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Space Zombies: 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem! is a feature film shot on digital video that pays homage to B-Movies of the 50s, 60s and 70s – in particular the films of Edward D. Wood Jr. Though unintentional, the idiosyncrasies, errors and basic ‘bad’ filmmaking that go into these ‘terrible’ but endearing and highly enjoyable films, has created a style and a cult following. It was my desire to delve deeper into this style and accidental technique through the making of a parody film that emulates B-Movies down to the last detail, but within a modern context, as if created today. The result is a hilarious film study, both entertaining and enlightening. There is a definite art to creating something ‘bad’, particularly if you are doing it on purpose!
Space Zombies: 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem! is the culmination of a trilogy of short films: Space Zombies: Terror from the Sky!, Space Zombies II: Monsters Unleashed, Unabridged and Unplugged! and Space Zombies III: The Incredible Duel-Headed Cat Freak! The feature aired on SPACE: The Imagination Station and Drive-In Classics in Canada between 2004 and 2007. The first episode appeared separately on SPACE, Drive-In Classics, and SCREAM between 2003 and 2006.
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SYNOPSIS:
Even the sanest and kindest of men goes mad. But what is it that drives him to insanity? What you are about to see are the images of the circumstances under which one man, veterinarian Dr. Vic McNaughton, goes horribly, horribly and irretrievably mad…is it the aliens seeking human brains for snacks? Zombies seeking to switch their brains with the brains of cats? Monster toad-beasts? Starfish mutations? Dr. Vic and his staff experience all of these adventures, but it is the Space Zombies’ experiments switching the thought essences of Dr. Vic’s wife Betsy and his beloved cat Ju-Jube that eventually push him over the edge. His solution is obvious – his wife and darling pet must be combined, but first he must test his theories out on some other unsuspecting humans and cats. What results is a truly terrifying travesty – a duel-headed cat freak that defies his master and tears out on a frightening rampage. It is only this cataclysmic event, along with the prodding of Vic’s staff and his friends, including the very Space Zombies who helped him create the two-headed creature in the first place, that Vic finally snaps out of his maniacal trance and begins to see the light. Only when things are put right again – when minds and bodies are matched, does Dr. Vic’s world simmer to a sane temperature again.
Completed August 2004. Shot on location in Toronto. Currently available on iTunes under “Horror”…Licensed to SPACE: The Imagination Station and Drive-In Classics (2004 – 2007) and distributed by Hiltz-Squared Media. First aired January 8, 2005. Screened at the Bloor Cinema September 2004 and at the University of Toronto Film Festival in March 2005.
CAST:
A Man of Great Importance: Jason Reilly
Dr. Vic McNaughton: Kevin Risk
Betsy, the Secretary: Kelsey Matheson
The Client: Kim Croscup
The Client’s Cat: Ripley Steeves
Mrs. Smith: Andrea Lyons
Mrs. Smith’s Cat, Boo-Boo: Prea L. Macaulay
Guy on the Porch: Jeff Eason
Bill, the Vet Technician: Dave Krstin
The Mourner: Sandra Krstin
The Zombie Lord: Conor McCreery
Inspector Gidget: Angelo Stellato
The Cop: Dave Krstin
Zombie Boy: Darcy Windover
Zombie Girl: Regan Macaulay
Ju-Jube: Frodo B. Macaulay
‘New’ Inspector Gidget: Albert Masters
Monster Toad Beast: Trevor Risk
Mutant Starfish: A Hunk of Claymation
Lance Serious: Rob Downes
Taco, the Weird Cat: Taco Steeves
Other Clinic Cats: Hunter Berg, Mr. Jones
On-Looker #1: Kim Croscup
On-Looker #2: Kyle McKeown
On-Looker #3: Renata Rampersaud
Phil, the Cameraman: Johnny Vong
The Mayor: Clinton Cyril Somerton
The Living Alien: Erin Gooderham
Small Crowd: Heather Boulton, Loreena Lewis, William Lyons, Johnny Ngo
Restaurant Diner #1: Heather Boulton
Restaurant Diner #2: William Lyons
Inspector Gross: Chris Gibbs
Boolashacka: Kyle McKeown
Cat Freak #1: Kim Croscup
Cat Freak #2: John Gaylord
Kidnapped Cats: Mr. Jones, Crackers Miskevich
Boolashacka’s Cat Head: Horatio
Zombie Tech Lab Crowd: Ray Acheson, Abbey Beauchamp, Cydney Beauchamp, Kelley Beauchamp, Maureen Bell, Martina Diezi, Natalya Kalinina, Loreena Lewis, Kearston Lyon, Nick Martin, Cindy Milling, Johnny Ngo, Paul Phillips, Rebecca Powell, Tania Ramirez, Renata Rampersaud, Eileen Roth, Judy Shin, Amy Smithers, Jenny Tang, Sonya Taccone, Athena Taccone-De Castro, Isaac Taccone-De Castro, Adam Vet, Bailey Waite, Emily Weindorfer
VOICE-OVERS:
Narrator: Jason Reilly
Radio Ads/Ju-Jube: Kevin Risk
Lance Serious: Rob Downes
Boo-Boo: Johnny Vong
Taco: Regan Macaulay
CREW:
Director/Producer: Regan Macaulay
Executive Producer: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Writers: Regan W. H. Macaulay and Kevin Risk
Associate Producer: Christopher Cordell
Director of Photography: Kevin Risk
Camera Operator: Johnny Vong
1st Assistant Director: Christopher Cordell
2nd Assistant Director: Helen Vong
Assistant Location Manager: Maureen Bell
2nd Unit Director: Christopher Cordell
Boom Operators: David Alexander, Kelsey Matheson
2nd Unit Camera Operators: Christopher Cordell, Conor McCreery
Driver: Kelsey Matheson
Wardrobe: Maureen Bell, Malabar
Make-up: Kelsey Matheson, Regan Macaulay
Puppet Construction: Kevin Risk, Regan Macaulay
Steadicam Construction: Kevin Risk
Properties: Maureen Bell, Regan Macaulay, Kevin Risk, Angelo Stellato
Continuity: Frodo B. Macaulay
Animal Wrangler: Prea L. Macaulay
Picture Editor: Regan Macaulay
Sound Designer/Editor: Kevin Risk
Composer: Regan Macaulay
Animator/FX: Kevin Risk
Website Design: Dave Krstin, Johnny Vong
Website Maintenance: Johnny Vong
Poster Design: Johnny Vong
Songs: The Heard Mentality
Insurance: Unionville Insurance
The Souped-Up Space Zombies Ship
The Giant Toad-beast, on set
The Giant Starfish puppet
Boolashacka’s second head – an animatronic puppet
