One-Eyed Horse, the western feature film written and directed by Wayne Shipley, starring Mark Redfield, Mike Hagan, Jennifer Rouse, and Kelly Potchak is scheduled to have it's Maryland premiere in June 2008!

Keep watching for more details.

To find out more about ONE-EYED HORSE visit www.one-eyedhorse.com

We would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy St. Patrick's Day this Monday, March 17th!

If you're going to party hearty, and raise a toast with your green beer, try not to end up like famous Irishman Edgar Allan Poe in the gutter at the top 'o the morn!

Poe's ancestor's came from Dring in the Parish of Kildallen, County Cavan, Ireland. Edgar's paternal ancestors arrived in America in 1748. To learn more about Edgar Allan Poe visit www.thedeathofpoe.com. Buy the 3 disc set of the film THE DEATH OF POE from Alpha New Cinema!

March 4, 2008

There is a new article on Sign On San Diego featuring screenwriter Stuart Voytilla.

Voytilla has been teaching Screenwriting at San Diego State University for the past 10 years and has written 2 books on the subject, "Writing The Comedy Film" and "Myth and the Movies". For Redfield Arts, he co-wrote the screen adaptation of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Sorcerer of Stonehenge School, and The Death of Poe.

The article discusses the craft of screenwriting and finding your own voice in the competitive business. You can read the full article at:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20080224-9999-1a24script.html

For more information about Stuart Voytilla be sure to visit our BIOS page.

February 19, 2008

Actress Jennifer Rouse, who plays Mrs. Moran in THE DEATH OF POE and Ice Cream Girl in CHAINSAW SALLY was recently crowned MS. MONOGRAM for 2008 from In The Balcony, a website dedicated to upholding the legacy of classic films including the ones of the legendary studio Monogram Pictures. Former winners have included Jennifer "Animala" Blaire of THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA in 2006 and Brenna Barry of GARGANTA in 2007

Be sure to visit www.inthebalcony.com/monogram/ and click on Jennifer's photo to be taken to the MS. MONOGRAM award page!

Ms. Rouse also recently did a couple of new interviews that are now on-line.

The first is an interview for Search My Trash by Mike Haberfeiner. You can read the full interview at www.searchmytrash.com


The second interview is with Davis Byron for NVH (New Voices of Horror) Magazine! It's now online at http://www.freewebs.com/nvhmag1/screamqueens.htm

Be sure to keep an eye out for Jennifer in Wayne Shipley's film ONE-EYED HORSE that will be out later this year and Redfield Arts' up-coming western LADY GUNFIGHTER which is now in pre-production!

The January/February 2008 issue of SCARS Magazine is now on newstands and features CHAINSAW SALLY on the cover and as the feature story! The issue includes interviews with actress April Monique Burril, who plays Sally, JimmyO Burril who wrote and directed the film, and Mark Redfield who produced and plays the role of Steve!

Be sure to pick up a copy of the magazine on your local newstand or visit www.scarsmagazine.com for information and to subscribe.

CHAINSAW SALLY has also been nominated for a RONDO AWARD as "Best Independent Film" of 2007. Be sure to place your votes at www.rondoaward.com by March 8, 2008!

With the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe only a year away, I managed to catch Mark Redfield and discuss the development of his award-winning film THE DEATH OF POE, and future projects planned for the near future that concern the enigmatic author. Whole everyone, including fans, scholars, and journalists are often quick to pander to the slew of rumors, clouded with smoke and mirrors and sometimes only loosely based on the truth at all, merely for their sheer sensationalistic value, Mark Redfield embarked on what he thought would be new adaptations for film of some of Poe’s work, his detail oriented research resulted in a meeting, as it were, with Poe himself. While this adds depth to his adaptations, it also gave birth to a continued search for the man behind the myth.

With THE DEATH OF POE, Redfield’s approach gives us a chance to stop and get our bearings. It is a thoughtful journey, and he let’s us join him, almost slow-dancing through the few days prior to Poe’s death, and in the end, the film is achingly effective in showing the human being we still know very little about, nearly two hundred years after his death. Despite Poe’s genius for clarity with a turn of the phrase, his own life and death suffered greatly in translation, especially those last days, yet Redfield, who also portrayed Poe in the film, as subtle as a whisper, lures us in and, without realizing it, we become emotionally and mentally interwoven in Poe’s unspoken suffering, and the quiet pain, experiencing it along with him and understanding his heart.

As we look to the bicentennial and the renewed interest in uncovering the real truths behind the myth of Poe, THE DEATH OF POE is a necessity, not an option. As to the making of the film, Redfield deftly replied to my probing questions and shed light on his feelings about the man he portrayed during the last days of his life.

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW AT WWW.THEDEATHOFPOE.COM

The weekend of January 19th and 20th , 2008 brought people from all over the country to Westminster Hall in Baltimore to celebrate the birth of Edgar Allan Poe. From as far as Georgia and neighboring states like Pennsylvania and Virginia, the 199th birthday bash was a great success.

Once again, Poe House and Museum director Jeff Jerome put together a winning program of entertainment and infotainment for fans of America’s best known writer. The event, held at Westminster Hall on Fayette and Greene Streets in Baltimore, the resting place of Poe’s mortal remains, drew hundreds of long-time fans and the first-time curious.

