Topic: Castlevania Theatre?

[Sindra]

Let us know how it is, Nark.

[Profbeanburrito]

The actors in the film hail from the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.

Hey that's where I live! Is there a cast list anywhere?

And why don't I ever meet Castlevania fans where I live? Lol

[narkolepsi]

Will do, Sindra.

Cast list:

Castlevania
Written by Josh Henderson and Nick Murphy
Starring:
Nick Groch as Richter Belmont
Aleksandra Svetlichnaya as Elizabeth
Beverly Rivera as Ophelia
Don Manigly as James

Actually, they are from around the Philadelphia area. Don Manigly has been in a smattering of short films and Aleksandra Svetlichnaya has been in full-length films as well.

[Lil Chillbil]

sounds awesome but i think it will be extremly comedic in nature and will probably be budgeted for around 150 to 200 dollars. but thats just my opinion with the information i have

[narkolepsi]

The chair is against the wall.

I repeat: the chair is against the wall.

Left at 7:30 this morning with my dad to drive to Doylestown, stopped at McDonald's for some egg mcmuffins, then headed down to the County Theater. It's a really nice place and Doylestown is beautiful (I have a friend who goes there every other weekend and she told me so, but it's different to see it with your own eyes.) There was free popcorn and soda for everyone attending the screening.

Nick Murphy (the director) was extremely cordial, as was the rest of the cast (Aleksandra Svetlichnaya, who played the vampire Elizabeth, even complimented me on my little spiky bracelet after the film.)

The theatre was small, only 154 seats I believe, and there weren't a terribly large amount of people there. They showed their comedic trailers and shorts, like old-school Portal and Left 4 Dead 2 commercials, Legend of Zelda 80's trailer, God of War Indie trailer, Dig Dug trailer, Inglourious Plummers, Maniac Mansion trailer...

and then began the movie. All 8 minutes of it.

Well, it surpassed my expectations. A drastic change from their other stuff. It was actually really, really cool. I won't spoil anything about the plot...unless you want me to. Basically it's the beginning of a Castlevania movie as they envisioned it, and holy crap does it look good.

I recorded the movie on my iPod but I'm not allowed to post it online; it should be on his site in a week or two. (Besides, I don't know if you'd even want it anyhow, the side is cutoder a bit). I did, however, record the audio of the Q&A session (too dark in the theater to get good video) which is 22 minutes long. You can hear me asking a question on the transition from funny to serious and yelling out "Rondo of Blood, 1792!" when they were trying to remember the time period. (I was really the only CV nerd there, haha.) I got the whole thing except for a veeeery small part of the beginning. I will upload it, along with some pictures of the cast, later. I also have a poster autographed by the cast.

When asked if they could make it a full picture, the response was... "Send money!"

All in all, a pretty great time.

[whitedragon_nall]

Now I'm wishing I had made time to go check it out. It sounds like it was a fun time. When it lands on the site, I'll have to give it a look, I guess.. So was it a serious film or more comedic?

[narkolepsi]

Serious. During the Q&A I asked whether the transition from funny to serious was hard, and it was for them.

Some innuendo in the opening before Richter shows up, but otherwise a serious film. Let's just say there's a (serious) Simon's Quest reference about 3/4 of the way through.

[Sindra]

Nark, thanks so much for going and checking this out for us. Any exposure for the series, be it big or small like this, is just so very awesome. (especially when it's small like this....it means someone cared enough to try and pull it off) It's even better when they get an actual Castlevania fan to participate and nerd-out a little. Represent!!

If you see the actual footage posted by the director, please link it here and let us know!

[cecil-kain]

It sounds like someone's taken their passion to a whole new level --I'm very interested in this...  Was there any music to speak of?  How well done were the costumes and sets?  Would we know, at a glance, that we're watching Castlevania?

[narkolepsi]

Nark, thanks so much for going and checking this out for us. Any exposure for the series, be it big or small like this, is just so very awesome. (especially when it's small like this....it means someone cared enough to try and pull it off) It's even better when they get an actual Castlevania fan to participate and nerd-out a little. Represent!!

If you see the actual footage posted by the director, please link it here and let us know!

You are welcome!
Hehe, it was a lot of fun shouting out "1792!" But it was also a bit strange because I was the only CV nerd there. In my Alucard shirt and everything. Wearing the Trevor charm from my (broken) keychain on a string (don't worry, I got a new Trevor keychain since then).

The footage should be on in about a week or so. I will be sure to post a link!

It sounds like someone's taken their passion to a whole new level --I'm very interested in this...  Was there any music to speak of?  How well done were the costumes and sets?  Would we know, at a glance, that we're watching Castlevania?

Yes, there was some music. Not much to speak of, it doesn't grow too intense until the battle scene, and that same intensity spills into the beginning credits (actually the end credits in the case of this 10-minute sampler). But the music was pretty good. Not grandiose or gothic, but still dark and imposing.

The costumes and sets looked very good. Since it's only a taster, there's only one place to speak of, and that is outside a building in a courtyard of sorts. Fact: They had to take a lot of breaks during filming because of jets flying overhead which would detract from the atmosphere. Richter's costume is not 100% accurate to the game, but looks accurate enough that you could guess it's him; but he also looks older than 19, especially if we're talking Rondo.

At the beginning, it doesn't bear TOO much a semblance to CV, only setting the scene. But when Richter shows up you can kind of guess what's going to go down, especially when you see the battle scene.

EDIT for swag.



Beverly Rivera, the person who played Ophelia (the woman in the striped dress) was not present at the premiere and thus couldn't sign.

I'll find a place to upload the Q&A audio and post it as soon as I can.