Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and Happy New Year.

I am out. Have a good one. Be back in 2014!

Editing "Into the Madness: A Documentary".

With the exception of what's left be filmed in another few weeks in Columbus for the one year retrospective, I've been hitting the editing pretty hard on Into the Madness: A Documentary. What you are seeing below is the title sequence for the film.


The title cards will need redone as I had the cropped 4:3 version overlaying the 2.35:1 image. I was trying to keep the titles within the 4:3 frame which is why it looks wacky. And speaking of aspect ratios, here's an example of a clip being seen in all three aspect ratios; 1.33:1, 1.78:1, and 2.35:1.


We will have a trailer out on Christmas. It's hard cutting a trailer for a documentary. Peace out. One more post to come before the end of 2013.

No Trailer This Week For "Into the Madness: A Documentary".

Well, I was planning on having a trailer for my second feature, Into the Madness: A Documentary. However, I had a monkey wrench thrown into my hands on Thursday. I had a neighbor come up to me and inform me that there was a kitty cat under my trailer. Naturally, Into the Madness was in the dark recesses of my mind and trying to save this wild kitty was my main priority. I noticed that someone had put an orange Solo cup of hard cat food under the opening of my trailer where the skirting has broken apart. I decided to pour the contents of the cup out and see for myself how much would have been eaten.

While working my morning shift at my day job, I happened to grab two cans of generic cat food for about $1. I wanted to try to catch this little guy as the weather is going to get bad. I get off work at 5:30 P.M. and I check and see that the cat had eaten what I had poured out of the cup. I wanted to wait longer and try to get him at night. 9 P.M. rolls around and I get out of my trailer completely bundled and I open the first can of cat food. I place near the Solo cup and decide that an hour is a good waiting time. I return at 10 P.M. to find the contents of the can completely licked clean. I am baffled. It pulled the wool over my eyes and had himself a good meal on my two quarters. I decided to switch up my times to check on him from an hour to anywhere from five to fifteen minute increments.

I would see that a nibble or two would be taken from the can. I wanted to test it and I wanted to put the Solo cup over the can to see what he does. I come back out fifteen minutes later to find the cup knocked over and half of the can digested. The time is getting late and I had a shift at work that was almost half a day. I needed to get some rest. The time was now 1 A.M.

The biggest question on my mind was simple; "Was it really a cat?"

I grabbed my Kodak that I shot portions of Into the Madness with; the tripod light; and a plastic bag. The light and it's tripod screws wouldn't fit with the camera in the bag. I decided to undo the light from the screws and throw both items into the bag. As I went back outside to the spot, I tried to set the camera as upright as possible in the small opening. I placed the Solo cup over the food again to see what happens and I leave to go back inside.

I come out and check on it within a half hour, surprisingly, the cup was still over the can of food. Was he gone or was he full from the previous can? Puzzled, I went back inside. I kept running the possibilities through my head on this cat. Finally, 2 A.M. arrived and I decided to call it a night. I went back to check and oddly, the cup was still over the can of food. I brought the camera and light back inside and pulled out the SDHC card from the camera and placed it in my netbook.

I watched the footage for the first two minutes. Getting bored quickly, I decided to skip ahead. As I skipped ahead, I noticed a brown blur on the screen and realized that I had captured an encounter on video. I tried to go back as fast as I could and lo and behold, from the left side of my screen; it reveals itself. It didn't walk in from the opening, but, from the left which tells me that it was back at the front of my trailer and was watching me the whole time. I found it to be a slick little cat. Watching its motions on the video, he's a curious little one.

Saturday was different story. In the morning, I decided to grab a torn up wife-beater and rubbed it on my body to give my scent off to the cat to show it that I am not a threat. The last thing I want to do is show it harm. I left for work and as soon as I arrived something bad happened. A snow storm came in briefly, but, the temperatures dropped. I decided to grab some more cans of cat food and some catnip to get him going. I got home at 11 P.M. and I feel my whole face freezing while waiting for a cab. I got down and went underneath my trailer, I noticed that my shirt had muddy paw prints all over it which lead to me calling out for the cat. I got no response. I opened a can of food and left it out.

As I checked on it, there was no bites. I kept going out and for one of the first times that I prayed that the storm did not take the cat out. 3 A.M. comes and goes and for the final time that night, nothing. I started to feel horrible that I couldn't have actually snagged him instead of putting my camera down there. I decided to go to bed and not having a good night's sleep. I kept hoping that when I got up on Sunday, the can would be munched, I was wrong.

I hope he's ok. I only know him from this one minute of video.

New Blog Title; "Das Leben Des Opfer!"

I'm about to go to bed. The other day, I unearthed from the depths of the my two external hard drives the drafts of This is the Life. I wrote the script in 2008 right around the time that I met my second ex-fiancee and right after I graduated from Leilehua High School. It was very Silent Hill-esque in terms of story. I was going to direct it as soon as I finished the script, but got very sick with my kidneys.

I think I am going to give the script a new polish, but, I am going to pass on directing it. I think I am going to be saving it for my planned hiatus. We're working on getting contracts ready for Traumatic Possession 3D: Hawaii. And come January, I am going to be giving my buddy Stephen the script for the movie he is directing. We're getting things ready!

So, My Twenty-Fourth B-day.

I have left the blog unattended for some time. My birthday was back on the 21st. I was supposed to go out to Comic-Con in Columbus and get some photos with Laurie Holden and Ray Park, but, plans were hijacked. Despite that, I mainly sat around played through Grand Theft Auto V. It blows GTA IV out of the water. Trevor is hands down one of the most twisted characters that I have ever seen. To those who've played it, I was shocked with his introduction and a certain couple from GTA IV is brought back for a quick cameo. The ending to the game was spectacular and this unlikely friendship between Franklin, Michael, and Trevor blow Niko and Roman away. Here's my two favorite songs from the game.

Went and watched This is the End for the fourth time. I love the movie even more and more. I am planning on picking up the German Blu-ray when it comes out in December. I also ended up ordering some German Blu-rays from my favorite Swiss Webstore Grooves Inc. Got the German Blu-rays for Ca$h; Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster, and Good Time Max for $33. I'm waiting until mid-October to order Iron Man 3D and R-Point. Very excited for R-Point as it is one of my favorite South Korean horror films.

Studio wise, getting stuff ready to go for Traumatic Possession 3D: The Director's Cut and editing Into the Madness: A Documentary. I am going to show Abby a rough cut of the film in October whenever I go out to Columbus in October. And then we're going to start filming Traumatic Possession 3D: Hawai'i. Honolulu is no longer safe and someone or something is coming after a survivor who encountered Simon Lange.

