Theatrical release dates, locations, and showtimes have been announced for Saturday Morning Mystery, coming out in August from XLrator Media, and we have all the info you need right here.
The film is directed by Spencer Parsons and written by Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, and Jason Wehling. You can find it on VOD now and in the following theatres beginning August 10, 2013.
* Brooklyn - Videology on Saturday, 8/10, at 9:30 pm
* Los Angeles - Laemmle Noho on Thursday, 8/15, at 7:30 pm
* Seattle - Tin Room on Friday, 8/16, and Saturday, 8/17, at 10:00 pm
* Chicago - Music Box on Friday, 8/16, and Saturday, 8/17, at 12:00 midnight
Related Story: Guest Blog: Director Spencer Parsons on Saturday Morning Mystery; Exclusive New Stills!
Josephine Decker, Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, and Adam Tate star.
Synopsis:
Four professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they...
The film is directed by Spencer Parsons and written by Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, and Jason Wehling. You can find it on VOD now and in the following theatres beginning August 10, 2013.
* Brooklyn - Videology on Saturday, 8/10, at 9:30 pm
* Los Angeles - Laemmle Noho on Thursday, 8/15, at 7:30 pm
* Seattle - Tin Room on Friday, 8/16, and Saturday, 8/17, at 10:00 pm
* Chicago - Music Box on Friday, 8/16, and Saturday, 8/17, at 12:00 midnight
Related Story: Guest Blog: Director Spencer Parsons on Saturday Morning Mystery; Exclusive New Stills!
Josephine Decker, Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, and Adam Tate star.
Synopsis:
Four professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they...
- 7/26/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Along with some exclusive and really bloody new stills, we have a special guest blog on tap for you guys from director Spencer Parsons about his new film, Saturday Morning Mystery; old cartoons; and much, much more! Dig it!
Truth be known, I’m more of a Buford Files guy than a Scooby-Doo guy, probably because that one ripped off Smokey and the Bandit, and every episode took place in a swamp, with way more opportunity for moss monsters. But man alive, ‘70s TV barfed up a ton of these Scooby wanna bes about ghost-chasers-with-dogs. And all of them got repeated endlessly through the ‘80s in syndication, even the ones that didn’t last a whole season. Shows like Clue Club, Butch Cassidy and Goober and the Ghost Chasers, plus less dog-centric mystery team cartoons like Fangface, Speed Buggy, or The New Shmoo. There were more, and I could go on,...
Truth be known, I’m more of a Buford Files guy than a Scooby-Doo guy, probably because that one ripped off Smokey and the Bandit, and every episode took place in a swamp, with way more opportunity for moss monsters. But man alive, ‘70s TV barfed up a ton of these Scooby wanna bes about ghost-chasers-with-dogs. And all of them got repeated endlessly through the ‘80s in syndication, even the ones that didn’t last a whole season. Shows like Clue Club, Butch Cassidy and Goober and the Ghost Chasers, plus less dog-centric mystery team cartoons like Fangface, Speed Buggy, or The New Shmoo. There were more, and I could go on,...
- 7/16/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A whole bunch of new stills from Spencer Parsons' Saturday Morning Mystery have arrived, but they would have gone unnoticed if not for the annoyance of those damned meddling kids. Check 'em out or no Scooby Snacks for you!
The film is directed by Spencer Parsons and written by Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, and Jason Wehling. You can find it on VOD beginning July 17th and in theatres on August 9, 2013.
Josephine Decker, Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, and Adam Tate star.
Synopsis:
Four professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they bargained for when they investigate an abandoned schoolhouse with a mysterious past.
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The film is directed by Spencer Parsons and written by Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, and Jason Wehling. You can find it on VOD beginning July 17th and in theatres on August 9, 2013.
Josephine Decker, Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, and Adam Tate star.
Synopsis:
Four professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they bargained for when they investigate an abandoned schoolhouse with a mysterious past.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Massacre mysteries every morning in the comments section below.
- 6/14/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We haven't heard much about Spencer Parsons' Saturday Morning Massacre lately, but we've learned it has a new title, revised trailer, DVD box art, and release info via XLrator Media. Now that's an update worth waiting for!
The film, directed by Spencer Parsons and written by Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, and Jason Wehling, is now called Saturday Morning Mystery. A possible reaction to all the negative feelings toward violence these days? Who knows, but in any event you can find it on VOD beginning July 17th and in theatres on August 9, 2013.
Josephine Decker, Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, and Adam Tate star.
