The Point Radio: Why LA SLASHER Is Bloody Real
We finally make it on set of the SyFy series KILLJOYS and the cast explains why this is a show you should be spending your summer watching. Plus reality TV gets a bloody visit from the LA SLASHER. Director Martin Owen talks about this much buzzed about new indy film.
We are headed to ComicCon., Follow our reports direct from the floor here #ThePointSDCC and follow us on Twitter now here.
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The Point Radio. Hey, it's Mike Raub. We finally catch up with the cast of The Kill Toys to talk about what you're missing with one of the brightest new shows of the summer. And then there's our exclusive look at the new indie film, L.A. Slasher, that takes on
reality TV in kind of a bloody way. Plus, there's plenty to talk about as we head to Comic Con. Let's get to The Point. This is The Point. The Point Radio.
Get The Point Radio. One of the bright spots of summer television has been Killjoy's, the new sci-fi series from the folks who did Orphan Black and Lost Girl. And right off the bat, one of the most charming parts of the show is the relationship among the three main characters.
According to actor Luke McFarland, that's something that actually started well before the cameras began rolling. I mean, it's always so much of his credit due to the casting process. We had a really great casting director. They took the time to really kind of do mix and matches.
So as we were sort of slowly assembling this group, we kind of auditioned with various people and that was always terribly nerve-wracking as an actor. But I think ultimately it really is a useful sort of thing to do because, yeah, we got along from the beginning almost immediately with a very similar sense of humor. Luke was happy to admit that fans might find another comparison here to another science
fiction classic show. I think what is interesting about Killjoy's is like, you know, there's been a lot of comparisons to Firefly, that show. And what I think makes Killjoy's really different as an entity and as a show is that we do have to abide by these rules.
So the tension exists within that sort of how far can you bend the rules. And I think that makes for an interesting thing. It's not like we're just rogue cowboys. We really do have to operate within inside the system. So then it becomes a sort of like doubly complicated way of sort of bending the things as far as
we can. But yes, of course it becomes complicated because we don't always abide by the rules. Heather John Caiman plays Dutch, a character with a mysterious background and one that she says will be played out as the season goes on. You see hints of it at the beginning of the season, kind of her tough slowly catching up
with her. And as the show goes on, it kind of seems more like a massive change. Yes, absolutely. You can expect a lot of unraveling of Dutch and her character and her past and why she is where she is now.
There's going to be a lot of questions answered, but there's going to be more questions even as the show goes on. Catch Heather, Luke and Erin Ashmore in Killjoys with new episodes every Friday on Sci-Fi. And catch up right now at Sci-Fi.com. There's a few of the things that we think are extra cool coming up with this year's
Comic Con. Of course you can always find more all through the week as we post direct from the floor of San Diego every day at GetThePointRadio.com. The Suicide Girls are returning to Comic Con with the Suicide Girls Black Heart Burlesque taking place on Thursday the 9th.
It's called a Geek Fantasy Spectacular. It's supposed to be pretty sexy and cool if you'd like to get more information or to get advanced tickets you can do that right now at BlackHeartBurlesque.com. The stars of the true TV show Impractical Jokers are headed to Comic Con more specifically to a spot called the Museum of Impractical History.
They'll be there throughout the Con with all sorts of activities including a chance for you to get a new version of their recent DC comic book. Get that signed too as well. The guys will be at the Museum of Impractical History on Thursday July the 9th and again on Friday July the 10th.
And to get more information and directions too you can go to the website TruTV.com slash Impractical Jokers. IDW along with their new partner Brand Top Shelf have a lot of things planned for the show starting as early as Wednesday on July the 8th for the preview night where they'll unveil Mike Zek's classic Marvel Stories Artist Edition with a special launch party.
Mike will be along to sign the book as well. Don Rose's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Artist Edition will also be there for a launch party as well. Both begin at the IDW booth which is 2743 on the floor at 6 o'clock preview night Wednesday July the 8th.
Among the cool stuff you may want to grab some of it comes from the guys at Mondo who have some posters, vinyl and exclusive collectible figures available including ones based on Ant-Man, Superman, Turtles and much more. One of the coolest is an Ant-Man screen print. It's done by Kevin Tong.