Announcing a Segment!

I know that I haven't discussed my little anthology project Stories in a long time. I'm announcing a segment which we will be filming soon; Stand Off: A Prisoner in Exile. It will be the first of the five or six segments that I will be directing of the nine. Abby is toying around with doing a short on a television pilot I wrote about nine years ago. If we do go ahead, I think I might let her do the whole pilot episode to get a reaction out of viewers.

I am also going to be doing another HD master for 2D version of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape after not being too pleased with the first round of encoding. One thing that I am going to do with the transfer is window box it slightly and add a border around the sides of the scope image, kind of like how Disney window boxed the Studio Ghibli films on DVD. I'll probably have that ready to go in another week or so.

Went to the dollar theater and caught Man of Steel for the fourth time. Hands down the best film of the year. Probably the best comic book adaption as well. That first twenty minutes of all hell breaking loose on Krypton is one of the strongest openings to a film. How it shows the sacrifices that Jor-El and Lara-El have to make is pretty powerful.

And then, oddly, the dollar theater got Oblivion back for two days and Monday was the last night it was playing. The thing was, it was one of those closed caption screenings for the deaf and hard of hearing, so it has English subtitles on the screen. It's been a while since the dollar theater has played one of those, I think the last one that I can remember was The Change-Up with Ryan Reynolds. However, this print was in horrible condition and laser must have been dirty of something because the subtitles jumped and were blurry as hell as the rest of the print was fine. It wouldn't have been worth it if you were deaf anyhow. But, I thought Oblivion was a pretty good sci-fi thriller.

Also working on a little pet project of remastering a movie which will never see the light of day in terms of getting a legit release. Working with only VHS footage transferred to a DVD is pretty mind numbing. Only trick to cover up the interlacing is to add a layer of grain in Sony Vegas.

Film Festival Problems...

Well, the celluloid portion of my film festival might be in jeopardy as I am having problems finding theaters in my state, Ohio, that are catering to all film formats. It's all digital now, so, where do I go from there? I do have a high definition version of Night of the Living Dead that I downloaded off of the Internet Archive.

What I am thinking is this, since we have to go digital, I will divide up the price and have several other indie filmmakers involved and have them pay a fifth or sixth of the rental cost depending if we screen five or six films. That's the plan so far. I will confirm that Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut will be screening in the Summer when we do it. Probably screening another film or two and Night of the Living Dead to have possibly half or two-thirds be my material.

Other than that, I am leaving in another two hours to go see Rifftrax Live! Starship Troopers. I am excited to see it. I missed Birdemic last year but caught the screening of Manos! The Hands of Fate. Sorry that I haven't been writing much lately. Relationships take up a lot of time and writing movies takes up even more. Looking forward to showing you some stuff soon.

EDIT 8/21: *IGNORE* 1080i Screencaps for "TP2D:TT".

Edit: 8/21/13: I am re-doing this transfer.

Yesterday, I created the 1080i high definition master for the 2D version of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. I've also got some plans regarding the new 3D transfer which will be for 3DTVs and not the old school anaglyph 3D that we used for the theatrical release. We've scrapped that and we're going to re-do that transfer as well for the big "Bootleg Edition" DVD set coming at the end of 2013/beginning of 2014.

I created the 1080i transfer in MultiAVCHD from the original 720p material. It is slightly upscaled as I was originally planning to release the film on Blu-ray in 720p, but, ultimately decided against it. With a bitrate of 17.54 kbps at 10GB in the Mpeg 4 AVC format. The plan for the disc is to be:

• 2D Theatrical Cut (with unrated audio, commentary, isolated score) - 10 GB
• 3D Theatrical Cut (with unrated audio, commentary, isolated score) - 10 GB
• Director's Cut - 10GB
• Into the Madness: A Documentary - 10 GB
• Bonus Materials (Workprint, subtitle tracks, etc.) - 10 GB

Now, the plan is this; it's going to be a two disc set called The Traumatic Possession Trilogy. Disc two will contain Traumatic Possession 2-3D and Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse in both 2D and 3D versions on a BD-50. We'll be working on getting this all together in the following months after the sequels are shot and edited. However, I am trying to get a Blu-ray release in the works outside of the U.S. and have been seeking out studios in Asia. Visit the 1080i images here at Postimage! http://postimg.org/gallery/9jsmlb8e/2b4dfdb7/

Viva La France. Reviving "The Past".

Today is Bastille Day meaning that it's French Independence Day. After spending some time in France and Germany and the rest of Europe; I can say that I really had an overall pleasant experience in France over Germany. I consider it almost a second or third home to Hawaii being the first. And I have another stalker to add to the list too. Jesus Christ bananas people.

I found a giant busted binder full of notes that was written between 2003 to 2006. That would be the years I spent living in Europe. I found a lot of crazy shit in there that made me feel like that "lost American living in Europe" that I used to have. Going into shops and having to speak a totally different language other than English to get what I wanted. I had to be on my toes in order to speak either German or French because it's not only speaking it, it's hearing the people respond back to me and having to translate that within an instant of it being said.

Back to that binder, I found my passion again. I found a film I started writing in 2004 and I am totally wanting to do it. Since the filming for Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse is probably getting pushed back, we could probably film this in it's place. That film was called And the Past Was Us. I remember thinking about that film for years. Even back when I was writing the stuff for Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape.

I want to break away from horror and show how I can handle different genres. With having a studio, I want to cater to everyone. Make a comedy, horror, romance, etc. This film, And the Past Was Us is a film that does not have a basic protagonist/antagonist story to it; it's about a man who goes through hell and back. I started writing it while I was with my first ex-fiancee. Will I convert the film to 3D? Of course.

When will these planned films debut? For the film festival. We are going to do some kickstarter or indie-go-go campaign to raise money to take the films on the road. We'll screen all the films together back to back. I'm thinking we'll have the first screenings be in Columbus, back at the Grandview. Then, after that, Hawai'i?

To Quote Tyler Durden.

"Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse" Might Be Bumped From Filming in 2013.

While I'm not confirming that this is happening, Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse might be pushed back to a spring 2014 shoot. Problem is, we're getting close to winter and I do not want to keep anyone out in the cold as the story is mostly outdoor for 95% of the script. I've been focusing too much on the script on Traumatic Possession 2 to get the script done for TP3D:A and I was strongly considering the second sequel first as opposed to shooting them in order.

