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Slice

More fun than you can swing a club at.

About Me



S lice Pictures, LLC is an independent production company located in Richmond, Virginia. We believe that small, indie films have a valid place in today's entertainment lexicon. It's obviously fashionable to throw the phrase around these days, but exactly what is an independent film?

"An independent film (or indie film) is a film initially produced without financing or distribution from a major movie studio. Creative, business, and technological reasons have all contributed to the growth of the indie film scene in the late 20th and early 21st century." (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)

You'll find as many definitions as you will opinions (and you know what they say about those). That said, we're as indie as it gets. We've got a great story, a team of talented professionals, and if we shoot locally, even a location.

Read more about SLICE below and then check us out at: www.slicemovie.com

While some diehard fans may argue that the genre hasn't gone anywhere, horror films have made a strong "comeback" recently. This latest success bolsters our belief that new generations of horror fans are created every day.

Slice Pictures plans to take advantage of this.

It's not our intention to just produce another "slasher" film. We're filmmakers and horror fans. SLICE involves very real elements of friendship, trust, sacrifice, forgiveness and revenge blended with an exhilarating action-packed plot. We believe this will have a positive reaction on audiences.

We propose to make SLICE in or near Richmond, Virginia, to exploit economical production costs and longstanding industry relationships. This will allow us to make this picture for the modest budget of $800,000. This being said, as independent filmmakers we realize everything is of course negotiable.

Slice Pictures is committed to creating a quality, entertaining and profitable picture. We wouldn't dedicate the time and energy into this undertaking if we weren't confident we could deliver a thrilling film that not only entertains, but also remains faithful to, the horror genre. (That's right, lots of blood and guts.)

Q: What's "SLICE" all about?

"Slice" tells the story of four good friends playing in the "Wide Open," a wild, after dark, golf tournament. The foursome (and their girlfriend "caddies") reunites in the woods of Virginia at Woody Hole Golf Club, which just so happens to be reopening just in time to host their annual golf outing. But like all good friends, they've had their share of drama.

Q: So ... what happens next?

When a stranger stumbles onto the remote course and into their lives, chaos explodes. Soon, these friends are plunged into a horrifying struggle with hideous creatures determined to destroy them.

Q: Where are these things coming from?

Woody Hole was built in the midst of a forgotten and seemingly innocuous cemetery. Disturbed during renovation, the ground unleashes something dark and deadly. Stimulated by the golfers nearby, uninvited guests crash the night tournament with increased vigor.

Q: Hey, I like golf too ... but why don't they just bolt?

The other teams have vanished. The golfers find themselves surrounded and cut off from their cars; their cell phones now useless (of course) due to the remoteness of the course. They panic and scramble into the woods. Their only hope of survival is mired in their ability to forget their differences of the past, join forces and fight.

Now bloodied, separated and lost ... and armed only with golf clubs,
what chance do they have?
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You need more "Slice" in your life.



My Interests

Michael Swan

P rolific daytime acting legend, star of the upcoming zombie/golf romp "SLICE" and horror film veteran Michael Swan has begun shooting "Midnight Movie" in which the scares literally leap off the screen. The film is due out in 2008.



.. Mark Joy

"B east of Burden,” a 37-minute feature that upcoming "SLICE" star Mark Joy produces and stars in, recently made its successful world premiere at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Va.




Slice Pictures wants to share the collaborative experience of filmmaking. By sharing the production and storytelling process, it is our hope that we'll encourage others to tell stories of their own someday.
To that end, Slice Pictures and Studio 108 will work closely with local film students to provide them with the opportunity to apprentice in whatever area of production their skills and interests dictate.



I'd like to meet:

Film investors, actors, filmmakers, horror fans, producers, directors, screenwriters, FX artists, comic artists and creative types of all shapes and flavors.

Music:

Slice Pictures is seeking original music for this film. Contact us here or through our Web site: www.slicemovie.com .

Movies:

Nosferatu, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Them! Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Blob, Psycho, Night of the Living Dead, The Birds, Rosemary's Baby, Halloween, The Exorcist, The Omen, Jaws, I Spit On Your Grave, Alien, The Shining, Friday the 13th, An American Werewolf in London, Evil Dead, The Thing, ('82) The Nightmare on Elm Street, Gremlins, Aliens, They Live, Misery, The Silence of the Lambs, Scream, Dead Alive, Dusk Till Dawn, 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead, ('04) Shaun of the Dead, Slither

Television:

"The Twilight Zone," "The Outer Limits," "The Addams Family," "Kolchak - The Night Stalker," "The X-Files," "It," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

Books:

Edgar Allan Poe: Selected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Philip Van Doren Stern, Black Dahlia by James Elroy, Post-Mortem by Patricia D. Cornwell and Classic Horror Short Stories (editor unknown)

Heroes:

Ridley Scott, Ethan and Joel Coen, Sydney Pollack, Wes Anderson, Frank Miller, Martin Scorsese, George Roy Hill, Stephen King, Paul Thomas Anderson, Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Mel Brooks, William Goldman, Nicholas Pileggi, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, John Landis, George Romero, Frank Darabont, Quentin Tarantino, Burt Reynolds, Harold Ramis, Bobby and Peter Farrelly

My Blog

"SLICE" featured in ESPN The Magazine!

The "SLICE" Team recently received a quirky break, our favorite kind. Sam Alipour of ESPN The Magazine caught wind of our film project via "Waggle Room," a golf blog. Alipour called to inquire about ...
Posted by Slice on Fri, 04 May 2007 05:51:00 PST

VA TECH

The members of Slice Pictures offer their deepest sympathies and condolences to the students, faculty and extended family of Virginia Tech, a special place and community we have strong ties to. Our th...
Posted by Slice on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:28:00 PST