Synopsis:
Four professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they bargained for when they investigate an abandoned schoolhouse with a mysterious past.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
The film, directed by Spencer Parsons and written by Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, and Jason Wehling, is now called Saturday Morning Mystery. A possible reaction to all the negative feelings toward violence these days? Who knows, but in any event you can find it on VOD beginning July 17th and in theatres on August 9, 2013.
Josephine Decker, Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, and Adam Tate star.
Synopsis:
Four professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they bargained for when they investigate an abandoned schoolhouse with a mysterious past.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
- 5/10/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
One more feather in the awards cap for David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook": The Austin Film Festival, which ran October 18-25, announces the film as winner of its Marquee Feature Audience Award. A full list of the festival's award winners is below. Marquee Feature Audience Award: Silver Linings Playbook Writer/Director: David O. Russell Narrative Feature Audience Award: Junk Writers: Kevin Hamedani, Ramon Isao Director: Kevin Hamedani Documentary Feature Audience Award: (Tie) Spinning Plates Writer/Director: Joseph Levy Rising From Ashes Director: T.C. Johnstone Comedy Vanguard Audience Award: The Muslims Are Coming! Directors: Negin Farsad, Dean Obeidallah Dark Matters Audience Award: Saturday Morning Massacre Writers: Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, Jason Wehling Director: Spencer Parsons Narrative Short Audience Award: Asad Writer/Director: Bryan Buckley ...
- 10/30/2012
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Directed by: Spencer Parsons
Written by: Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, Jason Wehling
Featuring: Ashley Rae Spillers, Josephine Decker, Adam Tate, Jonny Mars, Paul Gordon
Drawing inspiration from Scooby-Doo, Ghost Hunters and scary movies of the '70s and '80s, Saturday Morning Massacre is a horror parody that's equal parts frightening and funny. Made with affection and a knowing eye, this sly film is for anyone who ever wanted to see how the meddling members of Mystery Inc. would fare if they, say, walked onto the set of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
In this entertaining flick, which screened last night as part of the Austin Film Festival, the Scooby gang is reimagined as real-world paranormal investigators struggling to make ends meet in the grungy mid-1990s. Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the team stumbles into a paying gig involving a deserted mansion with a sordid Satanic history.
This...
Written by: Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, Jason Wehling
Featuring: Ashley Rae Spillers, Josephine Decker, Adam Tate, Jonny Mars, Paul Gordon
Drawing inspiration from Scooby-Doo, Ghost Hunters and scary movies of the '70s and '80s, Saturday Morning Massacre is a horror parody that's equal parts frightening and funny. Made with affection and a knowing eye, this sly film is for anyone who ever wanted to see how the meddling members of Mystery Inc. would fare if they, say, walked onto the set of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
In this entertaining flick, which screened last night as part of the Austin Film Festival, the Scooby gang is reimagined as real-world paranormal investigators struggling to make ends meet in the grungy mid-1990s. Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the team stumbles into a paying gig involving a deserted mansion with a sordid Satanic history.
This...
- 10/24/2012
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
We chatted with the Saturday Morning Massacre cast and crew shortly before and after their well-received world premiere at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival. Here is a transcription of the finer points of our conversations with Spencer Parsons (director), Ashley Rae Spillers (actor), Jonny Mars (producer, actor), Josephine Decker (actor), Jory Balsimo (writer) and Aaron Leggett (writer) about Saturday Morning Massacre...
- 8/17/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
This is the last in a series of four interviews related to the Austin-shot movie Saturday Morning Massacre (Jette's review), which recently premiered at Los Angeles Film Festival. Don't forget to read about our chats with producer Jonny Mars, screenwriters Aaron Leggett and Jory Balsimo, and director Spencer Parsons.
Austin-based actress Ashley Rae Spillers stars in Saturday Morning Massacre as Nancy, the plucky young leader of a group of amateur ghostbusters working their first paying case... and things don't go quite as planned. This is Spillers' first feature-film role, following her appearance in a few short films, including a segment of Slacker 2011. Slackerwood sat down with Spillers before the film's Laff premiere. Though this was her first feature film role, she's been busy ever since, working with a long list of Austin filmmakers.
Slackerwood: How did you get involved with the film?
Spillers: This is the first feature I'd ever done.
Austin-based actress Ashley Rae Spillers stars in Saturday Morning Massacre as Nancy, the plucky young leader of a group of amateur ghostbusters working their first paying case... and things don't go quite as planned. This is Spillers' first feature-film role, following her appearance in a few short films, including a segment of Slacker 2011. Slackerwood sat down with Spillers before the film's Laff premiere. Though this was her first feature film role, she's been busy ever since, working with a long list of Austin filmmakers.