Before the scheduled events and planned performances, guests had the opportunity to see rare artifacts that had once belonged to Poe and members of his family, courtesy of the Poe Society and curator Jeff Savoye. Savoye was on hand to illuminate the historic significance of the artifacts and explain their importance. Actor Don Mullins, in the spooky, yet comic, persona of “The Black Cat Killer”, roamed the large hall, playing with the guests, asking them if they’d seen his cat…

The fine folks from the Baltimore-Washington Beer Works were present, with glasses, mugs and t-shirts, advertising one of their best sellers: Raven Beer. Alas, no samples of the brew were given out to the many thirsty guests! Guests had to wait until the end of the program for hot apple cider in order to toast the birthday-boy, Poe!

THE DEATH OF POE actor and director Mark Redfield was present, accompanied by Poe actress and composer Jennifer Rouse. Signing autographs through-out the weekend for happy fans, Redfield and Rouse were giving away free CD recordings of the rare Bela Lugosi reading of THE TELL-TALE HEART! A fabulous treat, the recording is supposedly very rare and never-broadcast. After the event, as I traveled home, I had to play the CD in my car, the Ravenmobile. It’s marvelous! The second track had Redfield’s own performance of HEART. I can hardly wait to see his film of THE TELL-TALE HEART later this year, promised to premiere in October, 2008!

Among the guests that travelled from out-of-state to witness the birthday celebration was writer and journalist Edward Pettit, from Philadelphia. Pettit was responsible for an incendiary article in the Philadelphia City Paper last year that argued for the body of Poe to be moved from Baltimore to Philly, and that the City of Brotherly Love was the true home of America’s best loved poet and master of the macabre. This article caused a firestorm of controversy among Poe scholars and fans, and even caused an interview between Pettit and Jeff Jerome of Baltimore’s Poe museum to discuss the issue on NPR! At least the ruckus is drawing attention to the poet, and to the big 200th celebration planned for 2009.

You can read Pettit’s blog on Poe here. It’s always a great read!
Performances began each evening with master Poe impersonator David Keltz welcoming the audience. The first part of the program then proceeded to a staged adaptation of the first detective story, THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, directed and adapted by John Spitzer, who created THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR for the 2007 event. The play was performed by Christopher Moss (as C. Auguste Dupin), Ron Ward (as Mr. Hart), Elle Wilhite (as the Prefect), and Dan Awkward (as the sailor).

After a brief intermission, where Poe Museum director Jerome gave several prize editions of Poe’s books to lucky raffle winners, and several birthday cakes decorated with images of old Eddie as well. The second half of the program included a rich and informative one-woman performance by Helen McKenna Uff as Sarah Hllen Whitman, one of Poe’s lovers and greatest defender after his death.

The evening conluded with another appearance of Keltz Poe, and the famous toast.

Next year, the 200th anniversary of his birth promises to be quite spectacular. Jeff Jerome announced that everything from a re-creation of an 1840’s funeral for Poe (the one he never had!) and a “Cask of Amontillado” wine tasting in the crypts and cellars below Westminster Hall, and some very special guests, including the “king” of horror writers (Jerome couldn’t be specific because of ongoing negotiations, but made a big hint!) to more activities such as performances, and film festivals.

Redfield Arts will premiere their new feature length version of THE TELL-TALE HEART in Baltimore in October to mark the observance of Poe’ death, and lead the way toward events in January and beyond.

Until next year!
-A. Raven (editor The Stylus Magazine at www.thedeathofpoe.com)

Actress Caroline Munro, who will be starring in our up-coming film THE MADNESS OF FRANKENSTEIN, which some of you will recognize from her role as 'Naomi' in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, as 'Princess Dia' in At The Earth's Core, and as 'Carla' in Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter will be celebrating a birthday on January 16th!

We'd like to wish her a very Happy Birthday and all the best for 2008!

Read the conversation between Caroline Munro and Mark Redfield in our new feature AN ACTOR'S NOTEBOOK

CAPTAIN KRONOS REUNION

Caroline will be a guest at the up-coming Captain Kronos reunion March 29th, 2008 at the Cine London.

Don Fearney is organising a full days reunion with Kronos himself (Horst Jansen) as the guest of honour.Caroline Munro, John Cater and Brian Clemens are all expected to appear as well as others yet to be announced. The cost for the day which will also feature Kronos on the big screen with "Vampire Circus" and one other Hammer Horror will be a mere £30.00 .

Guests will not be charging for autographs.

The new CD Soundtrack for the movie will also be available to buy as will the Legend Of Hammer Vampires documentary.

We'll report more info on this event as it gets closer!

January 10, 2008

For our friends in Spain!

Debbie Rochon and Jennifer Rouse, who star in our upcoming film adaptation of Poe's THE TELL-TALE HEART, are each profiled in the current Spanish edition of SCI FI Magazine. Look for it on newstands now!

The cover of the January 2008 issue of Sci-Fi Magazine (Spanish edition) is pictured left. The Magazine is published by the good folks from The Sci-Fi Channel and NBC Universal.

The feature story is called "Scream Queens Made in the USA". We're not sure if it's sold in the U.S., but we do know that bookstores like Borders, Barnes & Noble, and some newsstands, often carry Spanish versions of magazines.

Check out Sci Fi Magazine's myspace page at www.myspace.com/scifimagazine

THE TELL-TALE HEART begins principal photography this Spring. Second Unit production has already begun. The film stars Mark Redfield, Ingrid Pitt, Robert Quarry, Debbie Rochon, Jennifer Rouse and Kevin G. Shinnick.

