Committed Gets 50,000th Hit!!!

That's right, believe it or not, only eight or so months after going live, Committed has logged its 50,000th hit. It went down about midnight this last Sunday, with the big hit itself coming from beautiful Los Angeles, California. Thanks, Angelinos!

So, a big, heartfelt and sincere thanks to everyone who's dropped by the last several months, especially those of you that have dropped by more than once, left comments, passed along information, et cetera. Without you guys, I'm just some dude in a basement with a weird hobby. With you guys, I'm some dude in a basement with a weird hobby and readership. That's a huge difference, believe me.

And of course, another reiteration of my undying affection for The Asylum is in order. Thanks for the scores of great movies, and thanks for the support. Go ahead and throw away the key, because you can count me forever-committed.

And yes, I both recognize and am delighted by the fact that the graph denoting my 50,000th hit looks like a Mega Shark fin skimming the surface. Another sign it was meant to be.

Viva la Asylum!

Details on A Haunting in Salem!

So...BIG news here (depending on how you define it): there are a few details now available for A Haunting in Salem, the destined-to-be horror classic from The Asylum. And they are, to say the least, surprising.

First off, the film will be directed by the great and powerful Shane Van Dyke, writer/director/star of Titanic II (also writer/director of Paranormal Entity, director of 6 Guns and writer of Transmorphers 2, Street Racer and The Day the Earth Stopped), for which you guys voted him last year's Looney Award for best script.

And speaking of scripts, this one's written by H. Perry Horton, a definite-newcomer and near-nobody whose only other notable work is this blog.


Yep, I wrote an Asylum movie. 

The synopsis, without giving too much away, is that a Sheriff and his family move into a house with a sketchy history in Salem, Massachusetts, one of the most notoriously paranormal cities in America. And that's all you get for now.



Furthermore, a male lead has been cast, and it's none other than the amazing Bill Oberst Jr., who was my absolute favorite part about Princess and the Pony. I think he's a great actor, and knowing the role - cuz, you know... - I think he's a perfect choice.



Needless to say, I think this has a chance at being the best Asylum film ever, if not the most awesome film in the history of the genre. But again, I am, as mentioned, biased as shit.


Production starts up real soon, and you can believe me as you have never been able to believe me before that as soon as any details on this one are made available, they'll be all over this blog. For sure.

inmate profile: AnnaMaria Demara

As the release date for the next Asylum film, 200MPH, is fast approaching us (no pun intended), I thought it time for the next smattering of inmate profiles, all aimed at the creative talent behind this street-racing epic. First up, quite possibly the hottest thing Canada has ever produced, AnnaMaria Demara:

Hailing from the fine and lovely metropolis of Toronto, AnnaMaria by the grace of god and fate made her way to sunny California where the entertainment industry - having eyes and ears with which to sense greatness - has begun to warmly embrace her. After working for a few years for TV shows like "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Deal or No Deal," "Nip/Tuck" and "Days of Our Lives," AnnaMaria has finally broken into films, and has several lead roles coming up in the course of the next year, including See How They Run with John Savage (Deer Hunter) and Havana Heat with Peta Wilson ("La Femme Nikita").

Ms. Demara in 200MPH

But the film we're here to talk about is 200MPH; in it AnnaMaria plays Claudia, the smokin'-hot love interest, I'm supposing, of the street-racing, heart-of-gold-bad-boy portrayed by Jaz Martin. I don't like to make crazy predictions (actually I do), but I'm having a "we-knew-her-when" moment here; given Ms. Demara's knock-em-dead, younger-Eva-Longoria looks, if she can act as well as she can pose, she's golden. And from what I've seen of her reel, she can act like crazy. Small surprise here, as The Asylum is typically right on when it comes to casting strong, sexy, smart female leads (Kim Little, Sarah Lieving, Erica Roby, Eliza Swenson, Kristen Quintrall etc. etc. etc.). 

Find out for sure Tuesday, April 26th, when 200MPH hits DVD, and here's hoping this is only the first of several films Ms. Demara will bestow upon we faithfully committed.


A list of where you can find Ms. Demara online:


website
vimeo (including 200MPH teaser and reels)
twitter

Final 200MPH Trailer Arrives

Just a quick note to say the official, final trailer of The Asylum's 200MPH  has arrived and can be viewed here.

The film hits DVD April 26th!

