April 7, 2007
There’s still time for folks in the Cleveland, OH area who have the inkling to be in a Bigfoot movie to make the casting call this evening.
Sorry about the late notice Cryptomundoers, but I just saw this item and posted it posthaste.
Calling all actors who can do “perky cheerleader” or “march-band nerd”!
Local filmmaker Brian Lawlor is holding screen tests today for Welcome to Cretonville: Legend of the Melonheads, a horror movie he plans to start shooting next weekend in Kirtland. “We’re going to go for the gut on this one,” he says. “It’s going to harken back to a classic slasher flick.”
Welcome to Cretonville takes place in a fictitious Lake County community, where a myth about Big Foot-like creatures called Melonheads has persisted since the 1950s. The ghosts of their teenage victims haunt the woods. Lawlor needs varsity cheerleaders and chaperones to terrorize a high-school marching band. “If you live or grew up in Lake County, you’ll chuckle here and there at all the inside jokes,” says Lawlor. “But essentially it’s going to be a horror movie.” The film is the second in Lawlor’s Dark Ritual series of cheaply made thrillers. Last year, he teamed up with producers Shawn McLaughlin and Chris “Moose” Woodin to film Aquarius Rising — which is about a small-town sheriff who hires a psychic to solve a gruesome murder in, yep, Lake County. The movie’s production costs came in at around $1,000. “We’ve had bar tabs bigger than that,” laughs Lawlor. With an equally limited budget for Welcome to Cretonville, Lawlor hopes to complete the film in time for a Halloween premiere. He thinks local moviegoers (especially Lake County residents) will relate to the story. “You hear the myths growing up, but nobody takes them seriously,” he says. “It’s a thing to do with your girlfriend or a group of people for a good scare. Scares and high-school kids — you know where that usually leads.”Cris Glaser
Cleveland Scene
Date/Time: Sat., April 7, 3:00pm-7:00pm
Event Location
North Coast Casting
4913 Storer Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44113
216-621-5441
More info on the film…
Laugh-at-the-Law Productions & ShockStar Studios to produce motion picture based on North East Ohio Legend.
“Welcome to Cretonville: Legend of the Melonheads” Lake County, OH productions company, Laugh-at-the-Law Productions Ltd. announced that it will go forward with it’s second feature movie. This one will be based on the Melonheads, a local legend about deformed, murderous creatures who inhabit the woods in the Kirtland, OH area.
“We have wanted to do this movie for awhile. Everybody in Lake and surrounding counties have grown up on stories of the Melonheads. We will be taking several versions of the legend and combining them into a TRUE horror movie, with slasher elements.”
Written and Directed by Brian C Lawlor, this is the second feature in a series titled: the Dark Ritual Series.
“Where are first feature ‘Aquarius Rising’, was “Based on Possible Events”; and is an ‘occult-thriller’; Cretonville will be a total horror movie playing on the area’s stories of the legend. What did most high school kids do in Lake county??? Go out to melonhead country for a good scare. Well, we want to show everyone what they were hoping to get a glimpse at; we will not be pulling any punches. We want this to be a movie that needs a warning about weak hearts and stomachs.”
Casting for this movie will be in early April. Shooting should start as soon as the weather gets warm. Principle shooting will be done in Lake County, OH and the cast will consist of mainly local talent. You can find out more as this production develops at Laugh-at-the-Law Productions website.
Welcome to Cretonville: Legend of the Melonheads The day has come!!! For four generations North East Ohio has been tormented by the Melonheads. Now Ohio’s creepiest legend comes to life in the newest installment of the Dark Ritual Series!!!
You asked for it, you got it! Our next project is in pre-production. ‘What happens when the Cheerleaders decide to test their courage and go camping in Melonhead Country????’ Booze, Babes and Carnage! We will bring to life North East Ohio’s best known legend. Learn the story of Dr. Crow and how the melonheads came to be the force to terrify 4 generations! Welcome to Cretonville: Legend of the Melonheads, is another installment of the Dark Ritual Series! From the Director of Aquarius Rising; Laugh-at-the-Law Productions & ShockStar Studios. Horror Society
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
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