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Hey guys and dolls! As some of you may already know, I\u2019m slated to direct my first horror feature film THE SHELTER <\/strong>early next year (get all the info here)<\/a>, with an impending crowd-funding campaign kicking in this coming Monday (!!). Here\u2019s a little personal insight into the journey behind the film\u2026<\/p>\n Ever since I can remember, all I ever wanted to do was direct feature films (horror or action, preferably). And all I\u2019ve ever done in life is everything but<\/a> direct a freakin\u2019 feature film! I\u2019ve written six produced feature lenght screenplays, acted in movies, produced, created an Award-winning short film, coordinated movie stunts, operated this website for the past 13 years and written over 1,200 horror reviews and yet\u2026I have still not directed a full-length feature!<\/p>\n The day I sat down to finish the script after I cracked it. Yup, I already had a stogie parked there, ready to celebrate!<\/strong><\/p>\n Now even though I had written plenty of scripts before, THE SHELTER was a different animal and actually took me three f*ckin\u2019 years to finish. I always had my first and last acts, but the sumbitch 2nd act was the one that took me forever to crack. Now in the past, I would eventually give up and move on to other projects, but in the case of THE SHELTER, it just kept calling me back. At times, I\u2019d be out drinking with my buds, and an idea to potentially crack act 2 would spring to mind and I\u2019d text it to myself before I forgot, then I’d get home, try it out, to find out that wasn’t it. I went through that cycle a hundred times! I\u2019m not sure what it was, but for some reason, I just couldn\u2019t let THE SHELTER go. It became kind of an obsession<\/span> actually.<\/p>\n And then the day arrived. Almost 3 years after starting the process of the screenplay I was finally able to crack the thing and let me tell you, I was happier than a John at a whorehouse! I went out with friends (you bet JoBlo was there), drank a few drinks, downed a few more (thanks again for the countless shots JoBlo) and just enjoyed the moment before the \u201creal journey\u201d of the film would begin. The good news is that according to everyone who has read the screenplay so far, the result of that crazy obsession was the \u201cbest script\u201d I\u2019ve ever written! Not to tout my own horn, but I have to agree. Unlike my previous scripts, this one was very and I mean VERY personal in terms of the themes brought up in the story. And I also rounded up everything I\u2019d picked up in the horror industry over the past 20 years or so and combined those with my creative juices. Result? I like to think that I\u2019ve hit all the right notes with this one.<\/p>\n A screengrab from a test shot that I did for the film. Yup some of the story\u00a0 takes place in the snow! Should be visually striking!<\/strong><\/p>\n Is it scary? You bet your ass! Character driven and depth filled? Yup! Is it mysterious, trippy and entertaining? Yes, yes and yes! Visually driven? Yes\u2019sir! In fact, anyone who has read my reviews in the past knows that I\u2019m a style whore and proud of it so expect plenty of eye-catching visuals to surface throughout the film! So yeah, I\u2019m excited and confident in bringing this bad boy to life and here I am, asking for your help to make my life-long dream come true. I\u2019m ready to rock this baby out to the world!<\/p>\n So next Monday is D-Day. We\u2019re going to have a crowd-funding campaign for the film on IndieGoGo. Why? Well unlike Zach Braff or Spike Lee, I\u2019m not even close to being a millionaire (I still pay rent, people) and THE SHELTER is an out of the mold project that isn\u2019t likely to get financed through the usual channels. There\u2019s a reason why David Lynch is longer directing feature films and that\u2019s because rare are the folks that want to finance risky projects anymore. Basically THE SHELTER is not cookie cutter fluff. It\u2019s a 70\u2019s-esque mind trip, frightening as f*ck and not afraid to explore those very dark places.<\/p>\n So there ya have it. I\u2019d like to thank everybody who has supported me over the years and I hope that come Monday, you can find it in your horror hearts to back me up and let me unleash my mindf*ck your way. Until then, Arrow out! Peace, blood, guts and love to all!\u00a0 – John Fallon aka The Arrow<\/em><\/p>\n LIKE THE SHELTER ON FACEBOOK HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n Hey guys and dolls! 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