Slackerwood: How did you get involved with the film?
Spillers: This is the first feature I'd ever done.
- 6/27/2012
- by Virginia Yapp
- Slackerwood
This is the third in a series of four interviews related to the Austin-shot movie Saturday Morning Massacre (Jette's review), which recently premiered at Los Angeles Film Festival. Don't forget to read about our chats with producer Jonny Mars and screenwriters Aaron Leggett and Jory Balsimo, and look for the fourth interview later this afternoon.
Before he moved to Chicago to teach at Northwestern University, Spencer Parsons spent over a decade making movies in Austin. His first feature film, I'll Come Running, premiered at Laff in 2008 and also screened at Austin Film Festival that year. Despite the move, Parsons hasn't been able to escape Austin completely. His second feature film, Saturday Morning Massacre, shot locally, earned Parsons and crew a return trip to Laff earlier this month.
Jette and I sat down with Parsons and talked horror, the Austin film scene, his move to Chicago and (of course!) breakfast tacos.
Before he moved to Chicago to teach at Northwestern University, Spencer Parsons spent over a decade making movies in Austin. His first feature film, I'll Come Running, premiered at Laff in 2008 and also screened at Austin Film Festival that year. Despite the move, Parsons hasn't been able to escape Austin completely. His second feature film, Saturday Morning Massacre, shot locally, earned Parsons and crew a return trip to Laff earlier this month.
Jette and I sat down with Parsons and talked horror, the Austin film scene, his move to Chicago and (of course!) breakfast tacos.
- 6/27/2012
- by Virginia Yapp
- Slackerwood
This is the second in a series of four interviews related to the Austin-shot movie Saturday Morning Massacre (Jette's review), which recently premiered at Los Angeles Film Festival. Check back for the others in the next couple of days.
As Saturday Morning Massacre's producer Jonny Mars told us, the writers were brought in after the producers developed a treatment for a horror movie based around the Perry Mansion. Aaron Leggett and Jory Balsimo, longtime writing partners, have the details on how the script came together.
Slackerwood: Tell us how you guys got involved with this film.
Aaron Leggett: We'd been writing with Spencer [Spencer Parsons] for a couple years. Spencer had a short playing at SXSW and he was crashing on my couch since he lives in Chicago now, and he came home one night and said, "I might be working on this crazy horror movie." We're like, "Hey Spencer,...
As Saturday Morning Massacre's producer Jonny Mars told us, the writers were brought in after the producers developed a treatment for a horror movie based around the Perry Mansion. Aaron Leggett and Jory Balsimo, longtime writing partners, have the details on how the script came together.
Slackerwood: Tell us how you guys got involved with this film.
Aaron Leggett: We'd been writing with Spencer [Spencer Parsons] for a couple years. Spencer had a short playing at SXSW and he was crashing on my couch since he lives in Chicago now, and he came home one night and said, "I might be working on this crazy horror movie." We're like, "Hey Spencer,...
- 6/26/2012
- by Virginia Yapp
- Slackerwood
Directed by Spencer Parsons
Featuring Jory Balsimo, Sonny Carl Davis and Josephine Decker
I was really looking forward to watching some kind (well, any kind) of Massacre. To my dismay Saturday Morning Massacre had no massacre in it.
It is another convoluted, poorly written, terribly acted, bad looking, non-scary “scary” movie wherein absolutely Nothing happens until the movie is almost over. You would probably enjoy this movie if you have lived under a rock because you are a snail and know nothing about the world.
Note to the film makers: just because you use rockabilly music and “cool” haircuts on your actors while dressing them like the “cool” poser kids doesn’t mean you are making a horror movie. Also, just because you decide these characters are going to kind of, but not really, explore sex doesn’t make it edgy or modern; it makes it stale masturbation because not once,...
Featuring Jory Balsimo, Sonny Carl Davis and Josephine Decker
I was really looking forward to watching some kind (well, any kind) of Massacre. To my dismay Saturday Morning Massacre had no massacre in it.
It is another convoluted, poorly written, terribly acted, bad looking, non-scary “scary” movie wherein absolutely Nothing happens until the movie is almost over. You would probably enjoy this movie if you have lived under a rock because you are a snail and know nothing about the world.
Note to the film makers: just because you use rockabilly music and “cool” haircuts on your actors while dressing them like the “cool” poser kids doesn’t mean you are making a horror movie. Also, just because you decide these characters are going to kind of, but not really, explore sex doesn’t make it edgy or modern; it makes it stale masturbation because not once,...
