The Talisman project update
Back in December of FEARNet wrote a five-page script called The Talisman and released it to indie horror filmmakers. Only asking that the dialogue and key plot elements remain the same, he gave directors full discretion and creative room to develop the script into their own individual vision, with the intention of putting a website together to host them in September. Kind of a miniature horror film festival, if you will, to celebrate the fruits of this project.
Now a lot of these films are beginning to come together. The first to be brought to my attention is from Edwin Pagan, filmmaker and founder-in-chief of Latin Horror.com. I've been given a chance to get a little dirt on the upcoming movie.
Details about the film are coming along, including talk of a surprise ending. Which, from what I've heard, is going to be worth the cost of admission. The official synopsis is out now, and as the tagline suggests, there will be hell to pay:
A nomadic drifter is contracted by a hideous creature to deliver a sacred item – The Talisman – to an abandoned warehouse where he encounters an eternal, evil force that reveals his fateful destiny.
The film stars Ross Beshear, Adele Maria Bolet and Paul Bosche. Produced by Leonardo Rodriguez (director of Zombie Rocker), The Talisman features special effects makeup by Meagan Hester and puppets created by renowned animator Carl Paolino of MTV's Celebrity Death Match fame. Edwin Pagan performed two roles in the project, both as the director and cinematographer, after finding himself hooked by the script and the theme of the work. The script "also struck a chord with him for how open it was in terms of visual interpretation and symbolic metaphor," and dealing with themes of fate of an individual as result of immoral action, was influenced by Dante's Inferno in terms of set, costumes and makeup design.
Sound good? Good. It begins its film festival tour later on this year. You can find more info on The Talisman at Facebook and IMDB.
