Wilcox, Buckley to Judge "Makeup Wars"

Lisa Wilcox, star of Nightmare on Elm St. 4&5 and Fearmakers' creature feature Savage, and Fearmakers' own Bo Buckley will be on a panel to judge the Makeup Wars at the Horrorfind Weekend 11 convention. There will be 6 teams of makeup artists competing. Each team gets the same makeup kit, same parameters and one hour to complete their creation.

Bo has plenty of experience in makeup fx, having graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh specializing in makeup fx. And Lisa is no stranger to the makeup arts, having appeared in a number of horror flicks including working side by side with THE Freddy Krueger himself. She knows good monster makeup when she sees it.

Dismal Ranks High on IMDb.com

Dismal is up nearly 19,000 % in popularity this week. That's right. NINETEEN THOUSAND PERCENT! Out of over 500,000 films Dismal is ranked #173 in popularity. Pretty outstanding stat for our little film. Kudos to everyone who helped make it possible.

If you've seen Dismal, please click on the link and rate the movie. If you're not registered with IMDb.com it's simple and free and no spam. And if you feel inclined give the movie a review. We'd love to hear your take on it.

New Site Unleashed

Lots happening this year for Fearmakers. First we release Dismal to the world and everyone knows "You've got Dale's word on it". Then we added a new logo and name (no longer using "Studios"). Now comes the latest for Fearmakers in 2009, the new website. All the movies, all the pictures, the news and even games! I know, it's crazy talk. But that's what we've done. With the help of the fine developers at Mad Hatter Design Studio we have a brand new site with tons of content. A one stop shop if you will. Check it out. And we'll be adding more soon. More games, more swag and of course, more movies.

They Call Me Lance

The man, the myth, the legend, Lance Steel is one badass monster hunter. In the upcoming weeks we'll unveil a short preview of Lance Steel full of menacing monsters, hot women and smoking guns. "This film is going to be a lot of fun," says Producer Bo Buckley. "For everyone else it's going to be a lot of work, but I sleep mostly during production."


Lance Steel will mark the directorial debut of Fearmakers producer Justin Soponis. "I'm not nervous at all about directing my first film," says Soponis. "But just to be sure I've ordered my own personal honeywagon (aka movie set toilet) to be near me at all times."

Lance Steel: the prequel will premiere at the Horrorfind Weekend Sept. 25-27.

Scotchworthy Calendar

The talented and demented gang over at Scotchworthy Productions did the practical effects on our film DISMAL. Not content to slave over hot guts all day, they have created a 2010 Scotchworthy Girls calendar for your buying pleasure. Pick up their calendar and tell them what nice guys we are for sending you over.

Savage Cast Attending Premiere

There will be quite a few folks on hand for the premiere of Savage at the Horrorfind Weekend in September and we just got word that Martin Kove, Lisa Wilcox and Tony Becker will be coming all the way out from LA to join us that weekend. They will be sitting at our booth helping promote the film and joining us on stage for a little Q&A after the screening. We're thrilled to get to hang out with these fine folks one more time, and we're sure the thousands of horror fans that will be in attendance will appreciate them too.

Local News on Set with Lance

(LtoR Joe Stauffer (camera op) Chad Oliver (AC) Shane Callahan (as Det. Robeson) and Nate Panning(as Lance Steel) in a scene for the movie Lance Steel:Monster Hunter teaser. Courtesy Mike Spencer / Star News)
The Star News in Wilmington, NC printed a story about indie filmmaking with the Red One camera and peeked their heads on our set of the Lance Steel teaser. It's a nice little piece with many quotes from Fearmaker Justin Soponis and fellow colleagues like DP Shawn Lewallen (Dismal, Savage) and talks about the uses of the Red in comparison to Hollywood made features and indies from years ago.

When Fearmakers began, the idea of shooting on film was pretty much a dream. While several indie producers had found short cuts to shooting movies on film, it wasn't practical. When we set out to do our first feature, Death4Told, we chose to shoot standard definition digital. High def wasn't even common language at that time. By today's standards, everyone with a few grand can pick up a digital camera that shoots HD and Death4Told looks as antiquated as a B-movie sci-fi feature of the 50s. But as many filmmakers and critics say, a good, entertaining story will outlive the medium on which it was told. As the Red One becomes the norm and indie filmmakers become the first to shoot IMAX features on over-the-counter cameras, it's the story and entertainment of the movie that will set itself apart.

That said, we will try to shoot the latest technology whenever possible because it's just so freakin' cool!!!! You can read the Star News articles here.