Bill Zebub is beginning a documentary titled “Sleaze or Art?” and will explore the making of his earlier work. You will enjoy tons of never before seen footage. Take a look at the kickstarter for it. Click here http://kck.st/3julDGT (and share that link). You will get goodies, whether they be the limited hand-numbered and autographed art, or something more.
Bill Zebub has been going over an immense amount of video footage from older movies, and he was surprised by the amount of material that would be interesting for a fan.
In the early days, video footage took up a lot of storage space, so Bill Zebub chose which clips were to be saved. The fat was trimmed, so the footage was either shots to be considered for the movies, or bloopers. All else was kept on the original miniDV tapes.
You might guess that there is a mockumentary in the works. It is tentatively called “Art or Sleaze?” This DVD will show behind-the-scenes footage primarily from the horror movies, but it will shed light on the comedies as well because the humor and nudity were so bold that some viewers were scared.
There will be a crowdfunder for it, so Email bill@billzebub.com to make sure that you get invited to participate. Announcements will surely be made on various sites as well.
The funders get uncensored, hand-numbered art, but there will be other goodies as well, like having your picture or name in the beginning credits.
Assmonster and Antfarm Dickhole get new edits and will be upconverted to HD for the RIDICULOUS HORROR Bluray. (Both are out of print, but Human Antfarm is a re-edit of Antfarm Dickhole that is still sold). This much-ANT-ticipated ANT-thology is to be released this year.
Sicko is still being filmed and might be delayed until early 2021, but every effort is being made to get the movie released (Bluray) this year.
The SERIAL KILLER COLLECTION (click for pre-order) Bluray is just a hop, skip, and a jump away, but if you don’t engage in physical activity, you can order yours now.
Don’t forget to order one or all of Bill Zebub’s books, especially his first memoir (click here). He is writing his first fantasy novel, tentatively called “WAIL OF PITY” and should be available this year if he doesn’t die of the plague or some other misfortune.
Bill Zebub recently unearthed audition footage for RAP SUCKS. This movie was re-edited as a bonus on the DO UNTO OTHERS DVD. Enjoy.
There was a crowdfunding campaign for the re-edits and remasters of Assmonster and Antfarm Dickhole by a company that Bill Zebub refers to as “Indie-go-away” (citing the anti-indie film mentality). Both movies, which were shot in standard definition (DVD resolution) were to be upconverted to HD (eitehr 720p or 1080p).
Bill Zebub began actively re-editing these movies last week. A tragedy became a boon. The delay in this project was due to every external hard drive that stored the shots from the movies failed. The mastered movies from the original cuts are still intact. The main point of this is that, in order to re-edit, the original shots, not the master copy of the movie, are required.
Standard definition files are much larger when they are “.avi” files (as opposed to a compressed form, like h.264). Due to the huge file size of uncompressed video files, Bill Zebub transcoded only the footage that he needed, so a miniDV tape of 60 minutes would probably only contain about 10-20 minutes of footage to be used in the movie.
In those earlier days, there were always merciless deadlines. Bill Zebub did not have the time to transcode every bit of cool footage. Only the funniest or sexiest bloopers were saved.
The prosumer camera from those days used firewire, so that added delay to this project. You possibly might not even know what that word means. Suffice it to say that technology improves quickly, and it is often the case that older technology is no longer supported, or easy to incorporate into the new paradigm.
Whenever there is a delay, Bill Zebub likes to do something to show his appreciation of a fan’s patience. He is not arrogant and does not assume that all will smile at his every decree because he is the king of B movies, but he does write in the third person in blog posts.
Bill Zebub consulted with the tech guru at his preferred distro. Bluray discs CAN play standard definition footage (DVD quality). Why is this important? As mentioned, there was good and bad in the catastrophic failure of the hard drives. The transcodes were lost, which meant that every miniDV tape had to be transcoded in real time (Assmonster has 24 such tapes that are each an hour long that must be transcoded in real time. An hour of tape is an hour of transcoding).
