Information about producer Michael Korotitsch's independent movie "TV Terror"has been added to the Acting Credits page. Photos from my scene have also been posted.
Information about my interview for writer Peter Hanson's new documentary has also been added to the Acting Creditspage.
Peter Hanson's documentary "Every Pixel Tells A Story: How One Community Joined The Digital Filmmaking Revolution" was screened at Hudson Valley Community College on Sunday, November 3rd. The day was very enjoyable and I'd like to thank everybody who stopped by our table in the exhibition room. For a description of Peter's movie see the Acting Credits page.
Information on the upcoming feature "London After Midnight" has been added to
A new Castingpage was recently added to the site. Visit this page now to see a casting announcement from JB Productions for their upcoming feature "Shadow Tracker: Resurrection".
I'd like to thank everybody who attended the Upstate New York area premiere of "The Temptress". The evening went extremely well and we were very pleased with the turnout. See Out & About Page 1 for photos of the after-party at the theatre with the cast and crew.
Peter Hanson's documentary "Every Pixel Tells A Story: How One Community Joined The Digital Filmmaking Revolution" has just been issued on DVD. For more information and a photo of the DVD box cover see my Acting Creditspage.
A new page called Movie Trailers has been added. The trailer for my feature "The Temptress" is available for viewing.
The casting announcement for "Shadow Tracker: Resurrection"has been changed to note that production is now slated to begin in Fall of 2003. See the Casting page.
Five new websites have been added to the Links page.
June 2003:
The Movie Trailers page has been updated. The trailer for the new feature"The Edge of Reality"
has been posted for viewing.
The Upcoming Movies page has been updated. Information has been added about the new movie
"Of Theatre & Bikinis".
Six new websites have been added to the Links page.
July 2003:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! This month www.veryscaryproductions.com turns 1 year old! It's hard to believe
the site has now been up for a year. Here's looking forward to year #2!
For those of you in the Upstate New York area, writer Peter Hanson's documentary "Every Pixel Tells A Story: How One Community Joined The Digital Filmmaking Revolution" will be broadcast on the Albany PBS affiliate WMHT Monday, July 7th at 10pm. This documentary which I took part in is about low-budget independent digital filmmaking in Upstate New York and has already been issued on DVD & VHS. (For a complete description of the documentary, see my Acting Credits page.) Although the full version is 80 minutes long, WMHT will be airing an edited (60-minute) version of Mr. Hanson's production. To purchase your copy please contact Peter Hanson at peterchanson@yahoo.com
I'd like to thank everybody who attended the Upstate New York Capital Region Premiere of "The Edge of Reality" this past Friday, Sept. 19th at Broadway Joe's Theatre Grille in Saratoga Springs. We were incredibly pleased with this sold-out showing. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves, and we look forward to the next movie premiere. Thanks for supporting independent filmmaking!
Six new websites have been added to the Links page.
Photos from the September 19th screening of "The Edge of Reality" (see September 2003 below) have been posted to Out & About Page 1.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
November 2003:
I'd like to thank everybody who attended Shocktoberfest: A Hometown Horror Film Festival this past Thursday & Friday (Halloween) at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y.
Thanks also to everyone who helped promote the festival. Photos from the event have been posted to Out & About Page 1, and a newspaper article spotlighting the event has been added to the Media page.
The Links page has been organized into categories.
Happy New Year!!!
February 2004:
I'd like to thank filmmaker Les Sekely for having me as a guest on his radio show B+ Moviemaking on February 4th. See the Banners page to connect to the AdrenalineRadio website, where you can listen to B+ Moviemaking and other shows. A link has also been added to the Unknown Productions website, where you can learn more about Mr. Sekely's movies - see the Links page.
Photos of a "London After Midnight" promotional poster have been added to Other Projects Page 1.
The casting announcement for "Shadow Tracker: Resurrection" has been changed to note that production is now slated to begin in 2004. See the Casting page.
Two new websites have been added to the Links page.
Three new websites have been added to the Links page.
May 2004:
I'd like to thank the students and staff of Ichabod Crane High School in Valatia, NY for inviting filmmakers Joe Bagnardi, Bruce G. Hallenbeck and I to be judges at the first ICC student film
festival. The event was held this past Friday, April 30th and was hosted by the Sophomore Class.
We enjoyed watching several interesting and entertaining films and discussing filmmaking in the
Q & A after the awards ceremony. Best of luck to all the student filmmakers involved, and here's
hoping the festival will become an annual event.
Photos of new posters for "The Edge of Reality" & "London After Midnight" have been added to Other Projects Page 1.
Four new websites have been added to the Links page.
Currently this page contains site updates from September 2002 through July 2008.
July 2004:
Very Scary Productions featured in the UK fanzine The Scream: Very Scary Productions
was recently featured in the Summer 2004 issue (issue #2) of the UK independent horror fanzine
The Scream. I'd like to thank publisher Mark Sesin for the article and wish him the best of luck with the new fanzine. To view a photo of the fanzine cover see the Media page. See my Banners page to connect to The Scream fanzine website.