Just in time for Christmas is the classic tale from Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, read by Mark Redfield with music by Bill Dickson.

The audio CD is only $9.99 plus $3.95 shipping and handling!

“Redfield’s meticulous diction, perceptive phrasing, excellent transitions and impeccabletiming make this Scrooge the finest...a classic interpretation that is almost Shakespearean.”-The Baltimore Sun

Gather ‘round this holiday season to hear the beauty and timeless art that is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Visit the Redfield Arts STUDIO STORE to order your copy now!

Recently, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE fan Eric Henderson, of Wisconsin, alerted us to a book for young monster kids: INTRODUCING MAD SCIENTISTS. Part of a series of books aimed and readers between the ages of 9 to 13, Eric directed us to page 8 of the 48 page mad scientist primer.

After author Burnette discusses the story of Jekyll and Hyde, focusing on the Fredric March version from 1932, we quote the following paragraph:

"Some of the other actors who have played the demanding double role of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde include Spencer Tracy, Michael Caine, Mark Redfield and John Malkovich."

Not bad company, indeed! When we told Redfield this, he said, "That's incredible. I'm very flattered to be mentioned. I don't know Ms. Burnette--but I'll write to her care of the publisher and thank her right away!"

Other books in the series include Introducing Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Introducing The Deadly Mantis, Introducing Zombies and others.

We haven't seen the book yet, ourselves, but if you're interested, you can find it at amazon.com

INGRID PITT'S BIRTHDAY BASH AND FAN CLUB REUNION!

Ingrid Pitt, who will be starring in Redfield Arts' up-coming film THE TELL-TALE HEART will celebrate her birthday on November 21st. But the weekend before that, on Saturday November 17th, Ms. Pitt will be the guest of honor for the INGRID PITT BIRTHDAY BASH AND FAN CLUB REUNION! Many of her well known friends will be attending the event.

Ingrid has also just finished writing definitive book on Hammer to be published soon by Hammer. It's title is THE HAMMER XPERIENCE.

We wish Ingrid a very Happy Birthday!!

Date: Saturday November 17, 2007
Location: Lowiczanka Restaurant - 234-246 King St., Hammersmith, London, UK
Tickets are 45 British Pounds

For more information visit www.pittofhorror.com

November 8, 2007

Actress Jennifer Rouse, who plays Mrs. Moran in THE DEATH OF POE, recently did an interview with Michael Lohr for Slice Of Sci-Fi!

You can read the full interview on www.sliceofscifi.com HERE!

November 1, 2007

For the second year in a row, the film festival and convention dedicated to films bizarre and outre has now grown from it's humble beginnings, and promises to continue to evolve into a major festival featuring the fantastic and strange! Held at the Thompson Center in Milwaukee's State Fair Park, guests and fans alike can't wait for festival directors Wayne Klingman and William Zenobian to announce the 2008 dates!

Jennifer Rouse, who Redfield Arts fans know from THE DEATH OF POE and CHAINSAW SALLY was featured as a guest this year, along with such popular celebrities as actor Larry Thomas (featured in the upcoming comedy POSTAL as Osama Bin Laden and famous as Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi") filmmaker Uwe Boll, who unspooled his new film POSTAL to an enthusiastic crowd on Saturday morning.

The effervescent Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Films was there all weekend, keeping the party going with all of his trade-marked lunacy and fun. Budding Scream Queens Scarlet Salem and Elske McCain helped Troma King Kaufman keep the crowds happy with their energy and enthusiasm.

Actresses Zoe Hunter and Anna Bridgforth added their sparkling personalities to the weekend festivities, letting fans know about their respective upcoming horror films and happily signing autographs. Filmmaker Mark Borchardt, made infamous by the fab documentary AMERICAN MOVIE, was busy on Saturday making an impromptu short film (with Mike Elliott) that featured parcically all of the festival's guests, including Jennifer Rouse, Lloyd Kaufman, Sofiya Smirnova and Anna Bridgforth). If it's anything like COVEN, it'll be a hit!

The creators of the online phenom CHAD VADER, Matt Sloan and Aaron Vonda, of Blame Society Productions, gave a terrific talk about the genisis and evolution of the web series and what the future holds, including previews of Season Two of CHAD VADER .

The festival winner for 2007 included:

Best Horror Film: Witch’s Night
Best Sci-Fi Film: Edison’s Death Machine
Best Fantasy Film: Dork of the Rings
Best Screen Play: Pulp Science-Fiction

And no-one will forget model and actress Sofiya Smirnova (appearing in Mike Watt's film FEAST OF FLESH) on Sunday morning! After a long and exhausting weekend, the lovely Miss Smirnova brought all of the guests coffee and breakfast sandwiches! She knows an army operates on its stomach, and the guests are eternally grateful for her kindness and thoughtfulness!

Until next year!

The delightful and talented Debbie Rochon has a speacial day coming up on November 3rd, and from all of us here at Redfield Arts, we wish her the very happiest of birthdays, and many, many more!

Miss Rochon has recently signed on to join the cast of our production of Edgar Allan Poe's THE TELL-TALE HEART.

The hardest working woman in horror, veteran of dozens of genre thrillers, and co-host of Fangoria Radio, Rochon will play "Mary", a Confederate widow travelling north after the Civil War to begin a new life. Stopping at a boarding house run by the Clarions (played by Ingrid Pitt and Robert Quarry), Mary discovers that the horror of war has followed her to what she thought would be a safe haven...

