It’s been quite some time since we last made mention of Lee Demarbre’s horror movie within a horror movie called SMASH CUT. The flick sounds like it has some major potential, so I was pleased to see today that a brand new, lovely poster for it had popped up. Just take a glance up top. How can you go wrong with an image like that? I don’t even have to break it down. The sight just screams “sexy horror film”. Once you take in the lengthy synopsis, you’ll further understand why the poster is perfect:
Able Whitman is a trouble filmmaker losing his mind in an extraordinary way. After his latest “serious” film is met with gales of laughter, Able decides to drown his sorrows at a local strip club–where he meets dancer GIGI SPOT. Minutes later, he’s convinced the honey dripping sex-pot to star in his next project. Minutes after that, he’s killed her in a drunk driving accident.
Needing to dispose of the body, Able stumbles upon the one place nobody would notice a corpse…spread around the set of his new horror film. When the response to this new footage is praised for its realism, the guilt ridden Able has a complete mental breakdown. Believing he has finally discovered the key to making a great horror film, the director quickly discovers that one human body doesn’t yield a lot of parts, and if he wants to finish, he’s going to have to keep on killing.
Meanwhile, Gigi’s sister April hires the city’s most celebrated private detective, Isaac Beaumonde, to investigate Gigi’s disappearance. But when the simple missing person investigation turns into a string of stomach turning murders, Isaac realizes he’s found the case of a lifetime. With Beaumonde hot on his heels, his sanity unspooling and his collaborators dropping like flies, will Able have the time, focus and resources to complete his magnum opus, or will he simply fade to black?
Pretty nuts, right? It may even be worth taking a trip up to Canda in 2009 which is where and when SMASH CUT will first be released. The flick stars David Hess (as Able), pornstar Sasha Grey (as April, below), and genre favorites Michael Berryman, Ray Sager, and Herschell Gordon Lewis.