of
paying for the training I'm being taught the programs
while being paid to learn! That seemed pretty smart to
me :o) .
I'm also learning
the final aspect of production I didn't know at KULTUR -
DVD Authoring.
It's my hope that
I'll be able to do a far more impressive DVD Master for
DARK BEGINNINGS with moving menues and other features
that most mid-to-low budget distributors do not do for
their average DVD releases.
The bottom line
folks is that when you buy one of my movies I sincerely
want you to own something special, and in most cases,
when others control the creative elements, they give you
just "standard functional". I'd like to try to
do better than that, if possible. This is why I
get involved with the box art and now the DVD Authoring.
I hope SCARLET MOON
is a success. I know every movie has people who love it
and people who hate it, like all art forms do. I
keep the positive and negative reviews, it's all part of
the life of a particular movie.
My personal feeling
is that DARK BEGINNINGS, the new one I'm finishing now, is
a better movie than SCARLET MOON, but I've had people
like SCARLET MOON more than DARK BEGININGS. I guess
beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
Troma only owns the
home video rights, in USA and Canada only, for
SCARLET MOON, FLESH EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE and INVASION
FOR FLESH AND BLOOD. So deals can be made for all other
aspects of those movies with other companies. Cable TV,
free TV, theatrical, foreign markets, any other avenues,
are still up for grabs. I'll be cutting deals for all
the rest ASAP.
I've already got
the interest of one West Coast film distributor who also
finances new movies. There has been talk of sequels to
INVASION beug made and someone even sent me five
possible sequel stories with titles.
Though I do like
the characters and monsters in INVASION, I've been with
those stories and characters for many years now and I
really would like to do a fresh story with new
characters. I need a break from the story/characters of
SCARLET MOON, DARK BEGINNINGS, INVASION and FLESH
EATERS.
I'd rather shoot
DIABOLICAL which is a slick, scary, serious movie. We'll
have to wait and see what happens next.
January
23, 2006 - Troma has set the DVD release date for
SCARLET MOON as April 4th, 2006. It's being announced in
the trades even in LA and screeners have already been
shipped out for critics to review and to wholesale
buyers across USA and Canada. SCARLET MOON's ship, as
far as I am concerned, has sailed. To a large extend its
now in Troma's hands, though I'll continue to be
involved in its promotion and will be handling any
product tie-ins myself through Visual Experiences. After
all the hard work its finally finished, locked in stone
and being sold. Yes, it always does feel weird to
me, when it reaches this point, that I no longer have to
do anything more on the movie SCARLET MOON. It's fate is
now in the hands of business men, critics and
the public.
DARK BEGINNINGS is
nearing completion. I have 64 minutes already in final
form. We filmed our live action Nosferatu scenes last
Friday, with Andreas actor Dominic Gregoria inside that
costume too and doing his best to be Count Orlock. I
played Dorian for those scenes and when I wasn't
handling the lighting and camera work, Shawn Reich, a
friend of many years, took over the camera for me.
The Nosferatu Count
Orlock scenes are the next to be edited, so I have to
complete the matte shots (With CGI work by Steve Mezo
"Tattooed Steve ® " and myself), green screen
work, the minature work on the 1/4 scale castle sets
with the 22 inch tall Count Orlock marionette and
split screen stuff before I can continue editing.
In some ways DARK
BEGINNINGS is coming out better than SCARLET MOON, but
you need both movies because they are the same movie.
DARK BEGININGS is actually chapert 1 of SCARLET MOON and
SCARLET MOON is chapter 2. Its like THE GODFATHER and
STAR WARS movies - the second movie goes back to a time
before the events of the first.
One more thing - I
have gotten complaints from people who have helped in
some way with the movies that they are not mentioned
here on this web site. This web site is far from
finished. There are lots of people I will include when I
am able. Sometimes I work 18 hour days trying to
accomplish everything I'm involved in and I wish I
didn't have the need to sleep and that days were longer
to get more done faster. Everyone will be included
eventually (if I don't drop dead first; if I do drop
dead you'll have to bitch to my tombstone but
at least I'll finally be getting some rest!).
December
16, 2006 - FANGORIA magazine has decided to help promote
the January 2, 2006 NYC showing of Scarlet Moon.