More Rochon and TELL-TALE HEART production news coming soon!

November 1, 2007

A new western from Wayne Shipley, starring Mark Redfield, Mike Hagan, Jennifer Rouse and Kelly Potchak is currently in production, slated for a summer 2008 premiere.

The trailer has recently been posted on line, and we'd thought we'd share it with you HERE.

Visit the ONE-EYED HORSE website monthly for updates and news about the production.

November 1, 2007

The new issue features the fabulous Brinke Stevens wrestling with William Castles creepy Tingler critter on the cover!

Inside it's 120-plus pages you'll find stories and interviews with Traci Lords, Ray Harryhausen, Gahan Wilson and many, many more.

And SF author and Mondo Cult Co-Publisher Brad Linaweaver's essay on the Redfield Arts film THE DEATH OF POE appears in this isuue.

Order it today directly from their website HERE!

Cold Harbor, the award-winning film written and directed by Tom Brandau, produced by and starring Mark Redfield was one of five dramatic features chosen to screen at this year's inaugural South Dakota Film Festival. The three day event, held in Aberdeen, South Dakota opened to a sellout crowd on Friday evening (9/21/07) with the Upper Mid-west premiere of Sean Penn's latest directing effort "Into the Wild". Little Aberdeen,SD was one of only five cities chosen to open the film including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. This decision was made, no doubt, because a good portion of the film was shot in several small communities around the state.

Cold Harbor screened to a very enthusiastic audience on Sunday afternoon. Director Brandau was on hand to introduce the feature and answer questions afterward. Mr. Brandau (who teaches Film Studies at Minnesota State University in Moorhead, MN) was also accompanied to the festival by fellow Film professor Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson (who had three films screened) and twenty-seven current and recently graduated Film students from the program. Tom, Kyja and the students attended all three days of the festival, viewing almost 40 films. Eight of those films were projects produced by MSUM Film students and faculty including: "Work", a docu- portrait of two working men, one a farmer and the other a mechanic, which was made by MSUM Film students Levi Moch ( a recent graduate) and Justin Ullyott in the Advanced 16mm. Production class. "Work" was honored with the award for Best Documentary Short. Levi Moch was in attendance and received the Best Doc. award at an opening night gala/ reception on Friday evening.

Baltimore, MD

On Sunday, October 7th, Mark Redfield and Gene Leitner broadcast live on WCBM Talk Radio AM 680 for 2 hours from 8-10pm.

Guest host Gene Lietner interviewed actor and filmmaker Redfield about his recent film work and discussed THE DEATH OF POE and his work in the upcoming western ONE-EYED HORSE.

Within the two hour show, long-time radio drama aficianado Lietner also broadcast two episodes of the series SUSPENSE. The first was "Murder In G Flat" starring Jack Benny, and the second was "Death On My Hands" starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye. In keeping with the Halloween-themed show, Leitner treated listeners to the recorded reading of Poe's THE HAUNTED PALACE by Mark Redfield that can be found along with other short stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe on the 3-disc The Death of Poe set.

KOSHA ENGLER HELD IN THE GRIP OF A CAT’S PAW

Kosha Engler, who starred in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE as MIriam, is currently appearing in the play CAT’S PAW by William Mastrosimone at The King’s head Theatre in London. The play is running now through November 4, 2007. In their review, Time Out called Engler “dynamic” and gave the production 5 stars. You can read the review HERE. For more info and tickets, visit www.catspawplay.com

REDFIELD WRAPS SINS

Mark Redfield recently wrapped shooting his scenes for the upcoming drama THE SINS OF THE FATHERS. Redfield plays “Hezikiah”. The film stars Richard Cutting (ONE-EYED HORSE). The film, a Stone Road Production directed by Jim Ball, will premiere sometime in 2008 and is being submitted to festivals around the country. Follow the films progress HERE. Redfield is currently in negotiations to star in the legal drama RULE ONE that will begin production later this year.

NEW HAMMER HORROR

Ingrid Pitt, who stars in the upcoming Redfield Arts film THE TELL-TALE HEART, has completed her work on the new Hammer Films production BEYOND THE RAVE. You can see photos and Fangoria’s report on the progress of the film HERE.

MORE ACTOR UPDATES FOR OCTOBER

Jennifer Rouse, star of and music composer for THE DEATH OF POE, recently wrapped shooting a brief scene with Russel Crowe in Ridley Scott’s new film BODY OF LIES.

Mike Flanagan, CHAINSAW SALLY’S Director of Photography, is currently editing a new show for the Discovery Channel called THE BONE DETECTIVE. The show debuts in 2008.

Elena Torrez, the star of DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, was in Baltimore in the late summer shooting a scene in a new film by Thomas E. Cole (DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE and THE DEATH OF POE).

CHAINSAW SALLY’S April Monique Burril and Debbie Rochon (Redfield Arts’s upcoming THE TELL-TALE HEART) will star in a new film written and directed by JimmyO Burril entitled THE GOOD SISTERS. Production starts January, 2008.

Actor Carl Randolph (DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE) recently performed in the play A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY at the Roundhouse Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland.

Tom Supensky who was an artist for our film Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, is currently exhibiting his clay sculpture work at the McMaster Gallery in Columbia, South Carolina. The exhibit runs from September 25 - October 25, 2007!

