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5.20.12 Good news everyone! Electro-Cute! is now up on IMDB, check it out

5.16.12 Don't forget to attend the Horror Hotel this weekend in Ohio. Unit 30 is screening at 8:30pm on Saturday, May 19th

5.14.12 Hot off the, uh, keyboard is the Electro-Cute! trailer

 

5.8.12 Check out the DVD cover for Electro-Cute!

5.4.12 Check out Blake Hogue, one of the actors in Electro-Cute!, in a series of commercials for Red Robin that are airing now. Blake plays one of "The Tripps".

 

5.1.12 Unit 30 really is the little engine that could! I received a wonderful email the other day letting me know that U30 will screen at the Horror Hotel film festival! How cool is that!? The festival takes place May 19th in Ohio, U30 screens at 8:30pm. Make sure to get your tickets ASAP, I see this selling out!

4.16.12 A fun video that will be included on the DVD for Electro-Cute! was recently completed. I like to call it "The behind the scenes making of the behind the scenes making of Electro-Cute!". Yea, that's right

3.31.12 Bill Rogers, one of the lead voice actors in Electro-Cute!, was awarded the Anime guest of honor award at I-Con 2012. How cool is that!? What's that? Check out the video below

 

1.12.12 Wow, has it really been that long since our last update!? Boy is my face red....Please except this apology of a super secret preview of Electro-Cute! Ssshhh, it's a secret

 

10.12.11 The rough cut of Electro-Cute! is done click here to check out some screen captures! Or else....

9.20.11 I'm happy to announce the addition of Bill Rogers and Michele Knotz to the Electro-Cute! family. We are thrilled to have them onboard and are excited to hear what a calculator, milk carton and instructional booklet, among other things, sounds like!

9.08.11 Guess what? We're done shooting EC! To reward you for actually reading this, here's an onset photo

8.15.11 You know what's fun? Wardrobe tests for upcoming short

 

8.15.11 Did Christmas come early this year? Because we received another great review for Unit 30! We were lucky enough to receive this awesome review from Char Hardin over at Horrorphilia. Click here to read it

7.15.11 Unit 30 was lucky enough to receive another great review, this one from Gruesome Hertzogg in the form of a podcast. Click here to see it

 6.8.11 check out the awesome review for Unit 30 (based off of the Terror Film Festival screening) from Baron Craze

5.25.11 Take a looksie at this great interview we did with Denise Gossett, the festival director and one of the founders of the Shriekfest Film Festival

5.10.11 Good news everyone! As you all know, Unit 30 screened at the Media Film Festival last year. I just got an email from the Festival director informing me that they have decided to put on a mini fest and are showing some of their favorite shorts from past festivals. Guess what? Unit 30 was one of their favorites! So if you're in the Media, PA area this Thursday, stop by Sligo Irish Pub and show some support for Unit 30

4.26.11 Well, we finally did it. We made a trailer for Unit 30

 

2.11.11 It's been a while since our last update hasn't it? Well, that's life. To make up for it though, here are the bloopers from the fake taser commercial that appears in our latest short film "Electro-Cute!"

1.11.11 Today was our first day of shooting "Electro-Cute!", we had a great time!Check out some photos from the shoot here

1.9.11 We just found out that Taryn Hough won best actress at the Hollywood Asylum 13 film festival for her performance in Unit 30. Woo Hoo

1.7.11 Check out the awesome review Unit 30 received from The Independent Critic

12.27.10 I think this may be the last test animation for our latest short film, Electro-Cute!. I'm kind of sad

12.16.10 Good news everyone! Unit 30 was lucky enough to be picked to air on the premiere episode of the web based show, "The Reel Show". How cool is that!? The show will air on Jan.8th at 2pm eastern standard time. Click here to visit the shows website and find out more about the screening. Bonus! I'll be online during the screening, answering questions in the shows chat room. More info coming soon

12.12.10 We obviously love test videos! Check out yet another test animation we made this morning (where are my shoes!?):

12.3.10 check out yet another test animation sketch that was made for Electro-Cute!:

11.20.10 check out the latest test animation sketch for Electro-Cute!:

11.13.10 Unit 30 was accepted to the Hollywood Asylum 13 film festival! More info coming soon

11.12.10 check out the latest test SFX video and get a sneak peak at some of the effects we're using to create Electro-Cute!:

11.10.10 check out the new Unit 30 DVD cover here, now with more stuff!