And Just Like That...Barely Legal Stills

Lisa Younger, Melissa Johnson, Jeneta St. Clair in Barely Legal

I've been following The Asylum for quite a while now, and I'm never any less impressed or surprised at just how quickly they work. Take Barely Legal for example. Two weeks ago, we didn't know it existed; then when we did, all we knew was that it was being written by Naomi Selfman; then, only yesterday they revealed the cast and crew for the film; now TODAY they're reporting that production has wrapped and they're presenting us with the first bevy of still, available here. 

From the looks of things, this is one lively, colorful and thankfully-pool-set comedy. And from the looks of the cast, only three words come to mind: homina homina homina. The streets of California, apparently, are paved with nubile hotties; god bless America.

Barely Legal - about three female lifelong BFFs determined to each lose their virginity for their 18th birthdays - drops on DVD this July 26th, and on The Asylum's post to these stills there's a bit of advice at the end that I'll reproduce here, though I'm not yet sure what it means:

"Get out the peanut butter and Saran wrap."

Done and done.

Barely Legal Details Revealed

Younger

You'll remember a couple weeks ago the news broke that The Asylum had another sex comedy in the pipeline, but at the time it was announced, all that was known of the film was that is was written by the uber-talented Naomi Selfman (#1 Cheerleader Camp, MSvC, MPvG). Well, now over at the film's webpage, further details have at last been revealed.

St. Clair

Barely Legal will be the directorial feature debut of Jose Montesinos, an editor on MSvC, and will star newcomers Jeneta St. Clair, Lisa Younger and Melissa Johnson as the trio of lifelong BFFs determined to lose their virginity together (not together, but, you know, in the same time frame).

Johnson?

Barely Legal hits DVD on July 26th of this year.

Lovely Ladies of the Asylum vol. 5

I'm not a fool, gentlemen. I know what brings you here, what lures you in, coaxes your hits, some of you at least. It isn't the snarky commentary, or the breaking news, the hard-hitting interviews or deep-digging profiles, no, it's not me at all, is it? I see the keywords from my Google hits, and I know a picture of a pretty lady brings in more readers than the phrase "observation notes." 

Not that I can blame you: The Asylum employs a score of attractive and - more importantly - capable, intelligent and talented actresses well worthy of your search engine adoration. So, to gives my readers something I know they want and would never ask for, I tastefully present a pictorial tribute to some of The Asylum's beautiful leading ladies. Enjoy.

Harmony Blossom


Mega Python vs Gatoroid
Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus
Titanic II
#1 Cheerleader Camp

Jennifer Dorogi

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Street Racer


Dragonquest

Rachel Riley

MILF

8213 Gacy House

Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus

Sara Tomko

Terminators

Journey to the Center of the Earth

2012 Doomsday

Sarah Hall

The Hitchhiker

Transmorphers

Dracula's Curse

When a Killer Calls

Sarah Agor
 
Sex Pot

#1 Cheerleader Camp

observation notes: Evil Eyes

This film marks a pair of big debuts: not only is it the first film directed by Mark Atkins (Battle of Los Angeles, Haunting of Winchester House, Halloween Night, etc.), it is also the first film written by Naomi Selfman (Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, #1 Cheerleader Camp, upcoming Barely Legal). And as debut go, on both accounts, Evil Eyes is a good showcase of two burgeoning talents destined for B-movie greatness.

When a screenwriter (Adam Baldwin, "Firefly") is hired by an ominous producer (Udo Kier, Andy Warhol's Dracula and Frankenstein, Suspiria, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective) to write a film about a real-life slaughtered family, things get fer-reaky when the grisly murders he scripts begin to happen in the real world. 

I was surprised to find this film much more cerebral than I expected. That's not a slam or anything, I just expected a high-octane relentless assault of gore and violence, and what I got was a suspensefully-paced intellectual thriller with supernatural undertones.

Adam Baldwin as the screenwriter was his usual gruff, gritty, and unapologetically-independent self. And just as this attitude made him a formidable space mercenary, it is also an appropriate balance of brashness and swagger for a big-time Hollywood screenwriter (I don't actually know any to verify this, but I trust what the movies tell me about the people who make them.).

As for Udo Kier, what can I say about this true cinematic treasure that hasn't been said a million times before? I don't know what it is - his creepiness, his charm, his thick accent, the copious amounts of turtlenecks he wears - but there's something about this guy that  have always liked; he's like a European Steve Buscemi. Here he inhabits the role of producer as militantly fragile, commanding but not in command, if that makes any sense whatsoever. He might be a little stiff in scenes, but his mere presence makes a scene foreboding, so, mission accomplished.

