Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Incredibly Slow Murderer YouTube Controversy

Yesterday, as I was compiling the AFI Dallas Int'l FF Horror roster, I was lucky enough to stumble across a YouTube posting of Richard Gale's short horror/comedy film The Incredibly Slow Murderer with the Extrememly Inefficient Weapon. The silly, albeit, hilarious horror spoof was well-made, clever, and a pleasure to watch.

Well, I'm glad I saw it, because it has been unsummarily yanked from YT.

According to Gale's website, "THE HORRIBLY SLOW MURDERER WITH THE EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT WEAPON was posted on You Tube without permission and was removed. It is playing exclusively in Film Festivals for the next few months (see schedule below), and will be officially released on YouTube and elsewhere a few months from now. If you have any questions or would like more info, please click the Contact link above. Thank You!"

Bummer for those of you who can't travel to any of the film festivals to check it out!

Speaking of film festivals, Gale's short film will be everywhere this spring. Check out the following showcases:

March 26-April 2 - AFI Dallas Film Festival
http://www.afidallas.com/

Mar 26-Apr 6 - Philadelphia Cinefest
http://www.phillyfests.com/

Mar 27-Apr 5 - Florida Film Festival
http://www.floridafilmfestival.com/

Apr 2-Apr 9 - Phoenix Film Festival
http://www.phoenixfilmfestival.com/

Apr 16-23 - Nashville Film Festival
http://www.nashvillefilmfestival.org/

Apr 17-26 - Salem Film Festival
http://www.salemfilmfestival.com/

Apr 22-28 - Independent Film Festival of Boston
http://www.iffboston.org/

Apr 23-30 - Newport Beach Film Festival
http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/

Apr 23-30 - Athens International Film + Video Festival
http://www.athensfest.org/

Apr 30-May 3 - Dead By Dawn Horror Film Festival– Edinburgh, Scotland
http://www.deadbydawn.co.uk/

May 14-17 - Big Island Film Festival - Hawaii
http://www.bigislandfilmfestival.com/

Jun 16-21 - CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival – Toronto
http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com/

July 16- Aug 3 - Fantasia Film Festival – Montreal
http://www.fantasiafestival.com/

Be sure to support Richard Gale and his latest short film as well as all of the other horror filmmakers at all of the film festivals.

2 comments:

Randy said...

My favorite genre is horror since the most profound of human heart. Since I have memory I have always been attracted bye horror movies. A friend of mine gave me one on my birthday party and I think it is Texas chain saw massacre. The actress who acts there has nice body, she makes me feel hot Generic Viagra

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