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Walking Distance

About Me

A idyllic, small, self-sufficient community. On the surface, it seems like the perfect neighborhood. Everything you could possibly need is within Walking Distance. But...the pastoral exterior conceals a dark past and an even darker secret. As a group of individuals - each with their own ties and agendas with the town and each other - converges on the enclave, strange things begin to happen. Very strange things. Strange enough to test (and then break) the very fabric of reality itself.
Everyone wants a homecoming, but in this case you really can't ever go home again. No matter how hard you try, you can't escape your past, and you can't outrun yourself. Both are always within Walking Distance.
Produced by Upstart Filmworks and Driven, Inc., Walking Distance is the latest movie from writer/director Mel House. The cast includes Reggie (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) Bannister, Debbie (Tromeo and Juliet) Rochon, Kathy (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003) Lamkin, Glenn ("24", Transformers) Morshower, Shannon ("Living Dead Girls", Chainsaw Mafia) Lark, Denton Blane (Desdemona) Everett, Melanie Donihoo, James LaMarr, Peyton Wetzel, Morgan McCarthy and Danielle Jones (all from Closet Space), Omar Adam, Todd Farr, Eryn Brooke, Bobby Haworth, Natali Jones, James Furey, and many others.
Writer/Director/Exec. Producer - Mel House
Exec. Producer - James LaMarr
Director of Photography - Philip Roy
Assistant Director - Eryn Brooke
Unit Production Manager - Melanie Donihoo
Special Makeup FX by Oddtopsy FX, Rancid House FX, and Facades FX
Score - Dwayne Cathey and Mel House
Principal photography begins June 5 in the Houston area. Keep your eye on this page for updates.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People with screwed up childhoods, shady government organizations, victims of violent gentrification, left-wing activists, neurological researchers, killer dolls, burned and vengeful revenants, people that melt, sexualized car parts, and a partridge in a pear tree.

My Blog

Fangoria L.A. = Super Awesome Happy Fun Time Jamboree

Don't Dwayne and I look like we're having a Super Awesome Happy Fun Time Jamboree?  I assure you that we were.Man...where to start?  This trip was literally mind-blowing, humbling, excit...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:34:00 GMT

Both WALKING DISTANCE trailers are up!

BOTH trail ers are now live: The BLACK trailer is on Dread Central right here.The RED trailer is right here on Fangoria.com!Make sure you watch both, as they are total ly diffe rent. Each accom pan...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:27:00 GMT

WALKING DISTANCE Trailer (1 of 2)

We did have a trailer launch today, but the secret holiday surprise was that we were going to release TWO trailers simultaneously (a BLACK and a RED) that showed different aspects of the picture.As of...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:25:00 GMT

WALKING DISTANCE on Fango.com today!

Today, Fangoria.com ran a news story regarding the wrap of principal photography, along with some quotes from James and some photos from the set.  Pretty cool.Saturday night, we had our wrap part...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:39:00 GMT

So far, so good.

Today we shot our 5th day, and our first with Adrienne King and Debbie Rochon.  Both killed their respective roles (as expected).  I also had my first experience working with a child actor, ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:54:00 GMT

FRIDAY THE 13th, meet WALKING DISTANCE

Check out our latest mind-blowing casting announcement, exclusive to Fangoria.com   http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=6740   Seriously, my head is still reeling.    You...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:08:00 GMT

Fango knows something.

Keep an eye on Fangoria.com tomorrow morning for our most recent awesome casting announcement.  It's a big one.  If you want a hint, check the date. You might even get a glimpse of our post...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:03:00 GMT

WALKING DISTANCE gets a little PARANORMAL ACTIVITY!

Today we announced yet another bad-ass addition to the Walking Distance ensemble.  You can check out Dread Central for the exclusive scoop on that.  And keep your eye out for Paranormal Acti...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 19:23:00 GMT

Blogging Distance

So, here's the inagural Walking Distance blog.  Most of these will probably be a mirror of my own personal blogs - just condensed down to WD-relevant info.Here's the press we've gotten so fa...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 06:38:00 GMT