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Late as ever - and with the usual excuse - but this press release landed in my inbox at the start of the month:

Frankenstein Rises Again in February

Filming begins this week on fresh fable from Double-D Avenger director William Winckler

Los Angeles, CA — After cementing his reputation as an audacious independent filmmaker with The Double D-Avenger — a movie Variety hailed as “a cheerfully silly ode to larger-than-life femininity” — this week director William Winckler begins filming his latest adventure: a loving homage to classic Universal-style horror films of the 1940s. The yet-to-be-titled “monster movie” stars Larry Butler (Lost in the USA, Elvis is Alive) and Gary Canavello, with special appearances by Butch Patrick (The Munsters), Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Terror Firmer), Raven De La Croix (Russ Meyer’s Up!, Hear No Evil), David Gerrold (Star Trek), Playboy model Carla Harvey and Cyberspace Adult Video Review (CAVR) Starlet of the Year Selena Silver.

“Nobody has done an honest-to-goodness homage to classic black-and-white horror films and monster movies,” says Winckler, who also wrote the screenplay. “Those films are mocked or parodied in big-budget adventures like Van Helsing, but no modern producer has attempted to recapture the heart, soul and style of the classic monster films. We’re changing that: We’re going to give horror fans the type of serious monster picture that used to be explored at length in magazines like Famous Monsters of
Filmland.”

Along with Frankenstein’s monster, fans can also expect to see a number of other classic-style creatures. Special-effects experts Rich Knight and Rufus Hearn, who have collectively worked on such productions as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Spider-Man, Men in Black and Fear Runs Silent, are crafting all the costumes and makeup effects, with Mel Lewis (Barbarian, Asphalt Wars) signed to pen an original score. The motion picture, tentatively set for release later this year, is being produced by Winckler through William Winckler Productions. Further information on the film, William Winckler and William Winckler Productions is available via The Double-D Avenger Web site.

And that, I’m afraid, is all I know. I’ve had a poke around and haven’t been able to turn anything more on this, so if there is anyone out there that knows something, I’d love to hear.

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