The McMaster Gallery is part of the department of art for the University of South Carolina.

Located at: 1615 Senate Street, Columbia, SC

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9am to 4:30pm and Sundays 1-4pm

For more information contact Mana Hewitt (Gallery Director) at mcmastergallery@mac.com

Also be sure to visit Tom Supensky's website at www.tomsupensky.com

Aberdeen, SD

The Redfield Arts film COLD HARBOR has been selected for this year's South Dakota Film Festival for the feature film competition! It will screen on Sunday September 23rd at 12:00pm.

Cold Harbor was written and directed by Tom Brandau and stars Mark Redfield, Richard Lopez, James Caffery, and Adam Raynen as the Broadhurst brothers who have to deal with the suicide of their father as well as their own relationships in a weekend spent at their father's beach house after his death.

The film is now available on DVD from Alpha New Cinema!

Also, screening at this year's South Dakota Film Festival, in the short film competition, is Tom Brandau's "Bill and Meriwether's Excellent Adventures" which is a comedy about the explorers Lewis and Clark.

The South Dakota Film Festival runs from September 21-23, 2007 in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

For complete details including times and locations for the festival be sure to visit www.southdakotafilmfest.org

A new short film from filmmakers David Butler and Sean Paul Murphy, starring Mark Redfield is now making it's film festival rounds!

You can watch it here on our HUMOR PAGE!

August 9, 2007

COLD HARBOR filmmaker Tom Brandau recently wrapped production on a new short film called HEAVENLY SIGHT. Originated on 16mm, the film explores a boy's concept of death and the after-life. The film was shot in Minnesota, where Brandau currently teaches film at the University of Minnesota, Moorhead. More info as the film completes post-production!

Top photo: Noah Coon (left) plays "Bobby" in HEAVENLY SIGHT.

Bottom photo: Minneapolis director of photography JR Thompson and assistant cameraman Kak Lee.

A couple of Brandau's previous short films, the award-winning drama SONNY AND CORNBLATT and the comedy BILL AND MERRIWETHER'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE can be found on the DVD release of his feature film debut COLD HARBOR.

Order COLD HARBOR Today! From Alpha New Cinema

August 9, 2007

CHAINSAW SALLY maestro Jimmyo shared these recent fan fotos--proving that some of Sally's fans are forever!

Fans Angela and Candace, hard-core CHAINSAW SALLY aficianados to the end, each sport a classic Sally pose in full bloody color! What higher compliment can one pay?!

We don't know if it's art--but we love it! If you have a photo of yourself sportin' a Sally tat and want us to run it here at the news page, send your pic to studio@redfieldarts.com today!

And if you haven't ordered your DVD copy of CHAINSAW SALLY yet, what are you waiting for?!--order CHAINSAW SALLY now from Amazon.com!

From the Festival Press Release:

The Festival of Fantastic Films returns to the Northwest, as Manchester Conference Centre and Days Hotel will host the thrilling event for the fourth consecutive year, from 31st August until 2nd September.

The sensational festival will celebrate the 18th Annual Convention of the Society of Fantastic Films, the only event of its kind in the Northwest. For three days, fans of horror, fantasy, and science-fiction movies will indulge in a terrific range of movie-related events: guest interviews, book signings, autographing sessions, discussions, Ramsey Campbell’s famous auction, special events, presentations, artshow and poster exhibition, themed dinner, parties and a number of movies, both old and new, running alongside each other throughout the festival.

The three-day convention will be endorsed by the presence of a number of eminent actors, directors and producers from the sci-fi movie industry. This year’s special guests of honour include actor John Morghen (aka Giovanni Radice) (The House on the Edge of the Park, Demons 3 & 4); actor, producer and director Jean Rollin (Naked Vampire, Caged Vampires); actor John Leyton (Great Escape, Krakatoa - East of Java); actor Edward de Souza (Phantom of the Opera, Kiss of the Vampire); actress Caroline Munro (Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter, Starcrash); actress Martine Beswicke (Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde, From Russia With Love); actress Vera Day (Quatermass 2, Grip of the Strangler); actor and director Mark Redfield (The Death of Poe, Chainsaw Sally); and director Norman J Warren (Inseminoid, Terror).

This year’s film programme will cover the years 1930-2006 with three streams of movies - including: Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde, Quatermass 2, House on the Edge of the Park, Ghost Ship, Kiss of the Vampire and Captain Kronos, and Vampire Hunter. The festival will also feature the premiere of Ivan Zuccon’s Nympha, as well as two new films, starring icons David Hess, Michael Berryman, Kevin McCarthy, Kevin Sorbo and Kane Hodder.

The organisers of the event once again chose Manchester Conference Centre for its exceptional built-in facilities, the expedient onsite accommodation (through Days Hotel) and also its convenient central location, only a 5-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly train station and near all the major roads into the city.

Gil Lane-Young, Chairman of the Festival of Fantastic Films, said:

“Although an undiscovered gem to the general public, the Festival of Fantastic Films has proved that it has a very loyal fanbase. Over the years, we have retained our core values and we look forward to seeing again fans of horror, fantasy and sci-fi movies from all across the country”.

Richard Handscombe, Sales and Marketing Manager for conferences at The University of Manchester, said:

“We are thrilled to host the only sci-fi movie festival in the region, as we always seek to provide a broad diversity of films to our theatre patrons. The organisation of the Festival of Fantastic Films is of a high standard and, with last year’s success behind, the event shows no signs of dying out”.

