Monday, October 05, 2009
First IMDb review
Someone was nice enough to post a review of Horror House on its IMDb page. One star out of ten and a heading of 'words can't describe how bad this is' shouldn't please me like it does, but the very same thing has been said of Transformers 2, Saw, American Beauty, and many other movies that made handsome money at the box office. What do I care what some random anonymous viewer thinks? They watched my movie. I hope more will watch it. If nothing else, maybe people are curious now to find out if Horror House is, indeed, the worst movie ever made. I can't help but laugh.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Buy Horror House on DVD!
http://store.singahe.com/horrorhouse.html
Horror House DVDs are available from Singa Home Entertainment. Click the above link to get your copy. The DVD includes 2 commentary tracks, a gag reel, and a behind-the-scenes slide show. If I do say so myself, the commentary tracks are well worth the cost of the DVD.
Cast and crew, of course, will get their free DVD from me soon, as will investors and anyone else who contributed to the movie. If you're unsure if you get a free copy, just e-mail me and ask. The DVD release party is being planned for the first week of February.
Horror House DVDs are available from Singa Home Entertainment. Click the above link to get your copy. The DVD includes 2 commentary tracks, a gag reel, and a behind-the-scenes slide show. If I do say so myself, the commentary tracks are well worth the cost of the DVD.
Cast and crew, of course, will get their free DVD from me soon, as will investors and anyone else who contributed to the movie. If you're unsure if you get a free copy, just e-mail me and ask. The DVD release party is being planned for the first week of February.
Friday, January 02, 2009
New Blog
http://mn2la.blogspot.com/
My entries in this blog are few. I could say much more about Horror House, but I think I'll shift gears and discuss the entertainment industry more wholly. Thus, I have started a new blog titled, "MN 2 Hollywood." In the blog, I will reflect on my own experiences in my quest to 'make it' in this ridiculous industry and hopefully offer some insight to others interesting in embarking on the same ludicrous journey.
I will still come here every once in a while, I imagine, to make Horror House announcements. For instance, the DVDs are now available to purchase. Go to the website and we'll have a direct link available there soon: www.horrorhousemovie.com
Then go check out my new blog. Leave a note to let me know you're reading. Even if it is only you, Mr. Wilson. :)
http://mn2la.blogspot.com/
My entries in this blog are few. I could say much more about Horror House, but I think I'll shift gears and discuss the entertainment industry more wholly. Thus, I have started a new blog titled, "MN 2 Hollywood." In the blog, I will reflect on my own experiences in my quest to 'make it' in this ridiculous industry and hopefully offer some insight to others interesting in embarking on the same ludicrous journey.
I will still come here every once in a while, I imagine, to make Horror House announcements. For instance, the DVDs are now available to purchase. Go to the website and we'll have a direct link available there soon: www.horrorhousemovie.com
Then go check out my new blog. Leave a note to let me know you're reading. Even if it is only you, Mr. Wilson. :)
http://mn2la.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Premiere Follow-up
Last Thursday night's screening went very well. Better than I had expected. I'm so appreciative of the 200+ who came out to show their support for all of us involved in the creation of Horror House. DVDs should be available real soon, and as soon as they are, we will share a link here and on the HH website (www.horrorhousemovie.com).
I'd also like to thank Fearless Filmmakers and Oak Street Cinema for hosting the event. The screening would not have happened without their support.
Onward and upward from here with future projects! Look for a new blog soon.
~ Justen
I'd also like to thank Fearless Filmmakers and Oak Street Cinema for hosting the event. The screening would not have happened without their support.
Onward and upward from here with future projects! Look for a new blog soon.
~ Justen
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Premiere
Roughly 16 months after shooting, Horror House is ready to be released.
Theatrical Premiere:
Thursday, October 30
9:00pm
Oak Street Cinema
309 Oak Street SE
Minneapolis, MN
Q&A with myself and others involved in the movie will follow the screening. DVD release will be simultaneous with copies available at the screening, just in time for Halloween! Hope you can make it!
Theatrical Premiere:
Thursday, October 30
9:00pm
Oak Street Cinema
309 Oak Street SE
Minneapolis, MN
Q&A with myself and others involved in the movie will follow the screening. DVD release will be simultaneous with copies available at the screening, just in time for Halloween! Hope you can make it!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Still Kicking
Katie Hnida chronicles her journey in becoming the first woman to play Division I college football in the book, Still Kicking.
Only the title of the book has relevance here. Horror House is still kicking after being "in the can" for more than a year. We have signed with a sales representative and indications are that a Twin Cities theatrical premiere could be in the works for October along with DVD release shortly after. Nothing is guaranteed, but in this industry, nothing ever is. The important thing is we're moving ahead.
