ALIEN. Thirty-five years ago today. I remember being there like it was yesterday.

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So, wow. Thirty-five years ago today, ALIEN came out. This makes me feel terribly old. I would have been at the end of first grade in 1979.  Despite the young age, I was fortunate enough to see this masterpiece the day it came out....with my parents of course.

Things were different back then. Before major movies like this came out, the comic version came out months before the movie. Novelizations came out. Picture books, magazines, etc, etc. I had the *graphic novel* version of the movie...published by Heavy Metal of all magazines....and the Making Of Alien book (I still have these today). I was prepared for all the gruesome things that were about to unfold before my eyes....the egg chamber was creepy, the facehugger jumping out startled me. However, despite my knowing *exactly* when the chestburster scene was about to happen, nothing prepared me for what was happening from that point on. I was *amazed*.The last half hour had me terrified and thrilled and overjoyed....the same feelings I get to this day. It was like being in the ultimate haunted house. From that point on in my life, I was amazed with everything Giger made up (well...mostly....what they published in the sci-fi magazines....I only later discovered just how sexually warped the man was a few years later in middle school). 

ALIEN became a turning point in my life kind of....something I always remember. Gone was the *innocence*  of STAR WARS and Spielberg. This was the *real shit*. I was inspired...not scared...it dared me to dream stories and not have nightmares.

Finally in December of that year, the giant ALIEN figure was released....in time for Christmas. Of course it was sitting under our Holiday Tree.....and...I still have it.

ALIEN. That was some experience back in May of 1979. Something that never will be replicated, recreated,...no matter how or where I see it today. Needless to say, I'm going to watch it tonight...

The *final* edit of Dead Therapy

Here it is. The final edit of my short film DEAD THERAPY with all color correction applied and some extra sound effects in the deep background. This is the version that is supposed to look old and faded...like a lost film that's been discovered from the 70's or 80's.

There is A LOT wrong with this movie. There is also, in my opinion, A LOT that is good. . I only ask anyone who watches this, to keep in mind that I have not made a movie in 13 YEARS.  I made or tried to make a feature that long ago....since that time all my efforts have gone into writing and writing only. So while there is a lot that I as the director and editor could have done better, everyone else did a great job. It is what it is....there's not much more I can do to *fix* it.  I'm *happy* with it and so here it is....

New Short FIlm Coming Soon

Even though I'm still kind of in post production (again) with Dead Therapy, I am attempting to get another short film of the ground. So here's the promo for it. It's a story of a woman who comes back home to aid her brother and the family restaurant and help her mother, who has developed a nasty habit.

I hope to start production sometime late summer.

RED FLUSH is here.....kind of ....sort of....I think.

New screenplay....three years in the making. Finally done to a point that I like it....I think.
It's a tribute to 80's underground horror (note the 80's retro fonts), Japanese urban legends (note the bathroom IS Japanese) and Body Horror. It's disgusting, gross, disturbing, and yet almost so over the top it's funny.
Bigger news.....I'm going to try do film the damn thing myself....someday. We are moving shortly (can't say where to yet publicly) but if I have to fund that damn thing myself, I will.
Look for a crowd funding campaign shortly. I'll post the links to it here.
Excited about my new future and the chance to hopefully do this in the next few years.