For more information visit www.fantastic-films.com/festival/

July 13, 2007

Count Gore DeVol did an interview with Mark Redfield while they were at the Cinema Wasteland Convention earlier this year. You can watch the video aon Count Gore's website in THE RACK

This interview will only be up until July 21st so hurry up and watch it now!

June 13, 2007

Redfield answers the questions put to him by monster-movie lover Max Cheney. Redfield talks about THE DEATH OF POE, the films that got away, and more.

To read the interview go to The Drunken Severed Head Blogspot.

Kevin G. Shinnick, who played "Dr. Moran" in The Death of Poe and will be starring in our up-coming film The Tell-Tale Heart, is currently playing Julius Caesar for the Moose Hall Theatre Company's 2007 Inwood Shakespeare Festival in New York.

Julius Ceasar runs Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
June 6, 7, 8, 9 / 13, 14, 15, 16 / 20, 21, 22, 23

Admission is FREE
Location: In Inwood Hill Park Peninsula, New York
For more information and directions be sure to visit www.moosehallisf.org

PRESENTED IN THE INWOOD HILL PARK PENINSULA AT 7:30 P.M.  FREE OF CHARGE

Julius Caesar is supported in part by public funds from the New York city Department of Cultural Affairs; This program is also made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and Materials for the Arts

Due to the nature of outdoor theatre, in the event of rain, performances may be delayed or cancelled, but we will perform if and when it seems possible.

New Review from Bums Corner for "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"!

Bums Corner recently posted their review of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde".

You can read it at www.bumscorner.com!

Kevin Shinnick, who plays "Dr. Moran" in The Death of Poe recently played "Malvolio" in a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for the Tri-State Actors Theater in Sussex, New Jersey.

Twelfth Night opened on Wednesday April 18th and ran until April 22nd, 2007.

For more information be sure to visit the Tri-State Actors Theater website.

There's also a great review online from New Jersey's "The Star Ledger"!

Kevin Shinnick (center) in Twelfth Night

Ken and Pam Kish, the masterminds behind the Ohio-based CinemaWasteland event, triumphed with another fabulous show! All reports seemd to indicate that they exceeded attendance expectations, and broke the attendance record of Saturday, which traditionally is always the most popular day for these weekend-long events.

How'd they do it? By inviting yet another great group of fan-pleasing guests!

The guest list for this sping's Cinema Wasteland included: JimmyO and April Burril (Chainsaw Sally), Steve Railsback (Helter Skelter, The Devil's Rejects), Marilyn Burns (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist), Jonathan Haze (Monster From The Ocean Floor, The Terror), Caroline Munro (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The Spy Who Loved Me) plus many others.

For us, a screening of CHAINSAW SALLY, followed by a Q&A, went over extemely well, and copies of the DVD and that of THE DEATH OF POE sold like preverbiale hotcakes. We were also able to make available the new release of Tom Brandau's COLD HARBOR, and , although not a horror film, it was eagerly picked up by the friends who stopped by the table to say hello.

The weekend was a whirlwind of meeting with old friends and making new ones. Screenwriter Charles B. Griffith was a crowd-pleaser with his stories on working on films like Little Shop of Horrors. The wild Canadians Hugo Bissonnet and David Aubin of the upcoming website HorrorBank.com seemed to be everywhere interviewing celebs for their site. Caroline Munro kept a steady, long line of fans all weekend, while Robert Grenville Evans offered drawings of fans with her. A wonderful keepsake.

One of the best conventions anywhere in the USA, visit www.cinemawasteland.com to make plans for their next show!

Scraps from Bums Corner recently gave THE DEATH OF POE a nice review on www.bumscorner.com.

Also, there are reviews for CHAINSAW SALLY in the latest issues of Videoscope Magazine and Sirens of Cinema Magazine. Both are available on newstands now!

Parsippany, New Jersey

"Chainsaw Sally" cast members April Monique Burril, Alec Joseph, and director JimmyO Burril are scheduled as guests at the up-coming Chiller Theatre Toy, Model, and Film Expo this month in Parsippany, New Jersey! All three of them will be on hand throughout the weekend to sign autographs and meet fans.

Other guests include: David Arquette (Saturday only), Kristy Swanson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Michael Biehn (Grindhouse, Terminator, Aliens), Tony Todd ( Candyman, Night of the Living Dead), Betsy Palmer (Friday the 13th) and many more!

Chiller Theatre will take place at The Hilton Hotel Parsippany, One Hilton Court, Parsippany, NJ 07054. For more information be sure to visit www.chillertheatre.com

COLD HARBOR On DVD Tuesday March 27th!

Order your copy for only $5.98 from Alpha New Cinema Now!

When an old man ends his life by throwing himself into the icy winter surf near his seaside home, his four estranged sons are left to deal with their memories, feelings of loss and betrayal, and unsettled family issues. As they pick through and pack up his belongings, they discover the missing puzzle pieces of their own lives, gradually recognizing themselves and each other in the remnants of their father's life.

Starring Mark Redfield (The Death of Poe, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Cold Harbor is a tough, touching drama full of gritty, honest moments and dark, humorous situations. Writer-director Tom Brandau draws upon real-life events to craft this award-winning film about loss and family mythology and, ultimately, about burying the dead and getting on with life.

