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June 27, 2023
This Way to Egress: Monster Performences

Director David Slade speaks with Monster Ron (Ezra Buzzington) over lunch during the filming of “This Way to Egress.”
Find the complete post at The 21st-Century Scop.
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This Way to Egress: Monster Performances
Director David Slade speaks with Monster Ron (Ezra Buzzington) over lunch during the filming of “This Way to Egress.”[This is the fifth in a series of posts on the filming of the “This Way to Egress” segment of Nightmare Cinema. The film is available for free on Freevee and Tubi or to rent or own on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu.]
Creating the monsters in “This Way to Egress” was a team effort. Starting with actors , , and , who imbued the creatures with e...
This Way to Egress: Monster Performences

Director David Slade speaks with Monster Ron (Ezra Buzzington) over lunch during the filming of “This Way to Egress.”
[This is the fifth in a series of posts on the filming of the “This Way to Egress” segment of Nightmare Cinema. The film is available for free on Freevee and Tubi or to rent or own on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu.]
Creating the monsters in “This Way to Egress” was a team effort. Starting with actors , , and , who imbued the creatures with emotion...
June 19, 2023
This Way to Egress: Toilet Nightmares

Ron the Janitor (Ezra Buzzington) in a scene from “This Way to Egress.”
Find the complete post at The 21st-Century Scop.
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This Way to Egress: Toilet Nightmares

Ron the Janitor (Ezra Buzzington) in a scene from “This Way to Egress.”
[This is the fourth in a series of posts on the filming of Nightmare Cinema’s “This Way to Egress.” The film is available to stream on Freevee and Tubi or to rent/own on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu.]
Seven years ago this month, the crew of “This Way to Egress” transformed the restroom of a downtown LA office building to create the scene depicted in the above photo. In this post, I’d like to share a few thoughts about that scene...
June 12, 2023
This Way to Egress: “Heft and Presence”

The cutaway prosthetic of Dr. Salvador’s head connected to a tank of pressurized blood. In the background, a production assistant works on a painted sphere that will hang behind the reception desk in the “Egress” waiting room.
Find the complete post at The 21st-Century Scop.
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This Way to Egress: “Heft and Presence”

The cutaway prosthetic of Dr. Salvador’s head connected to a tank of pressurized blood. In the background, a production assistant works on a painted sphere that will hang behind the reception desk in the “Egress” waiting room.
[This is the third in a series of posts on the shooting of Nightmare Cinema’s “This Way to Egress.” You can find the previous installments here and here. The film is available to stream on Freevee and Tubi or to rent/own on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu.]
In his essay “The Effe...
June 5, 2023
This Way to Egress: Grit

Director David Slade and Cinematographer Jo Willems inspect the opening shot of “This Way to Egress.
Read the complete post at The 21st-Century Scop.
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This Way to Egress: Grit

Director David Slade and Cinematographer Jo Willems inspect the opening shot of “This Way to Egress.”
[This is the second in a series of posts on the shooting of the “This Way to Egress” segment of Nightmare Cinema. You can find the first installment here. The film is available for free on Freevee and Tubi or to rent or own on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu.]
Filming “This Way to Egress” began six years ago this month in an office building in downtown LA.
Choosing a practical set was important to Di...
June 1, 2023
This Way to Egress: Looking Back
Which Way to Egress? Six years ago this month, a reversible sign points the way to a lot midway between the two main LA locations for Nightmare Cinema’s “This Way to Egress” … [read more at The 21st-Century Scop].
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