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‘All About Evil’ Horror Comedy Begins Production, First Stills!
Production has kicked into high-horror gear as Joshua Grannell has been shooting his first feature film All About Evil this month. Grannell has written the EVIL script and is directing the dark comedy, set in San Francisco. You can read all about the start of production, check out the first ever stills and the massive genre cast by reading below.
ALL ABOUT EVIL centers around a mousy librarian, who has inherited her father’s beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the family business she discovers her inner serial killer — and a legion of rabid gore fans — when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts. What her fans don’t realize yet is that the murders in the movies are all too real.
Grannell is in his 12th year of producing and hosting MIDNIGHT MASS, a midnight movie film series/show/phenomenon sponsored by Landmark Theatres. Next to the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, it’s the country’s biggest and longest running midnight movie series. Joshua Grannell is best known by his drag queen alter-ego PEACHES CHRIST, a cult cinema icon best known in the world of underground cinema.
A motley crew of talent has been assembled to make ALL ABOUT EVIL a cult classic like no other, including stars Natasha Lyonne (SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS, BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER, DIE MOMMIE DIE) and Thomas Dekker (TV’s HEROES, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES), Cassandra “Elvira Mistress of the Dark” Peterson, Mink Stole (HAIRSPRAY, CRY BABY, SERIAL MOM), Noah Segan (BRICK, DEADGIRL), Jack Donner (STAR TREK, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), Julie-Caitlin Brown (BABYLON 5, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION) and PEACHES CHRIST .
Also on board for ALL ABOUT EVIL are producer Darren Stein (writer / director of JAWBREAKER), director of photography Tom Richmond (PALINDROMES, NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST, CHOPPING MALL, HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES), and costume designer Frank Helmer (BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER, DEBS, EPIC MOVIE). On the San Francisco front are producers Brian Benson (FULL GROWN MEN, HAIKU TUNNEL), and Debbie Brubaker (LA MISSION, DARWIN AWARDS, DOPAMINE).
Following in the footsteps of last year’s independent films MILK and LA MISSION, ALL ABOUT EVIL will be filmed entirely on location in the San Francisco Bay Area where fog and blood make for the perfect EVIL back-drop.
Actresses Natasha Lyonne and Mink Stole
Director Joshua Grannell with actress Julie-Caitlin Broan
Her House of Horrors, the horror division of Independent Production House WOMXNOGRAPHY, has launched its Bite Size Short Grant Program, ahead of its film festival Dollhouse of Horror, which will take place in March 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
The Bite Size Short Grant Program awards $2,000 film grants to female-identifying and queer horror filmmakers. Shorts must be able to be made for $2,000, with a minimum runtime of 8 minutes. Submissions are now open on Filmfreeway, and are being judged by a panel of horror lovers and content creators.
The 2024 Bite Size Short Grant Program judge lineup is as follows:
“James H. Carter II- A documentary director, film producer, podcaster, marketing specialist, and writer. James is the founder and co-owner of Creepy Kingdom. Creepy Kingdom was founded in 2011 and is a multimedia website, and production studio specializing in creepy content. Their primary focus lies at the intersection of childlike fantasy and the macabre, covering horror films, theme parks, haunts, and much more. Beyond their extensive media coverage, Creepy Kingdom hosts events, offers original merchandise, and engages in film production under the Creepy Kingdom Studios brand producing original films like “Foolish Mortals”, exploring Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” fan culture, and “Georgie”, featuring Tony Dakota from the original “It” miniseries.
“In addition to founding Creepy Kingdom, James has won awards for his documentary work, including the award-winning “Foolish Mortals,” which has earned him recognition. He has been featured on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween special.
“Ashleeta Beauchamp is the editor-in-chief of Peek-A-Boo! Magazine, a cheeky horror magazine created to uplift marginalized writers, artists, models and other creators within the horror community. She also runs The Halloween Coalition, a community group to provide support and marketing for horror and Halloween events around the Southern California area.
“Titeanya Rodríguez is a multi-hyphenate creative, and the founder and owner of HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, home of DOLLHOUSE OF HORROR and the horror division of WOMXNOGRAPHY. As a fellow storyteller and a self-proclaimed artivist, Titeanya’s mission is to create opportunities for women of color and queer women, across film, tv, sports, music, and beyond. She is also the creator of the BITE SIZE SHORT grant program.”
Winners will have a one-night theatrical screening at Regal Cinemas. Submissions Close April 8 at Midnight. Winners will be announced on May 27, 2024. Shorts must be shot and through post-production by June 30, 2024. The screening will take place on July 8, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA.
WOMXNOGRAPHY, HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, and Rodriguez are represented by Azhar PR, Granderson Des Rochers, and Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.
To submit your short to the Bite Size Short Grant Program, go to the FilmFreeway link here.
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