Rounding out the cast is a Ms. Jennifer Gates as AB's long-time GF. This was Ms. Gates first film as well (and in fact one of only two features she's been in), but she never came across as a rookie to me, holding her own in scenes with the more accomplished actors. She played the part as diligently doting but never docile; she was sweet, demure, dangerously devoted and overall endearing.

In a nutshell, then, I found this one to be an great concept - a kind of In The Mouth of Madness Asylum-style - that builds its suspense well, is always thrilling while not resorting to the cheap and easy scares, and is definitely a smarter-than-average-axe-murderer-movie. The film is subtle, restrained and savvy, in script and direction. Add some truly inventive kills and well-developed characters and the result is an above-average thriller. If it was my studio, I would have given Atkins and Selfman copious work as well; these two are true All-Stars.

What else can I say? Let's see...there are shades, in my opinion, of Lost Highway, to the point the word "Lynchian" is even in the script, and it totally works in this surreal, cerebral, non-linear-yet-frightening-cohesive film. 

There are hidden gems in the Asylum's catalog, and I fell as though I may have just discovered the brightest one.

Asylum Should-Stars #7

Here at Committed, I'm always looking for ways to prolong my love affair with Asylum blogging. I've done inmate profiles - spotlights on Asylum personnel - and I've done pitches - shameless attempts to get hired in marketing/development - but now, I'm melding the best of these features into one, amalgamated column: the awkwardly-named Asylum Should-Stars, in which I present actors/actresses/other cultural figures I think would make lovely additions to the Asylum's stable of performers. More mindless fun to wile away your workday! Let's dive right in, shall we?

Name:  Ryan Pinkston

Best Known For: FOX's short-lived "Quintuplets," Foreign Exchange, College, Extreme Movie

Plays: good-hearted smart-asses, street-smart pranksters, loveable losers who learn to triumph.

Could Be Cast As: the male lead in any sex comedy, obviously, but I think there's an untapped dramatic or at least action star in there somewhere. He's our Justin Long: his sarcasm and smarmy wit play well in comedies or as tension-breakers in more serious fare.

Name: Raven Symone


Best Known For: TV's cutest-ever sharkjumper, Olivia on "The Cosby Show," "That's So Raven" (which given the last Should-Stars, I've obviously seen more of than I should have) and "Cheetah Girls."


Plays: sassy, strong-willed, independent and simultaneously nurturing and kind-hearted heroines.


Could Be Cast As: Raven's another one I think would work great outside her typical context. Make her a seismologist or a volcanologist and watch the sparks fly.

Name: Misha Collins


Best Known For: Castiel on "Supernatural," Quantum Apocalypse, season on of "24"


Plays: the tortured-hero sort, the kind of brooding, introspective, driven and oddly athletic man the rest of us secretly resent.


Could Be Cast As: pick your leading role, Collins could fill it: he could be a doctor, a scientist, an average joe, a small-town sheriff, a corporate devil, a demon, you name it.

From the Asylum Library: Jules Verne

NEW COLUMN ALERT! Now and again, as is true of most motion picture studios, The Asylum will look toward the world of letters for inspiration. The public domain offers an array of spectacular, action-packed, thrilling, and - most importantly - free works ripe for the updating. In this occasional column, I'll take a look at the literary giants from which The Asylum has borrowed. And whom better to start with than the man many consider to be the father of science-fiction: the inimitable Jules Verne.

Jules Verne was born in picturesque Brittany in the early part of the Nineteenth Century. As a young man, his love for travel and adventure beget an imagination that could transport him places life had yet to. This imagination would in time evolve into an innovative form of speculative fiction that became a telescope into our future. Submarines, hot air balloons, space travel and even the fax machine are among the mechanical realities that first saw description in the books of Jules Verne. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, From the Earth to the Moon, Mysterious Island, Paris in the 20th Century, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days - it's titles like these and dozens more that have made Mr. Verne, nearly two hundred years after his birth, the third most translated author in the world and the source of more than 130 films, including some of the earliest work in special effects from cinematic magicians like Verne's fellow-Frenchman George Melies. 

Though that moniker I mentioned above - "the father of science fiction" - is often shared with his somewhat-contemporary H.G. Wells, it's worth remembering that Monsieur Verne's first notable novel, "Five Weeks in a Balloon," was published three years before Mr. Wells was even born.

