New Images And Casting News For DRACULA'S ORGY OF THE DAMNED

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: James Baack

Two vampire stories in a row! Today certainly seems like it's turning into a regular "blood drinking fiesta" doesn't it?

When I opened my email box this morning I was pleasantly surprised to find a batch of brand new photos from James Baack's latest horror opus "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned".

Okay, I know the word "Orgy" in there may give you the idea that what Baack is filming up there in Chicago is something for late-night Cinemax viewers. I assure you that is not the case. In actuality "Orgy of the Damned" is a homage to the classic horror films produced by the British production company Hammer in the 1960s and 70s.

Sorry, it's not a skin-flick .....

Production on this one is starting to wind down as Baack explains, "We still have five more scenes to shoot and we will wrap it up. We have been editing like crazy hoping to get a release date by this Halloween.

The movie looks great so far and we are confident that any fans of vampire films will sink their fangs into this."

Baack also let me in on some news about shooting locations and a new addition to the production.

"We are also very excited to bring aboard English actor Timothy Pollard to the cast.

Tim is the official actor to play Robin Hood at Notingham Castle ( http://www.timpollard.com/). We are very excited and pleased to have him aboard to play a part shot in England in the dungeons of Nottingtham Castle early in the film. We are also having some footage shot next month in actual Transylvania in the Carpathian mountains for the opening credits."

Sounds like "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned" will be much more dynamic than Baack's previous film, "The Bloody Rage of Bigfoot."

Our hats off to you James, keep up the good work!

Here are the for mentioned photos from "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned":





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A New Retro Style Poster For DRACULA'S ORGY OF THE DAMNED

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: James Baack

I just got an email from my buddy, Chicago area film maker, James Baack with a new retro style promo poster for his film "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned" attached.

Baack also included an update on the production in which he reveals that Dracula is not the only classic monster who will be appearing in his homage to Hammer horror.

"We have been doing alot of filming and are heading into the home strech at this point.

We have 4 more scenes to shoot and that will be a wrap.

We are planning a HUGE exorcism scene that will be chock full of special effects and way "over the top" visuals. Including a levitating bed and more vomit than a St. Patrick's Day party.

Then we need to shoot our 'cat fight' scene where Dracula will host a bizarre circus "freak Show" where women will fight with baseball bats, chainsaws, and other weapons of mass destruction in a dirty pit while the audience cheers and places bets. The scene will also include disturbing clowns, monkeys, and other mayhem.

We hope to get the entire project completed and pressed by September or October. (Just in time for Halloween.)

The film not only includes Dracula, but it also features Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, a werewolf, and enough ghouls to fill a barnyard."

Women fighting in a pit with baseball bats? Vomit filled exorcisms?

Oh God! You really gotta love James he knows how to make his films interesting and he always surprises you by pulling out all the stops.

I'm all in on this one!

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New Behind The Scenes Photos From DRACULA'S ORGY OF THE DAMNED

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: James Baack

My kindred spirit from the frozen tundra of Chicago James Baack just sent me a whole bunch of new behind the scenes photos from his latest film "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned. In fact, I think he sent them to me via his cell phone while he was stranded in his snow covered car somewhere on the vast motorways of the windy city.

Good luck to you James ...... hopefully you'll be found before spring.

Anyway, enough of my silliness, "Orgy of the Damned" is Baack's tribute to the great Hammer horrors of the 60s and 70s. Though with James nothing is quite as it seems, as these photos will attest. From the looks of things one can only gather that this film will be a cross between "Nosferatu", "Blade", "Resident Evil" .... um... "Rambo" and of course Hammer.

Then again, I could be way off base with that.

The cast, which includes Claire “Fluff” Llewellyn, Cassandra and Colleen Carajval, Shawn C. Phillips and illusionist Ron Fitzgerald as Dracula, and crew have been braving what has turned out to be one of the harshest winters ever to make "Orgy of the Damned" a reality. Filming in between blizzards since the beginning of the year.

Here are the pics:






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New Teaser Art And Casting News For DRACULA'S ORGY OF THE DAMNED

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Sources: James Back / Avery Guerra

Just as promised, Chicago area film maker James Baack is keeping us up to date with all the latest news on his latest movie project, "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned." As you can probably gather from the film's title, "Orgy" is Baack's homage to the classic horror films produced by the UK studio, Hammer, in the 1960s. In keeping with that overall feel, Baack has pulled out all the stops for this one, even more so than he did for his last epic, "The Bloody Rage of Bigfoot", and is taking his time to 'get it right'. The film maker has found the best locations possible for filming, including a castle in Illinois that looks like it belongs in Eastern Europe.

Baack is also taking the casting of his film very seriously, hiring Max Shrek look-a-like, master illusionist Ron Fitzgerald, to play Dracula.