Thanks also go out this month to Vanessa (aka Head Vamp) from the website Vamps Carnival Of Chaos for running the recent contest where two VHS copies of my feature "The Temptress" were given away. Congratulations to the winners. See my Links page to connect to the Carnival Of Chaos website.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! This month the site turns 2 years old. I'd like to thank everybody who has visited for their continued support. It's greatly appreciated!
Three new websites have been added to the Links page.
Two new websites have been added to the Links page.
September 2004:
Two new websites have been added to the Links page.
October 2004:
This month two new pages have been added to the site: First, I've added Other Projects Page 2.
This is a second page detailing movies produced by affiliates of Very Scary Productions. Here you can read about the independent features "Shadow Tracker: Resurrection" from JB Productions, and "The Drowned" from Pagan Productions.
Also added is the Banners page, where banner links to other websites can now be found.
The Links page still contains text links. Also, the Very Scary Productions Home page has
been updated to note the addition of these new pages.
And finally this month I'd like to thank writer Eric Newell and the other contributors to
The Bloody Good Horror Page for providing insightful and intelligent horror movie reviews,
interviews and commentaries for the past four years. Last month Eric shut down BG Horror,
but hopefully he will return to the internet with a new site sometime in the near future.
I'd also like to say thank you to everyone at BG Horror for supporting independent filmmakers
like myself.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
November 2004:
I'd like to congratulate independent filmmaker Michael Kazlo II on the premiere of his vampire feature "Bloodlust". The movie, which was produced mostly in and around the Glens Falls/Lake George area of Upstate New York, screened at AIMIE'S DINNER & MOVIE in Glens Falls, NY on October 27th, and at Crossgates Mall Cinema 12 in Albany, NY on October 28th. I attended the crowded Crossgates Mall showings and had a lot of fun. Kudos Mike! For more information on the movie see my Links page to connect to the Archangel Productions website. For information on my appearance in "Bloodlust" see the Acting Credits page.
Two new websites have been added to the Banners page.
Three new websites have been added to the Links page.
December 2004:
A topic listing has been added to the Thoughts Archives pages for the years 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Two new websites have been added to the Links page.
January 2005:
Three new websites have been added to the Links page.
Happy New Year!
February/March 2005:
This month I'd like to start by first saying thank you to everyone who attended the recent
Dead of Winter Free Film Festival, held on the weekends of January 22-23 and January 29-30
at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY. The event attracted large crowds and was well-covered by the local media. See the Media page to read some of this recent press coverage.
For more information on The Dead of Winter Free Film Festival, and to view photos taken at the event, see the new Out & About Page 2.
A new Thoughts For The Month Archives page has been started for the year 2005.
My interview with "London After Midnight" writer & director Bruce G. Hallenbeck
(for January/February 2005) is now posted on that page.
My Biography page has been updated with additions for the year 2004.
New photos have been added to the Very Scary Productions Home page.
Two new websites have been added to the Banners page.
Four new websites have been added to the Links page.
Four new websites have been added to the Links page.
July 2005:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! This month the site turns 3 years old. I'd like to thank everybody for their continued support.
In my July Thoughts For The Month column I discussed the beginning of production on the new independent feature "Shadow Tracker: Resurrection". See the Thoughts For The Month Archives2005 page to read the column.
August 2005:
This month two new pages have been added to the site. First, on Other Projects Page 3 there is information about a music video I'm working on with Upstate New York-based singer Katrina Marie.
The video is for the song You Gotta Believe, which comes from her self-titled debut EP. For more information and to see a photo from the shoot, head on over to the new page. Also, Katrina's website can be found listed on the Links page.
Secondly, a Merchandise page has been added. As movies detailed on this site become available, this page will provide links to places where they can be purchased.
The Very Scary Productions Home page has been updated to note the addition of these new pages.
A new photo has been added to the "The Temptress" Page. It's a picture of my box cover for the upcoming DVD release of my vampire feature "The Temptress". This photo can also be found on the Merchandise page. I'd also like to thank everybody who has written and expressed interest in the movie. I should have an announcement soon about the release date. Stay tuned...
I'd like to thank Public Affairs Director Chris Iorio and host Gary McLouth for my recent guest appearance on the television program The Subject Matters. My episode of this half-hour interview
show aired Saturday, August 6th at 6:30 A.M. on WYPX TV55 (PAX) in the Upstate New York Capital Region viewing area. In the interview I discussed independent filmmaking, and I also showed clips from
"The Temptress" and "The Edge of Reality". The episode is scheduled to be re-aired at a later date.
Two new websites have been added to the Banners page.
A new website has been added to the Links page. Also, a new section has been added to this page. The first links listed on the page are now to sites of filmmakers and artists I'm working with.
And finally this month I'd like to once again congratulate independent filmmaker Michael Kazlo II. After successful premieres last October (see the Past Updates page under November), his vampire feature "Bloodlust" is now on DVD and available to purchase at three Upstate New York area Borders book stores. For more information on the movie see my Links page to connect to the Archangel Productions website. For information on my appearance in "Bloodlust" see the Acting Credits page.
