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This is the recovered footage from our 1997 film RIPPED APART, the original VHS master is now un-recoverable as the tape was covered in mold and mildew and had been unused since 1997.

For the last few months we have been archiving all our VHS, VIDEO8 and VHS-C tapes to MINI DV as a way to preserve our old master tapes, which we have found out that some of them no-longer work, with some tapes full of drop out, the master tape for our first zombie film Ripped Apart was one of them, we did manage to recover a one and half minutes of footage from the tape but even that is unwatchable, the original master tapes have been recoded over when we film the Nightmare of the Living Dead (AKA: Bishop Rock Zombie – Filming title) so the only master tape of the original edit is gone and unrecoverable, but the film did have a video release in 1997 on the Home Production video label, we have been unable to contact the owner of Home Productions via his address or via the Internet as they may have closed down or running under a new name, the videos supplied by Home Production had been sold via mail order and magazine ads so it may be impossible to find a copy to reproduce.

Just a quick blog update, in a few weeks time we are about to film a new short THE WOODS,  a slasher as you can guess from the films title, the film is set in the woods and with a mad man killing off campers near a campsite, tho this short is more about acting than gore and blood, we looking hard at group of actors from which to pick the main cast, so we will be posting more about this soon.

I’ve been approached by a number of actors in my feature films for a snippet of their scenes to be used in their resume reels, It helps me to remember that my cast and crew are the real investors in my projects, I realize how much I owe them not just credits and meals, but the little extra work and a few blank DVD’s seems like a small cost, we like to accommodate them if possible.

We hung out at some creepy cemetery all night and mildly desecrated some graves, with hardcore zombie bloodlust, or 2 litters of fake blood, as we where making our story movie, it became evident that one of our actors was going to need to be replaced for a few reasons, over the group discussion we found a replacement, i hope, But i don’t know how to deal with being around the one person who i replaced, because he will be around while shooting because he still wants to be part of the movie, It’s all really awkward, it’s not like we don’t like that guy.

I’m back after a bit of a prolonged absence due to personal issues, will be trying to make a bit more of an effort to regularly update here, so keep checking back to see what’s new, we are still casting for our next zombie movie DEFCON we had many CV’s from mandy.com to look through, so we will be email the lucky actors soon, we also have a new design for our .co.uk website which will go live soon, we are also updating parts of this website in the weeks to come with new content, photographs and videos, so please keep checking back.

We set up a twitter account last year or so, I can’t really remember why i set up the account in the first place, I never posted anything on the account, but I will be posting even I have time too, maybe I can find something to post every now and then, but if not I will try and updated on filming and post-production stuff.

Still working on the new digitalnasties co dot uk site, i hope to have it open by December this year, if i find the time that is, as me and bob are helping with a small action/drama film being make in Sunderland, so that also pushing back The Graveyard of Death Part II a few months and the DVD release Maniac & Maniac 2, also we had to shop the filming on my new Zombie movie DEFCON as i lost my job a few weeks ago and downturn in both the US and UK economy it was best to stop filming till the worst economic crisis in 60 years is over or i find funding from the National Lottery Film Fund but if i did that i would have to replace the zombies with 145th remake of pride and prejudice.

We are casting for a new feature film to be shot later next year, titled INSANE
KILLER to be shot in Tyne and Wear, North Tyneside area in Summer 2009,
INSANE KILLER is an Slasher horror project, similar to the Camp Blood Trilogy, but
without a lot of the clichés common in the Slasher genre, The story deals with
the horror elements of lust and gore violence.

We would prefer local actors from the Tyne and Wear area for most roles, since
we can’t pay for travel/lodging due to budget limitations, The actors selected
for the roles of INSANE KILLER, Tim, and the victims will be required to wear
heavy effects make-up in some scenes, as there is a lot of blood/gore involved.
Also, some physical agility on the part of the victims would be nice, Victims must
be able to project somesort Terror, Some parts involve brief, partial nudity, but
here will be no full frontal shots.

The producer/director on the project is Jonathon Ash (“The Graveyard of Death,
Zombie Graveyard, Zombie Ferox, Poetry of the Dead, Evel Cat”).

Payment is negotiable for key roles, and partially deferred, but that could change
as our financing situation changes, Check back for updates. We generally work on
a very limited budget, We will be shooting digital. Mostly weekend work, over a few
weeks, Resume and headshot to info (at) digitalnasties (dot) com

We are casting for:

* Police Officers – Mid-30′s Plus, Extra/Background work, Some dialog.
* The Killer – Tall over 6 feet, No dialog.
* Chastity – Female 18 + Tim’s boyfriend, full dialog, No nudity.
* Tim – Male 18+ Chastity girlfriend, full dialog, No nudity.
* Kimberly Female 18 + Nered’s boyfriend full dialog, No nudity.
* Nered Male 18 + Kimberly girlfriend full dialog, No nudity.
* Victim 1, Female 20 + Some dialog.
* Victim 2, Male 20 + Some dialog.
* Victim 3 Female 18 + Some dialog, Victim. Simulated sexual situation and minor nudity.
* Victim 4 male 18 + Some dialog.
* Victim 5 male 55 +, Some dialog.

For most of this week i been test the Defcon footage and film look to see what best matches the footage we have filmed so far, looking at the stuff we filmed so far i say we have about 30 minutes of footage so far.

Next week i will be rewriting the some of the script to allow for better budgeting as it is important to go over budget, as filming on this film is taking longer than planned.

The DEFCON inproduction page:

http://www.digitalnasties.com/inproduction/defcon.html