The DVD contents include:

"Inside Cold Harbor" Featurette
Commentary with director Tom Brandau and actor Mark Redfield
"Playing It Dead" by Mike Lane music video
"Sonny and Cornblatt" a short film written and directed by Tom Brandau
"Bill and Merrywether's Excellent Adventure" a short film written and directed by Tom Brandau
Alpha New Cinema trailers

Supensky Launches Website

Special Effects man Eric Supensky, who has worked on the Redfield Arts films Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Chainsaw Sally, and Cold Harbor recently launched a new website for his special effects company E=FX Squared.

Supensky offers film and television props, sets, blood and gore fx, masks, signs, creatures and more!

Check it out at www.ericfx.com

by Tom Brandau

March 19, 2007

The 2007 Fargo Film Festival ended this past Saturday night, marking it’s most successful year ever! This year’s festival (March 7th – 10th.) included over 70 films, from 30 states and seven different countries including Canada, England and Denmark. The films submitted constituted works from every genre including narrative shorts and features, documentary shorts and features, student films, animation and experimentals. The experimental category was especially vibrant this year, receiving three times more submissions than last year. This was due in large part to the extensive recruitment efforts put out by Kyja Kristjansson -Nelson, the chair of this years experimental/animation committee. Kyja (an award-winning filmmaker herself) contacted dozens of fellow experimental and animation filmmakers she knew personally or had come into contact with while attending other festivals and solicited their work for the Fargo fest. The result was a large number of submissions representing a variety of styles and content.

Over the course of the festival several thousand enthusiastic filmgoers were treated to a number of award winning feature length and short films including: “Fission” , a beautifully crafted piece of computer generated animation, “ They Walk Among Us”, a very funny mockumentary look at zombie rights, and “East of Euclid”, a feature comedy that dealt with a Russian ex-patriot high stakes gambler and his exploits living in early 1970’s Winnipeg, Canada.

Among the highlights of this year’s festival was the screening of “The Death of Poe”, a haunting dramatic feature which chronicles the last days of the life of Edgar Allan Poe. “Poe”, written, directed and starring Mark Redfield played to a very large and enthusiastic crowd. I did a post screening Q & A which went so well and was so engaging that the session had to be ended before it was over in order for the next scheduled film to be screened. The post screening discussion continued out in the hospitality area of the Fargo Film Fest. Those in attendance commented on the films haunting, surreal cinematography; it’s creative use of sound design and the overall quality of the cast, especially the strong and sure handed performance of Mr. Redfield in the title role. A few of the filmgoers commented that
“Poe” reminded them of David Lynch’s “Elephant Man” and complimented Mr. Redfield on his visual aesthetic as a director. Needless to say, the 2007 Fargo Film Festival screening of “The Death of Poe” was a resounding success.

(Tom Brandau's film Cold Harbor will be released on DVD on March 27, 2007 through Alpha New Cinema. Pre-order your copy now!)

February 27, 2007

"Meet the girl of your Screams!" - "Chainsaw Sally" hits the shelves today, February 27th from Shock-O-Rama.

Starring April Monique Burril, Mark Redfield, Gunnar Hansen, and Herschell Gordon Lewis, Alec Joseph and Jennifer Rouse!

The DVD package includes:
-"Chainsaw Sally" Feature film
-Commentary from director JimmyO Burril, actress April Monique Burril and assistant director Shawn Jones
-Making-of documentary
-Interview with actor Gunnar Hansen
-Herschell.Gordon Lewis interview
-Music video
-Artwork and storyboard gallery

February 28, 2007

According to convention maestro Dave Hagen, Monster Mania 7, held this past February 16-18, 2007 was a smashing success and drew one of the shows largest crowds ever! Hagen's show, held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is now held three times per year.

For the studio home team, Mark Redfield and Jennifer Rouse were on hand signing copies of THE DEATH OF POE and CHAINSAW SALLY for eager fans.

CHAINSAW SALLY was a big success, as the screening of the film on Saturday was standing-room-only for the couple of hundred fans who caught it on the big screen, while distributor Shock-O-Rama sold literally cases of the DVD to rabid fans of Chainsaw-weilding Sally and her brother Ruby!

The star of CHAINSAW SALLY, April Monique Burril, was on hand to sign the DVD's and pose for the dozens of photos requested by fans. TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE's Gunnar Hansen was also madly and tirelessly signing autographs all weekend. The line he generated every day was truly amazing, and Gunner never once complained as the parade of his many, many fans kept him continuously chatting and signing copies of SALLY and other memorabilia. Writer-director JimmyO was there to sign as well, and archived the events on video for all to see on YouTube in the near future.

Main guests who drew crowds all week-end long included Tobin Bell of the SAW film phenom, as well as the usual mix of exciting guests that can be found at every Monster Mania event, such as: Larry Storch, William Forsythe, Kane Hodder, Tom Atkins, Sid haig, Emily perkins, Patricia Quinn, and Vincent DiFate.

A spectacular MONSTER SQUAD re-union was held, with most of the cast in attendence, including Fred Dekker, Duncan regehr, Andre Gower, Ryan Lambert, Ahsley bank, Tom Woodruff, Jr., and Tom Noonan (who kept mistaking Mark Redfield all weekend for an old college buddy)!