On a personal note, I have a handful of other projects brewing and I plan to start blogging on a more regular basis at a different blog location. I will be sure to post the new link here so the millions who read this blog can continue to absorb my consummate profundity each and every third month.
On another personal note, I am saddened that the Rogers Super Target no longer carries Totino's Party Pizzas. Why, cruel world? Why?!
~ Justen
Only the title of the book has relevance here. Horror House is still kicking after being "in the can" for more than a year. We have signed with a sales representative and indications are that a Twin Cities theatrical premiere could be in the works for October along with DVD release shortly after. Nothing is guaranteed, but in this industry, nothing ever is. The important thing is we're moving ahead.
On a personal note, I have a handful of other projects brewing and I plan to start blogging on a more regular basis at a different blog location. I will be sure to post the new link here so the millions who read this blog can continue to absorb my consummate profundity each and every third month.
On another personal note, I am saddened that the Rogers Super Target no longer carries Totino's Party Pizzas. Why, cruel world? Why?!
~ Justen
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Anniversary
Hard for me to believe, but this day twelve months ago marked the first day of principal photography for Horror House. My stress level is considerably lower this year, but I miss the excitement of embarking on an ambitious project. Many small projects are on my immediate radar, but no features until at least next summer. If it were up to me, I think I'd do a feature a year or more. My stomach probably wouldn't appreciate it, but I've got an itch that needs to be scratched.
Reflecting today, I am certainly not where I hoped to be a year after we started shooting, but I'm further along than many, or dare I say most, who think they have what it takes to walk down this path. I say that humbly recognizing it is not just talent that got me this far, but my unwillingness to give up.
The Horror House audio problems have been remedied (Thank you, Adam!), and the color is fixed. The movie is ready for release, so now it is just a matter of convincing a distributor to release it! Things are looking good and I will update when there is news on the release front.
By the way, those who visit the website may wonder why the news tab is so outdated. I wonder that, too, and hope to have it fixed soon. :)
Happy summer to all!
~ Justen
Reflecting today, I am certainly not where I hoped to be a year after we started shooting, but I'm further along than many, or dare I say most, who think they have what it takes to walk down this path. I say that humbly recognizing it is not just talent that got me this far, but my unwillingness to give up.
The Horror House audio problems have been remedied (Thank you, Adam!), and the color is fixed. The movie is ready for release, so now it is just a matter of convincing a distributor to release it! Things are looking good and I will update when there is news on the release front.
By the way, those who visit the website may wonder why the news tab is so outdated. I wonder that, too, and hope to have it fixed soon. :)
Happy summer to all!
~ Justen
Friday, March 28, 2008
Forging Ahead
The updates have been rather mundane the last couple months so I've chosen to withhold blogging. That's not to say things aren't moving ahead with the movie. They are. Just in a mundane fashion.
I've been working hard with Jim, my sound guy, to finalize the audio mix. We finished last week, but there was a problem with the export so now it's troubleshooting time.
I continue to make tiny adjustments with the color of the movie. This is, perhaps, the mostest mundanestest part of post-production. That's quite an honor considering the stiff competition. I have learned an important lesson with color correction: Always do it in a dark room. I have made adjustments during the day only to be appalled by the look of said adjustments when the big yellow sphere commutes to China.
To complete the trifecta of glamourous happenings with the movie, I am researching and contacting distribution companies, hoping to find the right home for Horror House.
With a little luck, the movie will screen sometime in the next few months. Start checking the website for updates in May. I'll update here, too, of course.
I'm anxious to shoot the next movie...
~ Justen
I've been working hard with Jim, my sound guy, to finalize the audio mix. We finished last week, but there was a problem with the export so now it's troubleshooting time.
I continue to make tiny adjustments with the color of the movie. This is, perhaps, the mostest mundanestest part of post-production. That's quite an honor considering the stiff competition. I have learned an important lesson with color correction: Always do it in a dark room. I have made adjustments during the day only to be appalled by the look of said adjustments when the big yellow sphere commutes to China.
To complete the trifecta of glamourous happenings with the movie, I am researching and contacting distribution companies, hoping to find the right home for Horror House.
With a little luck, the movie will screen sometime in the next few months. Start checking the website for updates in May. I'll update here, too, of course.
I'm anxious to shoot the next movie...
~ Justen
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Happy New Year
No updates from the festival circuit. I've submitted to a handful since Sundance and Slamdance, but haven't received word from any as of yet and probably won't receive word for another month or so. In the meantime I am sending screening copies to distribution companies and sorting through the myriad other film festivals out there. My biggest goal is to simply sell the movie and I like my chances of doing so in 2008.