Go to Fangoria.com and look in their News section. There
are two new pages there, one on me and the movies in
general, the other is all about the January 2, 2006
theatre showing. I want to thank Tony Timpone and
Michael Gingold of Fangoria for their kindness and
support. I means a lot to me to be in Fangoria, a
magazine I've purchased and enjoyed since issue #1
published back in the 1970s. Thanks again guys, Tony and
Mike, for helping.
December
14th, 2005 - A lot of things are happening folks.
First,
on December 4th, as promised, the NY Times ran the
article on me and my movies. I was, and still am, happy
to get coverage in a New York newspaper,
particularly the New York Times. It was a fairly
large piece and had two color photographs with it. The
article itself, written by Michelle Falkenstein, wasn't
too bad, but left a lot of important things out. I
believe she actually wrote a much bigger article and her
Editor stream-lined it.
The
Title of the article was, I'm sorry to have to report,
the invention of a real creep. Michelle told
me she had no control over titles or photo captions, so
a guy who never spoke to me, and probably didn't
even take the time to watch my movies, pulled this out
of his ass:
"CERTIFIED
GRADE Z HORROR FROM NEPTUNE NJ".
Whoever this guy is
owes me an apology.
The tone of
Michelle's article was not demeaning, so the loser who
came up with this title didn't even come up with a title
that matched Michelle's material.
As I said,
Michelle's piece, though edited, wasn't bad, and its
nice to get in the New York Times despite the
crummy title. And the very flattering quotes from Lloyd
Kaufman, President of Troma, in the Times, were nice to
read. And quotes from Mike Mayo of the weekly radio show
"Max and Mike at the Movies" saying he liked
INVASION were nice to read too.
Moving on to what
is happening with the next movie release - Troma
is doing a much better job this time on the SCARLET MOON
DVD than they did on the DVD for FLESH EATERS FROM OUTER
SPACE/ INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD. (The SCARLET
MOON DVD is being released across the USA and
Canada in April 2006).
The box art I
submitted (shown above) was changed by the art
department but still captures what I wanted, only in a
different way. (I'll post a picture of Troma's design
as soon as I get their final version ).
The DVD itself is
being prepared and its coming along very good too.
Because Michael Bruce
didn't have the authority to grant us rights to the
Alice Cooper music he sang in SCARLET MOON
(SCHOOL'S OUT and SECOND COMING), those two concert
scenes of his had to be removed (easter egg time?) for
purely legal reasons, but that is the only thing Troma
is removing. All the nudity, language, violence are
intact. Mike is also a supporting character in both
SCARLET MOON and DARK BEGININGS, so he is still in the
movie, just not singing!
The DVD menus are
really great too. Very arty and very pleasing colors.
For the music to be used under the menus I requested
that they use the full 8 minute song GOD DREAM by
Glorion Blak, which is my favorite music on the SCARLET
MOON soundtrack.
One day I was
talking to three different departments at troma all
afternoon, all doing different aspects of the SCARLET
MOON DVD, and it was exciting and funny too. Months of
nothing but waiting, then all this rush of activity. I
just can't wait to see the damn DVD in the stores.
On that same day I
got a call from Troma's publicity department too.
"Would you
mind if we put Scarlet Moon in a theatre?"
Would I mind??? Actually they had to ask permission
because I held back theatrical rights in the contract,
but of course I said yes. So here is that info:
Scarlet Moon
will be playing on Monday, January 2, 2006 at 8:45pm at
the TWO BOOTS PIONEER THEATRE, located at 155 East
third street, between Avenues A and B (closer to A), New
York City. The number they give is: (212) 591- 0434
Advance tickets:
click by the Show Time on their web site or call (800)
595-4849 (service charges do apply). Admission: $9.00.
Their web site is :
I'll be there with
Prof.Hertz himself - Warren Disbrow Sr., as well as other
cast and crew members from SCARLET MOON, including actors
Annie Donato, Dominic Gregoria, Ruben Santiago, Ted
Landers, Ron Toth and Henry Irons. Unfortunately, though
they are in SCARLET MOON, Michael Bruce of Alice Cooper
fame, and Forrest J. Ackerman, are not expected to
attend at this point.
