Since it is Halloween and we've been hoping that Haunters will emerge from their graves, crypts, haunted houses, lairs, etc. to share their projects, we decided we'd give this a kick-start.
Years ago, while working at KNB EFX group, Brian Goerhing and Joe Giles began handing out DVD's to their co-workers of a Spook Show they had produced called "Spooky Time at the Wormwood Mortuary."
Utilizing purposefully crude effects, costumes and puppets, they created an out-of-control world with their friends that upon viewing, was beyond hilarious.
When you set out to produce something like this, whether you are cognoscente of it or not, you invent rules for your universe and the more outlandish, the bigger risk you take that the show won't work. Goerhing and Giles, joined by Steve Hartman, Lino Stavole, Joe Gomez and others pulled out all of the stops and went for it. The result works so well, you should see for yourself here:
I must admit, that when I saw it, I went a bit crazy with enthusiasm! Even with the audio problems, I could not have enjoyed their show more! I literally begged to be on their show in some capacity, I loved it so much.
What I discovered was that Spooky Time didn't have a "home" - it was a floating show. The guys just waiting until someone donated a space for them to shoot and then they would appear with their props, makeup and costumes and do the show. Had I had a bigger facility and if I hadn't been prepping for PHANTOM HARBOR, I probably would have suggested my garage.
In any case, the boys produced a few more episodes, but were having difficulty getting all of their personnel and resources together. I suggested that they come to PHANTOM HARBOR as guests and they jumped at the chance. Brian and Joe said that they were happy that someone else would think of the situations and dialogue and then take care of all of the editing and post work. They would just be able to kick back and have fun. And did we have fun!
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| The Spooky Time Guys visit PHANTOM HARBOR! |
Having the guys agree to come over, inspired our first true "Halloween Special" (okay, we've done two, we want to do more, but something always seems to prevent it now!). If you haven't seen it, watch it here:
Phantom Harbor Halloween Show from Shannon Shea on Vimeo.
We totally miss Brian and Joe (and now that Joe is a "star" from his experiences on THE WALKING DEAD, I don't think we'll be seeing Grimley back at the Harbor any time soon), we wish them continued luck and success, keep our fingers crossed for another Spooky Time episode. Check out their videos here:
Spooky Time Videos.
Until next time, I'll see you at the Harbor!
Shannon Shea
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