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Exquisite Corpse

An International Collaboration of Dark Cinema

About Me

Exquisite Corpse is an award-winning, 17 minute collaborative independent horror film produced by Jim Minton Design Studio , based on the surreal poetry and dark fiction of Michael Arnzen .To date, our film has screened at the following festivals and conventions:* World Horror Convention (2007), Toronto, CANADA
* Antimatter Underground Art Festival (2007), Victoria BC, CANADA
* The 2007 Spooky Movie Film Festival (2007), Washington DC
* Presaro Film Festival (2007), ITALY
* Tabloid Witch Awards (2007), Santa Monica, CA
* Loscon SF Convention (2007), Los Angeles, CA
* Sansevieria Film Festival (2007), Toledo OH
* San Antonio Underground Film Festival (2007), TX
* Dallas Video Festival (2007), Dallas, TX
* International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (2007), FL
* Manatee Community College (2007), Sarasota, FL
* Context SF Convention (2007), Columbus, OH
* Confluence Science Fiction Convention (2007), PA
* Parsec Science Fiction Group (2007), Pittsburgh, PA
* Seton Hill University (2007), PA
* DV8 Gallery (2007), PA
Be sure to visit Michael Arnzen's new myspace page to hear samples from AUDIOVILE -- a CD of dark flash fiction and horror poetry, read by Arnzen, set to music! Visit Michael Arnzen's Home Page:

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Film festivals who screen shorts, and horror lovers everywhere."Friend" us and we'll probably add you. Since the film is roughly PG-13, any "adult" sexual imagery will be removed from the comments section below. To learn more about some of the principal people involved in the film, browse our "top friends" below!

Movies:

Visit the EXQUISITE CORPSE website !Other films by Jim Minton :

    Updebum C-Flat Cumpleanos

Books:

Sources for the short films in Exquisite Corpse...

    Gorelets Freakcidents 100 Jolts: Hardcover
Other recent books by Michael Arnzen...
    Audiovile (spoken word) Proverbs for Monsters (collection) Play Dead (novel) Licker (novelette) Rigormarole (poetry)
Visit Arnzen at gorelets.com for the latest news, or subscribe to his award-winning newsletter, The Goreletter .

My Blog

Another Award for Exquisite Corpse!

Congratulations go out again to Jim Minton:  both Exquisite Corpse and Jim's film Dandelion just won the "Best Visual Effects" award at the 2007 Sansevieria Film Festival! *** Exquisite Corpse is...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:21:00 PST

Exquisite Corpse DVD Now Available

Exquisite Corpse is now available on DVD.  To purchase in the US send $15 + $2 shipping/handling via PayPal to [email protected] or mail a check/money order payable to Jim Minton to:&...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:04:00 PST

"The Scab" Wins Best Animated Horror Short "Witchy" Award

Jim Minton's film adaptation of Arnzen's poem, "The Scab," just won the 2007 Tabloid Witch Award for Best Animated Short Film! "The Scab" is Minton's stunning vision of the poem originally published i...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:17:00 PST

New Goreletter Posted!

In cased you missed it: The latest issue of Michael Arnzen's Bram Stoker Award-winning newsletter was posted tonight. You can read the archive at:The GoreletterIf you like it -- or want to qualify for...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:18:00 PST

Arnzen's VILEspace

I've launched a new page on myspace.com dedicated to my horror writing, beyond the scope of Exquisite Corpse alone.  It should become a fun place as it develops.  At present, if you drop by ...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:54:00 PST

Winners of the Corpse Contest Announced

The results are now in for the "Corpse Contest," sponsored by Jim Minton, the producer of Exquisite Corpse, with a free DVD version of the film as a prize. This contest, published in Arnzen's newslet...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:26:00 PST

Exquisite Corpse at World Horror Con

Exquisite Corpse will be screening at World Horror Convention in Toronto this coming weekend (3/29-4/1). If you're also there, here's where you can catch Michael Arnzen in the program: Thurs, 11pm: ...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:55:00 PST

Win a DVD of Exquisite Corpse

CORPSE CONTEST: WIN A DVD OF EXQUISITE CORPSE! Jim Minton Design Studio [ http://www.mintondesign.com ] is kindly sponsoring a poetry contest.  Enter and you can win a free DVD of Exquisite Corp...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:00:00 PST

Early Reviews of Exquisite Corpse

Reviews of Exquisite Corpse are starting to come in.  Here are the first ones:Dread Central : "macabre... a stream of images that ranges from comical to downright disturbing" Obscure Horror ...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:06:00 PST

More EC Film Clips!

Director Jeff Pomeroy has posted his film, "Velcro" -- an excerpt from Exquisite Corpse -- on his homepage at Hogwash Productions.  "Velcro" is an hilariously gruesome claymation about capital pu...
Posted by Exquisite Corpse on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:56:00 PST