September 2005:
"The Edge of Reality" is now available for viewing at Video On Demand (www.vod.com), a website which offers streaming rentals and full downloads for films. This horror anthology feature was produced and directed by independent filmmaker Joe Bagnardi. I served as Associate Producer & Editor on the movie. The feature is being distributed by Brimstone Media Productions (see the Links page to connect to the Brimstone Media Productions website). Links to the Video On Demand page for the movie have been added to the Merchandise page. For more detailed information (including cast and production credits) about the movie and to view photos from the film, see Other Projects Page 1. To view the movie trailer see the Movie Trailers page. For information on my appearance in "The Edge of Reality" see
I'd like to thank Gina from B-Hive TV for including "The Temptress" movie trailer in Episode 2 of the
The B-Hive television show. For more information about this fun half-hour show dedicated to spotlighting independent artists and their movie trailers, see the Banners page to connect to The B-hive website.
Three new websites have been added to the Banners page.
Two new websites have been added to the Links page.
October 2005:
Thanks go out this month to independent filmmaker Jeff Burns and the organizers of the Albacon Science Fiction convention held October 7-9 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albany, NY. This year Albacon featured a mini film festival of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films on Friday night from 8:00 p.m. until midnight. Several short films from Upstate New York Capital Region filmmakers were shown. Included in this lineup was the Bigfoot story The Quarry, which is the 3rd segment of the feature-length anthology horror film "The Edge of Reality". Director Joe Bagnardi, his son Sean and I attended the screening. I'd like to especially thank everybody who came to watch the films and support the filmmakers. For more information on "The Edge of Reality", which is now available for viewing at
To view more recent updates at Very Scary Productions see the What's New page.
All images, photographs and videos contained within this website are copyrighted material.
November 2005:
I'd like to thank everybody who attended The Classic Horror Film Festival at The New York State Museum in Albany, NY on Saturday, October 29th. This was the first such event of its kind to be
held at the museum, and I hope everyone enjoyed seeing the original classics "Horror of Dracula", "Carnival of Souls", "The Haunting" and "Night of the LivingDead" on the big screen. I'd also like to thank independent filmmakers Joe Bagnardi and Bruce & Rosa Hallenbeck for joining me in hosting the event. And finally a special thank-you goes to Pat Whalen at The New York State Museum for putting the whole thing together.
Please Note: movie posters for the independent movies "The Temptress", "The Edge of Reality" and "London After Midnight", which were originally on separate promotional pages before the April 2006 site redesign, are now on their respective movie pages. All links in past updates have been changed to reflect this. To view movie posters for "The Temptress" see "The Temptress" Page, and to view movie posters for "The Edge of Reality" and "London After Midnight" see Other Projects Page 1. Also, the Current & Upcoming Movies page is now called the Upcoming Movies page and all links in past updates have been changed to reflect that. And links to the Out & About page and the Other Projects page have been changed to Out & About Page 1 and Other Projects Page 1, respectively, to relect the change in the names of those pages.
The Very Scary Productions Past Updates page contains a listing of past monthly updates to this website.
Very Scary Productions
The website of independent digital filmmaker Jeff Kirkendall
December 2005:
Two new websites have been added to the Banners page.
January 2006:
My Biography page has been updated for the year 2005.
Happy New Year!!
February 2006:
The first official promotional movie photo for "Shadow Tracker, Vampire Hunter: Resurrection"
(which was previously called "Shadow Tracker: Resurrection") from JB Productions has been added
to Other Projects Page 2. The movie is a sequel to 1998's "Shadow Tracker: Vampire Hunter".
This new independent horror feature is being produced in the Capital Region of Upstate New York.
I'm working on it along with filmmaker Joe Bagnardi, who directed the first film and returns once again to direct the sequel. And just a quick reminder that the horror anthology feature "The Edge of Reality", which is the most recent release from JB Productions, is now available for viewing at Video On Demand (www.vod.com), a website which offers streaming rentals and full downloads for films.
See the Merchandise page for more details and a link to "The Edge of Reality" sale page.
A new Thoughts For The Month Archives page has been started for the year 2006.
March/April 2006:
The entire Very Scary Productions website has been redesigned. Those who have visited the site before will probably notice that the biggest change is the new menu design. The main site menu now appears on the upper left and bottom of each page and has a new look which I hope everybody will like. Also I've tried to make things a bit more orderly by consolidating several pages. The movie posters for the independent features "The Temptress", "The Edge of Reality" and "London After Midnight", which had been on separate promotional pages, are now on their respective movie pages. The movie poster for "The Temptress" is now on "The Temptress" Page, and the movie posters for "The Edge of Reality" and "London After Midnight" can now be found on Other Projects Page 1.
Other site changes include the addition of the Past Updates page to the new main menu, and the renaming of the Current & Upcoming Movies page - now called simply the Upcoming Movies page.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! This month the site turns 4 years old. I'd like to thank everyone who has visited for their support.
The Acting Credits page has been updated. Information has been added about my appearance in the independent feature film Corruption from Upstate New York-based filmmaker Christopher R. Bishop.
