ABBATOIR productions wraps.

Happy Cloud Pictures is pleased to announce that principal photography has been completed on their latest production, Abattoir.

"We have two days of pickups," says producer/"Directrix" Amy Lynn Best. "We shot in a beautiful Victorian house owned by our star, Stacy Bartlebaugh-Gmys, and her husband [and actor] Ron. We didn't want to spray blood all over the place, so we have a 'blood day' coming up next month. Don Bumgarner and Carlos Savant, our f/x guys, have free reign to go nuts."

Written and directed by Mike Watt (Dead Men Walking, The Resurrection Game), Abattoir tells the story about the end of a long-held truce between a brothel run by vampires and a group of Irish mercenaries. "Blood is spilled," Watt says.

"We tried to play around with vampire mythology a little bit," he continues. "We didn't diverge too much. We kept the teeth, of course. And the blood drinking. Our vampires are pretty cannibalistic-they gnaw down to the bone. And they play with their food! But they also cast shadows and reflections-this is more for practical filmic reasons than anything else."

"And we also got rid of the whole crucifix dilemma. We live in a global society. Christianity isn't the prevailing religion any more. So we had to figure out other things that connect humans and vampires, and what we can use to ward the creatures off. We had some fun with that concept."

"There's a sexiness that's new to Happy Cloud Pictures with Abattoir as well," says Best. "And I'm not just talking about nudity. We have beautiful women of all types playing our vampires."

Abattoir stars Best, Bartlebaugh-Gmys, Aaron Bernard, Steve Foland (Project: Valkyrie), Alyssa Herron (Severe Injuries), Sofiya Smirnova, Bill Homan (The Resurrection Game), Zoe Hunter (Witchcraft XIII), Megan Ruggiero and Rachelle Williams (The Take-Away Spirit). The original soundtrack will be composed by Scooter McCrae (16 Tongues) and boasts an opening song performed by Lorraine 'a Malena written by Neil Gaiman (Mirrormask). Executive Producers, Fred Obermiller and Tim Buchholtz.

Happy Cloud Pictures hopes to have Abattoir completed in order to premiere at Genghis Con II: The Wrath of Con (www.genghisconpa.com), September 15-17.

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