DRY BONES and THE LEGEND OF SIX FINGERS Double Feature World Premiere Reaction
On Thursday, September 26th, Michael O'Hear, Sam Qualiana and I held the Double Feature World Premiere of Dry Bones and The Legend of Six Fingers at the Dipson Market Arcade Film and Arts Center in downtown Buffalo. I lost my voice by 4 pm, and was sick for several days after, so I'm only getting around to writing about it now.
Both films looked, sounded, and played well on a big screen, even though I now realize MAFAC has inferior projection to the Amherst, where we premiered Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast last year. I premiered Slime City Massacre at MAFAC, and the theater was half full due to a snowstorm. We ran Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival there last year with great expectations, and in fact the location doomed us. On the night of this premiere, the auditorium was only one third full. I don't take it personally, it's Buffalo. We could have gone to the Amherst, where we're holding Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival this year, but it's more expensive, and we could have gone to the Screening Room, which would have been cheaper, but the Screening Room seats fewer people. Decisions, decisions.
In any case, the audience reaction to both films was excellent. People laughed, people screamed, people may have even cried (we have tearful scenes in each film). I'm grateful to the people who showed up, because this is where the release for each film began. As the primary director of Dry Bones, I was pleased that every performance in the film was well received, and the music and all of the technical components came together beautifully. I'm thrilled for those people who worked on the film and showed up that they got to see the film for the first time with an appreciative audience.
As the producer of The legend of Six Fingers, I took the greatest personal satisfaction in the area where I contributed the most, which was to the monster itself. I never doubted Craig Lindbergh's monster face appliance would work, but Sam and I were left on our own to come up with a costume for Sam's "swamp gorilla," and there was serious question as to how our suit would look on a big screen. It looked GREAT, and Tim O'Hearn, who endured the appliance, gloves, body suit, and over-suit in August heat did a fantastic job bringing the monster to life. Sam delivered the perfect finishing touch, which was the monster's growl.
I hereby publicly congratulate Sam and Michael, and everyone who contributed to each film, on jobs well done.
On Friday, October 11th, Dry Bones plays at 6:00 pm at PollyGrind film festival in Las Vegas, and The Legend of Six Fingers plays at the Screening Room at 9:30 pm. Six Fingers will play at the Screening Room on Saturday, October 12th as well. We are investigating the possible of a unique promotion that should make these screenings a lot of fun, and cast and crew will be on hand for a Q&A after the shows.
Dry Bones plays at the Screening Room the following dates/times:
Friday, Oct. 18th at 9:00 pm
Saturday, Oct. 19th at 9:00 pm
Sunday, Oct, 20th at 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd at 7:00 pm
Friday, Oct. 25th at 9:00 pm
Likewise, cast and crew will be on hand after each show to answer questions from the audience.
We are working on an additional double feature screening of both films to follow these theatrical dates, and it's possible they'll each screen at Buffalo Dreams if the schedule permits (we've received a staggering number of excellent films this year, and I believe Buffalo Dreams is poised to become the leading international film festival in the city).
If you do such things, please like Dry Bones on Facebook here -
https://www.facebook.com/drybonesmovie
- and The Legend of Six Fingers here -
https://www.facebook.com/SixFingersMovie
You can also help spread the word about Dry Bones Screening Room showings here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/631601776874081/
- and The Legend of Six Fingers' screenings here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1405146223046787/?ref=br_tf
Finally, Arick Szymecki has designed a great Dry Bones T-shirt, which can be yours for a mere $22 plus tax right here:
http://society6.com/BernhardtMorgue/Dry-Bones-debut-shirt-design_T-shirt?fb_action_ids=10202147142104932&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582#11=49&4=135
STAY DRY!
Both films looked, sounded, and played well on a big screen, even though I now realize MAFAC has inferior projection to the Amherst, where we premiered Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast last year. I premiered Slime City Massacre at MAFAC, and the theater was half full due to a snowstorm. We ran Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival there last year with great expectations, and in fact the location doomed us. On the night of this premiere, the auditorium was only one third full. I don't take it personally, it's Buffalo. We could have gone to the Amherst, where we're holding Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival this year, but it's more expensive, and we could have gone to the Screening Room, which would have been cheaper, but the Screening Room seats fewer people. Decisions, decisions.
In any case, the audience reaction to both films was excellent. People laughed, people screamed, people may have even cried (we have tearful scenes in each film). I'm grateful to the people who showed up, because this is where the release for each film began. As the primary director of Dry Bones, I was pleased that every performance in the film was well received, and the music and all of the technical components came together beautifully. I'm thrilled for those people who worked on the film and showed up that they got to see the film for the first time with an appreciative audience.
As the producer of The legend of Six Fingers, I took the greatest personal satisfaction in the area where I contributed the most, which was to the monster itself. I never doubted Craig Lindbergh's monster face appliance would work, but Sam and I were left on our own to come up with a costume for Sam's "swamp gorilla," and there was serious question as to how our suit would look on a big screen. It looked GREAT, and Tim O'Hearn, who endured the appliance, gloves, body suit, and over-suit in August heat did a fantastic job bringing the monster to life. Sam delivered the perfect finishing touch, which was the monster's growl.
I hereby publicly congratulate Sam and Michael, and everyone who contributed to each film, on jobs well done.
On Friday, October 11th, Dry Bones plays at 6:00 pm at PollyGrind film festival in Las Vegas, and The Legend of Six Fingers plays at the Screening Room at 9:30 pm. Six Fingers will play at the Screening Room on Saturday, October 12th as well. We are investigating the possible of a unique promotion that should make these screenings a lot of fun, and cast and crew will be on hand for a Q&A after the shows.
Dry Bones plays at the Screening Room the following dates/times:
Friday, Oct. 18th at 9:00 pm
Saturday, Oct. 19th at 9:00 pm
Sunday, Oct, 20th at 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd at 7:00 pm
Friday, Oct. 25th at 9:00 pm
Likewise, cast and crew will be on hand after each show to answer questions from the audience.
We are working on an additional double feature screening of both films to follow these theatrical dates, and it's possible they'll each screen at Buffalo Dreams if the schedule permits (we've received a staggering number of excellent films this year, and I believe Buffalo Dreams is poised to become the leading international film festival in the city).
If you do such things, please like Dry Bones on Facebook here -
https://www.facebook.com/drybonesmovie
- and The Legend of Six Fingers here -
https://www.facebook.com/SixFingersMovie
You can also help spread the word about Dry Bones Screening Room showings here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/631601776874081/
- and The Legend of Six Fingers' screenings here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1405146223046787/?ref=br_tf
Finally, Arick Szymecki has designed a great Dry Bones T-shirt, which can be yours for a mere $22 plus tax right here:
http://society6.com/BernhardtMorgue/Dry-Bones-debut-shirt-design_T-shirt?fb_action_ids=10202147142104932&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582#11=49&4=135
STAY DRY!
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