The plan is still shoot three films. We might have to improvise and get to work on another script. I've been thinking about digging around in my boxes and seeing if I can find Death Syndrome. To let people in on this, it was the first full length script that I had written a good ten years ago in 2003 and the title was never meant to the final product's title. I wrote it shortly after fourteenth birthday in October 2003. It's a horror film about the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. If the script can be found for the film, I might just produce it and pass on directing it.

Maybe get around to doing a film in German or French. I would like to show my range as an actor and showing the ability that I have to do what it takes in another language.

Also, I have put an end to the podcasts. Just getting fed up with a lot of B.S. that goes on while I do them. I've put them in the "Private" category on Youtube. Will I unlock them one day? Who knows.

Things Have Been Quiet. Too Quiet.

Just to give a small, but, big update; we're looking at hiring an actress to do some narration work on Into the Madness: A Documentary. We're going to be pushing the release date back to Winter if possible. I think that I want this to go theatrical. I've decided that the first movie I shoot when I get back to Hawaii is going to be Life in the City of Angels.

And I've been thinking of the film that I want to do a live action adaption of. I was talking to Sid, from Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape, yesterday and described the scene and was telling her about cutting the footage together from the animated films to make this serious emotional ending scene. If I can get this film made, I want people to be balling their eyes out at the end of the film. To give someone a hint, it's a Disney film that was made in the early 2000's.

Other than that, working on finalizing the scripts for the next three or four movies. We might have something else shot in the Winter after the three movies are shot back to back. This is something that's been in the works since 2004. Yes, nine years to get this film made and complete. It's time for it's journey to come to an end.

Kickstarter / Indie-Go-Go Campaign...

Starting next month, I will be starting either a Kickstarter or Indie-Go-Go fundraiser to draw funds for the next movies. We will have different levels of payments set up for the film. I'm thinking only $5k will be needed for getting both Traumatic Possession 3D films shot and getting DVD copies made. I think part of the funding will include goodies, depending on how much you donate. I'm thinking that $1 will get you just a basic DVD/Blu-ray/Home Video producer credit. Maybe if you donate $15, you'll get the Special Edition, Blood Soaked, DVD-R of Traumatic Possession 2D: The Tape. Possibly make it a special copy for the people doing the Kickstarter/I-G-G.

Anything $50 or over basically gets you a factory pressed copy of the trilogy. Possibly the scripts and have them autographed by all of the cast and crew. Whoever donates the highest will get a producer credit and whoever gets the highest out of five to ten will be credited on the posters. Or something. I'm not entirely sure yet.

Columbus was a Success!

Discussions with the script review regarding Traumatic Possession 3D 2 went well. The ending is going to be completely re-worked and I have no complaints about it. I was honestly relieved when we finished it. It didn't turn out as bad as the aftermath of the Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape premiere. We will be announcing the cast and the characters come the time we start shooting the film.

What I can tell you about this film is that it's loosely tied into the lore of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. This time, the story focuses around survivors who wind up meeting each other. Will Simon Lange be present in the film? Yes! One of the characters that I wrote is basically me in a nutshell; a laid back person who wants to be left alone and wants nothing to do with Simon Lange and what his possible whereabouts could be.

I attended the Ohio premiere screening for Christopher Mihm's The Giant Spider at the Grandview Theatre. While present as only a spectator, I had about three people come up to me and ask when I would have another movie coming out. It was humbling. It made me feel that I wasn't a complete fuck up for my first full length feature. Stories was brought up too as I talked to Dr. Bob. Stories is one that's in production, but there's nothing to it as it's nine, unrelated stories, which serve as pilots to films that can be made in the future.

The Giant Spider was fun and I was able to do a video message for him and I stumbled a bit on it. I was mainly trying to get to Dr. Bob and ask a few questions about some Asylum movies. As Bob has been screening them as a part of his show. And of course, The Asylum has thrown some goodies his way to promote their brand. I got a shirt and an LED flashlight that has been very helpful at night whenever I walk home from work.

I did get a chance to go into Tensuke Market Plaza and do some shopping on my way out of Columbus. I did go into the video store and buy a few Japanese DVDs for gifts and a few myself. I got Sadako 2D for my sister, I'll be picking up the Blu-ray soon in a few weeks. I grabbed Always: Sunset on Third Street '64; Be With You; Sakuran; and The Wings of the Kirin. Some of the DVDs that I saw for rent was the Japanese R2 DVD of Godzilla and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. These DVDs are from the magazines that came out a few years back. If I am able to stay out there a bit the next time, I'll have to get a membership and rent them. It was interesting to see the American films that they had Japanese DVDs too. They had Snakes on a Plane and the English title that they put on the Japanese release is Snake Flight!

Before I go for the day, because, I'm being a slacker... I'm annoyed that someone is talking about me. I posted a few videos on my Youtube page, but, after making another which I will not post, I will say this. get my new number off of our good friend. She's here in Ohio for the summer. Call me up and talk to me like an adult. Getting tired of these games.

Most Absurd Date ... Ever.

While I miss the days of being with my second ex-fiancee, moving on has been strange. It's been a good five years at this point that I've been trying to start dates and relationships. Back in March, I went out with a girl who was obviously not into me. No biggie. Well, went out again...hilarity ensues. While I will not go into specifics about this date, it did give me some ideas for material.

I am going to Columbus next weekend and I'm waiting to tell my co-producer this whole situation and see her reaction. Can't wait to see Chris Mihm's The Giant Spider. I got three days off before I leave for Columbus, hopefully I can get one of the scripts completed to show off to my co-producer so we can get one of the Traumatic Possession sequels shot.

And with all this dating shit, if my ex-fiancee didn't leave me, none of this would be happening. To make a commitment and then to walk away from it all after I have numerous letters and video messages that were left behind is numbing. When I opened the binder to store the hand-written pages of the Traumatic Possession sequels; out flew a piece of paper from a drawing/art pad that had big letters written on the page; "I LOVE YOU". And in each of the letters had full descriptions of why I was loved.

I didn't realize it was in that binder. I must have placed it in there while I moved from the house I was renting from my folks while they were in Maryland. To have that piece of paper fall out of the binder and into my lap was a shocker to me. And I am still finding stuff hidden around in my laptop. A Microsoft Word document from the day she left last August.

I almost wanted to start smoking again. The depression started hitting me, because after she left, I started to smoke. And for a while there, I stopped because I was filming and editing Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape and I needed to stay focused. Alcohol has been slowly coming back into my life. Right now, I keep one bottle of beer in my fridge and I'll tell myself; "Tomorrow...."

But...

TOMORROW...

Just a Tease...

