We’ve been on top of the short and bloody horror film, Massacre, since it was brought to our attention by its writer and star, Pandie Suicide (Ditch Day Massacre, David Lynch’s “Crazy Clown Time”). Shooting was completed last December, and now we’re thrilled to share with you the first round of behind-the-scenes photos that were so graciously shared with us! Pay attention though, there are some killer hard rock and heavy metal cameos that might interest you.
As we’ve mentioned before, Massacre (from Deathaus Films) is about a woman, Marianne James (Pandie Suicide), who wakes up at the site of a bloody mass murder… only she can’t remember what happened or how she got there. Scary thought, right?
Award-winning director Erik Boccio (Pussy Riot’s “Putin Lights Up the Fires” video/funnyordie.com director under the moniker “Weird Fellas”) helmed the Damian Lea-produced (Cemetery Gates) short. The hard rock and heavy metal cameos mentioned include London May (Samhain) and Billy Morrison (Billy Idol, The Cult) as the two male leads, as well as brief guest appearances by Jeordie White (Marilyn Manson) as a street detective, Rob Patterson (Korn, Filter, Otep) as a police officer, and Jeff Hilliard (The Good Life) as a criminal. Massacre also features an appearance from Katy Foley (Ditch Day Massacre).
The lead roles see quite a departure in looks and roles for some of the actors with heavily tattooed Pandie Suicide and Billy Morrison playing much more conservative-looking characters, and the former almost unrecognizable in blond locks. London May also has a bit of a change from his usual black and sometimes bloody get up in post-Misfits/pre-Danzig punk rock outfit Samhain as the hardened detective, but fear not, there will definitely be blood aplenty for the slasher fans in this bloody little flick.
The film was shot on the Epic Red Dragon camera by Director of Photography Evan Pesses (Pussy Riot “Putin Light Up the Fires”) and is currently being edited in New Zealand by Greg Daniels (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies). Massacre will be out a little later in 2015, but for now readers can check out some behind the scenes photos by on-set photographer Cris Jan Lim in the gallery above.
We’ll keep you posted as news and details emerge.
Rock Hard \m/