As far as The Asylum is concerned, Mr. Verne and his fertile imagination have spawned only two films so far, Journey to the Center of the Earth with DeeDee Pfeiffer and Greg Evigan, and 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea with Lorenzo Lamas, but his influence can also be felt in films like 100 Million BC and The Terminators, if you'll stretch with me. 

But oh the films they could make: as most of the bigger titles have been mined to death and are in fact just outdated - no matter how inventive you are, it's tough to update From the Earth to the Moon without replacing one or the other - the best place to mine I think would be the lesser-known fare like Journeys and Adventures of Captain Hatteras, In Search of the Castaways, Off On a Comet, Eight Hundred Leagues On the Amazon or dozens others. 

Verne's a proven money-maker, the original Philip K. Dick when it comes to sci-fi writers Hollywood loves to make and remake and remake again. But a run through his back catalog could do for The Asylum what Poe did for AIP. Or not. Either way, we'd get some rad movies out of it.


Something to think about.

A Slew of New Almighty Thor Stills

With now less than one month until the SyFy premiere of the latest Asylum masterpiece, Almighty Thor, the fine folks at our favorite independent studio have released a plethora of new pics over at their flickr site.

Head over and check them out, then tune in Saturday night, May 7th at 9pm wherever you are for the premiere; if you don't have cable, fret not, the film drops on DVD the next Tuesday, May 10th. Cody Deal, Richard Grieco, Kevin Nash and Patricia Velasquez star.

Hodge-Podge Post (assorted ephemera)

No real theme to today's post, just a couple of things I thought my fellow faithfully-committed might be interested in:

First item: the third round of SyFy's Monster Madness bracket challenge opened for voting yesterday, and our hero Mega Shark is still in it, this week facing off against dumb old Dinoshark (who by the way comes out on DVD in a week or so). If we can get through this round, there will be only the semi finals then the finals between The Asylum and creature feature domination. As of 10 a.m. PST today, Mega Shark trailed Dinoshark 41% to 58%, so get the word out, vote early and often, and help Mega Shark assume its rightful place as the nastiest of the SyFy original monsters. The link's right here.

Next up: a really great article from a Mr. Gareth Rees-White (a writer's name if ever I heard one) over at City on the Hill Press, the student-run newspaper of the University of California at Santa Cruz (go banana slugs! send me a shirt, Gareth!), about everyone's favorite independent studio. Dude got face time (or at least phone time) with producer/director/writer David Michael Latt, producer/actor Jude Gerard Prest, actor/writer/director Shane Van Dyke and line producer Mary E. Brown. Not only is the article informative, it gives a real nice sense of what it's like working with The Asylum, the kind of enthusiasm and dedication they bring to each picture. Honestly, it's the best Asylum-centric article I've read in a long while; do yourself a favor and check it out.

And finally, just a reminder that I am now on Twitter, discussing not only all things Asylum, but also offering my unique and jaded insights into other films and elements of pop culture. A particular highlight is the nightly live screening, in which I - often times after a drink or two - will pop in whatever DVD's closest and talk about it in 140 characters or less for the duration of its running time. It's probably only entertaining if you're me, but drop by sometime and find out.


Well, that's all I have today. Enjoy your weekend!

inmate profle: Alex Yellen

 

As regular readers of Committed know, in the weeks leading up to the release of an Asylum film I like to throw out a few more inmate profiles than normal, spotlighting the creative talent behind the impending film. As 200mph opens on in only a few weeks, on April 26th, I thought we'd get started. First up: Asylum cinematographer extraordinaire Alex Yellen.

There isn't a lot of info on Mr. Yellen out there, so his work will have to speak for itself, which it more than does:

Yellin has served as cinematographer on fifteen Asylum films, including half of the studio's output last year and a good chunk of their work thus far this year. A sample of his work: 6 Guns, 2010 Moby Dick, Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus, Airline Disaster, I Am Omega and 100 Million B.C. What's more, Yellen has racing-cinema experience: he served as cinematographer on The Asylum's last speed thriller, Street Racer.

And as impossible as it may seem, Yellen has somehow found the time for work outside Asylum walls: on both the indie drama Quinceanera and the Leigh-Scott-written, Griff-Furst directed Wolvesbayne he served as the second unit's director of photography.