Something's coming this winter...

Scripting...

It's been a week that I first sat down and hammered away at the script for the untitled Traumatic Possession 3D sequel, which we refer to from now on as Traumatic Possession 2 until we get a title for it. I'm past the first third of the script and decided to scribble a few pages of notes and got the first ten pages down for Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse. Why write the third script at the same time that I am writing the second script? Simple, there's no real connection story-wise. Apocalypse is a stand-alone film, with the only character coming back is Simon Lange. I've written in that the final scene from Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape is to appear to continue the story off in both films.

In a way, it's kinda like how Toho did two sequels that aren't connected to one another with the Japanese film series, The Ring. After The Ring, there was The Spiral. The Spiral has no connection with any of the other films in The Ring series. And then, Toho did The Ring 2 and it basically was like Toho's way of saying; "Hey, The Spiral can fuck off! Our bad!"

With Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse, after getting the first ten pages, I like that this is a different type of animal. I was thinking, how could I bring Simon Lange into a futuristic setting without bringing him into space and it all came to me. I have a lot of set work to do in terms of getting this how to look like how I want it, visually. I know I'll be color correcting the hell out of this one in post, once we get it shot. I'm thinking a murky brown-ish tint to it.

I am planning on getting discs factory pressed for 2014, but, with the intention of getting these copies in what's left of the video store market. It'll be a DVD-9 of Traumatic Possession: The Trilogy. Into the Madness: A Documentary will not be included on it, but, it will be on the Blu-ray. The Blu-ray release for the trilogy will have to span across two discs as I believe there is no way to fit it all on one BD-50 disc.

Disc one will most likely contain:
Traumatic Possession 2D: The Tape
Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape
Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut
Into the Madness: A Documentary

Disc two will most likely contain:
Traumatic Possession 2 - 3D
Traumatic Possession 2 - 2D
Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse
Traumatic Possession 2D: Apocalypse

The Director's Cuts of Traumatic Possession 2 and Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse will be the final cuts that you see. Only reason why you're getting Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut is because of some disagreements between my co-producer and I regarding the final cut for the theatrical release. I'm just restoring my vision for the film.

What next after finishing Traumatic Possession: The Trilogy? Well, we have Juggernaut 3D as my follow up. And Maze of Thought 3D will be filming for a 2015 release. I'll be breaking out another revision of the script for Maze of Thought 3D here in the next few weeks and hand it off to my co-producer. It's hard to believe it's been four years ago that I laid in bed, sick as a dog in Hilo, Hawaii and hammered out that script.

Hopefully, in late 2014, I can get my white ass back to Hawaii and enjoy the beaches and the island life. I miss it. I wish to find peace there after my second ex-fiancee walked away on everything. I would like nothing more than to just hear the waves crash upon the shore and think; "I'm home".

Teaser Poster. Announcing the Films.

Untitled Traumatic Possession 3D Sequel and Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse coming soon! The  first trilogy ends after this year. We will let Simon Lange take a rest for a few years. I have plans for a semi-hiatus, once this ends, I'll bring Simon Lange back for another trilogy.

And finally, audio podcast...

Expanding the "Traumatic Possession" Universe.

The next film I am planning on filming in a two week period in June or July will be a spin off from Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. Now, I'm doubting it will be titled Traumatic Possession 3D: Sequel Title Here. If I did call it a Traumatic Possession 3D film, it's only like a joke. Kinda like how Lamberto Bava's television film The Ogre is called Demons 3: The Ogre outside of Italy.

I decided that this new film was going to be TP3D related after giving it thought. I decided to change the ending of the script and some plot line at the beginning of the script to fit within the TP3D universe. I might make a few other films to fit within this scheme of people who have come into contact with Simon Lange in some sort of aspect. This one deals with someone who has had a close encounter with Lange and the other who is thrown into this universe and then things start to spiral.

I will be acting in it, but, not as Simon Lange. I'll be playing a completely new character to the series. If we ever have these two character meet up in the series, I'll gladly recast the role and re-shoot the scenes with the new actor in it as a flashback. And if Lange ever met with this character, he'd be fuckin' dead meat. Lange is not a nice person at all. His cruelty will be brought up and seen in Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse.

It's kinda odd to be directing two Traumatic Possession 3D films and producing Ghosts of Mansfield. Being a producer and sitting behind the camera will be an exciting experience. This is something I look forward to doing more of. Whether it be another movie that Stephen makes or if it's someone else. Plus, I'm planning on taking some acting gigs outside of the studio. Nothing is final, yet. Working on it...

Spoilers... I Am Iron Man. Iron Man 3D!

Do not read any further. You have been warned!

I caught the 9:15 pm showing of Iron Man 3D last night and enjoyed it. However, how Marvel has allowed the people behind the Iron Man series handle villains is an out right joke. I thought how Whiplash/Crimson Dynamo hybrid was handled in Iron Man 2 was pretty bad, but Iron Man 3D takes the cake. We finally have the Mandarin, a bad ass kung fu master who plans on destroying the planet...oh, wait... he's a coked out British actor. The trailers totally mislead us on all of it. This was supposed to be the Mandarin we deserved and this was instead the Mandarin we got. Such a damn shame if you ask me.

I honestly liked that the villain wasn't suit-based like how Stane and Vanko were in the previous installments. Problem is, we're thrown into a whole different direction once we realize that the "real" Mandarin is Aldrich Killian, played by Guy Pearce. The biggest bad ass kung fu villain, which is Stark's arch-nemesis is brought down to this? A nerd who wanted Stark to buy into his science? Bullshit.

War Machine being re-branded as the Iron Patriot was also a lame attempt at using another name of a comic character. Iron Patriot in the comics is really Norman Osborne from Spider-Man, but, Disney can't use Norman now can they?

I did like how Tony handled situations. He is all on his own pretty much throughout the film. One of the early production concept arts shows Stark with one suit glove on and another suit leg on and fighting bad guys. That was one of the best action scenes as he's flying around towards the end of the film. With his updates on the Mark suits, he's now able to be out of the suits and operate it from the ground is pretty sweet. I really dug that.

Oh, yeah...one last thing...

I AM IRON MAN!

Oi, Ghidorah!

While I wanted to record another podcast at the beginning of the week, we've had some real turbulence in my family and I've been a little pre-occupied searching through shit to even lift the camera. Couldn't finish the review I started working on. Just been going to work and coming home to my trailer and just being puzzled at how all of this shit had happened.

