HELLOWEEN: The Book of the Movie (CINEXPLOITS!)

Winner: London Indie Film Festival -Best Narrative FeatureBest Horror-Scifi FilmBest Actress: Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott100% Score on Rotten Tomatoes.It was Halloween night. 1996 when a ten year old boy the press named Cane the Killer Clown decapitated his foster parents before taking three more lives on a bloody trick or treat rampage. Today, the murderer resides behind the walls of Morton Downs psychiatric hospital. When a series of clown-related terror crops up across the country, Investigative Journalist John Parker (Michael Paré) and Cane’s Psychiatrist, Dr. Ellen Marks (Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott), must stop Cane’s followers and prevent the psychotic Cane (Ronan Summers) from escaping to go on another killing spree. A murderous rampage that also targets Ellen’s daughters Leah and Alice (Caroline Wilde and Meagan Marszal)! Welcome to Helloween, an independent commercial horror movie from UK film production company Shogun Films. It is a spooky, sinister throwback to the B-movies that ruled the video rental store of yesteryear packing all of the slasher-thriller chills and modern hysteria that today’s horror fans require.This book chronicles the making of this independent horror feature in today’s film market. It is a case study for would-be filmmakers everywhere on how commercial cinema is conceived, developed, produced, and marketed. The focus is always on helping the filmmaker and the film fan appreciate what goes into making a film designed to be successful in today’s market.Helloween: The Book of the Movie includes the complete screenplay with deleted scenes, storyboards, behind-the-scenes photos and graphics, makeup designs, set designs, and more. The book includes interviews with stars Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott (Nemesis), Michael Paré (Streets of Fire, Eddie and the Cruisers, The Greatest American Hero), commentary by Writer-Director Phil Claydon (Lesbian Vampire Killers) and Producer and Head of Shogun Films, Jonathan Sothcott who provides a final analysis of the film’s success.Like all Cinexploits! Books in the series, Helloween gives the reader a full picture of how this new horror hit came to be. Perfect for the horror film fan or budding horror filmmaker alike! Read more