Echo Chamber - 214 - Part Two
You can hear ‘Part One’ HERE of this week’s episode!!!
And in 'Part TWO', of this week's @EchoChamberFP we get down with a new intimate documentary that examines the Hollywood horror community, spotlighting many of the notable names of the genre!
'The Horror Crowd' is directed & conceived by Ruben Pla. Who has assembled an all-star cast of actors and filmmakers to discuss the Hollywood horror community, covering such wide-ranging topics as women in horror, race relations, “being the weird kid,” and film festivals, as well as the unique community and support that exists in the space. Together, this “crowd” dishes on horror creators, actors, and fans. They also discuss why they chose (and still choose) to be involved with the horror genre and its tangential community. Despite the dark and scary implications of the genre, the community behind it is rather warm and generous amongst its own; a chosen family bonded by living their lives as weird kids and outliers.
Watch the conversation: HERE!
And 'Part Two' has:
The Horror Crowd - Poster
The Horror Crowd
Watch Review: Here.
FrightFest Release Date: 29th August 2020
Digital Release Date: 2nd September 2022
Director: Ruben Pla
Cast: Ruben Pla, Charles de Lauzirika, Lin Shaye, Greg Grunberg, Russell Mulcahy, Ernest R. Dickerson, Adam Robitel, Jeffrey Reddick, Oren Peli, Darren Lynn Bousman, Brea Grant, Mike Mendez, Chelsea Stardust, Shaked Berenson, Clare Kramer, Lombardo Boyar, Ryan Turek, Sarah Nicklin, Cyrus Voris, Craig Perry, Anthony C. Ferrante, Kevin Tenney, SpookyDan Walker, Andrew Kasch, Darin Scott, Eric England, Adam Gierasch, Jace Anderson, Brian Collins, Dave Parker, Sean Keller, Staci Layne Wilson, Sean Decker, Aaron Kai, Tammy Sutton, Jared Rivet, Laura Bousman
Credit: Buffalo 8 Productions, MultiPla Productions, BondIt Media Capital, Miles Media Entertainment, QiCo Films
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 92 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Digital Platforms: iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Apple TV+
Pre-order via iTunes: Here.
Pre-order via Apple TV+: Here.
Twitter: @TheHorrorCrowd
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @thehorrorcrowd
Watch the conversation: HERE!
Ruben Pla
Ruben Pla
Ruben Pla survived growing up in the dangerous Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City...surrounded by gangs and violence. He stuck to his studies and went to college in Miami, majoring in Theatre Arts. Upon graduation, he returned to New York and began his film and TV acting career. To get his film chops, he plunged in and worked on dozens of NYU student films which proved to be a tremendous training ground for gaining on-set experience. He then relocated to Los Angeles to test those waters. There, he has performed in many TV shows including HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, WILL & GRACE, 24, WEEDS, CRIMINAL MINDS, CSI: MIAMI, WITHOUT A TRACE, THE PRACTICE, and EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND. Feature films include INSIDIOUS, MALIGNANT, BIG ASS SPIDER, CHEAP THRILLS, JURASSIC HUNT, and DRAGON SOLDIERS. Ruben is now branching into directing. THE HORROR CROWD is his feature directorial debut.
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IMDb: Here.
Rent or Buy via Prime Video UK: Here.
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Twitter: @rubenjpla
Instagram: @rubenjpla
Charles de Lauzirika
Charles de Lauzirika
Charles de Lauzirika is an award-winning American documentarian, filmmaker and DVD/Blu-Ray producer.
Lauzirika spent his early years in La Crescenta, California and attended Glendale College where he served as entertainment editor of In Focus, the college's weekly public access cable show. He also contributed to the school's weekly, El Vaquero, receiving several JACC student journalism awards for his work as editorial cartoonist, entertainment editor and editor-in-chief. Lauzirika later attended the renowned University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, where he wrote and directed a fully-funded 16mm sync sound film in the program's highly-competitive CNTV 480 Advanced Production Workshop; Lauzirika graduated in 1994.
While attending USC film school, Lauzirika concurrently worked for numerous film companies, including Lucasfilm Ltd., Lightstorm Entertainment, Warner Bros., Silver Pictures and Scott Free Productions. While working as a story analyst for directors Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, Lauzirika was chosen by Ridley Scott to supervise and produce elaborate DVD special editions of Scott's classic films. Lauzirika's works have been nominated for Video and DVD Premiere Awards, and in 2003 his comprehensive nine-disc Alien Quadrilogy garnered the prestigious DVDX Award for Best Overall DVD, Classic Movie. In 2008, Lauzirika won two Saturn Awards for his work on "Blade Runner" (Best DVD Special Edition) and "Twin Peaks" (Best Retro Television Release.) He later won two additional Saturn Awards, one for the Alien Anthology, and another for "Twin Peaks" The Entire Mystery.
Lauzirika has been in charge of the restorations and new cuts of such as films as "Alien 3," "Legend" and "Blade Runner: The Final Cut," each project requiring new visual effects and additional scenes which had to seamlessly blend in with existing footage. He has also directed several commercials and short films, as well as the music video for Montell Jordan's "When You Get Home" (1998) which featured Billy Dee Williams.
Lauzirika himself occasionally serves as camera operator in his documentary interviews, thereby fostering a more intimate environment, allowing the interviewee to be more sharing on camera. Although his work has long been associated with the films of Ridley Scott, Lauzirika has also produced DVD content for the works of numerous other directors, including David Lynch, Sam Raimi, James Cameron, the Coen Brothers, Michael Bay, David Fincher, Robert Rodriguez, Marc Webb, John Badham, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Mark Romanek and the late Tony Scott.
While Lauzirika continues to produce behind-the-scenes content for films and television, he has also segued into directing his own feature projects, including the independent film "Crave," which stars Josh Lawson, Emma Lung, Edward Furlong and Ron Perlman, which went on to win the New Flesh Award for Best First Feature at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, and Best Director (Next Wave) at Fantastic Fest in Austin.
Following "Crave," Lauzirika has been developing several directorial projects, including a feature adaptation of Philip K. Dick's futuristic drama "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon," and an original medieval horror film entitled "The Grail."
Follow Charles via:
IMDb: Here.
Rent or Buy via Prime Video UK: Here.
Rent or Buy via Prime Video: Here.
Twitter: @Lauzirika
Instagram: @lauzirika
Vimeo: Here.
You can hear ‘Part One’ HERE of this week’s episode!!!
*(Music)
'Bring It On' by Jungle Brothers - 1997