I did manage to buy a Vivitar DVR785HD. This is a small little bastard. You could easily fit this little bastard in your pocket and still have room to fit your wallet in once you take it out of the underwater/protective casing which comes with it. I managed to pick it up at Target for a good $25. Only problem is that now I have to get a microSD card for it. Since it's that small, I can't put my regular SDHC card in it. After I saw this little camera, I knew I had to get it for a plot device in the next movie I am going to be shooting in the following months.

I got this sweet piece of heaven from eBay, a Super 8mm digest reel of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. I put a DVD case beside it to show scale. The film came in a giant box, filled with crumbled newspapers. I actually pulled it out and set it aside while I was looking for what was inside the package. I felt dumb after finding it. I've watched through it on my Super 8mm editing bay. It's in B&W and it actually contains the film's THE END title card which has been missing on all home video releases of the film.

I'll have a podcast ready in a week or so. What's on the schedule for today, showing my movie review site some lovin'. I think I might go in and start italicizing the movie titles since this was all done throughout the years.

Chinese Hercules Has Arrived! And Filming in June.

After waiting since winning the auction on Easter, I received my 16mm film print of Chinese Hercules! Since this print is thirty-nine years old, it has it's wear and it shows as the opening credits are gone as well as the first few moments of the protagonist training before his fiancee walks in. There's even a few splices and some dirt on the print that needs cleaned off.

The second reel about gave me a damn heart attack as there's no leader film to protect the film. The film is openly exposed and on top of that, they taped the film down and the tape is on actual celluloid. This needs to be fixed. However, leader film gets pricey for just 1,000 ft of it. Plus, I'll need splicing tape to fix it up. All this to preserve a movie.

It gave me vivid flashbacks of when I showed my Super 8mm film print of Nosferatu to Abby and the film snapped while we were on the third reel and I had to perform an operation on that. That was quite scary. Luckily, the editing bay I have had a compartment for both 8mm and Super 8mm splicing tape.

I picked up Django Unchained at Target. It's got a nice Steelbook case to it. I look forward to seeing it again. I remember seeing it for the second time, the day right after I premiered Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. And speaking of filmmaking, I'll be cutting a promo intro for the new website. I'm gearing up to film in June. July, if we can fit it, Ghosts of Mansfield. Then, in August, Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse!

Final note, I know you're reading this. Listen, because good old Johnny has some words to say:

Eighth Anniversary. Where Does the Time Go?

Well, how did I spend my eighth anniversary? Sick as a dog! I had some spaghetti to eat for lunch and it decided to play with my stomach all day and then at two in the freakin' morning, I ended up throwing up. On top of other things, I have been having encoding problems with Double Feature Theater Vol 2. First time, I accidentally forgot to check off that it needs to play next title after first title ends. First title is the FBI warning since footage from Traumatic Possession is shown on the DVDs. I wouldn't put an FBI warning on the disc if I just used the public domain films.

Then, when I did the encoding a second time, I forgot to add the chapter marks on the movie. I was like; "Shit!" And then, I decided to do the encoding in DVDAuthorGUI for the third time and the chapters were all over the place and I was like; "Fuck me!" So, I'm going to do the encoding again this week. I have Double Feature Theater Vol 3 encoding right now in Sony Vegas and it will probably be done tonight. I'm still working on the original concept for Double Feature Theater Vol 2. But, I felt that I wasn't ready for this one yet, so, I devised another double feature.

I started working on the poster art for the planned Orlando Eastwood Film Festival. Right now, it's just a work in progress and I didn't have poster art at the time for Chinese Hercules when I did it. Also, date and price and time are not finalized as I do not have everything booked. The plan is to travel the film prints and the digital screenings across the country, like the good old days where filmmakers took their films on the road. The first show will be in Ohio and who knows where I will have the second show.

I also plan on mixing it up and possibly getting other indie filmmakers involved and screening their works if I can cut them a deal on screening it. I'm still waiting on Chinese Hercules, the seller is finally shipping the item as he had a question about my address and I had to clear it up and wait a week longer. But, hey, I have Chinese Hercules in it's original aspect ratio. As far as I know, none of the DVD copies are like that. Plus, I have the film on beautiful celluloid!

Also, I did a google search and stumbled across a Czech, Romanian, and Spanish websites talking about Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. I'm pretty proud that it's getting some international chatter. I'm going to be getting some work done on getting the subtitle tracks created for the film. Especially once I get the director's cut finished.

So, Festival?

I just acquired another movie on film! I got the 1973 Martial Arts film, and my personal favorite, Chinese Hercules on 16mm! Bolo Yeung is a complete bad ass of a villain in this movie. When he's asked about what's to be done with someone in the way; "WE KILL 'EM ... AND DUMP 'EM!"

I believe that the film is in the public domain as there is a ton of copies of the film out there. So, that means I now have five films that are in the public domain that I own on celluloid. With this new addition, I do believe that a film festival is in order? This is what I have on celluloid:

Chinese Hercules (1973) - 16mm
Lucky Texan (1934) - 16mm
The Monster Walks (1932) - Super 8mm
Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror (1922) - Super 8mm
S.S. Girls (1977) - 35mm

S.S. Girls is most likely not in the public domain. But, I do think that the U.S. rights are up for grabs as the license expired from the hack studio that originally released it on DVD here in the States. Also, I have a mysterious 16mm reel with some sort of television programming from Japan. Watch it be like that Nic Cage 8MM that came out in 1998.

So, maybe in the Fall of 2013, set up a film festival and screen all of these films prints, minus the Japanese 16mm and S.S. Girls and screen Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut and Into the Madness as well?

The "Theater"

I am currently working on Double Feature Theater. Volume One consists of Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory and Plan 9 From Outer Space. Volume Two cosists of Black Fist and Star Odssey. Volume Two was originally going to be something completely different, however, the film I had downloaded off of the Internet Archive only had two-thirds of the film. I only had an hour. It was a good thing I checked it or I would have been up a creek up a certain ladder. It was going to be a triple feature originally, since two of the movies clocked in at under an hour.

I'll be working on the encoding for the DVD on Volume Two tonight when I get off work. I look forward to rolling these out and getting them out there. And I'll be cutting trailers advertising the films in Double Feature Theater. I'm going to be doing a special double of Deep Red and War of the Monsters. Of course, it's the American cuts of these films, the originals are still under copyright in Italy and Japan respectably.

What's next for Volume Three? I'm thinking it over...

If You're Reading This...

Why do you insist on hiding in the darkness? I know you are watching me...

