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Since its first posting last Friday evening, we've totaled almost 600 plays. Thank you all for watching it, sharing it, and commenting on it.

Haven't seen it yet? Well, there's no time like the present.

WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC CONTENT. VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED.
The dead have risen ... and in one small, Midwestern town, the residents have learned to cope as best they can.

Meggie lost her husband, Quint, during the early days of the undead uprising. She now lives a life of quiet horror and desperation, for her mother-in-law will do anything to help the family adjust to this new world. Even the unspeakable ..
runtime: 50 min

"Abed," by two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Elizabeth Massie, was first published in 1992, within the pages of STILL DEAD: BOOK OF THE DEAD 2. Edited by John Skipp & Craig Spector, STILL DEAD was the sequel to their worldwide bestselling BOOK OF THE DEAD anthology. The BOOK OF THE DEAD series were collections of short stories set in the universe of George A. Romero's original zombie trilogy ("Night of the Living Dead," "Dawn of the Dead" & "Day of the Dead.")

"Abed" has been adapted for the screen by award-winning writer/director Ryan Lieske (CLEAN BREAK, DOWN TO SLEEP, REMOTION). "Abed" was produced by the late Bram Stoker Award-nominee Phillip Nutman, author of WET WORK and CITIES OF NIGHT. Nutman also co-wrote and co-produced the acclaimed film version of JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, and was a longtime contributor to FANGORIA magazine. Jenny Lasko, who worked with Lieske on the short film DOWN TO SLEEP, also produced.

The film stars Rachel Finan and Daniel E. Falicki. Finan is an actress, dancer and performer who regularly tours the country as part of the Super Happy Funtime Burlesque. Falicki is the director of the award-winning cult classic G.R.30k, along with AWAKEN THE DEVIL, AEON: THE LAST VAMPYRE, and many other films. And, making her film debut, is Vicki Deshaw-Fairman, in the role of Mama Randolph.

The film won Best Feature at the 2012 Buried Alive Horror Film Festival, the Gold Award for Best Picture at the 2013 Blue Water Film Festival, and the Radical Film Award at the 2012 Thriller! Chiller! Festival. It has played at several other festivals around the world.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ELIZABETH MASSIE AND HER WORK, PLEASE VISIT elizabethmassie.com

Ryan Lieske and Familiar Productions can be reached at
ryan@familiarproductions.com

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Retribution Interview

The Inteview  Here is a link for the radio blog interview for the movie Retribution.

Retribution Trailer

Retribution Trailer  As you know, I will be flying to Kentucky to act in a movie this summer! This is the official Trailer for the movie. Here is a publicity shot from the movie.

I am so excited for this opportunity to be in an actual speaking role! Oh, and I watched the trailer and it is so creepy and ominous. I can't wait to start filming!

Retribution

  This coming summer, I will be portraying a detective in a psychological thriller called Retribution that will be shooting in Louisville, Kentucky. It will be directed by Chase Dudley. Retribution

  I am so excited since this will be my first speaking role! Up until now, I've only ever been a background extra. Now I've got lines I need to learn and other actors to actually interact with instead of just running around in the background. I've even been growing my facial hair for the role. I'll keep you updated on release dates.

Chad Clark Book Release/Cover Reveal

Description:

Explore the confines of your imagination with this new collection from Chad A. Clark. A Shade for Every Season consists of over seventy tales, reaching into the horror and science fiction genres and beyond. The stories may be short, but the impact is not. Take a stroll through the dark and the macabre. Read of revenge, snatched back from beyond the grave, and monsters that will thrill and scare you. Travel into the furthest reaches and isolation of outer space. See what lies down inside the darkness, where sometimes doors are best left unopened. Experience the thrill of the narrative ­- in the time it takes to finish your morning coffee.

Release date: Friday, March 27, 2015

Bio:

Storytelling has always been one of Chad A. Clark’s passions. Every week, he puts pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and spins a new yarn, which is then published on his blog, The Baked Scribe. This book collects the entire first year’s worth of these stories. For more on Chad’s work, go to bakedscribe.net. This is his second book.

Photo of Chad by Clymer Photography

Find Chad:

Website: www.bakedscribe.net

Twitter: www.twitter.com/cclarkfiction

Facebook: www.facebook.com/cclarkfiction

Bad Elements - Blood For Blood

  I was recently asked to review a book that was written by my friend, Lynn Mullican. It is called Bad Elements - Blood For Blood. Pictured above is the first novel in the Bad Elements series, titled, Crystal Dragon. I have reprinted my review for Blood For Blood below for your benefit. Please look for it when it is released later this year. I think you'll love it as much as I did!

  This is a genuine pleasure to read no matter what genre you generally prefer. At times it reminded me of the '30 Days of Night' series by Steve Niles with the intricacy of vampiric story telling. Nevertheless, Lynn has also managed to balance that with a heartfelt story of a family, reminiscent of the 'Ender's Game' series by Orson Scott Card or Tobe Hooper's 'Poltergeist'. That makes the action all the more deeply impactful in that the characters are people and not just plot devices. There are elements of mystery as well with the shrouded past of the main character. I usually pride myself in being able to figure out the ending about halfway through. I must confess, with this story, I was not able to, but I had so much fun reading it that I didn't mind and when it finally came to light, I was very pleased. The surprise at the end gave me chills and made me want to read more!

Auteur

  I just watched a screener for this movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2300552/  It's a documentary of a film maker who was making a movie, then took it and disappeared. The documentary focuses on the mysterious circumstances surrounding his disappearance. He was filming a movie called 'Demonic'. The documentary interviews several of the people involved in the making of  'Demonic'. Among those interviewed are actor Tom Sizemore, and the assistant director, other actors and the producer.

  Eventually, the director is found. That is when the documentary takes a dark turn. Something happened on that set, but nobody seems to be willing to discuss it. Perhaps the documentarian should have left well enough alone. Maybe there's a good reason nobody wants to talk about it.

  My good friend, James Cullen Bressack was one of the writers of this movie. I recently got the chance to meet him in person at the Tucson Terrorfest: Horror Film Festival where he was screening his film, 'Pernicious'. That was an amazing movie, full of beautiful Thailand scenery. The horrific events depicted in it are based on actual Thai superstitions and folk lore.