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While many previous genre films have had Yuletide settings—from GREMLINS to SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT and numerous other over-the-top Santa-slasher flicks—Cain believes his movie stands apart. “SILENT NIGHT is played totally straight—nothing campy,” he says. “It just happens to take place around Christmas, which I feel gives the story more emotional resonance, as the holidays tend to bring out the best and worst in people. So the fact that the zombies have ended Santa’s sleigh ride as we know it just makes the characters want to chop their heads off even more.

Check out the full interview RIGHT HERE

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CHRISTMAS HORROR FLIX “ZOMBIE NIGHT” INFECTS

Director Sean Cain helms sophomore effort in December

LOS ANGELES — Velvet Hammer Films and ArsonCuff Entertainment’s gory horror film “Silent Night, Zombie Night,” toplining Lew Temple (“Trailer Park of Terror”), Felissa Rose (“Return to Sleepaway Camp”) and Vernon Wells (“Commando”) has announced principal photography to begin in December.

Cain’s X-mas themed “Zombie Night” has a viral outbreak trapping L.A.P.D. Officer Frank Talbot with his angry former partner and soon to be ex-wife. This tragic love triangle is being fast-tracked for an early 2009 release.

“Zombie Night” represents Cain’s second feature film as a director, following his work on “Naked Beneath the Water” released earlier this year alongside a Fangoria.com giveaway contest.

Not for the faint of heart, “Zombie Night” is being produced by Cain, Mary Hahn and Wes Laurie with cinematography by Jim Wright (“Border Security USA”) and FX by Tom Devlin (“Daredevil”) of 1313FX.

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Fangoria.com was kind enough to post a little something something regarding “Someone’s Knocking at the Door” a horror feature helmed by Chad Ferrin (”Easter Bunny Kill! Kill!”) and produced by Sean.

They also did a short interview with Lew Temple:

“Fango also caught up with Temple, who says of his part (lensed in one day), ‘This is really just a cameo, but it was a lot of fun. I was able to provide some dry humor to the scene that I did. I was more of a straight man, and not really involved in any of the mayhem, but it was refreshing to sort of clean up the mess, and do it with a bit of humor.’”

Read the full interview at their site: October 3: First gruesome look: SOMEONE’S KNOCKING.

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“Someone’s Knocking at the Door”, a new horror film that Sean produced for writer/director Chad Ferrin (”Easter Bunny Kill! Kill!”) of Crappy World Films is ready to be unveiled. We have posted some screen shots (taken with the beautiful RED camera) at the website (still a work in progress) RIGHT HERE.
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CRAPPY WORLD FILMS

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Contact: Sean Cain
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“SOMEONE’S KNOCKING WRAPS PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY”

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Los Angeles – Crappy World Films and Mirage Pictures JR is pleased to announce that principal photography has been wrapped for the horror feature, “Someone’s Knocking at the Door.”

The film, written and directed by Chad Ferrin (“The Ghouls”, “Easter Bunny Kill! Kill!”), produced by Sean Cain (“Naked Beneath the Water”) and stars horror vets Noah Segan (“Brick”, “Cabin Fever 2”), Lew Temple (“The Devil’s Rejects”, “Trailer Park of Terror”), Vernon Wells (“The Road Warrior”, “Commando”) and Ezra Buzzington (“The Hills Have Eyes”, “Mirrors”).

“We’re very excited about SOMEONE’S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR. Mr. Ferrin’s previous work in the horror genre is disturbingly original.” stated producer Sean Cain. “The raw imagery is a cross between David Lynch and Dario Argento. It taps into an audience’s deepest fears and desires and spits it back up with a vengeance.”

SOMEONE’S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR begins when six medical students find the files of John and Wilma Hopper, satanic serial rapists from the ‘70s who died while being experimented on by the mind-altering drug, Taldon. Deciding to do some experimenting themselves, they find the drug opens a hellish portal in which the Hoppers return, once again, to rape and murder.

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http://www.crappyworldfilms.com

PR Contact for Crappy World Films: Sean Cain

Tel: (323) 464-4746

sean@crappyworldfilms.com

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Tomorrow night is the premiere for “Live Evil” starring Tim Thomerson, Ken Foree, Tiffany Shepis. Sean also has a scene where he plays a vampire who gets his head sliced off by a samurai sword. He says, “It was loads of fun to do!”

The debut will be during the Valley Film Festival at the El Portal theater @ 9 PM. Tickets should still be available. Check the website for details.

Come out and meet the cast and crew (including Tim Thomerson!) and see this excellent vampire film.

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Although the DVD has been out for a few months Terror Tube recently turned in their review of “Naked Beneath the Water”. It goes a bit like this:

“If you are a fan of Indie movies and a fan of movies that allow your brain to fit the puzzle pieces into slots of your choice instead of a necessary pattern, Naked Beneath The Water may just be the tasty stork delivered pickle your brain has been craving.”

Read the rest of the review RIGHT HERE

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Velvet Hammer Films presents the trailer for “Crossroads”, a film noir drama directed by Jim Wright. It stars Jack Forcinito, Lee De Broux, Nadine Stenovitch, John Littlefield, Jesse Hlubik and Jon Spinogatti.

