Sunday, January 15, 2012

Lee Martin's "The Midnight Hour" conducts a gory experiment


In the sprawling, shadow-filled corridors and offices of a large industrial complex, an unstoppable killer stalks his victims. His weapon of choice: the long blade of a deadly machete. In its wake,the dismembered bodies of the unlucky.


Post production has completed on“Experiment in Horror,” the latest episode of the cult hit TV series, “Lee Martin’s The Midnight Hour.” In it,a corporate conspiracy drives young Garard Vicente (Justin Spaysky)and his trashy colleague Caitlyn (Erika Hoveland) to devise a lethal plan to murder their new boss—before she can destroy Garard’s career.




This latest episode features outstanding performances from Spaysky and Hoveland, as well as from supporting players Jan Cartwright (as Garard’s newsupervisor) and James Caudill as a security officer who becomes an unwitting pawn in Garard and Caitlyn’s bloody game of death.


For Cartwright, who played a devil-worshipping, cannibalistic hostelry owner in the season two episode, “Bed and Breakfast,” it was a homecoming of sorts. “This was such fun to do,” she says. “I spent the entire shoot beingeveryone’s worst nightmare of a boss, then being terrorized by a psycho killer.”


The episode was lensed by Peter Fox, whose frame paints a moody,stylish portrait of dread. His company, PLF Media, created the show’sproduction design and gory practical effects as well. Assistant director Meka Nelson managed the production’slogistical aspects and schedule while makeup artist April Canning brought out the best in the talented cast’s appearance, with the notable exception of her treatment of actor Causley, transformed into a bloody killing machine in her hands. Script supervisor Amy Kolly managed rehearsals and collaborated with DP Fox and sound recordist Mariel Watson captured the show’saudio track.


Film editor/co-producer Brian Schoof, has completed the film editing and ghastly special photographic effects for the episode.  Along with Fox, Schoof was recently featured in The Macomb Daily, Oakland Press and Journal newspapers for his fine work and significant achievements in Michigan-based television.




“Experiment in Horror” will air Thursdays and Saturdays throughout March, 2012. See the Episode Guide of the show’s website for details.

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