An actual update...

Ahoy there, mateys.

You want a cinematic update...so be it. Our very good friends at Troma have informed me that the "Macabre Pair of Shorts" is scheduled for a June release. I love that. I don't think any of my previous distributors ever gave me a release date without me having to beg.

Last night, with some strong absinthe to jog the memory banks, I, Scott Mabbutt (a.k.a. Sam Shellephone), recorded the Director's Commentary for the DVD...along with my co-horts Tony Ferriter and Sean Manton. Sean, I have not literally seen since we recorded the commentary track for "Predators from Beyond Neptune" four or five years ago. It came out quite well. It'll be a bit of a challenge to cut it all together...but it is one of the better Magick Films audio commentaries.

In the meantime, I've been talking with The Ghastly Ones a great deal. They liked the treatment for the movie, but aren't too keen on the acting part. We're going to hash out some other ideas until we can agree.

We're also talking about doing another "Macabre Pair of Shorts" specically for Troma. I would like to do "Rock it Ship B-Flat" as part of it. Not with the Space Ramones or even the Space Partridges...but with The Ghastly Ones. We'll just have to wait and see how that goes.

I also spoke to my dear friend Jenny Krusoe of the Eagle Rock Centre for the Arts...deep in the heart of my adopted community. I'm anxious to roll some more digital film in Eagle Rock. Perhaps we can throw The Ghastly Ones in the Art Centre for a concert. Let the search for Sunny Storm begin!

"...and the light, from the night...fell on me"
S.