On Sunday, June 24 at 10pm Strange Stuff will screen their debut film, Death of the Dead, the way it was intended, in a bar full of rowdy, drunk people. Expect the frequent hoot and holler, obnoxious laughs and people yelling at the screen. THAT is Strange Stuff.

When we embarked on this journey to make Strange Stuff movies we didn’t want to make thought-provoking, high brow cinema. We want people to grab some buddies, a few cold ones and maybe even a hit from the bong (although our attorney said that is illegal behavior and we cannot condone illegal behavior, so we have to say “Don’t smoke pot, kids”). Once you are completely liquored up and having a good time, that is the moment when a Strange Stuff movie becomes the best thing you’ve ever seen.

So tomorrow will be the first test of a true Strange Stuff screening. The suds will flow and the atmosphere will be light. And hopefully Death of the Dead gets its fair share of laughs along with the taunts. But in the end everyone will buy another round and say it was a good time. And if you decide you must see a Strange Stuff movie we encourage you, no, we damn near demand that you get yourself your favorite alcoholic beverage, grab some friends who enjoy the ridiculous as much as you do, and have a good time. That is what we want. That is Strange Stuff.

Have you every thought, “I wonder what it would be like to get a Strange Stuff DVD for half price?” Well friends, think no more. We are doing something that, like, only one other person in the HISTORY of the UNIVERSE has ever done… offer a half off sale. Believe it!

All week long you can pick up Death of the Dead or our newest flick Attack of the Alien Jelly Monsters from the Depths of Uranus for half of the MSRP.

Be a part of the revolution and get your favorite movie today or buy a Strange Stuff movie instead, because once this “sale” craze catches on everyone will be doing it. Don’t be the only person in the HISTORY of the UNIVERSE to miss this special event.

Just go to our Facebook Fan Page and click on the “shop now” tab. Oh and it’s only for people who “like” our Facebook page so if you haven’t done that, you should.

Gruesome has been there since the days of Dismal and he always checks out the lastest work from Fearmakers/Strange Stuff. Last month he got to sit in on the premiere of Attack of the Alien Jelly Monsters from the Depths of Uranus and he gave it a little review. “If you want to watch a movie and laugh your ass off, this movie is definitely for you,” says Gruesome. We agree. Look at our ass, it’s completely off!

To listen to Gruesome’s 5 min review of the film click HERE.

World Premiere:

ATTACK OF THE JELLY MONSTERS
FROM THE DEPTHS OF URANUS

Horrorfind Weekend
Sept. 2-4, 2011
Gettysburg, PA

Assume the position at Horrorfind Weekend and prepare to be probed.  We will be at the event premiering our new movie.  You’ll want to swing by our table because it’ll be loaded with all kinds of goodies for purchase.  But will you respect us in the morning?

Fellow filmmaker, and friend of Strange Stuff Productions, Jason Collum has a new scream queen documentary coming out and he needs your help.

His previous doc, SOMETHING TO SCREAM ABOUT, is an excellent indie project exploring scream queens in the industry.

His new project, SCREAMING IN HIGH HEELS, is a more focused story about Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Michelle Bauer.  The project is essential done, but he just needs funds for lawyers fees, marketing materials, DVD pressing, etc.

Collum is offering cool incentives for contributors, plus he’s doing one of those deals where money is refunded if he doesn’t raise enough by a certain date.  You can even get your name in the film credits as a backer.

This project must be funded by July 6th, so make your decision TODAY!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1607148730/screaming-in-high-heels-rise-and-fall-of-the-screa

Okay, so before you get all excited like we did and think DotD is the next best thing since sliced brain, this list is from a viewer who posted it on IMDb.com. Anyone can make a list, even you, and rate whatever movie you want in the top whatever. BUT, it’s still pretty cool that someone has seen this movie and taken the time to put it in their list of favorite horror flicks for 2010. And if it is in order, the viewer lists DotD at #3! Wow!

So even if DotD isn’t on an “official” top 20 list, like say from AFI, it’s still awesome that a viewer thought that much of it to put it in their top 20 horror flicks for 2010.  Here is the COMPLETE LIST of movies in the viewers Top 20 if  you’re interested.

