Domain of the Damned accepted into Gulf Coast Film Festival
August 14, 2008
We are excited to announce that Domain of the Damned has been accepted into the Gulf Coast Film Festival, and will be screening September 21st at 2:10PM. Day passes for film screenings are $10, weekend passes are $15.
The Gulf Coast Film Festival
Powell Arena Theatre - Slocomb Fine Arts Bldg San Jacinto College - Central Campus
8060 Spencer Highway
Pasadena, Texas 77505
Box Office (281)-476-1828
Website: gulfcoastfilmfest.com Directions on MapQuest
Stacy Davidson featured in Fangoria Magazine
August 6, 2008
Stacy Davidson was featured in the May, 2008 issue of Fangoria Magazine! The enormous six-page spread also featured "southern-fried" horror filmmakers Mel House, Marcus Koch, Joe Davison and Gerald Nott. The feature covers five movies all involving Stacy Davidson, inlcuding Domain of the Damned (written and directed), Sweatshop (co-written and directed), Closet Space and 100 Tears (visual effects), and includes a sidebar story on The Fleshkeeper (cinematographer).
Check out the upcoming HorrorMovieFans.Com Radio show featuring Domain of the Damned / Sweatshop director Stacy Davidson with fellow Texas writer/directors Mel House (Closet Space, Walking Distance) and Josh Vargas (Sway). If you're looking for a great community of cool, friendly, old-school horror fans to chat with, you can't go wrong with the forums over at HorrorMovieFans.Com!
Catch the live online radio show April 27th @ 9pm Central Time (that's 10pm Eastern). There will be a call-in number to chat live. The direct URL for the radio show is BlogTalkRadio.Com/HmfRadio. See you online!
While most well adjusted people have been stuffing themselves with turkey and putting up their Christmas trees, I've been hard at work with the Odyssee Pictures crew shooting a new splatter movie to utterly horrify the world (and by "the world", I mean the important part of the world--the horror fanatics) sometime next year. SWEATSHOP is based on a Ted Geoghegan (Nikos, Barricade, Fearmakers) script. I co-wrote and directed, and served as cinematographer. Laura Bryant is the producer, with Mel House (Witchcraft 13, Closet Space) co-producing.
The film stars Domain of the Damned alumni Ashley Kay, Naika Malveaux, Krystal "Vampirita" Freeman, and Brent D. Himes who also appeared in Mr. Hell. Joining them are Melanie Donihoo (Closet Space, Sway), Peyton Wetzel (Closet Space, The Flesh Keeper), Danielle Jones (Closet Space), jazz singer Julin (Spirit Camp), and newcomer Vincent Guerrara.
Of course, you can't make a horror omelet without breaking some skulls, so filling the shoes of the maniacal, bloodthirsty murderer known only as "The Beast" is Jeremy Sumrall, who many horror convention goers may know as proprietor of the horror merchandise boutique Necrobilia.
Odyssee Pictures has just launched a brand new online store where you can grab all sorts of nifty swag, including shirts of all types and colors (including black!) with various combinations of the Amulet and full color Domain of the Damned poster designs!
We also have several posters and prints, buttons, magnets, mousepads, and lots of other cool stuff with more to come, so check it out! [ more ]
Domain of the Damned (A.K.A "Necrophobia"-original working title) is a drive-in style horror feature that delivers everything from creeping phantoms in the night and a demented giallo slasher, to a horde of undead carnival freaks and supernatural demons from the world of the dead.
Cast and crew will be on hand for the world premiere of Domain of the Damned, including writer/director Stacy Davidson and star Jude Hickey. The black carpet event will be held on March 21 2007, at the historic River Oaks Cinema, at 2009 West Gray in Houston, Texas. [ more ]
Praises for Domain of the Damned's Morgan McCarthy
January 19, 2007
The Houston Press has just written a raving review for Morgan McCarthy's (Domain of the Damned, Closet Space, The Fleshkeeper) stage performance in Bell, Book and Candle.
"Casting directors take note: There's a new face in town (new to us, anyway), and it belongs to one of the most strikingly original actors we've seen in a long time -- Morgan McCarthy, now setting the stage afire at Country Playhouse as the enchantingly sexy witch Gillian in John Van Druten's 1950 romantic comedy. Young McCarthy, fresh out of the University of St. Thomas, needs no potions nor spells to bewitch, bother and bewilder; she performs her theatrical magic without tricks and so totally inhabits her character, it's difficult to tell where her prodigious powers might lead."
You can see the show currently at the Country Playhouse through February 3rd.