Getting back to the
SCARLET MOON DVD for a second, Lloyd Kaufman promised
that he would do a brand new, respectful introduction
for the SCARLET MOON DVD. The generic intro used for the
FLESH EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE/ INVASION FOR FLESH AND
BLOOD DVD wasn't flattering. When we showed INVASION in
a movie theatre last May 19th, Lloyd took the time to do
a brand new intro for us that was far better than the
one used on the actual DVD.
One final
note - I'll be putting a free download of the Glorion
Blak tie-in SCARLET MOON rock video on this web site
ASAP. It's free and shows bits out of SCARLET MOON.
Anyone who downloads it can burn copies for friends and
family. This is a free gift. The only thing I don't want
to see is anybody selling copies anywhere. Anybody
selling copies will be prosecuted if we catch you. But
you can duplicate it and give it as gifts to as many
people as you like, just as long as you are not making
money off it. I think that is more than fair. Glorion
Blak is a great band too, so I'm sure you'll like the
SCARLET MOON music video. I requested Troma also have
the music video on their web site as a free down load to
promote the SCARLET MOON DVD release in April. All
rights to the music remain with Glorion Blak and Visual
Experiences, Inc. and the music can't be used in
any other way without permission. If you have
any questions ask me, don't assume anything. That's all
for now folks!
Monday,
November 28th, 2005 update:
"The
phone rings. I let the answering machine take the call.
A woman's voice fills the room: "Hello, I'm
Michelle Falkenstein, a reporter for the New York Times.
Are you the Warren Disbrow who made FLESH EATERS FROM
OUTER SPACE and INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD?" I
quickly grabbed up the phone and said, "YES!"
In the following weeks Michelle interviewed me and did
research on my movies and background. A NY Times
photographer came to my house and
entertained
me with the list of famous stars he had taken pictures
of for the newspaper as he now was taking my picture -
pretty cool. Three people connected with the New York
Times confirmed that the article on me would be in print
on Sunday, December 4th, 2005. Today Michelle phoned me
to go over what she had written to make sure her facts
were accurate.
The New
York Times had also contacted Troma and spoke to Lloyd
Kaufman, for comments about me and the movies, to be
quoted in the NY Times article. Troma told The NY Times
that SCARLET MOON would be released in April 2006.
Shortly
after speaking to Michelle today, the person at Troma
handling the DVD remastering contacted me to work out
minor problems.
I am
still shooting pick-up shots/doing special
effects/editing DARK BEGINNINGS, which I hope will be
ready to sign a deal on soon. April 2006 will be a busy
month with SCARLET MOON being released and shooting my
next movie, DANSE MACABRE, at the same time.
Another weird item that has come
to my attention is that a review of INVASION FOR FLESH
AND BLOOD is being utilized on college campuses. The
text book titled REVIEWING THE ARTS by Campbell B.
Titchener, contains, in it's chapter on Motion Picture
Reviews, the Joe Bob Briggs NY Times review. The idea
that INVASION even got selected to teach journalism
students how to properly review a movie is a happy
surprise to me. I am always amazed at where my movies
pop up and under what circumstances!
Despite
all the good news, the cynic in me won't allow the day
dreamer in me to jump for joy, since even things that
look good, have a way of suddenly turning bad. Still,
what keeps all artists going is the gambler's HOPE that
someday they will be recognized for their artistic
abilities and properly rewarded. That is my
hope." - Warren Disbrow
NOVEMBER
9th, 2005 -
"Hi
everyone. Shortly after my appearance at Chiller
Convention in NJ on October 29th, I got an e-mail from
Troma's Art Director requesting my ideas for the SCARLET
MOON DVD box art and text. Instead of giving him written
ideas or hand sketches, I sent him this final product
version of how I'd like the box to look (above).
I am
not a fan of Troma's box art designs which, to me, look
like confusing, cluttered magazine covers. Since Troma
spends little or no money promoting their releases, the
box art becomes critical to sales. I hope they use my
design. So far my design has gotten 100%
favorable response from people connected to the movie.
When I
designed the FLESH EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE/INVASION FOR
FLESH AND BLOOD box art for Troma just about a year ago,
I had no idea at that time that they rely almost 100% on
the box art selling the movies. Knowing what I know now,
this new design I think is an improvement on my previous
FLESH EATERS box art design. The bright white and
scarlet red should catch the eye of buyers scanning the
shelves for a movie to buy or rent.