Have you seen Death of the Dead? Give it a rating on IMDb.com. Just click on this link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1604564/ and give it a star rating 1-10 (10s preferred). After a certain number of non biased ratings IMDb.com will post the average.

Gary King was interviewed in the latest entry from Things to do in L.A about his directing experience on Death of the Dead.

TTDILA: Cheese, cheese and more cheese the movies filled with it, was there anything you wished wasn’t so dirty, or were you holding back?

GK: We didn’t hold back on anything while shooting this film.  The best part of the entire shoot was giving a lot of freedom to the actors as I wanted them to take the jokes as far as they could go.  I would then see what worked best and we’d start to play around within those areas.  It was great to have some really talented performers and the freedom from the producers to riff from the script when time allowed.
In fact, I have to say that as far as dirty jokes, I probably had some of the filthier ideas (if they weren’t in the script already — Bo’s got a pretty sick mind!)….as sometimes as the camera was rolling a random idea would pop in my head and I’d ask the actors to do it.  Christina Rose (Wanda) and Jack Abele (Master Sensei) were great troopers and would do anything I asked.

Read the complete interview HERE. Thanks to Jonathan Bilski and Things to do in L.A. for their support of Death of the Dead.

You might be thinking that’s the title of our next Strange Stuff movie but, as clever as it sounds it’s, not. It’s not a movie… it’s reality! Yes, Strange Stuff producer / director and friend to mankind, Justin Soponis, is gonna be a father. Okay, okay, take a few deep breaths. Trust us, we’ve had time to contemplate this event and we’re here to help you through it too. You have questions. We have answers.

First, you might be asking who is the lucky lady who gets to have sex with our resident stud Justin? Well that would be his wife, Lauren. She has been having sex with him for several years now and, according to her, “it’s not as bad as you’d think.”

Next, you’re wondering what will their spawn look like? Lucky for us we have friends in high places who don’t give two shits about HIPAA violations and sent us a picture of their 4D ultrasound. So take a look for yourself.

so weird it already has its teeth and even stubble

And finally, the question everyone wants to know… what, pray tell, will they NAME the baby. Well that’s where we come in. We are going to hold a contest to NAME THE SPAWN OF SOPONIS! Starting today through May 21st we’ll be taking your special baby names, those cherished little monikers that will forever be attached to this precious angel the Soponis’ are about to bring into the world.  The winning name will actually be the baby’s name (so get creative)!!!!! And the winning fan will also receive a FREE DVD of Death of the Dead.

This can only take place on our Facebook fan page so “LIKE” us now if you already haven’t and get your names in. Winner will be announced by May 25th.

**NOTE** Strange Stuff and its members cannot guarantee we will convince Justin’s wife to actually accept the winning baby name and for fear of losing our testicles we won’t push the issue if she refuses.

Sometimes you get one of those reviews that get you scratching your head wondering if they liked it or they didn’t. Sounds like they liked it, but then again they could have easily hated it. Can’t tell. It’s like when you hear about someone talking shit behind your back but when you’re face to face they are your best friend and your can’t bring yourself to believe they talked all that smack about you. Let me introduce the review from Best-Horror-Movies.com.

The reviewer calls Death of the Dead “really bad”, which leads me to believe he hates it, right? Then he snaps back with “soon felt a strange magnetic attraction that rendered me powerless to look away.” So he’s into it? Still baffled. My conclusion is the writer was predetermined that this was another low budget zombie flick with bad everything that he’d seen a million times and he was forcing himself to watch it because we kept pestering him about it. But what he found was it is low budget indie like he expected but made in a way that he was stuck like glue to the end. Okay, maybe not, but what else do you want from me. I’m as confused as  you are.

What I DO know is we have to be the first film in history to get a 2 1/5 out of 5 review. *scratches head* At some point the reviewer said, “you know this movie is just below average, but it’s not completely awful, so let’s give it a 1/5th of a star rather than 1/2.” I suppose it could also be a typo.

Fun, confusing and mysterious are the words to describe this review but somehow we’re going to put a spin on it that it’s a positive one and a MUST read for all our followers. Check it out HERE then go scrub your eyes with bleach and get off that funky residue of “what did I just read”.