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HORROR HIGH SCHOOL: JAPANESE INDEPENDENT SCARY COMEDY, GORY TEEN MOVIE. VISUAL KEI, GOTHIC LOLITA FILM.
Velcome, darklings… to Spook-Movie Week! All week long, we will be dazzling you with our eerie filmmaking from Tokyo and Los Angeles. Prepare thyselves for Comedy! Horror! Scandal and drama!
Let’s commence with this brilliant work made in Tokyo, from the minds of your favorite recurring characters on this blog. Ghouls and goblins… presenting HORROR HIGH SCHOOL (which can be viewed on the official website!)
A note from Professor Fearstone (above left): “Ever feel like your education was a waste of time? Maybe you need to start again? Whether you’re a child of night or just a social outcast, REMEMBER… You’ll always be welcome at Horror High School!!!”
(All photos from the film are © 2010 Lionheart Productions; you can see more on the HHS Website and this Flickr set.)
Meet Headmaster; Prof Fearstone (The Happy Phantom of England) – teacher of Language, Literature and Creative Scares.
Madame Morganna; Deviant Witch from another Dimension (played by Yukiro Dravarious). Learn the correct ettiquete for an aspiring Fairytale Villian. Do you have what it takes to make Beauty sleep!?
I hand the mike to the visionary, Jim McGee (Professor Fearstone): “I would like to say that this project is meant as a prototype (episode Zero) for an internet show that hopefully I’ll be able to make on a semi-regular basis. The Official Episode One is already in the works. My goal with HHS was to take all my interests and hobbies; composing melodies on my piano, fantastic fashion and of course illustration and mix them up in a big cauldron of fun!”
Intrigued? Come watch the film and meet cute Japanese vampires, witches, Sweet Lolitas, and a former Visual Kei rocker hidden by a mask. Just be sure to do your homework!
How do you like the classroom madness? What would you like to see in the next episode? Let us know in the comments, and the cast will respond to you!
Song of the Day #324: The song that accompanies the amazing DANCE SEQUENCE in Horror High School!
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HOLLYWOOD MOVIE SHOOT: NOIRLAND STARRING JAMES DUVAL, DIRECTED BY RAMZI ABED. SERIAL KILLER FILM NOIR, BLOODSHOT PICTURES 2010.
Clint Catalyst invited Yukiro and me to be in a Hollywood movie — how could we say no? Our roles: offbeat party guests in a trippy dream sequence. So I wore…
Hair: Draped with blue, purple and grey scarves. I added a silver flower clip.
Makeup: I painted my eyebrows blue (try bright colors on your brows to light up your face!). I kept my eye makeup light, with black eyeliner over the top and light blue on the bottom. My dark purple lipstick is lightened in the center with lavender. Finally, I affixed two temporary spider tattoos.
Velvet evening gown with slit along thigh: An amazing find: $12 from Out of the Closet, “the most fabulous thrift store.”
Black and white pumps: my old John Fluevogs
Yukiro’s gown is from a vintage store in Fairfax Village, one of our favorite spots for thrift shopping. Purple hair, purple lace armbands, purple knee-high boots = triple yes.
The movie we participated in is Noirland, a film noir written and directed by Ramzi Abed, and starring James Duval. “A catatonic serial killer […] an amnesiac detective […] criminal psychiatrists and psychologists listen to the mysteries unfold.”
We arrived at the call time of 1pm, but it was pushed back an hour… then two… By the time we left the set, it was 10pm. That’s showbiz for you — a tiny bit of glam and a lot of waiting around!
Gemini Manor was possibly the most topsy-turvy house I’ve stepped foot in. Every inch was covered in random bric-a-brac: antique puppets, toys, church relics, birdcages, doll heads… There was a mermaid in the jacuzzi and my greatest fear — a giant stuffed CLOWN — resting in one of the bathtubs.
Each room had a theme, such as this Jungle Room on the roof, attainable only by inching up a precarious ladder/staircase. The owner told us that he built the place in the 1970s, and that it was the site of many a fetish party. (Ah, now it all makes sense.)
Also in the movie: model/actor Aldo Vento (left), and artist/Coilhouse Magazine founder Zoetica Ebb (the lady in blue). Clint Catalyst and Lenora Claire are perfectly cast as the Baron and Baroness.
There was plenty of time to hang out and practice our lines with one of Gemini Manor’s seven cats. (This kitty is skin and bones compared to my Basil Farrow!)
Fun times all around — thank you to everyone for having us! Wait until you hear us laugh maliciously and recite our single line: “Why hello… how are you…”
Have you ever been in a movie? How about silly YouTube masterpieces, like ours?
Song of the Day #323: Voltaire – If I Only Were a Goth (“With my diet I’d get scurvy / And I’d worship Peter Murphy / If I only were a Goth” haha!)
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