Slangman, a travelling salesman of words and relics from the 21st century (like toiletpaper and Twinkies), teams up with a tongueless Scottish warrior and a semi-retarded blonde bimbo to cross the post-nuclear wastelands, battling savage mutants and the pathetic remnants of humanity in search of a legendary place called "The Source," an oracle of ancient wisdom rumored to hold the power to enlighten the world... or destroy what's left of it.
From filmmaker B. Scott O'Malley comes this low-brow, no-budget, off-beat, uber-cheesy, Super 8 B-movie science fiction satire in spirit of Mad Max, Monty Python, and A Polish Vampire in Burbank that's sure to gross you out and leave you groaning.
Buy this awesomely-cheesy no-budget indie cult film, available on our EPIC DVD PACKED WITH TONS OF BONUS MATERIAL AND EXTRA FEATURES for just $14.99! Limited edition! Order while you can!
"Ridiculously
fun to watch ... Special effects on par with some major Hollywood productions..."
Fangoria Magazine
"The
energy and enthusiasm of
Peter Jackson's Bad Taste."
- Nathan Shumate Cold
Fusion Video Reviews
"Funniest sci-fi film in years!"
- MJ Simpson SFX Magazine
"A
true kitsch classic! Stellar moments of massive arterial spray. Yes, gorehounds
will lap up the excess of grue put up on the screen, as mutant heads are
cleaved in half and swords carve limbs cleanly from unsuspecting bodies!"
Bill
Gibron, DVD Talk
"Rude and insanely funny."
R. Mayer, Sundance Film Festival, Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, Silver Lake Film Festival
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MAD MAX meets MONTY PYTHON meets BAD TASTE meets NO BUDGET!
Sci-fi film lovers and cult film dvd fans rejoice! The ultimate cheesy sci fi film is here! BLEAK FUTURE is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film comedy that'll have you laughing, screaming, and throwing things at the screen. Shot on Super 8 film on a shoestring budget, BLEAK FUTURE is a sand-smoking, mutant-slashing, head-tripping, hippie-exploding, blood-bursting ride into independent sci-fi filmmaking. Think Thundarr the Barbarian and TSR's Gamma World meets the blood and gore effects of Bad Taste, Street Trash, and Monty Python and The Holy Grail, all of which were huge inspirations to writer-director B. Scott O'Malley while making Bleak Future. Buy the DVD! Ith features TONS of bonus material, including two commentaries and over 55
minutes of bonus video, comprised of 7 behind the scenes featurettes which tell the sordid tale on what sweet living hell the filmmakers went through to complete the film. It's unlike any other sci fi film behind-the-scenes story and was called "One of the most impressive discs in recent memory" by Film Fan Addict Magazine.
A Feature Film Shot Entirely on the Now-Obsolete Super 8mm Filmstock
Yep, you read right. Filmmaker B. Scott O'Malley shot the film on Super 8 filmstock. MADNESS! The sound-striped
film cartridges were the consumer favorite of the 1970's but were quickly made
obsolete by the video revolution of the 1980's. The filmstock came in 2-minute
cartridges, and were able to record sound on a magnetic stripe alongside the
actual film itself. Kodak ceased production of this sound-striped film about
mid-way into Bleak Future's production. Two $800 Super 8 cameras were destroyed by the rugged desert filming, which
took place on the outskirts of Death Valley, California. Sticking fiercely to that now-tired cliche, O'Malley funded the
film entirely with credit cards and what little money he raised from delivering
pizzas and land surveying, while working his way through the Communications program at California State
University, Fullerton to piece together this Super 8 sci-fi movie magnum opus of blood, mutants, and dark comedy.
The long, long road to DVD...
After nearly 3 years of painstakingly re-cutting the film, returning to
the desert to shoot several missed pick up shots, re-recording every last bit
of dialogue and sound, restoring over 500 photographs, compiling over 50 minutes
of behind the scenes footage, assembling 8 different subtitled language tracks
(including one in Pig Latin) and designing and animating 30+ menus, the DVD
of Bleak Future is now complete. The question is: Are you ready to own the ultimate cheeseball low-budget science fiction film on the ultimate, feature-packed DVD9 DVD?
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ANARCHY 101 PRODUCTIONS presents BLEAK FUTURE
FRANK KOWAL BRAD ROCKHOLD WENDIE NEWCOMB ROB CUNNINGHAM
&
STEVEN A. KOWAL DARLENE DOLAN BONES
AND TOM JOHNSON as The Malathion Man
Costumes Designed by KELLY JERSKI
Special Makeup Effects Created by TRAVIS RINDAHL
Co-Written by STEVEN DARANCETTE
Co-Producer MARC CAMPOS
Producer STEVEN DARANCETTE
Written, Produced, Directed by B. SCOTT O'MALLEY
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