ANNOUNCEMENT: Trailer Obscura

If you've been following the site as of late then you might have noticed the barrage of random movie trailers that have been flooding most of my updates here on The Lucid Nightmare. If you have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, then let me explain.

I've been recently hard at work compiling a collection of fake and real movie trailers made by myself and a core group of friends. The trailers are inspired by some of our in-production projects and from random ideas and concepts that pop into our demented little heads. The idea to make a compilation of trailers sprang to life after Grindhouse came out a few years ago and I've been mulling over bringing this idea to life ever since. Well I'm happy to say that we've got a few gems under our belt in the form of Musky!, Tis The Season To Be DEAD, The Book of Jacob Huxley, The Wanderer, Soulless, Corjo and Kill Kringle Kill. I've also been hard at work scripting a slew of trailers to come. 

I'm particularly looking forward to working on the killer Sasquatch film 'It Came From The Woods', the creepy prank calling 80's slasher film 'The Whisperer', a morbidly atmospheric zombie film called 'The Night of the Walking Corpses, the trippy giallo flick 'In the Eye of the Violet Prism', and the old school 50's creature feature 'Mad Ants'. We've got a lot of work in the pipeline and you'll be hearing and seeing more about these trailers as the months go by, but the main reason for my announcement is that I finally came up with a name for the compilation. Trailer Obscura.

I thought it would be appropriate to go with a title that is as ambiguous, obscure, and as random as the trailers that will take up its runtime. It's going to be a strange collection of trailers so I wanted to capture that essence some way in the title and hopefully Trailer Obscura does it justice. Well that's it for now and stay tuned for my next update on this tremendous undertaking of trailer movie goodness.

Soulless Trailer

Well, I finished the trailer for Soulless over the weekend as planned and here it is. It actually turned out pretty good and gives off the kind of vibe that the rest of the short film does, so I'm pretty much happy with it for the most part.

For those of you that don't know, the story of Soulless is about a man trying to redeem his wife's soul, by hunting down the vampire that infected her. The world that this film is set in is a kind of winter apocalypse where the population is dwindling and the only survivors wander the frozen wasteland during the day in search of food and supplies, while at night they barricade themselves inside and cling to religious artifacts to help keep them safe from the Soulless creatures outside.

It's a low key and subtle film, but I might have pushed the envelope on some of the imagery. I know my friends were a little skittish during certain moments of shooting the film. Well without any further ado, here's the trailer. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

WHAT THE HELL HAVE I BEEN DOING: Soulless

It's time for another update on what I've been doing with my time outside of the blog-o-sphere and as of most recently, I've been working on another trailer for my trailer compilation project. This time it's a hybrid of french new wave cinema styles with a blood splattering of vampire and religious lore that I like to call, Soulless. This was initially going to be a short film and I'm basically 60% done with the filming of it, but for now I transformed it into a nice addition for my trailer compilation project. I still need to think of a name for this monstrosity of trailer goodness.

The trailer is all edited at the moment and all I need to do is create some catchy melodies to accompany the depressing visuals. Hopefully I'll be able to churn some stuff out this weekend and complete it. For now, here's a few stills from the trailer to give you an idea of what it looks like. Enjoy and stay tuned for the full trailer and a long list of overdue reviews.

Pretty sweet and classy looking production logo.

This place is dead!

This scene was a pain in the ass and very tiring.

Very cool shot and for some reason makes me think of Carnival of Souls.

Finally made it to the homestead.

Roll out the assortment of weapons. Vampires beware!

I really love this holy water shot with the cross in the background.

A pretty strange shot that is surprisingly ominous.

Shit there's someone behind me!

Getting ready to do some damage. 

A haunting shot from the basement of my cottage.

A weird shot but for some reason I'm digging it.

One of my favorite shots in the film. Looks so damn bad ass!

Back you demon!

Burn baby burn!

A simple but effective title.