The movie, incidentally, is still not 100% complete. Jim Morgan (sound) and I plan to get together this month to finalize the sound mix, and I am still working on color correction, though I took a couple months off from Horror House for sanity purposes. I have self-diagnosed ADD and need to work on several projects simultaneously to stave off mental breakdowns. My success in doing so is debatable.
I will continue to update the blog sporadically as news warrants.
~ Justen
The movie, incidentally, is still not 100% complete. Jim Morgan (sound) and I plan to get together this month to finalize the sound mix, and I am still working on color correction, though I took a couple months off from Horror House for sanity purposes. I have self-diagnosed ADD and need to work on several projects simultaneously to stave off mental breakdowns. My success in doing so is debatable.
I will continue to update the blog sporadically as news warrants.
~ Justen
Monday, December 10, 2007
No Dances
Word from both Sundance and Slamdance was received and we failed to make the cut for either festival. I expected the Sundance rejection (though I held a small hope for a miracle) since Sundance has become a venue for established Hollywood vets to try new things with their 7 and 8 figure budgets. Slamdance, however, I thought could have been a nice fit for Horror House. They only accept movies from first or second time directors, which Chad is. But the cut of the movie they saw was not the right fit for them this year.
Onward and upward now as I continue to submit to film festivals across the world in hopes to find an audience and impress a buyer. I'll do the festival circuit for 12-18 months and if I don't find distibution in that time, I'll explore other routes until we sell the picture. I don't think we'll have any major problems selling.
I just read Bob the Gaffer's comment on the trailer. I certainly can't conclude from that particular comment what the anonymous follow-up poster concluded, but I can say with some certainty Bob is wrong about the acting. We had some very talented people involved, each of whom took on a persona quite different from their own. That in itself is a trait of a good actor.
As for the movie, it is what it is. It's a mockery of low-budget slasher flicks while being a low-budget faux slasher flick itself. Not everybody will like it, and not everyone is supposed to like it. My mom won't even watch it! ;)
~Justen
Onward and upward now as I continue to submit to film festivals across the world in hopes to find an audience and impress a buyer. I'll do the festival circuit for 12-18 months and if I don't find distibution in that time, I'll explore other routes until we sell the picture. I don't think we'll have any major problems selling.
I just read Bob the Gaffer's comment on the trailer. I certainly can't conclude from that particular comment what the anonymous follow-up poster concluded, but I can say with some certainty Bob is wrong about the acting. We had some very talented people involved, each of whom took on a persona quite different from their own. That in itself is a trait of a good actor.
As for the movie, it is what it is. It's a mockery of low-budget slasher flicks while being a low-budget faux slasher flick itself. Not everybody will like it, and not everyone is supposed to like it. My mom won't even watch it! ;)
~Justen
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Y
The question that keeps coming to mind as I decide what next to write about in this Horror House blog is why? Why should I write about any more of my experiences? Why should I give any more advice? Why should I speak of Horror House as any kind of success when in reality it has accomplished nothing so far?
This isn't to say I am not proud of the movie, because I certainly am. And I'm not implying that seeing a movie through its inception all the way to its completion is not a success, because it is a HUGE success. I just can't help but feel pretentious giving advice about the movie making process when I have no proof I did it right.
Were I to keep giving advice and insight I would become too much of a hypocrite. I am the first to criticize screenwriting teachers who have never sold or optioned a script, so for me to make claims that I know what I'm doing without having proof I did it successfully would put me into the very same category as said teachers.
So as of the middle of October I am going to take a little hiatus from the Horror House blog. I still have much to say, but I want the credentials before I say it. I'm sure I'll still chime in once in a while, but I may not hit the blog hard again until early 2008.
In the meantime, please feel free to contact me at hhshoot@yahoo.com.
God bless.
~ Justen
This isn't to say I am not proud of the movie, because I certainly am. And I'm not implying that seeing a movie through its inception all the way to its completion is not a success, because it is a HUGE success. I just can't help but feel pretentious giving advice about the movie making process when I have no proof I did it right.
Were I to keep giving advice and insight I would become too much of a hypocrite. I am the first to criticize screenwriting teachers who have never sold or optioned a script, so for me to make claims that I know what I'm doing without having proof I did it successfully would put me into the very same category as said teachers.
So as of the middle of October I am going to take a little hiatus from the Horror House blog. I still have much to say, but I want the credentials before I say it. I'm sure I'll still chime in once in a while, but I may not hit the blog hard again until early 2008.
In the meantime, please feel free to contact me at hhshoot@yahoo.com.
God bless.
~ Justen
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