It's done on a holofoil which you remember is a unique reflective surface that was used for a few special comics back in the 90s. The regular version of the poster will be on sale at a future date however you can see it and get a chance to pre-order a very special limited edition at the Mondo booth which is number 835.
There's of course a ton more things going on. We'll do our best to dig them up for you direct from the floor and again follow us every day as we post at GiveThePointRadio.com. Hashtag The Point SDCC. The Point, The Point.
Sometimes the concept of reality television can be frightening enough but you add in the elements of true horror and what you have are the ingredients for an interesting project called LA Slasher. This much buzzed about indie film is directed by Mark Nolan who is happy to sit down and give me a little more insight into the film.
It is a very much an 80s influenced horror movie about celebrity and celebrity culture. Not just reality TV but celebrity as a whole and the societies, modern societies current obsession with wanting to be famous for the city. From original script to screen there have been a few changes. When I came on board there was a title, LA Slasher and there was an idea that the LA
Slasher targeted celebrities and that was it. So basically I wanted to create a movie that existed in the horror genre but it was also fun and kind of unashamedly committed to what it is. I was also very interested in the whole reality TV angle because I don't have any hatred or anger towards reality TV or celebrity culture.
I didn't find it fascinating the absurdity of the whole thing. So they were really the influences and screenplay and then realistically the whole 80s thing just came about from the fact that I think I am inherently a child of the 80s and I love the kind of thunder and nature of the genre. Martin mentioned some 80s influences here so we talked about his inspirations from that
decade. I am a big John Carpenter fan so in terms of movies and I really like big trouble in the little China, I think New York, amongst other John Carpenter movies. So it was really those types of movies where you kind of watch them and they are kind of like even though you shouldn't as a filmmaker sort of divert from a particular genre they
are kind of like a million genres in one. You know because you kind of watch the movies, oh I'm having fun, oh I'm scared. Oh now it tends to become a thriller, obviously it becomes sad again. But I think the reason why they kind of flip flop through a number of genres is what I previously said, they are just unashamedly committed in telling that story in the visual
language that they want to tell it in and that's kind of what I think influenced me with LS National. So is L.A. Slasier satire or horror or a combination of both? I would, if I had to categorize it, it was a social satire that exists in the horror
genre. So that's probably how most succinctly I would describe it. And you know in terms of the balance between the horror elements, you know the horror slightly different thriller elements and the satirical elements. I think you know I try to plan it out and you try to work it out and to be honest it
was definitely more we sort of we just organically found our rhythm, you know we organically found our rhythm during the shoot and the same with the edit. You know as we got to the edit we really realized that this thing could handle both, you know it could handle being a satire, a social satire that exists in the horror bracket. So it's just a kind of really you know embraced that and accepted that then became a much
kind of smoother process. But the film wrapped in theaters, Martin's already on the way to his next project. I'm currently, I'm literally in the final week of editing my second feature film. So we that went into production last year, the end of last year. The film wrapped shooting just before Christmas and I've been in you know kind of been in
post-production since the beginning of the year. I wrap editing next week and then the movie will be kind of finishing its entirety in mid-August. Wow and that's a science fiction thriller and it's called Let's Be Evil and it's about augmented reality glasses.
You know so like if you like more sort of advanced Google Glass or you know Microsoft HoloLens and it's about a group of children, a test group of children with these glasses that we work flood on but not everything goes to plan. We follow three adult chaperons who are there to help the children. It's you know it's very much a true science fiction thriller but in being a true science
fiction thriller it's going to appeal to a horror audience. LA Slashers, Sars Misha Barton, Brooke Hogan and Andy Dick among others. That should write down select theaters or it's easy to find on Video On Demand. That's it for the podcast. Well we're on the way to Comic Con so we'll take a break from the podcast for well just
a little over a week. Catch us right back here right around the 15th and we'll share with you all the fun that we had. In the meantime follow our adventures every day with posts at GiveThePointRadio.com, hashtag the point SDCC.
Or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram under the point radio. Have a great Fourth of July. See you back here in just a few days. GetThePointRadio.com.
