In the world of Diy movies, it’s quite a feat just to complete one, but to have a successful film? That’s a rarity. Writer/Director Drew Rosas has recreated a neat 80′s styled slasher in Blood Junkie (official site here) on the smallest of budgets, and came out with a winner. Rosas chats thoroughly to Killer Film about the film and how he did it himself.
Jon: From your short film Plastic Fangs to Blood Junkie, it was about 5 years. Talk about getting Blood Junkie going through this time period.
Drew Rosas: Plastic Fangs was my senior thesis project for film school at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. I shot on 16mm and had access to a giant array of support and equipment with the Uwm film department. After graduation I went straight into working in the local film industry as a Pa and eventually moved...
Jon: From your short film Plastic Fangs to Blood Junkie, it was about 5 years. Talk about getting Blood Junkie going through this time period.
Drew Rosas: Plastic Fangs was my senior thesis project for film school at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. I shot on 16mm and had access to a giant array of support and equipment with the Uwm film department. After graduation I went straight into working in the local film industry as a Pa and eventually moved...
- 6/9/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Blood Junkie A 1980's styled horror-comedy that will take you on a trip down memory lane... and right into harms's way!
From Troma Entertainment comes Blood Junkie (aka Rocky Trails), a hyper-hipster 1980s horror comedy about a group of teenagers that discover a mysterious abandoned building where bad things happen. Directed by Drew Rosas (aka Andrew Rosas), Blood Junkie will be making its way to DVD on May 10th.
Shot in Wisconsin for $6000, Blood Junkie is a refreshing new vision in Diy independent horror film making. If the trailer is any indication, Blood Junkie full captures the spirit of the 80's, of the grindhouse, of the slasher genre and even gives us a little creature feature in the mix - all in one package!
Special features included on the DVD:
-Introduction by Debbie Rochon and Lloyd Kaufman
-Commentary by drector Drew Rosas
-Delated scenes
-Slideshow
-Plastic Fangs: A...
From Troma Entertainment comes Blood Junkie (aka Rocky Trails), a hyper-hipster 1980s horror comedy about a group of teenagers that discover a mysterious abandoned building where bad things happen. Directed by Drew Rosas (aka Andrew Rosas), Blood Junkie will be making its way to DVD on May 10th.
Shot in Wisconsin for $6000, Blood Junkie is a refreshing new vision in Diy independent horror film making. If the trailer is any indication, Blood Junkie full captures the spirit of the 80's, of the grindhouse, of the slasher genre and even gives us a little creature feature in the mix - all in one package!
Special features included on the DVD:
-Introduction by Debbie Rochon and Lloyd Kaufman
-Commentary by drector Drew Rosas
-Delated scenes
-Slideshow
-Plastic Fangs: A...
- 4/11/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
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