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3 babes join Slaughter

Nov. 8, 2007by: Mike Sampson

Say what you will about the SAW franchise (and I certainly have said some thing), I love it because it jumpstarted the career of Shawnee Smith. I love that girl. I mean, she and I go back to SUMMER SCHOOL. It's good to have her recognized as one of the new "scream queens" of the modern era (though I'm not necessarily sure that moniker applies). Now she's joining two other horror babes for SLAUGHTER. Smith, Erica Leerhsen (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and AnnaLynne McCord (DAY OF THE DEAD) will star in the film for director Victor Garcia. Sadly the film is not about Mark Slaughter and his 80s pretty boy hair band, but about three actresses who are unknowingly cast in a Japanese snuff film. So VACANCY meets HOSTEL. The script for the film comes from the winners of the 2007 Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition, which proves the point that those contests sometimes are good for something. The submission deadline for this year's contest is November 21st, check it out and maybe I'll be talking about you next year. Filming on SLAUGHTER will begin in January.

Extra Tidbit: Garcia recently directed THE RETURN TO HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL.
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10:47PM on 11/08/2007
Is it sad that I've seen Return to House on Haunted Hill?

Though the movie wasn't as atrocious as most straight-to-dvd movies are and while following the cliched genre storylines to a T, it's still better than some of the theatrical releases I've seen this year [link].
Is it sad that I've seen Return to House on Haunted Hill?

Though the movie wasn't as atrocious as most straight-to-dvd movies are and while following the cliched genre storylines to a T, it's still better than some of the theatrical releases I've seen this year [link].
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7:58PM on 11/08/2007
So if those contests are worthless, and you don't know anyone in the industry... what hope do you have? What steps can you take?
I'm sorry, but as an aussie writer who knows NO ONE in hollywood, winning a competition and getting a script made would be a dream. I wouldn't care if I made zero bank from it. At least it'd be a start, a foot in the door. Right?
So if those contests are worthless, and you don't know anyone in the industry... what hope do you have? What steps can you take?
I'm sorry, but as an aussie writer who knows NO ONE in hollywood, winning a competition and getting a script made would be a dream. I wouldn't care if I made zero bank from it. At least it'd be a start, a foot in the door. Right?
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4:12PM on 11/08/2007
I remember Shawneee from Becket.... :P


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I remember Shawneee from Becket.... :P


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9:21AM on 11/08/2007

CONTESTS

As anyone who works in the business can tell you, 99 times out of a 100 those contests are pretty worthless. The only people who read contest winners are desperate/sleazy managers and copyroom boys looking for something to promote them out to an assistant desk.
As anyone who works in the business can tell you, 99 times out of a 100 those contests are pretty worthless. The only people who read contest winners are desperate/sleazy managers and copyroom boys looking for something to promote them out to an assistant desk.
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9:19AM on 11/08/2007

DON'T DO IT!!

Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition is a the easiest way to lose out on profits from your script. This is an attempt to sucker some poor, hard working writer into parting with a script for nothing! The rights and benefits you lose by submitting are incredible. If your script is that good, bring it to a major studio and contact a lawyer. Don't be a fool!
Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition is a the easiest way to lose out on profits from your script. This is an attempt to sucker some poor, hard working writer into parting with a script for nothing! The rights and benefits you lose by submitting are incredible. If your script is that good, bring it to a major studio and contact a lawyer. Don't be a fool!
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