The ever lovely Caroline Munro was there, enchanting her many fans. Crispin Glover was in attendence with daily screening of his film WHAT IS IT? and causing quite the controversy, as some guests actually complained about the content to the convention's management! But that's what puts the con in controversy! Regardless, Glover was as charming as ever and stayed extra hours with his fans answering questions and signing autographs.

MONSTER MANIA CON 8 will be May 18-20, 2007.

Be sure to come by and say hello!

April Burril poses for a photo with a fan		Mark Redfield and Sam Sherman

February 21, 2007

Brad Linaweaver has posted his review online at www.mondocult.com/Poe.htm

Check it out!

Mj Simpson also recently reviewed THE DEATH OF POE!

You can read it at: http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/deathofpoe.html

Here's a very funny commercial that Mike Lane, who wrote and plays the opening song "Playing It Dead" for COLD HARBOR, made to promote his album "Good Luck with Electricity".

That's Mark Redfield as "the reporter", COLD HARBOR director Tom Brandau as "the doctor" and Mr. Mike Lane himself as "the monster"!

COLD HARBOR Available on DVD March 27th 2007!

Saturday, January 27 and Sunday, January 28, 2007

The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum Announces

The World Famous Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Celebration
A Baltimore Tradition since 1982

Celebrated at the Westminster Hall
Burial Place of Edgar Allan Poe
519 West Fayette Street
Baltimore Maryland

Mark Redfield, creator and star of the new film, THE DEATH OF POE, will be in attendance as well as "Poe" actors Jennifer Rouse and Tony Tsendeas.You can purchase the DVD THE DEATH OF POE as well as have it autographed for you by the actors!

The weekend of events includes a dramatization of The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar by John Spitzer. For the first time on the stage, the horrifying experiment in mesmerism that shocked the nation and the medical establishment!
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, with elements from Eureka, Mesmeric Revelation & The Colloquy of Monos and Una, will be performed by Christopher Moss, Dominick Lonardo and Ellen Boggs .

On Saturday evening, the editor of the great book about Maryland oddities, "Weird Maryland," Matt Lake, will be present to sign copies of the book. Also in attendance will be Count Gore De Vol of Creature Feature--who is prominantly featured "Weird Maryland"! Your chance to pick up a copy of this fascinating tome!

And last, but certainly not least, master Poe-impersonator David Keltz will appear, giving dramatic readings and assisting Poe Museum Director Jeff Jerome with the weekend long festivities.

For information on the program and to purchase tickets, please visit http://poecelebration.tripod.com/. 

SATURDAY JANUARY 20th at 2pm

Mark Redfield will be at Dark Delicacies in Burbank for a signing of the newly released DVd THE DEATH OF POE. If your in the LA-area, come and say hello to Redfield, co-producer and writer Stuart Voytilla and composer-actress Jennifer Rouse!

Dark Delicacies Books Gifts and Collectibles
Saturday, January 20th, 2007 at 2pm

4213 W. Burbank Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
U.S.A.

1-888-DARKDEL
1-818-556-6660 (for local residents)

ALSO APPEARING ON JANUARY 20TH at 2pm:

Author Charlie Huston will be signing his new novel NO DOMINION, and Amy Wallace signs THE NEW BOOK OF LISTS: THE ORIGINAL COMPENDIUM OF CURIOUS INFORMATION.

See you there January 20th!

December 24, 2007

Tom Brandau's award-winning drama COLD HARBOR, which has been playing film festivals and winning accolades all of the US, is getting reading for a spring, 2007, DVD release!

Writer-director Brandau has been meeting with Mark Redfield and editor Wayne Hipley and discussing and planning the extras for the release. In addition to a "Making Of" documentary and the usual audio commentary extras, a new music video for the title song, Mike Lane's "Playing It Dead" will be shot and edited in January. Watch STUDIO NEWS in the coming weeks for updates on the DVD release of COLD HARBOR, and the launch date of the music video here and on YouTube!

December 24, 2007

There is a new interview with "Chainsaw Sally" and "The Death Of Poe" actress Jennifer Rouse from the entertainment website Bums Corner where she discusses Christmas shopping, how she really feels about carolers, favorite Christmas movies and much more!

To read the full interview go to www.bumscorner.com!

December 24, 2007

For those Poe fans who haven't visited Ain't It Cool News in the last couple of weeks, top Ain't It Cool honcho Harry Knowles has been moderating a terrific talkback/Q&A session with Sylvester Stallone and his fans to promote the release of Stallone's ROCKY BALBOA. Of interest to Poe fans, Stallone discusses (in several entries) his twenty-year-plus dream of making a biographical film of Edgar Allan Poe. For a year or two, Robert Downey Jr. was touted as the actor to play Poe, but his name is never mentioned by Stallone. Currently, the IMDB states the start date of Stallone's film POE to be May, 2007.

Can't get enough Poe? Well...IN OTHER POE NEWS---

Walden Media, the company behind the NARNIA films and other family-friendly fare, recently announced an upcoming Poe film, and have engaged Clive Barker to do the script!

The as-yet untitled film is about a group of kids that, while investigating the mytery of Poe's death, unleash the monsters from his stories, and must seek the help of the ghost of old Edgar to put things right! Obviously intended for a younger audience, the project sounds to us like a mixture of THE CANTERVILLE GHOST and GOONIES. But we can't wait to see what Barker comes up with!

Why wait for these films when you can get THE DEATH OF POE today?! Over six hours of POE-tastic entertainment, and at a great price, too!

Order THE DEATH OF POE today!