Hide and Creep news.

You can now order a Hide and Creep DVD from Walmart.com.

And you can watch the whole movie for free (and legally) at YouTube.


I've updated the Hide and Creep home page with links to both sites.

Rosemary Stretch.

For any of you Baltimore readers out there...

John Walker of Hide and Creep fame (he played "Agent F") will be performing with his band, Rosemary Stretch, at Dangerously Delicious Pies tomorrow night.


I haven't had the opportunity to see Rosemary Stretch live, but I dig the heck out of their recorded stuff. Break a leg, John!

Blood and sand.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand is looking to be Gladiator via 300, with a little Deadwood pay-cable profanity thrown in for good measure. The show recently premiered on Starz, and the first episode is already available to watch instantly on Netflix. Netflix, starting at only $8.99 per month, is one of the best entertainment deals out there. (Plus, they stream Hide and Creep!)


When you add Netflix to all the free programming available online these days (like Hulu and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim), I'm wondering if I should drop DishNetwork and just watch all my TV via the interwebs.

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Speaking of watching TV via the interwebs: XBMC.

Andrew and I briefly discuss (one of) the Asylum's problems.

Also... tambourine sticks!

New Hide page.

In honor of the new Hide and Creep Special Edition DVD (in stores now!), I put together a new home page for the Hide website.


Thanks to Kevin Powell for hooking me up with the fonts and awesome background texture.

PPV, baby!

Courtesy of Mr. Eric McGinty, proof that Hide and Creep is, indeed, available on Charter pay-per-view:


Rawk!

How I learned to stop worrying and love the dual-layer.

I am relieved to be watching the new Hide and Creep "special edition" DVD. It doesn't "street" till October 6 (pre-order it from Amazon!), but I paid the replicator to run me a few advance copies, which arrived Wednesday.


I say "relieved" because this Hide and Creep disc is the most complex I've ever authored (multiple video files, audio tracks, ROM content), and it's my first attempt at dual-layer authoring, so I really couldn't be 100% sure the DVD worked properly until I tested one of the 1,000 copies the replicator made. If I had screwed up badly, that would be a lot of coasters.

I won't go into a lot of detail on the whole dual-layer thing at the moment. The short version: while the extra layer almost doubles the amount of content you can fit on a DVD, it throws a few kinks into the authoring process. Luckily, I found a few online articles about the process (particularly in regards to Apple's DVD Studio Pro software) that pointed me in the right direction. When I get some time (ha), I hope to do a detailed post about dual-layer authoring, just in case my limited experience might be of use to another DVD author out there.

Only other news at the moment is the impending Interplanetary screening at Sidewalk, but I still don't have a specific date/time/venue for that yet. And the super-awesome Lisa Mason interviewed me Tuesday for the 106.9 FM "The Eagle" website -- I'll let you know when that interview is available for listening.

Price gouging.

WTF.

Nine copies of the Asylum Hide and Creep DVD are for sale at Amazon.com for more than $100 each.

This means either...

1. Hide and Creep is a true cult classic and has a bigger following than I realize; or
2. Some greedy seller arbitrarily decided to mark up his copy of Hide to an absurd price, and some other greedy sellers followed suit.

I'm thinking "2" is the correct answer.

Director's cut.

Chuck stopped by one night last week to record some commentary tracks for four of our short movies. Those shorts and commentaries will be on the upcoming Hide and Creep DVD. After taking care of business, we were watching some of the original 1977 version of Star Wars and talking about how the "special edition" version didn't even seem like the same movie.

I mention this because, while revisiting Hide and Creep, I was tempted to "fix" a few things. But I resisted. If there's one person out there who really likes the original version of Hide (and I like to think there is), I'd hate to take out or alter some particular bit that said person is fond of.

Well, okay, I did change one title card. But that was to correct an error, and I assume no one gets too attached to the content of title cards.

Speaking of Hide and Creep, I finished up the DVD authoring around 3 a.m. this morning. After I get some discs back from the replicator and confirm that everything works, I'll post a complete list of specs. Thanks again to Kevin Powell and Los Angeles Design Studios and Advertising for taking care of menu design and cover art, respectively. And thanks to Ces and John White for their contributions to the new disc.

In other news...

Steve "Alien Redrum" Pattee posted his review of Interplanetary at HorrorTalk.com.


Steve gives the movie a 4.5 on the 5 scale and says the movie was "well worth the wait." Given the wait, I'd say that's high praise, indeed.

I tell ya, if we can find a distributor who likes Interplanetary as much as the critics, we're going to be in good shape.

And my good pal Andrew Bellware's latest flick, Alien Uprising, has been picked up by Blockbuster Video. Congrats, Andrew! I rented a copy tonight at the Blockbuster over on Green Springs.

Sidewalk, etc.

It's official. Interplanetary will screen at the 2009 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. It will be good to screen a feature in the ol' hometown again (it's been almost five years since Hide And Creep premiered at Sidewalk '04).



Speaking of Hide And Creep, the new DVD (the "special edition") isn't coming out 'til October, but I have to get the new master/artwork/etc. sent off on Monday. So I'm a little under-the-gun.

I'm doing my best to put some cool bonus material together for the new Hide disc. So far, I have good-to-high-quality versions of the four "classic" Crewless short movies, a never-before-heard commentary track with random (and drunken) crewmembers, a remastered version of the trailer, and some DVD-ROM content (including screenplays, a press kit, and the barely-released soundtrack album [as MP3s]). And Kyle, Michael, and Chuck stopped by tonight to record a new actor commentary track.

I'll post the full list of extras and specs after I get the master done and in the mail.

Even the menu screens are going to be awesome on this thing, as they're being created by Kevin Powell. Kevin is a superstar designer and has worked on several big-time DVD releases (including the recent Weinstein picture Fanboys and the first season CSI DVDs).

Hide And Creep street date and cover art.

Hide And Creep Special Edition DVD cover art, courtesy of Los Angeles Design Studios and Advertising. Click it for a closer look...


And that new DVD is available for pre-order at Amazon.com!

It is a glorious day.

...rising from the grave.

I've been getting things together for the new Hide And Creep DVD release (looking like early October at this point). Last night, I cleaned up the trailer (originally cut by Mr. Adam Wingard).


More Hide And Creep news soon...