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Last Chance to Donate to the ‘Evil Bong’ and ‘Killjoy’ Sequels
If you’re a fan of low budget B-movies the names Charles Band and Full Moon likely mean a great deal to you. For the last 30 years Band has been entertaining genre fans with hundreds of films including the likes of Re-Animator, From Beyond, Trancers, Puppetmaster and on and on to the point of racking up nearly 300 titles. Band has now taken to the crowd funding route for a little help with his next two films, both of which are sequels in popular franchises.
The first film is Evil Bong High-5 which as you may have guessed from that title is the 5th film in the Evil Bong series. This horror/comedy franchise is one of the newer creations under the Full Moon umbrella. The first entry came out in 2006 and starred everyone’s favorite pot head, Tommy Chong.
The next film looking for a little crowd funding love is Killjoy’s Psycho Circus. Trent Haaga, who has played Killjoy in the previous three films, will be back for the 5th film and joining him will be Victoria DeMare as Batty Boop.
Per the IndieGoGo campaign, the money to make the films is already there, but with some help from the fans the movies can be even better:
These films are fully financed and will go into production in Fall 2015, but YOU can make them even better!
- More Practical Effects!
- More Cameos!
- And wild surprises!
Contribute to our IndieGoGo campaign… Become part of this adventure! You’ll get incredible rewards, such as:
- DVDs, posters, tshirts
- Cast and Crew signature scripts
- Props from the films
- Visit the sets!
- Be in the films!
- Be an Associate Producer!
- A phone call with Charles Band himself!
- And if you’re lucky – we’ll kill you!!!
While crowd sourcing has it’s ups and downs, I’m mostly on board with it. Charles Band has given the horror community a lot of the years, so if there’s a chance I can give something back to him, I’m all for it. Plus the perks-to-donation-price-ratio is quite nice. For a $20 donation you get DVDs of both films? I’ll take it. That’s roughly the same price you’d pay for two DVDs anyway, but in this case your money actually goes to making the movies better.
With that being said the campaign is heading down the stretch run. If you want to donate and get some cool stuff for doing so, you’ll have to do it soon. To donate please click here.
In the wake of Backrooms and Obsession, everyone is prowling YouTube for horror shorts to adapt and horror filmmakers to scoop up, so don’t be surprised to see a whole bunch of upcoming articles about YouTube success stories crossing over into theaters. One horror short that’s already been picked up for expansion is Dolly director Rod Blackhurst’s Alone Time.
The 12-minute short was uploaded in 2014 and has amassed nearly 2 million views at the time of this article being written, and Deadline reports that it’s getting a feature adaptation.
Witchcraft Motion Picture Company & Fever Dream will turn the viral short into a feature film.
Alone Time follows Ann Saunders, a young NY professional whose carefully constructed life begins to unravel following a devastating personal loss. “Seeking refuge from a collapsing relationship, a deteriorating family situation, and mounting emotional trauma, Ann reluctantly joins her closest friend on a remote camping trip deep in the Adirondack wilderness.”
The synopsis continues, “When her friend mysteriously disappears, Ann becomes convinced that an unseen figure is stalking her through the forest. What begins as a survival nightmare slowly transforms into something far more disturbing as fractured memories, conflicting realities, and hidden truths force Ann to confront the possibility that the greatest threat may not be lurking in the woods at all, but buried deep within her own psych.”
“Alone Time has quietly followed me for over a decade,” director Rod Blackhurst said in a statement. “What began as a short film about isolation and the weight of life now feels more relevant than ever. The original short found its audience organically online long before that was considered a legitimate path for filmmakers. Bringing it to life as a feature allows us to explore those themes on a much larger and more psychologically unsettling canvas.”
Blackhurst is directing the feature length expansion.
You can watch the original Alone Time short film below.