Described as:

A son returns home to confront his abusive step father and avenge his sister’s death. It’s “In Cold Blood” meets “To Kill a Mockingbird”.

So, check it out!

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Sometimes a true story is stranger than fiction. This week at Velvet Hammer Films this adage was reinforced when we were informed our microbudget horror film was responsible for tarnishing a national icon of Sweden.

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Pelle on Pelle? From the Expressen article on July 1st, 2008

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It started when an anonymous busybody posted claims on IMDB (see the thread here) regarding an impending lawsuit for copyright infringement because “Naked’s” main character, Pelle Svanslos, was also the title character in a series of Swedish kiddie books from the late 30’s.

When Sean explained to this person (according to the U.S. government) you couldn’t copyright a name he thought this was hilarious while insinuating the people who owned the rights to those books had been ‘informed’ and lawyers were ‘looking into it’.

We all know anonymous people on the internet love to talk shit and this just seemed another example of that. However, this busybody took it a step further and informed a daily Swedish newspaper, Expressen, about the brouhaha. Lord knows what he actually said because the article makes it seem like the cartoon cat of these children’s novels had skipped out to Hollywood to slum in some sleazy horror movie.

When we found the article on the newspaper’s website (using Google translator) we saw that the writer actually called a couple of people up (including the woman who runs a Pelle Svanslos museum…who would have thought there was a museum??). They seemed confused about the whole affair. “Is it a kid’s film? Does it have cats?” was their query.

No, ma’am. “Naked Beneath the Water” is not for children nor does it have any cats.

We’re thinking that it was either a slow day for the Swedish news or we accidentally tapped into some serious national pride. Either way, we’d like to inform all the Vikings that are gearing up to tar and feather us, that the use of Pelle Svanslos in “Naked” is just a coincidence.

And even though we were tempted (after the suggestion of one Swedish fan who e-mailed us) to put a psycho killing Pippi Longstocking in our next film we plan to make sure we never again put ourselves in the position of having a whole country hating us.

If you want to check out the article for yourself there is a link here . It’s in Swedish though. So, you’ll have to get it translated. The best part is in the comments section. The busybody complains: “I am disappointed that you haven’t even thanked me for giving you this tip!”

Warhol was right. Everyone wants their 15 minutes.

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Friends of ours alerted VHF that “Naked” was playing this month as a Pay Per View type thing on cable provider AT&T’s U-Verse. We personally don’t subscribe, but were able to get this screenshot off the television:

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So, if you didn’t pre-order it off Amazon, buy it in a store, rent it from Netflix or Blockbuster now is your chance to watch it at home for a measly 4 bucks!

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We recently donated two signed copies of “Naked” for their silent auction. If you want to know more about this worthy cause check out the information below:

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The Haunted Attraction Industry Joins the Fight Against Breast Cancer

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Some of the most prominent names that make “scary” their business are pulling every skeleton out of the ground to raise money for fellow Haunters/Haunt Owners Nancy Allen and Kathryn Dessault.

The Official Drive, “Haunters for Hooters”, will take place at Midwest Haunters Convention in Columbus, Ohio June 13-15th. Included in the sponsor list are BIG names like Midnight Syndicate Films and Soundtracks, The International Association of Haunted Attractions, Haunted Attraction Magazine, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, Sinister Visions inc., The Ghoulish Gallery, Dee Snider from Twisted Sister/Van Helsing’s Curse, Pat Priest from “The Munsters” and Camden Toy from “Angel” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, just to name a few.

Haunters for Hooters is a non-profit fundraiser with 100% of profits going to brave breast cancer fighters Nancy Allen and Kathryn DeSautell. HAUNTERS FOR HOOTER EVENTS AT MIDWEST HAUNTERS CONVENTION INCLUDE:

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* FRIDAY, JUNE 13th - Inflatable haunt open from 7:00 – 11:00 pm on Friday night at Club Vampire sponsored by Bad Boys Scenic Design and Midnight Syndicate.

* SATURDAY, JUNE 14th - HAUNTERS FOR HOOTERS BOOTH - Selling T-shirts, Wristbands, Nancy Allen Artprints, Natural Charm Jewelry and much more.

* SATURDAY, JUNE 14th - HAUNTERS FOR HOOTERS RAFFLE - Original signed Grandpa Munster Doll. Gift from Al Lewis to Jen Sharlow.

* SATURDAY, JUNE 14th - HAUNTERS FOR HOOTERS RAFFLE - Lola Davidson Dress from “Search for the Next Elvira”

* SATURDAY, JUNE 14th - HOOTERS GIRLS appear at Haunters for Hooters Booth from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm for Meet and Greet.

* SUNDAY, JUNE 15th - SILENT AUCTION from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Hosted by CHUCK WILLIAMS

* SUNDAY, JUNE 15th - HAUNTERS FOR HOOTERS BOOTH - Selling T-shirts, Wristbands, Nancy Allen Artprints, Natural Charm Jewelry and much more.

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Find out more on their website: www.hauntersforhooters.com

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