- 6/19/2012
- by Dana R. Davidson
- Planet Fury
Director: Spencer Parsons Writers: Jory Balsimo (screenplay), Aaron Leggett (screenplay), Spencer Parsons (story), Jonny Mars (story), Jason Wehling (story) Starring: Ashley Rae Spillers, Paul Gordon, Josephine Decker, Jonny Mars, Heather Mars, Sean Ryan, Chris Doubek, Sonny Carl Davis, Wyeth Miller A group of friends run a floundering ghost-hunting business, modeled loosely after a certain Hanna Barbera cartoon. (Yes, they even have a dog. No, the dog does not speak.) The group's founder is Nancy (Ashley Rae Spillers), the Velma of the gang. Equal parts cute, sexy, smart and empowered, Nancy has found herself in a bit of an existential quagmire, not knowing what to do if ghost hunting does not begin turning a profit. The future of the gang hinges upon their newest client, Mike Ryan (Chris Doubek), a banker who is trying to rid a spooky old mansion of its murderous ghosts. Nancy, Gwen (Josephine Decker), Chad (Adam Tate...
- 6/19/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
I know, I know. A modern day, live action reinterpretation of Scooby Doo sounds like a really horrible Hollywood pitch. But, c’mon just hear me out… Because if any film community would be able to spin this particular pitch into gold, it would be Austin. The idea was originally hatched by Jonny Mars and Jason Wheling. They eventually brought Spencer Parsons (I’ll Come Running) on board as the director. Next, Aaron Leggett and Jory Balsimo were hired to flesh out the idea into a fully realized script. Then, the true moment of genius came — the casting. The slightly-skewed Scooby gang became embodied by Ashley Rae Spillers, Josephine Decker, Jonny Mars and Adam Tate, with masterful supporting turns by Chris Doubek, Paul Gordon, and Heather Kafka. The end result is Saturday Morning Massacre, a film that plays in dutiful homage to 1980s horror films with gory practical effects and boatloads of blood. Though...
- 6/12/2012
- by Don Simpson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Time to add a bit of a massacre to your afternoon as we've gotten our claws into the first stills and artwork for Saturday Morning Massacre, which will be playing as part of this year's Los Angeles Film Festival.
Saturday Morning Massacre – (Director Spencer Parsons Writers Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, Jason Wehling Producers Jonny Mars, Jason Wehling Cast Josephine Decker, Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, Adam Tate) – Four professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they bargained for when they take on a rambling mansion with a mysterious past. ★ World Premiere
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival runs from June 14th-24th; click here for ticket info. Visit the official La Film Festival website for the full list of films showing.
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Throw your own fest in the comments section below.
Saturday Morning Massacre – (Director Spencer Parsons Writers Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, Jason Wehling Producers Jonny Mars, Jason Wehling Cast Josephine Decker, Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Ashley Spillers, Adam Tate) – Four professional ghost hunters, who travel in a vintage van accompanied by their canine companion (sound familiar?), get far more than they bargained for when they take on a rambling mansion with a mysterious past. ★ World Premiere
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival runs from June 14th-24th; click here for ticket info. Visit the official La Film Festival website for the full list of films showing.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Throw your own fest in the comments section below.
- 5/2/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The lineup of the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival was announced today, and while there are a lot of impressive entries heading to the West Coast, not many of them are horror films. But there are a few that caught our eye so read on for the details.
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival runs from June 14th-24th; click here for ticket info. Below are the horror and horror-ish sounding films on the fest's slate; visit the official La Film Festival website for the full list.
Vampira and Me – (Director/Producer R. H. Greene) – Before Elvira there was Vampira, the playfully ghoulish host of a local L.A. late night horror movie show who became a national celebrity, then disappeared. This loving, personal portrait reveals the remarkable woman behind the chalk-white mask. ★ World Premiere
P-047 – Thailand (Director/Writer Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Producers Soros Sukhum, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Cast Parinya Kwamwongwan, Aphichai Trakulphadejkrai) – Part meditation,...
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival runs from June 14th-24th; click here for ticket info. Below are the horror and horror-ish sounding films on the fest's slate; visit the official La Film Festival website for the full list.
Vampira and Me – (Director/Producer R. H. Greene) – Before Elvira there was Vampira, the playfully ghoulish host of a local L.A. late night horror movie show who became a national celebrity, then disappeared. This loving, personal portrait reveals the remarkable woman behind the chalk-white mask. ★ World Premiere
P-047 – Thailand (Director/Writer Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Producers Soros Sukhum, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Cast Parinya Kwamwongwan, Aphichai Trakulphadejkrai) – Part meditation,...
- 5/1/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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