"GOLDEN SLAUGHTER" (GRINDHOUSE EXPLOITATION TRAILER)

A cheap but fun fake trailer, Grindhouse style (dust and scratches filters, bad acting on purpose, over-the-top voice-over etc...) featuring a high heeled blonde heroine in bikini and her (very big) gun, against a bunch of bad people.

Produced by SD creative Media (a San Diego based design company), this "Golden Slaughter" video was actually made to promote the Halloween Ball 2008 party at the Prado Balboa Park, an event organised by DJhere productions.

Directed by Roland Telebrico and edited by Kevin Falk (check out more stills of "Golden Slaughter" on his portfolio)

MACHINE GUN ARM : DEJA VU?

Released in the United States in June 2008 (2 months before Japan), the Japanese action/horror comedy "The Machine Girl 片腕マシンガール", written and directed by Noboru Iguchi 井口昇 ("Sukeban Boy") and starring Minase Yashiro 八代みなせ, got ripped-off a few months later by a bunch of young American indie DIY filmmakers for their Halloween Super Test Film: "Machine Gun Arm".

The plot is more or less the same as “The Machine Girl”: A Ninja Yakuza gang cuts off the arm of a young girl – stand up comedian & (jew)elry designer Carlen Altman – and kills her best friend (a Tamagochi). So she builds a gatling gun arm attachment to seek revenge. Check out the full short below...

And here is a very cool behind the scenes featurette, also from Indy Mogul, showing how they did the special effects with an extra limited budget..

Some links: About Indy Mogul - Carlen Altman's Blog - The Machine Girl review (Twitch) - "Shyness Machine Girl" trailer (Spin-off)