It's obvious The Asylum trusts this guy's eye quite a bit, and with good reason; for my money, 2010 Moby Dick and 100 Million B.C. are among the best-looking Asylum films. We'll get a nice good look at the work of Yellen not only this April 26th when 200mph is released, but also again next month with the release of Almighty Thor, again in June with the release of 2012 Ice Age and at least one more time this November with the release of Born Bad. And it's probably the safest bet out there that his name will pop up on at least another film or two later in the year.

Check out his website here.

Alex Yellen, consider yourself saluted.

observation notes: Haunting of Winchester House

A frightening ghost story, this one's about a family who come to take care of the famed Winchester House in California, built at the turn of the last century by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune. Besides being rich and idle, Ms. Winchester was also an avowed spiritualist and probably a touch crazy, so she built her house, the Winchester House, as this architecturally-insane haven for the restless souls of anyone ever killed by a Winchester rifle. This is all true, mind you, and while it's a polite-enough notion, you have to think about the sort of characters who would have met their demise at the business end of a Winchester, and then you start to get an idea of the sorts of spirits hanging around this place. When a series of supernatural experiences befalls the family, they call in a paranormal investigator to help them vanquish the evil spirits.

I'll admit I've been long-fascinated with the Winchester House and its history, and thought it well-about time someone fashioned its creepy origins into a horror film. And in the script from Mark Atkins (Battle of Los Angeles, duh), I found no reason to be disappointed. The story was tense, suspenseful, rife with intelligent scares, bold jolts and was solid down to its historical foundation. What could have easily lapsed into a rogue's gallery of goofy villains - and there is a wide variety of ghosts/zombies, but they are not at all goofy - actually moves like an old-school chiller along the lines of The Innocents or Thirteen Ghosts, so winds up a deft balance of modern shocks and classic pacing.

Mark Atkins other gig on the film - directing it - also scores: he matches the pacing of his script with slowly-built suspense that breaks at the perfect point then doesn't relent. His use of shadows and framing to elicit a tense, mounting fear in the viewer is especially on point. 

From a directorial standpoint, this is a very excellent horror film that gets all the elements just right. The FX on the ghosts at the end are a little hokey, and the house itself is quite obvious CG when seen from the outside, but again, you know what you're in for. If you want visceral effects that are seamless from reality, go watch Avatar; but if you want to be a movie fan, in it for the escapism and not the parallels to your own, strange life, you should be just fine for 85 minutes with this one. 

Regarding performances, Lira Kellerman plays the wife, and while visually it was difficult to conceive of her as the mother of an adolescent girl, personality-wise she pulls it off well-enough and is effectively-believable as a nagging wife and mother. She weeps well, skulks better, and exudes an odd sort of sexiness, kind of like Thelma from Scooby-Doo, but less-tangible, and kinda nerdier.


Michael Holmes as the husband is a little stiff in the beginning - which is somewhat excusable as this is his first film - but opens up quite a bit as his role requires more emotion. Most of note, the guy gives a good over-the-shoulder wary glance.

But the standout here, for me at least, was Patty Roberts, who played the couple's adolescent daughter. I found her to be the most natural of the actors, sort of like a younger Thora Birch. As the most-plagued of the family by the spirits of Winchester House, she simultaneously exudes a childish fearfulness and a mature responsiveness. 


Other cast members of note include Tomas Boykin as the paranormal investigator and tiny Jennifer Smart as ghost-girl Annie Winchester, Sarah's daughter. She gave me the willies every single time she was onscreen. One helluva debut for her.

So then overall, as I mentioned, this is a ghost film, of the old-school, its story reliant at least equally, if not more so, on twists and turns of plot for progression rather than an endless string of quick-cut shocks. Think Amityville meets The Uninvited with a healthy dose of The Shining in the premise. And, as I mentioned, the FX on the house were at times ghastly, but the ghosts/zombies/bad guys were horrifying, inventive and gruesome, truly the things of nightmares, especially a certain...thing whose head can be seen on the poster and who made a certain Trainspotting scene feel like a sequence from Bedknobs & Broomsticks. 

A good scare, this one, and more importantly, a good film, too.

outside the walls: April DVD Releases

I recognize that not all great films are made exclusively by The Asylum and that, in fact, there's a whole world of film outside these walls, some of which might actually interest Asylum fans - when they're not watching or re-watching Asylum films, of course. And, being as I'm only looking out for your viewing well-being, here's a peek at some other DVD releases this month which might satiate you between Asylum releases. But remember, as always, Sweet n' Low ain't sugar.