What tribute to Hammer would be complete without lovely ladies? Well, Baack has covered his bases there by casting the twin sisters Cassandra and Colleen Carajval, along with the newly added Claire “Fluff” Llewellyn (photo above), who will be playing the lead in the film.

According to Baack, "Claire will be playing the character Patricia Hughes who spends a better part of the story hunting down Dracula on a path of revenge."

Sounds rather "Hammer-like".

Another recent addition to the cast is actor Shawn C. Phillips who has also appeared in “Assault of the Sasquatch", "Hell House" and "President's Day."

Though filming for "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned" began last September, the project has been put on hiatus until the beginning of 2011, in Baack's words, "to capture the gray and 'wintry' feel of the movie."

Look for more "Orgy" news in the near future!

Oh, and before I forget, James also sent along two new 'teaser' posters from his film as well:





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Illusionist Ron Fitzgerald To Play The Vampire In DRACULA'S ORGY OF THE DAMNED

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Sources: James Back / Avery Guerra

As you probably remember from last week, I reported that Chicago area film maker James Baack had opted not to go with his "Nuns with jet packs fighting monsters" film, "The Sisters of St.Tommy Gun" as his fallow-up to "The Bloody Rage of Bigfoot" deciding instead to forward with a tribute to classic Hammer horror films entitled "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned."

At that time Baack reveled many of his casting choices, namely his lovely leading ladies, sisters Cassandra and Colleen Carajval, but he failed to mention who exactly would be playing Dracula in the film.

Realising his fopa, Baack was quick to shoot us an email announcing that he been able to entice master illusionist Ron Fitzgerald to play his vampire.

For those of you who aren't familiar with Fitzgerald, here is his bio provided by Baack:

Master Ron Fitzgerald is an Actor, Gothic Illusionist and Host for strange, dark fun! Fitzgerald has performed from Hollywood to Hong Kong with his wicked and weird style of Illusion in his live show "Fitzgerald's Realm of Magic", which includes Ron eating razor blades! He is the only illusionist edgy enough to close the second stage at Lollapalooza. Fitzgerald has appeared as an actor in the feature films "The Item", "The Thirsting", "Blood Gnome", "MAGUS" and others, with more on the way. Ron is the voice of the creature in the upcoming Horror movie "Contagion". He has been a host at the Chicago Horror Film Festival, In The Dark Burlesque and Chad Savage's Zombie Pin Ups as well as other productions including his own cable TV show. One thing is for sure, Fitzgerald is so much freaky fun, he'll leave you screaming for more!

Web Site: http://www.fitzgeraldsrealm.com/

I have to say that this is a great casting choice by Baack, Ron Fitzgerald certainly has that "Nosferatu" (Max Schreck) quality about him that should translate into a great vampire character.

True to his word, Baack has shipped us the first two teaser posters from "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned" along with some shots from the first night of filming, which took place earlier this week.

Look for more updates soon, as you very well know, once Baack starts filming he is all about keeping the fans abreast of whats going on set wise.

Here are the pics (check out the great castle location Baack was able to film at!):


















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James Baack Pays Tribute To Hammer With DRACULA'S ORGY OF THE DAMNED

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: James Baack

Chicago area film maker James Baack has been very eager to get back behind the camera after producing his first full-length feature film "The Bloody Rage of Bigfoot", so he has been essentially been juggling two film ideas, going back-and-forth between them trying to decide which one to tackle first. Right after "Bloody Rage" was in the can Baack announced that his next film would be "Orgy of the Damned" which would follow the exploits of two Salem era witches. Soon after that announcement, the film maker switched gears and announced that "The Sisters of St.Tommy Gun", a film about Elite Female Mercenaries fighting bad guys and monsters in Mexico, was soon going to begin filming.

Well, after assessing how much "St. Tommy Gun" was going to cost to make, Baack again has gone back to his initial movie idea, though it has now been reworked and renamed "Dracula's Orgy of the Damned."

According to Baack, this film will be a lot more tame than "Bloody Rage" and is more of a tribute to classic horror than pure grind house, "This movie will be a lot shorter than BROB. I'm hoping for 80-90 min running time and will have little or no swearing. I'm kind of tipping a hat to the old Hammer films but not a copy at all."

That's good, nobody likes a copy-cat.

Along with a new script, "Orgy" will feature a couple of new leading ladies, along with some familiar faces. Baack adds, "I have 2 AWESOME new ladies Cassandra and Colleen Carajval. They will play Dracula's minions. Karolina and Alicja (Kasha and Gosha) will be returning as well as Ron Feryeriesen. Andrea (Satantha) may play a small role."

No word from Baack yet about the new story line for this one, but the film maker promises to keep us up to date about everything that goes on, just like he did for "Bloody Rage".

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