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6 July 2008


  • PEEKERS was chosen as one of eight films to represent A Night of Horror in their block which screened this past weekend at the Revelation Film Festival in Perth, Australia. A viewer wrote to say:

    Just saw your excellent short horror film PEEKERS. Congratulations on making such an awesome, unsettling, truly creepy film without shedding one drop of blood! I found myself genuinely frightened by the concept. Thanks for the nightmares I will undoubtedly have!!

    Thanks, Gavin!


    2 July 2008


  • PEEKERS has won first place in the short horror category at The Indie Gathering. The film will be screened Sunday, August 3, in Cleveland and is now in the running for Best Overall Short and Viewers' Choice awards. Thanks, Ray!


    30 June 2008


  • Saturday was my birthday and I spent part of it in Cleveland meeting with Larry ("SlingBlade") Meistrich of NEHST studios. Click the picture to visit their home page. Thanks, Larry and Greg!


    26 June 2008


  • I was at HorrorHound Weekend in Pittsburgh and had the chance to meet ChopTop himself: Bill Moseley! Here's the photo to prove it. Click the picture to visit his home page. Thanks, Bill and Greg!


    24 June 2008


  • PEEKERS has been submitted to another group of film festivals around the world. Terror Film Festival, in Philadelphia, is unique because they list all films submitted to their fest prior to making final selections. Check it out by clicking the banner above. And stay tuned to see where else PEEKERS might soon be playing. Thanks, Felix!


    25 May 2008


  • Speaking of IMDb, I've been invited to be one of the first filmmakers to showcase their work at IMDb Theaters a new initiative from the Internet Movie Database and Withoutabox, the film festival submission and promotion site. More details will be reported here as they emerge, but for now, click the image above to watch LOVECRAFT'S PILLOW at the IMDB theaters. Thanks to Withoutabox and IMDb!


    23 May 2008


  • Some more comments are trickling in from the screening at Dead By Dawn, Scotland's premiere horror film festival. I was especially pleased by a post over at IMDb (which you can read in its entirety by clicking the image above).

    "It's very low budget yes, but it affected my psyche a lot more than many of the ridiculously high budgeted shorts on display which I'll never think about again. This short really freaked me out! The idea is really simple but effective."

    Thanks, emobadger!


    4 May 2008


  • Dead By Dawn, Scotland's premiere horror film festival, has awarded PEEKERS third prize in its Cutting Edge short film competition which showcases emerging filmmakers. Thanks, Adele!


    30 April 2008


  • Josh Howard's DEAD@17: COMPENDIUM EDITION has hit bookshelves everywhere. DEAD@17: THE FAN FILM gets a nice two-page spread in the "FANS" section that closes the book. Thanks, Josh!


    29 April 2008


  • Word has been trickling in from some of the film festivals where PEEKERS has been playing. Dean Bertram, festival director at A NIGHT OF HORROR, said: "Peekers was very well received by the audience - lots of laughs and gasps in all the right places (and we had a great size audience that night - almost a full house.) A lot of folks were talking about (the) film after the screening - everyone seemed to love it - and I've even had a couple of emails from audience members who have signed off with 'Play with me!' Fantastic stuff!" Thanks, Dean!

    Here's a blog entry from the appearance at A NIGHT OF HORROR.

    Here's a blog entry from the appearance at DEAD BY DAWN.


    28 April 2008


  • Carter Smith attended the Edinboro Film Series and showed BUGCRUSH (which you can read all about by clicking the picture above), as well as behind the scenes footage and deleted scenes from his adaptation of Scott Smith's THE RUINS. Thanks to Carter, John and Greg!


    17 March 2008


  • PEEKERS has just been selected to screen at A NIGHT OF HORROR film festival in Sydney, Australia. I'm very pleased to be back at ANOH. Lovecraft's Pillow screened there last year. Thanks, Dean & Lisa!


    7 March 2008


  • PEEKERS has just been selected to screen at the White River Independent Film Festival in Vermont. This fest will be running the same weekend as Dead by Dawn in Scotland, April 25 - 27, 2008. Thanks, Steve!


    2 March 2008


  • After a successful showing at Nevermore Film Festival last weekend and the screening at Fantasporto tonight, word just arrived that PEEKERS received Honorable Mention in the Indie Short Films contest. Congrats to everyone involved.


    9 February 2008


  • Penn State Behrend and the Eerie Horror Film Festival to Sponsor Appearance by Filmmaker J.T. Petty and Screening of Controversial Film, "S&Man."

    Director J.T. Petty will be present for a screening of his controversial new film, "S&Man" at Penn State Behrend's REDC Conference Center on Monday, February 11th, at 8:00pm. "S&Man" (pronounced "Sandman") is a documentary which explores America's obsession with violence and sexuality in horror films. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the director, Dr. Eric Corty (PSU Psychology Department), Dr. Joshua Shaw (PSU Philosophy professor) and Mark Steensland (PSU Lecturer in Media Production and Eerie Horror Film Festival V.P.). The film has played at several prestigious film festivals, including South by Southwest and the Midnight Madness segment of the Toronto International Film Festival. The free event is sponsored by the University's Communication Department and the Eerie Horror Film Festival and is open the public. You must be 18 years or older to attend.


    6 February 2008

  • Work has begun on the next short film. This time, we've acquired the rights to adapt THE UGLY FILE, a short story by ED GORMAN. The script is complete and we are location scouting and casting right now. Check back often for more news to follow.


    20 JANUARY 2008


  • A Web site called "Emcena" has posted the 2008 provisional program for Fantasporto. PEEKERS will screen on Sunday March 2. We'll be in direct head-to-head competition with some of my favorite filmmakers, including Bill Plympton and Lars Von Trier! Don't know when the festival page will have the official schedule, but in the meantime, check it out by clicking the poster above.


    19 JANUARY 2008


  • NEVERMORE has posted its 2008 program page. PEEKERS will be playing in the shorts block called "666." Check out all the details by clicking the banner above. Thanks, Jim.


    9 JANUARY 2008


  • Shock Til You Drop has picked up the story about Beyond The Pale and my work with Tom Savini's new film program. Check it out by clicking the banner above to visit their site. Thanks, STYD.


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