APRIL 5


 
Arctic Blast

Beauty and the Beast: A Dark Tale

starring Rhett GIles

 

 Behemoth

Dead on Site

Horrid

Malibu Shark Attack

Tron: Legacy











APRIL 12

2033: Future Apocalypse

The Inheritance

Mandrake

Mask Maker











APRIL 19

The Bill Collector

Bloodsucking Nazi Zombies

Born to Raise Hell








 

 
Hyenas











APRIL 26

200mph

the latest Asylum release!!!

 
Chawz

Dinoshark

Mongolian Death Worm

Sniper: Reloaded

3 (!!!) New Asylum Titles Announced!

It's the biggest title release of the year today over at The Asylum site, where not one, not two, but three titles have been added to the Coming Soon section at the bottom-right of the homepage:

A Haunting In Salem

Dragon Crusaders

3 Musketeers


Though there are no web pages set up for these titles as of yet - meaning there's no real information besides the titles - there is some speculating we can do:

A Haunting in Salem is obviously a ghost movie. Love those!

Dragon Crusaders is obviously a fantasy epic, perhaps the "medieval action movie" Battle of Los Angeles writer/director Mark Atkins referred to in his EXCLUSIVE interview with Committed. Here's hoping!

And 3 Musketeers is obviously the next Asylum tie-in, as a big-screen adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' seminal novel is also due this Fall. Swashbuckling adventure = awesome!

And so far that's all there is to know. But is it just me, or is Asylum aiming for a few more titles than last year? God, I hope so, I'll take all I can get.

No names on any of these as of yet, but I have a feeling we'll know something soon. Until then, let your imaginations run wild on the comments board below...

First Almighty Thor Teaser Goes Up at Moviehole!

The good people over at Moviehole.net have scored the first teaser clip for the upcoming Asylum epic Almighty Thor.

Just a quick fight scene here, but we finally get to see both Richard Grieco - as Loki - and star Cody Deal - as the titular Norse god - and both look great. Grieco looks to bring a certain level of creepiness to the character, while Deal's Thor looks to be both physically powerful and emotionally vulnerable, which could add depth to this historically rigid and distant character.
Check out the clip for yourself then, if you're looking for even more Thor, head over to Comic Book Move dot com for their incredibly thorough sit-down with Mr. Deal.

Almighty Thor - which also stars Kevin Nash as Odin and was written by Eric Mega Piranha Forsrberg and directed by Christopher MSvC Ray - will premiere on SyFy Saturday, May 7th, then drop on DVD the following Tuesday, May 10th.

Sounds Like An Asylum Film to Me

So, I probably should have posted this one a week ago, but I like the idea enough that even though the moment has passed, I'm gonna try to keep the "super-moon" craze going for just one more day.

So the basis here, as no doubt everyone knows and has forgotten, was that last week the moon was the closest it's been to us in twenty or so years, making it appear bigger and brighter than normal. Strangely enough, this had no effect whatsoever on anything...in the real world.

In my world, however, this close encounter royally fucks things up. The rising of the super-moon coincides with the climax of a massive meteor's journey toward Earth; the moon takes the hit, getting pushed even closer to the planet, resulting in a combination of catastrophes:

• tidal swells that push in every coastline in the world by fifty miles.
• a marked increase in "lunatic" activity - that is, people whose equilibria are stretched and twisted by the gravitational pull of our lunar satellite, making them go ape-shit.
• a spike in werewolf attacks.

In this disaster scenario, you see, it isn't about surviving the multiple catastrophes - you cannot; if they get you you're gotten - it's about avoiding them, staying alive as long as possible and hoping you can outlast the evil silver disc wreaking havoc from it's lofty perspective. I'm thinking this ends in Kansas, Nebraska, you know, somewhere flat and wheaty.

No scientists or military personnel here, at least not as our protagonists. No, I'm thinking we keep this one on a family level, like The Apocalypse; just parents and a couple or few kids trying to stay one step ahead of the turmoil.

And think about it - a natural disaster flick that incorporates supernatural beings! Who's done that before? Irwin Allen never threw sea serpents into The Poseidon Adventure; Wolfgang Petersen didn't add pterodactyls to Air Force One...but you know as soon as you read these things, you wish to shit they had...


Just sayin'.