The
Chiller convention was a bust. There was no point in me
being there. Kevin Clement refused to included me on his
web site Guest List, and Troma failed to promote my
being there. Considering all the good reviews my movies
are getting I don't understand this.
Everybody
knows what a signing requires - you have to have a
table for the person doing the signing to sit at with a
bunch of copies of his DVD on the surface of it and the
person doing the signing sits at that table with some
sort of poster or banner announcing who the person is.
These are the basics of any signing. Troma did none of
these things. No table. No chair. I brought my own
poster but there was no place to put it. They didn't
even make an announcement over the intercom telling the
fans I was at the Troma table to meet them.
Fans did
find me. Quite a few people picked up my DVD off the
Troma table and said they already owned it and liked
the movies.
The
experience at Chiller Theatre was mostly bad all
around. The dealers were high priced and there was
nothing I wanted to buy anyway and the crowds were
unpleasant.
I tried to
talk to George Romero but he was far too busy with a
long line of fans. I did talk to Romero's new agent and
gave him a package on me for consideration and he gave
me his contact info, so maybe some good will ultimately
come out of that day.
It was
great to see two of my favorite TV cars at the show
though - the 1966 Batmobile and the 1966 Black Beauty
from The Green Hornet. Someday I'd like to own replicas
of those fantastic cars to drive around in.
After the
fiasco at Chiller Theatre Convention, it was good to be
contacted by Troma and to hear they are finally prepping
to release SCARLET MOON.
I
hope my experience with this new DVD for
SCARLET MOON is better than it was for FLESH EATERS.
Troma was obligated to provide me a pre-release screener
copy of the DVD of FLESH EATERS/ INVASION, allowing me
enough time to point out mistakes they may have made,
but the screener came a week before the official
release, offering no time for my input. The result was
that mistakes Troma made in the DVD were not corrected
before it was mass produced and sent to stores. I hope
this time they give me time to proof-read their DVD of
SCARLET MOON.
The
mistakes in the DVD of FLESH EATERS/ INVASION are:
1. On the
box they spelled soccer mom wrong.
2.
INVASION has a few seconds of black screen/silence
between part 1 and part 2.
3. The
commentary track on FLESH EATERS is 37 seconds out of
sync, so the comments we are making often don't match
what you are looking at onscreen.
4. On the
trailer for INVASION whoever did the transfer from the
3/4 inch master didn't stop the transfer after the
commercial was over and kept recording all the junk on
the end of the tape including an excercise program!!!
5.
I'm not all that impressed with the DVD's use of a
"stock intro" featuring a Troma actress and
Lloyd Kaufman clowning around as an
introduction to my movies. To Lloyd's credit, he later
did a brand new video recording, introducing the movies
properly, for us to use when we have theater showings of
INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD. It's unfortunate that
this new, much more respectful version of Lloyd's
introduction, isn't on the mass produced DVD. I
hope Lloyd takes the time to do a fresh,
new,and more appropriate introduction
specifically for SCARLET MOON's DVD instead of that
unflattering stock introduction.
I must say
this about the Troma double feature DVD of FLESH
EATERS/INVASION however - it has my complete director's
cuts and the picture and sound quality of both movies is
superior to the earlier VHS releases of these movies put
out by other companies. I provided Troma with the first
generation masters and the digital transfer
they did was high quality.
I guess
that's it. I'm heading back to independent filmmaker's
hell now" - Warren Disbrow
|
| Come
to Chiller Theatre Convention in October and
meet us at the Troma Table. |
October
1st, 2005:
An
additional murder scene is being filmed for DARK
BEGINNINGS at RAT RADIO, located in Belmar NJ. The next
and final scene to be added will be between Prof.Hertz
and Satanya(Annie Donato). After these two scenes are
shot, shooting on DARK BEGINNINGS will be
officially ended and its just a matter of completing the
editing.