Double Feature Theater Vol. 1 DVD - April 5, 2013

I'm working on putting together volume one of my DVD-R series Double Feature Theater! DVD-R copies will go for sale on April 9th, 2013, the Tuesday following my eighth anniversary as a filmmaker. I have the first film encoded and ready to go which is Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory. I cut together a thirteen minute intermission and then you'll have the second film, which hasn't been decided upon yet. I went through about three hours of intermission videos that I had downloaded off of the internet archive and hand selected them with trailers for Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape, Nosferatu, and Lucky Texan. Like the back up DVD files for the DVD-R release of TP2DTT, this DVD will have the copyright warnings since Traumatic Possession 3D is copyrighted.

With Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory, the video file was 4:3 with these black bars that kept shifting constantly throughout. I was going to just crop it to 16:9 and call it a day. However, I wanted to leave the film as untouched as possible. So, I cropped the bars off of the top and bottom and we got about 1.5:1 for the aspect ratio, as seen in the two screen caps below.

The final output on the size for Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory came out to 3.05GB in .wmv in 720p. I was pretty pleased with how most of the intermission footage looked since a lot of it seemed sourced from VHS tapes. Night of the Living Dead is planned, but, it won't be until we get several volumes in. I am also considering making Night of the Living Dead a double feature DVD with Traumatic Possession 2D: The Tape - Unrated. I'll be sourcing the HD version from the internet archive for Night of the Living Dead, but, I won't use it for a Blu-ray release.

To change topics, on life, I went to Dollar Tree to buy food. No joke! I bought a two pack of pizza crust, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and searched for sauce and luckily came across one of two cans and grabbed it. Then, I grabbed a three liter of Orange Soda. $5 right there. And I tell you what, I had some of the best pizza I had ever eaten. And I'm not trying to brag. The first pizza, I made regularly. You got the sauce, then the cheese, and then top it off with the pepperoni. Second pizza, I did it opposite and I accidentally overcooked it. But, both pizzas were delicious.

My skills as a chef are not as what they used to be, not that I am saying I was like a Gordon Ramsey or anything like that. But, that first pizza looks yummy to look at. 

It doesn't look as visually pleasant as the first one, but it still tasted good. And I felt like a pig in shit because I was craving pizza. So, for $4 for two decent sized pizzas, I was pleased. And to end this blog, I go another podcast uploading, but this just the raw HD video source. So, this shit takes hours on Youtube. On a final, final note; I was clearing HDD on my external and I deleted previous podcasts, but before I did, I took snapshots and uploaded two for your viewing pleasure. Good night, ladies and gentleman, and fuckslaves.

The Inspiration of "Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse".

This video inspired me to go along and do Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse!

Also, check out the podcasts!

Stand Alone "Traumatic Possession 3D" Sequel. And a Copy of TP2D to the Mystery Person Messaging Me!

I've been brain storming a stand alone film to Traumatic Possession 3D called Traumatic Possession 3D: Apocalypse. That subtitle should give you a general idea about what the film is about. It is not in the same canon of the planned semi-remake/semi-sequel. This idea is that the world is a wasteland and there's only a few survivors left and sadly, one of those survivors is Simon Lange. I'm considering shooting it all on green screen and having the actors stand in front of the screen to act. And also shoot it back-to-back with Traumatic Possession 3D: Rebirth.

Also, today is March 9th which marks the anniversary of when I was hit by a car. Pretty crazy to think that it's been a year all ready. I address it in my podcast, which you can watch here!

And to the mystery person who was leaving me comments. If you are still out there, I have the FIRST made copy of Traumatic Possession 2D: The Tape just for you! Please shoot me a message at oeastwood92189@gmail.com with your name and address and I will mail it out ASAP! Here it is below!

Godzilla tonight! Seeing DESTROY ALL MONSTERS on the big screen tonight! Peace out, peeps!

The Beginning of the End.

Everyone's day of reckoning is coming. Be prepared. I am not taking prisoners. There will be another podcast where the truth comes out. And it will be offensive, an all out audible assault. Yesterday, I hit my breaking point with everything and everyone. I am done. This is D-Day you fuckers! This is video podcast below is the tip of the iceberg.

In more lighter events on how Orlando Eastwood's life is doing, ARMY OF TWO: THE DEVIL'S CARTEL! For $65, why the hell not? It's a shame you won't be playing as either Rios or Salem, but, this looks incredible none-the-less. The trailer showed this dude and he kicked the grenade and it was hilarious.

I would like to make an Army of Two film.

And I've got these asshole Trayvon Martin supporters claiming that I support rape and racism. Go fuck yourselves!

DVD Release This Tuesday. Resident Evil 6 is the Shit!

The unrated audio is almost completed and I am going through another round or  two to finish it.

Also been playing Resident  Evill 6 while taking breaks between editing.

That is all.

DVD Master Almost Completed.

Sorry for no updates. The DVD master is almost completed and we will be having copies ready to go by the release date, March 5th. Nothing new to report really. Just scribbling away on the next few scripts. Today, however, I am taking the day off. I haven't been to the movies in almost a month. So, today is catch up! Going to go see The Last Dawn, Wreck it Ralph 3D, A Haunted House, Red Dawn, and Skyfall.

Plugging away at making DVD files at my laptop in front of my TV screen and just wearing boxers is starting to drive me a little crazy. Fixed the sync issues with the sound on the isolated score as well as the audio files because I realized that the audio master was from the previous master which was about five seconds shorter. Whoops! Then, I encoded the audio wrong on the work print and deleted the files. I scrambled around and thought all was lost until I went into the folder with the December 4th trailer and there it was hidden away. So, I encoded it again and the audio is fine. So, it's all fixed. I am planning on doing one more encode on the film's SD file, just to get the highest bitrate possible for the disc. Should all be finished by this weekend.

Anniversary of my accident is coming up in another week and a half. Can't believe it's been a year since I started this blog and got hit by a car at the same time. Time flies. I know that first hand. Also, I am proof that miracles exist. Hit by a car, had to learn how to walk and talk again, and I am almost 100% within a year later, it's incredible.

Have a good day, y'all!

"Traumatic Possession: The Director's Cut" DVD & More News.

I had posted the DVD menus the other day on Youtube. I will be fixing the errors up on Monday. Since I have Thursday and Friday off from work, I could get the DVD finalized. The final DVD artwork itself will be unveiled come this Friday. And then finally the DVD will be released on the 5th of March. With the "Bootleg Edition" coming out once we get the Director's Cut finished.

