Maxim Media wants Dark Light

In some surprising news, US company Maxim Media Marketing Inc. has asked specifically for our old vampire movie Dark Light. This puts the movie in with a shot at being televised here, there, and everywhere, and maybe even released officially on DVD. I stress that this is not a distribution contract; it’s is a marketing contract - for seven years, no less! Maxim Media will take on the responsibility of trying to sell the movie, and profits (if any) will be divided between them and Midnight Pictures (Andrew Harrison and myself, with Paul Barton, who was co-producer at the time).

Long-time visitors may recall the Mexican deal we had with Saul’s Pupils. Andrew and I always wondered what happened with that. We had an uncommunicative agent at the time. Turns out the company never got off the ground. It’s something of an embarrassment, because we had major publicity on that one, in the Observer newspaper, no less.

So, until the cheque’s in the post, I’m not going to get over-excited about the Dark Light news. I am, however, going to give it my all. And that means putting together an effective trailer to help sell the movie. Here’s my attempt:

Partial credit for this trailer must go to Philip Topping, specifically for the computer-generated titles. These are from Phil’s original teaser. I felt that Phil’s version didn’t show nearly enough clips from the movie, so I had a go at incorporting his work into a longer trailer.

The whole movie (roughly 65 mins) can presently be watched on YouTube. That may not be the case for long, depending on what requirements Maxim Media stipulates. So, if you’re interested in watching the movie, don’t dawdle.

“A story that you simply mustn’t miss” - Jeffrey Allen Davis on Chion

Independent Christian fiction writer Jeffrey Allen Davis has just posted a review of Chion on his blog. Jeff’s review is a bit different from the others, as he made a couple of unique observations:

The book does set up some disturbing images. It shows how a major disaster like this would affect society. We see people killing one another over food. We see a man murdered in front of his small children. We see a child held at gunpoint by a teacher who has decided that “survival of the fittest” means that the teachers should live and the students should starve. Sloan didn’t put these things in for shock value. Indeed, the bloodshed is not detailed very much at all. This is not a boiled-down thriller. We see a sense of realism that shows that even our society’s innocents would be harmed in these events.

With a bittersweet ending, this is a story that you simply mustn’t miss.

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