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Marc Selz is an American film director and producer who specializes in slasher films.
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Biography
Selz is a 1988 graduate of Niles North High School in Skokie, Illinois and studied film at Columbia College Chicago. He started shooting super 8 short movies when he was only eight years old. He completed his first horror feature film, Short Cut Road in 2003 which was distributed by horror movie outlet Sub Rosa Studios on DVD in 2003, quickly followed by The Rockville Slayer in 2004, which was distributed by Freestyle Home Entertainment and Universal UMVD. The Rockville Slayer had horror genre actors Joe Estevez, Linnea Quigley, and Robert Z'Dar star in the film. In 2006, he was set to shoot his third feature, Satanic Panic, but had to push back production until 2007 due to time constraints. Because of the shooting delay, some parts had to be recast, including roles originally set to star veteran B-movie actesses Felissa Rose and Brinke Stevens. The final cast consists of mostly Chicago based actors. The film is loosely based on the "satanic cult" killings that occurred during the 1980s and 1990s. Satanic Panic began filming in the summer of 2007 with most principal photography completed in September. The remaining scenes were finally shot in June and July 2008.[1] Marc has jokingly referred to Satanic as "the Star Wars of low budget horror movies" because of the time it has taken to complete.[2] Marc stated, "Karl (co-writer Karl Sundstrom) and I started writing Satanic in September/October of 2005.[3] This would make it three years in the making because Satanic should be finished sometime in the fall of 2008."[4] Satanic Panic was initially planned as a straight to DVD project, but there is word of a potential limited theatrical release due to industry buzz about the film.[5] The film was screened on November 28, 2008 in Wheeling, IL for friends, family and some press.[6] In late 2008 a mask distribution deal of the creature "Toby" from the fim Satanic Panic was made between Marc Selz Productions, LLC and Chicago's Zagone Studios.[7] The Satanic Panic mask will be mass produced and carried in Halloween USA outlet stores for Halloween 2009.[8] A world distribution deal was signed for Satanic Panic with Marc Selz Productions,LLC and Celebrity Video Distribution out of Los Angeles California in July 2009 for a DVD and Blu-Ray release date of October 13, 2009.[9][10] Marc Selz Productions signed a two year cable deal with NBC Universal's Chiller Channel to air The Rockville Slayer starting in October 2009. In April of 2011 Marc Selz Productions,LLC signed a two year deal with Netflix Inc. to digitally stream The Rockville Slayer. [11]
Filmography
- Satanic Panic (2008)
- The Rockville Slayer (2004) (a.k.a. Unaware and Hidden Fear)
- Short Cut Road (2003)
References
- ^ New SATANIC PANIC pic and update
- ^ Weisman, Rob. "Hidden Fear trailer debuts", Fangoria Magazine. Retrieved November 21, 2005.
- ^ New SATANIC PANIC pic and updats
- ^ Satanic Panic Chills Director
- ^ New Satanic Panic Stills Surface
- ^ 'Satanic Panic' Summoned to Blu-ray
- ^ Demons Rise in Marc Selz's 'Satanic Panic'
- ^ SATANIC PANIC (DVD Review)
- ^ Satanic Panic Headed to DVD and Blu-ray
- ^ Satanic Panic Heading for DVD - BluRay
- ^ therockvilleslayer.com
External links
Categories:- American film directors
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- Living people
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