BABY BABY Music Video Now Live!

Our music video for BABY BABY's "You Can't Spell Conch Without the 'CH' is now up on our YouTube channel!

A variation on Lord of the Flies with elements from The Karate Kid and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (check out the radioactive pig man), this video was shot back in August on Jekyll Island shorty before we wrapped Invasion of the Undead. With most of our resources tied up in Invasion, we had limited crew, a shoestring budget and no permits whatsoever to pull off what was a pretty epic story line for a music video. Torey wrote the script (from a concept by Grant and Fontez) and directed the video, while Eric (Invasion's assistant camera) and Tricia stepped up as cinematographers using both the Blackmagic cinema camera and a 5D mkIII. Propmaster John Holbrook made all of the DIY weapons seen in the video (the sea shell spear and knuckles were especially rad), and Greg Garrison designed the fight choreography (he's turning more and more into Desmond every day). The enemy tribe are all performed by MonsterBuster regulars/crew members- that's Nathan DeRussy, Guy Smiley himself, sans make-up as the enemy leader, with Fred, Jay, and Eric rounding out the rest of the tribe. Fontez, Kyle, Grant and Colin of BABY BABY were all a blast to work with- you may see them making a cameo in Invasion as we shoot some pick-ups later this November.

As always, thank you for reading and Happy Halloween!

The Invasion Teaser Trailer is Up!

by Torey Haas

My favorite scene in Star Wars Episode IV is the cantina scene. While the creatures themselves were fun and cool, what I really loved is how they each had extensive backstories that were later developed in Star Wars stories, novels and comic books. Every creature was a character, and whether this was planned from conception or just a byproduct of the series' success doesn't diminish how fun it was as a fan to learn that your favorite creature who only receives a few seconds of screen time actually has an entire life that brought him to Mos Eisley.

We originally pitched Invasion of the Undead as Big Trouble in Little China meets The Evil Dead, and while the lighthearted tone and crazy effects are definitely reminiscent of John Carpenter's '80s cult classic, I now think it's a little more accurate to describe Invasion as Star Wars meets The Evil Dead due to it's strong good vs. evil element, the fact that it's the first of a planned series of films (keeping my fingers crossed!) , the hero's journey that Desmond undertakes throughout the series, and finally its emphasis on characters. This final element is what the teaser and this blog post are all about; every character in Invasion is important and has a story that will be explored in later films, shorts and hopefully even video games and comics (again, keeping my fingers crossed!). Some of the characters highlighted in this teaser may only be featured for a scene or two in Invasion, but they are all huge components of our growing MonsterBuster universe.

Anyway, I really hope you enjoy the teaser and thank you once again for your support. Making this movie has truly been a dream come true for us and I'm excited to finally share this first glimpse of footage. We will release a more traditional trailer once we get closer to the film's release (we're still aiming for a late 2013 premiere but it's very likely to move into first quarter 2014). This trailer will definitely feature more effects and stop motion creatures than this teaser.

Oh, if you're wondering what game Desmond is playing when he is first introduced it is Nomolos: Storming the Catsle, a homebrew NES game by Gradual Games. They were gracious enough to allow us to use footage from their game in Invasion, and if you're into retro video games definitely check out Nomolos- it's a ton of fun.

As always, thank you for reading!