Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriquez, George A. Romero, Todd Michael Smith, Shawn C. Phillips, Josh Lynch, Ben Bostaph, David Cronenberg, Don cascarelli, John Carpenter, list goes on...
Macabre Medicine is an independent horror film directed by Will Hartman and starring Ben Bostaph. The film is a nod to the old 70's Grindhouse horror/exploitation. Drawing a lot of inspiration from Quintin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez's Grindhouse films as well as many films from the 60's 70's and 80's, Macabre Medicine is a fun gore fest for all the gore hounds with enough blood and guts to give any horror fans goregasms.
Synopsis : When wanna be doctor Heywood West (Ben Bostaph) becomes the new kid in town, people start to get suspicious by his odd behavior; disgusting stenches coming from his house, people turning up missing, and red stains on his lab coat... you could see why.
Heywood befriends a fellow anatomy student Jeff Sarris (Will Hartman) and at the same time turns Jeff's life upside down. After witnessing Heywood commit a murder, it's up to Jeff to either turn in his new best friend or drown himself in Denial, while in the mean time Heywood continues writing prescriptions... FOR PAIN!
Co- Starring Josh Lynch, Adam Clifton, Carrie Mullen, Shawn Phillips, MJ Kelley, Rich Airey, and Todd Michael Smith as Andrew Sarris. Macabre Medicine is filled with laughs, gore, and enough continuity errors to make you question yourself.
WARNING!!!! : This film was made with a lot of intentional mistakes to bring back that good ole' exploitation film feel. The movie itself shouldn't be taken seriously. Some people will see this movie and not understand it without reading this, a disclaimer will also be on the DVD to inform people about the film. If you are expecting a Hollywood movie, sorry this isn't it. This was very independently done with a very very low budget. This film is filled with intentional mistakes such as; continuity errors, bad editing, bad sound, bad direction, horrible dialogue and story, sub par acting... if that... joking that acting is actually fairly good.
An exploitation film is something that was done with a low budget and had to rely on adding things to the movie that you couldn't normally see in a Hollywood movie back in the 70's and even before the 70's. Exploitation films date back to the 30's. So they normally added a lot of sex, gore, and mindless violence to the film to help it sell. The films were usually rushed and made quick and sloppy to get the movie out. Because they usually had an X or NC 17 rating and didn't have money to advertise, the films weren't shown at local movie theaters, but at movie theaters known as Grindhouses. Also, due to there only being a few reels of the film made, and those reels being shipped from Grindhouse to Grindhouse, While accumulating some major wear and tear. This caused grain, cigarette burns and scratches on the film.
If you are interested in learning more about exploitation films, you can check out the most unreliable source for information out there -- Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_film
But don't take my word for it.
Macabre Medicine is full of laughs, gore, and scares.
Macabre Medicine Trailer is Up! Please let me know what you think, and I hope you are looking forward to this movie, as much as I am looking forward to getting it done!
Enjoy.
Will
Ampliamos el plazo de entrega! Por motivos ajenos a la organización, nos vemos obligados a retrasar las proyecciones a enero (dia por confirmar) el plazo de entrega permanecerá abierto hasta el 30 de Noviembre. Envía 2 copias de tu corto en formato dvd junto con un dossier a: Cine de alcantarilla APTDO. 1524 C.P. 03205 Elche (Alicante) España Contacto: cinedealcantarilla@hotmail.com o www.myspace.com/cinedealcantarilla
Keep on sending your short films!For reasons beyond our control, our horror short film contest is delayed until next January. The deadline is extended to November 30, 2009.Send two copies of your short film on dvd and a little info about the short and yourself to: Cine de alcantarilla APTDO. 1524 C.P. 03205 Elche (Alicante) Spain For more info: cinedealcantarilla@hotmail.com or www.myspace.com/cinedealcantarilla
YA ESTA ABIERTO EL PLAZO DE ENTREGA!!! Envía 2 copias de tu corto en DVD antes del 30 de septiembre. Adjunta un pequeño dossier con información adicional. Los cortos deberan estar relacionados con el Fantástico, Gore o Terror. Los seleccionados se proyectarán en la segunda muestra de Cine de Alcantarilla, en el mes de noviembre (dia por confirmar) Aptdo. Correos 1524 c.p.03205 Elche(Alicante) ESPAÑA SI TIENES E-MAILS DE DIRECTORES, BLOG, WEB O FANZINE O ALGUN TIPO DE CONTACTO DONDE PUEDAS PUBLICAR ESTE EVENTO O FACILITARNOSLO, SE AGRADECERA ETERNAMENTE. CONTACTO: CINEDEALCANTARILLA@HOTMAIL.COM WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CINEDEALCANTARILLA
Enter our"Cine de Alcantarilla" contest! You only have to send 2 copies of your short film on dvd and a little info about the short and yourself before September 30th. The shorts must be horror or sci-fi related. The selected ones will be shown in the next "Muestra de cine de Alcantarilla" in november 2009. If you have any info about horror fanzines, webs or blogs to make us known, It would be nice of you to let us know. For postal submissions: Aptdo. Correos 1524 c.p.03205 Elche(Alicante) SPAIN For further info go to our website www.myspace.com/cinedealcantarilla or write us to cinedealcantarilla@hotmail.com
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I've listened to Adam's Macabre Medicine theme about ten times now. It still makes me feel anxious like something bad is going to happen to me. It's great.
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