Post by Superheidi on Jan 25, 2004 0:41:58 GMT -5
Chanting Monks Press Seeks Amateur Horror Films
Comic and Book Publisher Branching Out Into DVD & Video
For Immediate Release
January 22, 2004
Contact:
Joe Monks, Editor
Chanting Monks Press
editor@chantingmonks.com
Chanting Monks Press is calling all amateur horror filmmakers for
submissions. The publishing house, best known for comic books such as
The Night Terrors and NightCry, began publishing hardcovers and
paperbacks in 2003, and now expands its horizons to include films.
Chanting Monks is releasing a DVD and video short packaged in the
relaunched Flowers on the Razorwire title. The horror anthology,
originally published by Boneyard Press in the 1990s, has now found a new
home at Chanting Monks, and creator and Boneyard Press head honcho Hart
D. Fisher continues to drive the title. Flowers will incorporate horror
comics with horror movies, seeking to attract a wider media audience
than just the one found for printed titles.
"Why aren't comic shops more like music stores?" noted Monks. "Because
you have largely one-dimensional product lines. The best you usually
find is a toy line with some titles, action figures, trading cards. But
nobody really pushes comics with film or video, it's always one or the
other. There's a lot of anime out there, but how many producers are
releasing high-quality, related comic products in the same package?
We're doing it, and hopefully it'll attract fans used to renting movies
who don't currently give a d**n about a comic book."
The first foray of the ambitious undertaking is slated for May, when
Flowers No. 1 comes packaged with the short feature, Chance Meeting,
based on Monks' short story of the same title and originally produced
for the Japanese market. Fisher directed the short, which received
critical acclaim in the Far East and most recently in the US at the New
York Horror Film Festival this past October.
"We have the first one done, shot, edited and in the can, and the first
comic is completed to go with it. There's some really edgy stuff in the
comic, while Chance Meeting is more of a Hitchc*ckian thriller. Now,
we're putting the call out to other independent filmmakers. What have
you got? is it good enough to turn the screws and make us wince? If it
is, then we want to get a look at it."
The limitations on material are few. The film must be horror. The
director or producer must have valid model releases for every actor and
actress, and the film must be 100 minutes or shorter.
"We're opening the doors," said Monks. "Now it's up to aspiring
filmmakers to give it their best shot. If they make the grade, we're
gonna be in a position to release it to a growing market of film fans
and our core audience of comic book readers."
To send your film or video for consideration, please contact Joe Monks
at:
editor@chantingmonks.com
or Hart Fisher at:
bonedaddy777@earthlink.net
or via phone at:
818-720-1565
Comic and Book Publisher Branching Out Into DVD & Video
For Immediate Release
January 22, 2004
Contact:
Joe Monks, Editor
Chanting Monks Press
editor@chantingmonks.com
Chanting Monks Press is calling all amateur horror filmmakers for
submissions. The publishing house, best known for comic books such as
The Night Terrors and NightCry, began publishing hardcovers and
paperbacks in 2003, and now expands its horizons to include films.
Chanting Monks is releasing a DVD and video short packaged in the
relaunched Flowers on the Razorwire title. The horror anthology,
originally published by Boneyard Press in the 1990s, has now found a new
home at Chanting Monks, and creator and Boneyard Press head honcho Hart
D. Fisher continues to drive the title. Flowers will incorporate horror
comics with horror movies, seeking to attract a wider media audience
than just the one found for printed titles.
"Why aren't comic shops more like music stores?" noted Monks. "Because
you have largely one-dimensional product lines. The best you usually
find is a toy line with some titles, action figures, trading cards. But
nobody really pushes comics with film or video, it's always one or the
other. There's a lot of anime out there, but how many producers are
releasing high-quality, related comic products in the same package?
We're doing it, and hopefully it'll attract fans used to renting movies
who don't currently give a d**n about a comic book."
The first foray of the ambitious undertaking is slated for May, when
Flowers No. 1 comes packaged with the short feature, Chance Meeting,
based on Monks' short story of the same title and originally produced
for the Japanese market. Fisher directed the short, which received
critical acclaim in the Far East and most recently in the US at the New
York Horror Film Festival this past October.
"We have the first one done, shot, edited and in the can, and the first
comic is completed to go with it. There's some really edgy stuff in the
comic, while Chance Meeting is more of a Hitchc*ckian thriller. Now,
we're putting the call out to other independent filmmakers. What have
you got? is it good enough to turn the screws and make us wince? If it
is, then we want to get a look at it."
The limitations on material are few. The film must be horror. The
director or producer must have valid model releases for every actor and
actress, and the film must be 100 minutes or shorter.
"We're opening the doors," said Monks. "Now it's up to aspiring
filmmakers to give it their best shot. If they make the grade, we're
gonna be in a position to release it to a growing market of film fans
and our core audience of comic book readers."
To send your film or video for consideration, please contact Joe Monks
at:
editor@chantingmonks.com
or Hart Fisher at:
bonedaddy777@earthlink.net
or via phone at:
818-720-1565
