Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor
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Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor is a 2000 independent comedy film produced by the Hale Manor Collective, a trio of Connecticut
filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour
. The film parodies action/adventure flicks by following the mystical loner Thrill Kill Jack (played by Guerrette) in his search for a stolen magic gun within the booby-trapped mansion of a master criminal (played by Seymour).
According to Seymour in an interview published in the online magazine PulpLit, the film was shot “over a year’s period on weekends. Consequently the film’s scenery turns from summer to winter to spring all within about 80 minutes. The film only cost about $700 to make. We shot it on a Hi-8 that we had and did the editing on a crappy PC. The real cost of the film was video tape and renting a Beta deck to make our masters on.” The film played in festivals, gaining a Merit Award at the B-Movie Film Festival
, and it was featured on Independent Film Channel’s “Split Screen” when that show covered the 2000 Fangoria horror convention.
Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor was released on DVD in 2006.
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
filmmakers consisting of Mike Aransky, Phil Guerrette and Thomas Edward Seymour
Thomas Edward Seymour
Thomas Edward Seymour is an American filmmaker, composer, singer-songwriter and actor.Thomas Edward Seymour is considered one of the Top Twenty Contemporary Underground Filmmakers in the U.S., according to the book The History of Independent Cinema This "Top Underground" status has been echoed...
. The film parodies action/adventure flicks by following the mystical loner Thrill Kill Jack (played by Guerrette) in his search for a stolen magic gun within the booby-trapped mansion of a master criminal (played by Seymour).
According to Seymour in an interview published in the online magazine PulpLit, the film was shot “over a year’s period on weekends. Consequently the film’s scenery turns from summer to winter to spring all within about 80 minutes. The film only cost about $700 to make. We shot it on a Hi-8 that we had and did the editing on a crappy PC. The real cost of the film was video tape and renting a Beta deck to make our masters on.” The film played in festivals, gaining a Merit Award at the B-Movie Film Festival
B-Movie Film Festival
The B-Movie Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Syracuse, United States.The festival was founded in 1999 by local filmmaker Ron Bonk to promote the art of B-movie making. It was canceled in its third year due to the effects of September 11 attacks...
, and it was featured on Independent Film Channel’s “Split Screen” when that show covered the 2000 Fangoria horror convention.
Thrill Kill Jack in Hale Manor was released on DVD in 2006.
External links
- Film Threat review: http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=1881