How is that good? When Bill Zebub saw the raw footage, he was amazed at how much behind-the-scenes material was captured. In the early days he liked to keep the camera rolling. This actually proved useful in some disagreements. (There is no he-said/she-said ambiguity – the words are black-and-white, so-to-speak).
There might be 2 or more hours of never-before-seen footage in the upcoming Bluray! There are other films from the past that might get a re-edit, and if so, they would get this huge bonus content as well, whether they get upconverted to HD or remain in the DVD format.
Bill Zebub also wants to include a movie that was shot in HD. Perhaps INDIE DIRECTOR is a good candidate (and yes, it will be re-edited) So this disc might be 6-7 hours for the price of one Bluray.
If you missed Bill Zebub’s radio show last week, you can stream here https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/94181
THE VORTEX OF CHAOS is broadcast on 91.1 FM in NJ and NY, 91.1 FM in New York City and Rockland County, and is streamed live (and later archived for steaming/download at any time) on wfmu.org.
Enjoy discovering music!
If you missed the previous show, you can stream/download it here https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93995
Bill Zebub’s radio show is broadcast in traditional radio on 91.1 FM and 91.9 FM in NJ and NY, and is also streamed live at WFMU.ORG.
Bill Zebub returned to radio June 10, 2020, and he will continue a weekly radio show titled “The Vortex of Chaos: which can be heard in New York and New Jersey on 91.1 FM, but it can also be heard in New York City and Rockland Country on 91.9 FM.
The show is also streamed worldwide live at wfmu.org, and it is also archived for later streaming download. For example, the premiere show can be enjoyed here https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93846 – and the master list of all shows is/shall be here https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/VC
Bill Zebub’s Professsor Dumdum shows are still available – here you go https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/DL
THE REAVING OF ISABELLE (click) will be announced within a few days. Email bill@billzebub.com to get a personal notification, as well as to vote for which cover you like best. (This is a book, by the way)
Bill Zebub completed the manuscript for his adaptation of the “Rape is a Circle” script. – that is to say, the ORIGINAL script that was never filmed.
The original script is quite different and much darker. The book version is blacker still.
Bill Zebub will proofread the material before publishing. The final cover design has yet to be determined. Also, Bill Zebub will publish under a pen name in one version of the book due to outsiders being unfamiliar with the joke of his infernal name.
You can Email bill@billzebub.com to be notified, and of course, you can sign up for newsletters on the upper right corner to receive highly annoying SPAM (just kidding – the newsletters will be about special offers and limited opportunities, and maybe parts of Bill Zebub’s embarrassing diary).
Bill Zebub’s re-edit of HOLOCAUST CANNIBAL and NIGHTMARE ON ELMO’S STREET comes out this Tuesday.
You can order here (click).
Both movies star Erin Brown, also known as Misty Mundae.
This is more than HD versions – both movies have been completely re-edited.
Both movies also star Lydia Lael, one of the favorite actresses in Bill Zebub movies. She started her path in Antfarm Dickhole and has won over many.
Rachel Crow also stars in both. You might recognize her from the cover of Dickshark.
Vanna Blondelle is also an actress who stars in both. She also appears in 50 Shades of Scarlett (which will have new treatment in the upcoming Serial Killer 4-pack).
In case you are wondering about the swastika – that movie only targets nazis for humor. There is no depiction of concentration camps. The only atrocities parodies are the ones inflicted on the SS. The movie is about Germans who board a plane to hide from the world until things cool down, but the plane crashes onto an island of savages. The name HOLOCAUST CANNIBAL combines nazisploitation with the cannibal genre.
Scarlett Storm stars in the puppet movie. Her first movie was Jesus, the Daughter of god. By the time she acted in the puppet movie, she had pushed her own boundaries, but it should be noted that no matter how sexual an image may look, it was always the creativity that attracted the eager participation.
