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AMY SHANNON I
Asst Features Editor 1
In a haunted women's 1
prison, a psychotic serial 1
killer is scheduled to be
executed tonight.
While on death row, she
has spent her time
composing three gruesome
stories that shell reveal to
the executioner (and the
audience) in "Hellblock 13,"
the latest horror movie by
Columbia's foremost
independent filmmakers
Paul Talbot and Jeff Miller.
"The movie dissolves
into the three stories written
during her stay on death l
row," co-producer Miller
said. "The format is similar
to 'Tales from the Dark
Side:'And there's a surprise
ending before her execution."
If you want to find out
how the movie ends, the
last two showings of
"Hellblock 13" are tonight
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at i p.m. ana ? p.m. at tne
Nickelodeon theater on
Main Street. The movie
made its world premiere
on June 12 at Nickelodeon.
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to Columbia is becoming
quite familiar to Talbot and
Miller. ^
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horror movie," director and
co-producer Talbot said. "Hoi
since I've been a little kid. I
school with the kids from my
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for a total of 14 shooting dayi
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too.
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of songs by popular dub bands
like Isabellas Gift, Jebel and
Hick'iy Hawkins.
Both Talbot and Miller are
graduates of USC's media
arts program. They agree the
worst part of making a movie
is finding enough money to
finance it.
"Making a movie is a
massive undertaking," Miller
said. "Coming up with money
is hard. They're not cheap to
do."
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are the most challenging
aspects of making movies.
After finishing its run at
Nickelodeon, "Hellblock 13"
might be shown in alternative
movie theaters in Charleston
or Charlotte, according to
Miller.
Talbot and Miller will then
sell "Hellblock 13" to a home
video distributor who will
advertise it and turn it over
to international markets.
"Hopefully it will be on
international home video in
the fall in time for Halloween,"
,K Miller said. Or it might be
among "the stuff on Cinemax
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flicks," he said.
Talbot and Miller are not
newcomers to filmmaking,
tshow" (1995), which won an
"oduced Campfire Tales" (1991).
Ed video stores.
9, "Hellblock 13" promises to be
X)t.
looks a lot more expensive than
"It seems to work in front of an
always want to spend more time
ly pleased with 'Hellblock 13.'
lot of fun with it For 90 minutes
le it'll put them in a good mood."
Miller denend on the suceess of
in the works," Miller said. "It
. I hope to stick around here and
jssful."
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talented actors and technicians
8 making movies in Columbia."