Looks like I missed one more great news story, this time showing off some really demented effects work on Upstart Filmworks' Closet Space at Bloody-Disgusting.Com! Just to be clear, we're not talkin' Visual Odyssee CG work here, this is an example of the good ol' fashioned practical effects from Oddtopsy FX. Mel has allowed me into his Fort Knox-like editing room a few times for shot turn-over sessions, showing me quite a bit of the movie in the process, and I can assure you that you ain't seen nothin' yet. We're only now beginning to work on the CG shots, and the guys at Oddtopsy have really set our bar high if we're to match their quality... not to mention their unnerving level of utter depravity.
If you have a copy of Fangoria #258 (the Saw III issue) handy, flip it open to the Terror Teletype (page 26) and you'll see a great mention of Odyssee Pictures:
Real terrors beset a roadside "haunted house" in [Domain of the Damned] (A.K.A. "Necrophobia"), writer/director Stacy Davidson's homage to both silent films and extreme 80's terror.
The story then segways into another great mention for Texas filmmaker Mel House, who has also been all over the web lately with his Lovecraftian nightmare Closet Space. See the breaking Fangoria story with some fantastic gore shots (and believe me folks, this is just the tip of the iceberg in this flick!) here, and a follow up story with the new illustrated poster here!. The articles also mention Domain of the Damned (A.K.A. "Necrophobia") and Stacy Davidson, who served as lighting director and visual effects supervisor.
Dread Central also posted a great story on the poster, along with some very kind words. Read it here!
Domain of the Damned (A.K.A. "Necrophobia") has been featured on Fangoria.Com! Managing Editor Michael Gingold gave us a fantastic write-up, with lots of juicy new details about the film and exclusive, never before seen photos which you can only see at Fangoria! Check it out... [ more ]
Texas horror triple threat
August 26, 2006
Texas studios Odyssee Pictures and Upstart Filmworks (Closet Space) have joined forces with Nott Entertainment (The Quick and the Undead) to film Gerald Nott's next vision of pure terror in Texas. Although the title is still under wraps, we can tell you that it will feature Gerald Nott as writer/director, Odyssee's Stacy Davidson as cinematographer, and Upstart's Mel House as production manager & 2nd unit director. The movie will be shot in HD, and filming is set to begin in September.
According to Stacy: This is one f&@%ed up flick. After I read the script, I had to take a shower. It's sick, it's demented, I think Gerald should be locked up for writing it, and I can't wait to help him put it on screen.
Horror-Web has given us a mention in their news section, reposted from Horror-Fanatics who reported news of the site re-launch and updated their info page on the movie. I've been following these guys from the beginning, and it's been an awesome ride. They started out as a really popular horror page on MySpace, and through the strength of their fan base, grew into a website of their own. Very cool! [ more ]
We got a mention in the esplatter news. What's interesting is that the headline actually sounds as if "Necrophobia" is Kevin Smith's new horror film, which has been all over the news for the past day or two. Check it out... [ more ]
This is as cool as it gets, folks. The fine people who are hard at work planning the next Texas Frightmare Weekend are looking for your help! They want your suggestions for guests and events that you would like to see next time around, and have posted a podcast where you can get a peak at the planning in process. TCM just started last February and is already the largest Texas horror convention, and one of the best I have ever been to! If you call, be sure to tell them you'd like to see Odyssee Pictures back with Domain of the Damned guests! [ more ]
Come check out the first action-packed episode of the new hit show that's taking Prague (along with several small villages in the British Virgin Islands) by storm... The Making of Domain of the Damned (A.K.A. "Necrophobia")! This series will follow my adventures, and mis-adventures, as well as the tireless efforts of my cast and crew, on the long road to completing my first feature horror film Domain of the Damned. [ more ]
Witty hip-hop artist and quasi-diva impregnator K-Fed put it best when he said "y'all aint ready!" Indeed, the first annual Texas Frightmare weekend exploded onto the scene with huge horror personalities, tons of memorabilia, brand new visions of terror running constantly in the screening room, and two metal shows to top it off! Guests and venders included Odyssee Pictures with Domain of the Damned (A.K.A. "Necrophobia"), Upstart Films with Witchcraft 13, Nott Entertainment with The Quick and the Undead, Sid and Ma Haig, Bill Mosely, Irwin Keyes, Debbie Rochon, Tom Savini, Joe Bob Briggs, Lloyd Kaufman & Troma Films, The Horror Channel, and believe me this list could go on and on and on. [ more ]
Odyssee Pictures launches a shiny new website with enough features to choke a camel! Don't be jealous!
August 1, 2006
OK, it's probably breathtakingly obvious, but we like stating the obvious around here, so... check it out! We've just setup a whole new website to give us a place to display our various works, announce all sorts of news about our current and future endeavors, provide ample promotional materials to the press, communicate with movie fans all over the world, and give you a place to waste hours upon hours of your valuable time. Rejoice!
