Would you like to see TASTE THE BLOOD OF FRANKENSTEIN?

The folks at the James River Filmmaker's Forum have invited Eric Miller to come and be on their panel! Each filmmaker will have an opportunity to show their their work. So Eric Miller will be showing TASTE THE BLOOD OF FRANKENSTEIN!

Sunday, Feb 7th 7:30p to 9:30p at Balliceaux 203 N. Lombardy St., Richmond, VA, 23220.

$3.00 at the door.


MARK OF THE DAMNED is going to air on Cinema Insomnia on October 24th, 30th and 31st!



Mr. Lobo, the host of Cinema Insomnia, has announced MARK OF THE DAMNED will be the Halloween show this year! He Will be showing it in 2 installments. The second one he will show twice! The first one will be airing on October 24th and 30th. Part 2 will air on October 31st!

So tell your friends! And remember Cinema Insomnia is on every Saturday at Midnight east coast on AMGtv and on the Cinema Insomnia website with live chat. Just go to the Cinema Insomnia to check it out.



MARK OF THE DAMNED is going to be on Creature Feature!

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Count Gore De Vol the host of Creature Feature, seen here with Forest Ackerman, had this to say about MARK OF THE DAMNED:

" I plan on running "Mark of the Damned" beginning Oct. 24 and ending Nov. 7. So, it will be my Halloween treat for the viewers!"

Count Gore De Vol is the subject of a documentary titled Every Other Day Is Halloween. The documentary fallows his incredible career as a local TV multiple personality on channel 20 out of Washington DC and Internet horror host pioneer!

Eric meets Mr. Bradbury

Comic Con 2009
Comic Con 2009

Comic Con 2009.

Rick Spears and I had just finished checking out Artists alley and I was on my way to a panel on Buck Rogers when Rick calls me and says something like "Ray Bradbury is behind you."

So I double back and there he is! The small crowds around him aren’t exactly a line. Who goes next for an autograph or a photo isn't clear and there is allot of jostling. I wait long enough to get very nervous. Finally it's my turn and I hunker down next to his weal chair. I find Mr. Bradbury's in a great mood. It might have had something to do with the young lady who had her photo taken with him before me that he was reluctant to let go of.

I give Mr. Bradbury a copy of MARK OF THE DAMNED. He takes a second and looks at the case then gives the thing a great big kiss! After that we shake hands and he tells me how grateful he is for the gift and that he will watch it!

I was totally stunned for the rest of the day. Can't wait till next year.


A cinematic experience with Mr. Lobo

On the set of Taste The Blood of Frankenstein In July Mr. Lobo came back east to help us finish Taste The Blood of Frankenstein with a Rod Serling style intro but one thing led to another and we ended up with two new scenes. This movie is a monster.


TASTE THE BLOOD OF FRANKENSTEIN Production stills slide show!



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Click here to see a slide show of production stills for the new movie we are now in production of titled TASTE THE BLOOD OF FRANKENSTEIN. It's a story about Igor and his master Victor Frankenstein, Dr. Quatermass's new brain, and Rev. Mather's fear...


MARK OF THE DAMNED trailer


WELCOME TO THE AMPLIFIED WORLD

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Greetings, my friend. The following portion of this blog is a collection of weird stories about the unknown, the mysterious and the unexplainable. Stories beyond truth. Stories about the Amplified World. They may shock you. They may disturb you. We believe that is why you are here.

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DEFPOTEC

The DEFPOTEC INSTITUTE was established in the early part of the 20th century as a mail-order magicians’ school, where correspondents could send in a few dollars and receive how-to instructional booklets on magic tricks. Once a year the students were invited to an enormous Hotel where they would attend lectures, perform tricks, unveil new illusions, etc. all according to their level of skill. Among the notable guests the students could meet was the professor himself: Bill Schloss, THE INSCRUTABLE DEFPOTEC.

Schloss started his career as a close-up magician and eventually had an act of his own with the full complement of assistants and technicians. Though his show was good, there was nothing to distinguish it. At this point Schoss and company disappeared. A year later a new show was making headlines with an act that had patrons running, screaming with terror, out of packed theaters!
Schloss had retuned as THE INSCRUTABLE DEFPOTEC! The papers said that while in the jungles of Central America, he was visited by the specter of the high priest DEFPOTEC, and by giving his body over to the spirit's will, he could conjure things no man had ever dreamed! On stage, Schloss would set the crowd agog by conjuring wondrous nightmare images awash with gallons of blood. Off stage, Schloss made it clear that his show was an illusion. Its semblance of reality was due his superlative skill as a prestidigitator and showman.

Schloss felt that the distinction was necessary. At the time when stage magic was at its peak, there was a division between magicians. On one side there were those who employed the traditional tools of misdirection, and on the other were a newer breed that employed alchemical automation, creating acts that were no illusion. What you saw was real.

Schloss was a proponent of discipline and presence of mind. He advocated skill for the performance of illusions, a practice that in turn made for a stronger mind and body. He was an ardent opponent of alchemical automation, for he believed the price that would in time be paid was too high.

Schloss stated once that, “A show that gives the impression of danger is fine. But what an audience gets when these fools go fishing in the “deep end” are things no one is supposed to see. Ever!”

The situation on the stage reflect a debate which was ongoing in the world at large.
Society for some time had become dependent on the aid of alchemical automation, for instance, the use of automaton calculating machines. These devices instantly performed the equations that for an aligned human mind to perform would have taken lifetimes of singular attention.

Alchemical automation ranged from domestic products such as windows, and floors which cleaned themselves, to meals that cooked themselves. As for industry, lighter-than-air transparent super metals and fuel-less furnaces were enormously beneficial.

In the arena of stage magic, this practice was employed to create unbelievable shows, and since it kept theaters full, any outcry from traditional magicians was ignored.

At the end of WWI the world knew the cost of their unlimited lifestyle. A vampiric storm let loose by a saturation of alchemical super weapons barely left the human race alive on this planet and few of the survivors were still in the mood to see a magic show. In spite of all this, the DEFPOTEC INSTITUTE did not close. Unable to perform his act publicly, Schloss lived quietly, sending out the magic trick pamphlets and doing private engagements.

Over time it became evident to the observant that this planet was becoming alien. For a human to deal with the new situations in this changing world, a cultivation of oneself became increasingly perceived as an appropriate course of action.

Schloss was approached by a concerned party who invited him to set up the DEFPOTEC INSTITUTE as a physical entity where techniques useful in this modern age could be made available for those of solid character.
Now it is agreed by many that the DEFPOTEC INSTITUTE’S “MAGICIAN STYLE” is very strong, and is welcome in many places. Those who would do harm fear the “MAGICIAN STYLE”.

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