The production involved traveling to a cabin up north for a few days; bringing our entire entourage up there; surviving the Corona Virus (which one of our actors got); having to rewrite the script to accommodate actor John McCafferty, who was so afraid of catching the virus that he literally bailed on the film halfway through (a move we refer to as the Eddie Deezen syndrome); and of course, all the lockdowns we had to endure (and as of this writing, still are).
This film involved nearly 30 actors and a very small sporadic crew. A shout out has to go to my director of photography and long time associate Bruce Heinsius, who was on set filming just about every day we scheduled. He gave the film a great, moody, gothic look which gives the story an eerie feel. Bruce has been associated with Pirromount films as far back as 1981 when we were making A Polish Vampire in Burbank. As well as helping out in many ways behind the scenes and having various camera chores on my earliest films, Bruce was the director of photography on my two previous films Rage of Innocence, and Celluloid Soul.
It humbles me whenever I finish a film and reflect on all the people it takes to bring something like this together. The loyalty, devotion, and love of the craft is the glue that holds our team together (it sure as hell isn’t the money). Many of the actors in this film have worked on previous Pirromount movie: John McCafferty, Robyn Blythe, Debra Lamb, Hank Grover, Paul Bunnell, Charley Rossman, Brandon Wainwright to name just a few. We also brought in some new performers as well. The long production was truly a delight to work on.
Hopefully, if the pandemic gets under control and theatres open up again sometime in 2021, we will be having our world premiere. In the meantime, we be in post-production. Keep checking back to this site for updates. Meanwhile, for those of you who haven’t seen the trailer, click below.
