In the summer of 1998, a friend and I decided to make our own home made Halloween movie. We wrote a story, plotted and planned all summer, and on September 18, 1998, armed with a camera and a case of beer, we startred filming.
Our goal was simple........to make the best fan based Halloween movie we were capable of. We had no budget, no actors, and no high dollar effects.
But we did have friends.
All of our friends chipped in, and gave truely stellar performances.....some, we STILL can't believe!
My friend and I worked in the local Haunted Forest, and thought that would make a great back drop for our film.
FREE SCENERY!
The film was shot in September, October, and into November of 1998........unknowingly, the same time The Blair Witch Project was being filmed.
Then, we took a ten month break from the movie, to catch up on other projects.
October, 1999, we took our film to Pro Video, and spent two weeks editing our movie and adding music and sound effects.
We even found a few ways to poke fun of Blair Witch, Halloween sequels, and ourselves while maintaining a serious movie.
The movie is now complete, and we are VERY happy campers. It was shot in 16X9 letterbox format, and runs approx. 1 hour and twenty minutes.
It premiered at a private party of 50, at the Aegon Auditorium on October 29, 1999. |