I am also planning on doing another theatrical screening; possibly a showcase/marathon with Traumatic Possession 2D: The Director's Cut, Into the Madness: A Documentary, Stories, and Ghosts of Mansfield. With Into the Madness, we will be doing some more filming. Copies will probably be out around May 2013. Into the Madness will be just the movie only. However, with the Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape "Limited Bootleg Edition", Into the Madness will contain exclusive bonus material.

On Twitter the other night, I wrote; "Is alone right now. *SIGH* But, you can take me home on March 5th with "TRAUMATIC POSSESSION 2D: THE TAPE" COMING TO DVD!!" I am making money off of my sadness. LOL.

March 5th, 2013 ... Get Ready!

I know that I announced the limited "Bootleg" edition of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape for March 5th. It's delayed. I want to include my director's cut for the boxset as opposed to just leaving it out and making another release. Well, I want to announce that on March 5th, a 2D only version will be released via DVD-R.

I will have the disc finished in another two to three weeks as I am still tweaking the audio. The bonus material page you saw needs redone as I forgot to list the 45 minute work print version of the film. Bootleg Edition will be out this summer...

The Emotional Aspect of "Godzilla Vs Destoroyah". Spoilers...

Sure, to most, the Godzilla films are nothing more than just a guy running around in a suit destroying a fake city for ninety minutes. Most just brush them off. However, as Godzilla was what inspired me to be a filmmaker, I enjoy them greatly. Upon watching Godzilla Vs Destoroyah a few weeks ago, something caught me that I didn't really notice before. Godzilla is not the only Godzilla in the film, there's his son, Godzilla Junior. Godzilla Junior is killed by Destoroyah. And Godzilla is dying, the whole premise of this film is that man is trying to prevent the destruction caused by Godzilla's "Meltdown".

The emotional aspect of Godzilla, as he is dying, goes to his son's side as he lays there. Junior takes a final breath as his father is trying to breath radiation onto him to give him some energy. Junior closes his eyes and Godzilla just starts whaling. He gives out a roar and the brightness of his skin starts flashing like crazy as he's in distress. And before the scene could get anymore emotional, Godzilla's attacked by Destoroyah.

And when Godzilla starts fighting Destoroyah again, I see this look of anger. As Godzilla's dorsal fins starts melting off and buildings behind him go ablaze, he blows fire at Destoroyah and everything just goes up in flames around him. It's a sign that Godzilla brings hell to Destoroyah. Seeing the flames all around them and Godzilla roaring.

I think the best part about the end, is that when Godzilla's dead and gone, the radiation expulsion from his body is rapidly being absorbed by something. And when we get to that final shot of the film where you see nothing but the smoke and desolate Tokyo which looks nothing like Tokyo, we see something off in the distance... We see it, Godzilla Junior. His father's death brings him back and with all of that radiation that is taken in, he's a full grown Godzilla. We don't see him in the final shot, but, you know he's probably a mean looking Godzilla. Ready to take on any monster like his father did.

I think for the fact that they decided to end the film with Junior alive and well shows that they wanted to have a emotional aspect to the series. That Godzilla Junior was meant to carry on the torch from his father. It's a shame Toho didn't get their chance to continue that storyline. I like to think that Godzilla 2000 is a continuation, even though it's a new storyline.

"TRAUMAtic Possession 3D: The Tape", "Stories", and "Juggernaut 3D" Updates.

There's the working poster for the film. Each of those squares will be filled in with an image from each of the short films. Abby is confirmed to be writing a segment. So, six of the nine stories are filled. Two other shorts are being shadowed until we can confirm them. That makes eight, leaving one left. I have an idea for the ninth segment and I'll be meeting the person for this segment in two weeks.

All ready talking to an actress who has some professional work about popping up in the film. I will not disclose anymore information until she is signed on. I will be contacting her agent in another month when we start the filming on the segment Wonder. And for a final update, put a call out for a 2nd Unit Director in Hawaii. We're going to have one of the segments take place in Hawaii and I put the call out for someone who lives out there to take the job.

The capitalization of TRAUMA was intentional in "TRAUMAtic Possession". To announce it here first, the director's cut of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape is going to be retitled to Trauma and be available in 2D only. Both cuts will be available on the Blu-ray. Trauma will be released on the limited "Bootleg Edition" DVD.

Finally a small update on Juggernaut 3D, talked to a person about acting in the film. So, we might have a second unit in L.A. I will be giving more updates on the movie closer to filming time, which won't be until Spring 2014. I am gaining weight for the film and am currently at 160 pounds. I have the P90X DVDs which I will be starting here in the following weeks.

"Stories"...

I am currently working on a short film collection which will include nine shorts and they will be, at a maximum, ten minutes each. One of the short films will be a prelude to Sadisme. I mentioned it a while ago, something called Wonder and is a ten page love letter to someone and Sadisme. Ha. I will probably do half of the stories in Stories. I can tell you that the plan for Wonder is to be in B&W and have an aspect ratio of 1.33:1.

Another one that I can tell you about is Tourmente aka T is for Torture. That was originally going to be the short film I did for The ABC's of Death. However, I decided against it, as some of the specifications was that they could edit the short and that the short must be in 1.78:1 for the aspect ratio. I don't know about you, but, I can't do just matted widescreen, which is 1.78/85 for an aspect ratio. The aspect ratio will vary for each of the short films. I will be talking to Abby and Stephen and some others about doing work on the shorts.

Finally, I will be getting my IMDB page update soon and I will be going IMDB Pro and searching out indie filmmakers in the states surrounding me and try to get some acting gigs going. I am looking forward to wowing some people. And to my mysterious fan who leaves me messages, let me know what you think of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape.

Premiere Pics and a Something From the "Sweetie Man"!

Premiere pics:

With the facial hair growing in nicely, I really think that my appearance is becoming ideal for Juggernaut 3D.  Which is inspired by the look of German actor Benno Furmann in the film Princess and the Warrior. I am hoping to get around to shooting Juggernaut 3D in early 2014. I am spending my time writing Ghosts of Mansfield and working on notes for Juggernaut 3D and two untitled projects. I will be making one of the untitled films before I get around to Juggernaut 3D. And then Sadisme, Traumatic Possession: Rebirth, and Maze of Thought will probably be the follow ups after Juggernaut 3D.

Now, to quote Sharlto Copely as Wikus Van Der Merwe; "I'm the sweetie man!"

Here is the full length film, theatrical cut, presented in 2D. Video on top is the film; video on the bottom is the film with commentary which I recorded at 4 am this morning. I am working on the director's cut. The director's cut will be released at the earliest in March. It all depends on how fast we get Ghosts of Mansfield finished.

I hope you all enjoy the film. Hit up the IMDB page and leave some love for the film.