SEPTEMBER
25,2005:
Warren
Disbrow will be at CHILLER THEATRE horror/scifi
convention, being held at The Meadowelands Sheritan in
NJ the last weekend in October, 2005. He will be signing
DVDs of his movies at the Troma table, as well as
meeting fans and net-working. With him will be Warren
Disbrow Sr, who plays Prof.Hertz in FLESH EATERS FROM
OUTER SPACE, INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD, SCARLET MOON
and DARK BEGINNINGS, Dominic Gregoria who plays Anderas
the vampire in SCARLET MOON and DARK BEGINNINGS, Stephen
Mezo "Tattooed Steve ®" who appears in FLESH
EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE, INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD,
SCARLET MOON and DARK BEGINNINGS. And others as their
schedules permit. Further details to come.
Checkout:Chillertheatre.com for dates, times, prices and
directions.
Warren
is currently in the studio creating the Director's cut
of "Dark Beginnings", which is the prequel of
"Scarlet Moon", and once again
"Professor Hertz" is doing what he can to
protect us from evil, while being surrounded by
incompetent higher ups. Make sure to check with
TROMA for their release dates.
ADDED
NOTE September 10th, 2005:
"Hi
everyone. I decided to make DARK BEGINNINGS into a
transitional movie between FLESH EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE
and INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD and SCARLET MOON, so it
will feature The Golden Slayer and Sid, The Space
Monster in all new footage being shot specifically for
DARK BEGINNINGS and the new footage will feature new
scenes of Prof.Hertz with Golden Slayer and Hertz
supervising a military operation blasting down Aliens
that survived the nuclear bombing of New York and New
Jersey at the end of INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD. Also
new is a sadistic erotic vampire murder committed
by Satanya (Annie Donato) and a scene where Satanya
meets Prof.Hertz. The newly filmed scenes also feature
Tattooed Steve ® , Ron Thoth and Rob Roman as soldiers.
Four new scenes featuring The Amazing Donde playing the
part of a heavy metal star called Hell Basher are also
being added and in two of the scenes Annie Donato and
myself act with Donde (yes, I play a role in SCARLET
MOON and DARK BEGINNINGS - why let just the actors have
all the fun?) The edit of DARK BEGINNINGS itself is
progressing nicely and should be completed relatively
soon, with the goal of a January 2006 release via Troma."
- Warren Disbrow.
ADDED NOTE
September 16th, 2005:
"The
new footage featuring the alien monster from FLESH
EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE and INVASION FOR FLESH AND BLOOD
has been filmed and already edited and incorporated into
DARK BEGINNINGS. In the new footage Rob Roman, Steve
Mezo "Tattooed Steve ® ", and my father
(playing Prof.Hertz) track down and kill the last alien
who survived the bombing of New York and New Jersey. The
hunters were armed with military weapons, and
dressed accordingly, and when all three fire their
weapons at the monster all hell breaks lose. For those
who like the design of the monster, to see him again,
even briefly, in DARK BEGINNINGS, I think will be a real
treat. The next scene I am shooting is a scene
between Prof.Hertz and Golden Slayer in Hertz's
Washington DC office. Again seeing Golden Slayer
returning for this brief scene may be a treat for fans
of those two older movies. All I can say is, as far is
filmming and editing, so far everything is going very
smoothly. Below are new photographs taken during the
recent shoot hunting aliens. The bubble-talk was
supplied by Rob Roman" - Warren Disbrow.
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| Tattooed
Steve with his rattlesnake hat, my Dad and
artist Rob Roman all hunting aliens in NJ |
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| Prof.Hertz
(my Dad) and actor Ron Toth of Shark River
Hills, NJ who plays Bissell in DARK BEGINNINGS |
|
| Prof.Hertz
sporting an NRA hat and an M16 for the new
scenes in DARK BEGINNINGS |
|
|
| Rob
roman was so normal before getting involved with
us ---NOT. :o) |
|
| Steve's
wife wasn't mad about his full frontal nudity in
INVASION, she showed it to all her friends! |
|
| All
the "bubble talk" was supplied by Rob
Roman. Blame him! :o) |
|
| We
used the original monster head for the newly
shot scenes. Despite its age its in great shape |
|
| Magazine
cover by Tattooed Steve ® |
|
| T-Shirt
design (c)copyright 2005. Rob Roman/Visual
Experiences, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
|
| Tattooed
Steve's cool Teaser Poster designed like a
Hollywood pre-release poster for INVASION. |
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