11.8.10 Check out this video from the Terror Film Festival. I was interviewed and asked questions about Unit 30 and horror movies in general. Who knew I was such an animated talker!?!

 

11.05.10 Pre production for "Electro-Cute!" has officially started! Our latest short film will mix animation and live action to create the perfect comedy/fantasy short film,- mua ha ha ha ha!!!! We're aiming for a summer of 2011 release. Click here for more info

10.27.10 A little birdie told me (ok, ok....It was film maker Jeff Bellantine) that a scene from Unit 30 is being used in the Media Film Festival promo video. Check out the video below:

 

10.25.10 Unit 30 WON the claw award at the Terror Film Festival for Best Thriller for a short film! (Click here for the entire list of winners). U30 screened at the festival over the weekend to a great crowd and as always, the TFF team put on an amazing festival. Click here to see photos from the festival

10.7.10 Unit 30 screened at the GIAA Film Festival in New York this past weekend and Eric Pirooz (the real estate agent from Unit 30) was lucky enough to attend the festival. He had an amazing time and we can't thank the kind people at the GIAA Film Festival enough for putting on such a wonderful event. Click here to see photos from the screening.

10.05.10 Unit 30 was nominated for 3 awards at the Terror Film Festival! We were nomiated for: Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Thriller short film! AND a scene from Unit 30 was featured in the trailer! Below is the trailer, Unit 30 appears around 3:15

 

10.01.10 Unit 30 was accepted to the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival! The festival takes place Oct.15-17 in Fargo ND and is part of Valleycon and the Fargo Entertainment Expo. Screening time coming soon.

9.20.10 Check out the awesome Unit 30 lobby cards that are making their rounds at festvials here!

9.16.10 UPDATE Unit 30 will screen at the Terror Film Festival Friday October 22 during the 5:45pm block. The festival takes place in Philadelphia PA at the Ethical Society Building located at 1906 South Rittenhouse Square, 19103. For more info check out the festival website here

9.12.10 Unit 30 was accepted to the Terror Film Festival. The festival takes place in Philadelphia, PA Oct.21-23. More info coming soon!

9.1.10 UPDATE Unit 30 will screen at the GIAA Film Festival on Saturday Oct.2nd during the 7pm block. The festival takes place in Manhattan, NY at the Anthology Film Archives located at Second Ave and 2nd St. For more info check out the festival website here

8.22.10 Check out the great review Unit 30 received from the horror review website Play with Death

8.13.10 Unit 30 screened at The Indie Gathering Film festival in Cleveland, OH last week. We had an amazing time and can't thank the IG Team enough for putting on such a wonderful festival. Bonus? Unit 30 won 2 awards at the festival! "Best Horror-Comedy for a short film" and "Best overall short film"! Check out the Unit 30 project page to see some photos that were taken at the festival.

8.1.10 We are happy to annouce that Unit 30 was accepted to the GIAA Film Festival! More info coming soon

7.29.10 Unit 30 screened last night at AOF and we had a GREAT time! We really can't thank Del, Josh and the whole AOF team enough. Make sure to check out the Unit 30 project page to see some photos we took that night,- the poster for Unit 30 made the cover of the AOF Program!

7.10.10 UPDATE Unit 30 will screen at the Action on Film Festival on Wednesday July 28th at 6pm (Academy 3). The festival takes place in Pasadena, CA at the Regency Academy Theater. To purchase tickets or to learn more, click here

6.29.10 We have been creating and printing Unit 30 postcards for the short films AOF and Indie Gathering screenings. Take a look at our fruits:

6.28.10 UPDATE Unit 30 will screen at the Indie Gathering Film Festival on Saturday August 7th at 7:25pm. The festival takes place in Westlake Ohio, for more info, click here

6.13.10 Unit 30 won another award! We found out this morning that Unit 30 was accepted to The International Indie Gathering Film Festival and that we won an award from the fest. The Indie Gathering takes place August 6-8th and we were lucky enough to win 1st place in the "Horror Comedy" category for a Short Film (scroll down to "film-short" to see the win). We don't know what day Unit 30 is screening at the festival, stay tuned

6.3.10 Unit 30 was accepted to the Action on Film Festival. AOF takes place in Pasadena, CA the last week in July. We don't know when Unit 30 is screening, stay tuned for more info. You can check out Unit 30's blog here

6.1.10 Welcome to the new CSM website. We realize it's not perfect