Revenge of the Spacemen, Invasion of the Saucermen, and Horror Blogger Die!
Revenge of the Spacemen, Invasion of the Saucermen, and Horror Blogger Die!
Revenge of the Spacemen is a fun homage to the salad days of AIP films of yore, in particular the iconic Invasion of the Saucer men. The aliens are based upon those alien design which was the creation of godfather monster maker Paul Blaisdell which was a treat for me. The story could easily be an AIP film modified for today's audiences. In this case, an invasion of Ohio, complete with redneck humor, beers everywhere, and a shotgun toting mama facing off the monsters. The spacemen are a weird horny lot anal probing every man, woman, and animal out there...I know there's a frenchmen joke in a frat social joke in there someplace.
Exposure to this probe makes people turn green and let out terrible farts..I guess there's a Cincinnati Reds stadium chili hotdog joke in there too, but I digress. By trial and error, our heroes which is a young couple, their friends at a hamburger joint, a hillbilly clan led by a hilarious strong willed mama with a can of Budweiser in one hand and an itching shotgun trigger finger in the other, along with the local cops, and assorted beer drinkers of Ohio fight the space men invasion. Props goes to the funny actors in the film.
Director Jay Summers made a fun homage to the more innocent and fun era of horror and science fictions films of the late 50's and early 60's. Not to give away any plot points, but no space alien would dare interrupt an Ohio field party complete with beers and firearms! As a former Ohio resident, I can spot an Ohio filmmaker..there's a comic book aesthetic that somehow gets into their films. From the gore comedy Slashers gone wild to Dustin Wayde Mills puppet sex gore films that aesthetic gets snuck in. Years ago, I joked with the late great Mark Burchett of B plus productions, I could tell his film Satanic Yuppies was shot in Cincinnati by the amount of skyline chili places seen in location shoots. In a way this mirrors AIP films, Ohio indie filmmakers are a collection of films and filmmakers that are never really duplicated.
Worth a look for fans of old school horror sci fi films, broad comedy, and midwest slapstick.
click here for more information REVENGE OF THE SPACEMEN
Invasion of the Saucer Men
I would be remiss if I didn't include this film. Clearly a major influence on Revenge of the Spacemen, this AIP film dealt with an invasion of spacemen in a small town. Teenagers clearly knew what was going on, and tries to warn the town folk about the invasion of creepy saucer men. The saucer men and the poster were icons of the AIP science fiction and horror films aimed at the teen audience. Bonus points for the future Riddler Frank Gorshin hamming it up as a lush agent. AIP later remade this film as invasion of the eye monsters, which was an uneven remake.
Worth a look for spandex and monster fans.
Horror Blogger Die!
This is a microbudget homage to 'bad' VHS horror films from the 80's.
A mysterious man Dante has a contest for horror bloggers. Smug twin horror bloggers Jason and Sammie Thick take up the challenge. What horrors will they find at the haunted citadel?
It was a lot of fun to shoot and put together. It will be on amazon VOD soon. Here is the teaser link
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| Those space men are pervs...even messing with horses! |
Exposure to this probe makes people turn green and let out terrible farts..I guess there's a Cincinnati Reds stadium chili hotdog joke in there too, but I digress. By trial and error, our heroes which is a young couple, their friends at a hamburger joint, a hillbilly clan led by a hilarious strong willed mama with a can of Budweiser in one hand and an itching shotgun trigger finger in the other, along with the local cops, and assorted beer drinkers of Ohio fight the space men invasion. Props goes to the funny actors in the film.
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| Actress Janet Jay channeling AIP heroines of yore in this film |
Director Jay Summers made a fun homage to the more innocent and fun era of horror and science fictions films of the late 50's and early 60's. Not to give away any plot points, but no space alien would dare interrupt an Ohio field party complete with beers and firearms! As a former Ohio resident, I can spot an Ohio filmmaker..there's a comic book aesthetic that somehow gets into their films. From the gore comedy Slashers gone wild to Dustin Wayde Mills puppet sex gore films that aesthetic gets snuck in. Years ago, I joked with the late great Mark Burchett of B plus productions, I could tell his film Satanic Yuppies was shot in Cincinnati by the amount of skyline chili places seen in location shoots. In a way this mirrors AIP films, Ohio indie filmmakers are a collection of films and filmmakers that are never really duplicated.
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| beer drinking youths will fight for the planet! |
Worth a look for fans of old school horror sci fi films, broad comedy, and midwest slapstick.
click here for more information REVENGE OF THE SPACEMEN
Invasion of the Saucer Men
I would be remiss if I didn't include this film. Clearly a major influence on Revenge of the Spacemen, this AIP film dealt with an invasion of spacemen in a small town. Teenagers clearly knew what was going on, and tries to warn the town folk about the invasion of creepy saucer men. The saucer men and the poster were icons of the AIP science fiction and horror films aimed at the teen audience. Bonus points for the future Riddler Frank Gorshin hamming it up as a lush agent. AIP later remade this film as invasion of the eye monsters, which was an uneven remake.
Worth a look for spandex and monster fans.
Horror Blogger Die!
This is a microbudget homage to 'bad' VHS horror films from the 80's.
A mysterious man Dante has a contest for horror bloggers. Smug twin horror bloggers Jason and Sammie Thick take up the challenge. What horrors will they find at the haunted citadel?
It was a lot of fun to shoot and put together. It will be on amazon VOD soon. Here is the teaser link
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