Happy Birthday. Wish you were here .

Thank You to Those Who Came.

I want to thank everyone who had came out to the screening of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. Everything was going good, until the movie actually started. I wasn't aware that most people forgot about VHS and how VCR worked. I know that scope, 2.35:1 is my preferred aspect ratio and that VHS is 1.33:1.

I want to personally apologize that we had a heckler, two, in the audience. A woman who decided to say some foul things and walked out during the first half of the film. Then, we had this little drunk hipster twink who decided to say; "Fuck this. Fuck that. Is this fucking Texas or Mexico? Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. And fuck some more." And said this all very loudly. And it's a shame. This was my night and this little queer-bait, and I was sent this in a text message, that he wanted attention and to make this all about him. And we have the Q&A recorded and he crashed it. None of this is going into my documentary, Into the Madness.

He asked the dumbest damn questions. He asked something around the lines of "Did you not use any music because you were afraid you would get sued?" Well, you're obviously too drunk to pay attention, the film had music throughout the whole entire film. And then tried to smart but fell on his ass as he slurred in his question; "Did you see that there was similarities between this and Bridget ... Bridget Jo's... Bridget Jones' Di... Diary?"

I have the video and I'll probably upload it tomorrow if I get a chance. I do want to thank the people that did watch it and ask about all of the technical aspects of the film. We did give out a signed DVD copy of the film. The guy who won the copy was nice. He was talking about how he was going to Hawaii to surf. It was nice to talk about the place I call "home". It wasn't a total loss, but, you cannot turn back time and that heckler should honestly be ashamed.

There's always the next movie...

Hello...

Hey, I got something coming...

Starting Some Work on Nosferatu.

I am going to be starting some of the work on Nosferatu. Right now, I'll just be creating new titles and splicing in some of the SD footage into the film since the first few minutes of the film on my print is in rough shape. Was hoping to have some VCD copies of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape ready for the screening, but, I doubt I'll have copies to sell at the screening. But, I will have about 10 to 15 copies ready to go on January 15th. Started writing Ghosts of Mansfield the other night since vacation did not go as planned.

2013, What a Way to Start Off My Year.

Before I continue, I am not naming names here. I'm keeping this a private affair. Because I don't want certain aspects of my personal life on here. Okay? Let's continue...

January 3rd, I was supposed to leave at 11:45 in the morning. I was leaving to Maryland and I get up, bathe, and call my mother at 10:45; an hour before I was supposed to leave. I am told that a loved one is sick in the hospital. I am in a state of shock over this and I am told that we will be delayed a few hours. I am a wreck over this and I don't feel at all like I am going on vacation.

We all got together and left at around 5 pm and we did not arrive in Maryland until 11 pm. I sat in the passenger seat and just felt like shit. I had my iPod on and was playing music pretty much the whole time. Then towards the last few hours, I needed to laugh. I couldn't take listening to Rammstein and all the other artists; so, I popped on some Opie and Anthony. I listed to a broadcast that was done in April 2012 and I cracking up

January 4th, we woke up early and things are not getting better. The mood is just fucked. We went to this ceremony, again, not naming names. And the plan was just to chill for the weekend and celebrate and I could get some writing done. We hit the ceremony and went to have a lunch at Olive Garden. The mood was just depressing. I asked to go to Wal-Mart that was near the place we were at; this was a few days before we left town.

At Wal-Mart, I was looking for these $5 double feature Blu-rays. The Wal-Mart here in Mansfield is just fucking despicable and never gets anything in terms of Blu-rays. You can have a million DVDs for $5 each and twenty Blu-rays total. They did get a $7.88 bin with lackluster titles that I all ready own. The Wal-Mart in Frederick, Maryland; c'est beaucoup! Had the cardboard display and had them stacked up and good to go.

I picked up five of those double features for $5 and a triple feature Blu-ray of movies with The Rock. I got Deep Rising and The Puppet Masters; Grand Duel and Keoma; Hollow Man 1 & 2; Hostel 1 & 2; When a Stranger Calls and Happy Birthday to Me; and the triple feature which contains Doom, The Scorpion King, and The Rundown. The triple feature was $13 plus tax. Tax wasn't as bad in Maryland as it is in Ohio. I am not home currently and I am at my folks' place and they still haven't upgraded to Blu-ray. That will change here soon if I have anything to say about it.

It's a little after 2 am and I am just sitting here typing this hoping that this family member gets better. I am in a state of despair. This person was the key person who inspired me to make movies. Watching Godzilla movies with me, pretty much nonstop. The last time I spoke to this person was on Christmas as I was heading out to go see Django Unchained and this person said that when they get back from Vegas, we'd all celebrate Christmas. And now...

I don't think I'll be sleeping tonight. I am going to probably sit back and listen to comedy. Because God knows I need to laugh right now. 2012 was fucking God-awful; and now 2013 is off to a miserable start. The Traumatic Possession premiere next weekend isn't so exciting now, given that I have a beloved family member in the hospital. We need a miracle, God. Please...

-Orlando Eastwood.
January 5th, 2013.

Let's Talk Piracy.

Happy New Years. I figured I would get this out of the way. I had a draft that I deleted recently where I discussed my views on piracy. After taking a look around and fearing that TP3D would hit before release date, I saw The Hobbit had hit the net. Not a simple camera copy that was filmed in a theater, but an actual screener copy of the film. How in the hell did this happen? It's simple, someone wasn't trustworthy enough to be given a copy. The studios give these copies out but you have to sign off on getting it and agree to not lend your copy out to anyone.

Now, here's where I could be a real asshole and say that I do not tolerate piracy at all and will be a big meany and go after everyone who downloads my work. No. If you download my film, if it's a camera copy or a screener or a rip, at least buy it when it's released or if you can find a copy. I doubt there will be a camera copy of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape, we're only having one screening for now. We're still working on festival screenings.

But, that's just a sum up on my views of piracy. I could go on forever about talking about it. Ordered Other Side of the Game and The Samaritan on Blu-ray from Amazon and spent $12. Looking forward to getting Dredd 3D on Tuesday. I really loved that one; plus, great birthday too seeing as it came out that day here in the States. Also, getting Hometown, which is an indie film. I'll be buying that copy directly from the guy who made it. Like Psycho Street.

I will try to get the VCD copies ready to go for the premiere and try to sell copies of the film there. So, if you go to the premiere, you will possibly get the film, about two days prior to the release date. There will be a DVD-R copy that is an exclusive, just for the premiere. This special disc will have both 2D and 3D versions and will be autographed.