Okauchee Filmmaker’s Horror Films surprise
Here’s a shout-out to 19-year-old Joseph Trione, the Okauchee born filmmaker who recently released his third horror film on his website.
We watched “The Old Country Inn” and “Blood on the Glass Slipper” today. We don’t recommend you watch them with kids within earshot. But, hey, it’s horror. And if dropping the F-bomb makes a linguistic case for horror, we’re all for it. While the films we typically watch are a little more cerebral, we’re extremely pleased that the home-brew horror makers of today still make films the caliber of those we were making 15 years ago.
The films are homages to Quintin Terentino-style homages to the “exploitation” films of the 1970’s. What that basically means is that they used the “age and decay” filter on the films. And punch up the brighness on yoru non-apple displays. That’s all I’m sayin.
Anyway, we congratulate the Okauchee native! Call us, we’ll happily talk with you about how Creative Commons licensing can help your films get the attention they deserve.
July 7th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
I watched “Bullets and Mascara” and while I liked the story, I did find the poor cinematography a bit distracting. Still, a good effort to be sure.
Oh, I was also concerned about the music which was used, I assume without permission, which could hurt these young filmmakers in future ventures.
July 8th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Ok, I also watched “Blood on the Glass Slipper” and it was better, and then “The Old Country Inn” and was pleasantly surprised by the progression in quality with each one.
July 27th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Agreed, the unlicensed music in these films prevents them from really growing beyond the niche in which they currently exist. As soon as films like these start to garner attention, they’ll quickly be shut down as money and exposure makers by the license holders. Whether that is in the license holder’s best interest is a conversation, although important, best held outside the venue of a beloved ultra-local suburban blog.