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Had a busy weekend with Hide and Creep. On Saturday, we finished up the third rough cut, and it’s shaping up pretty nicely. It’s the first cut to include closing credits, and its running time is 84:21.

Speaking of closing credits, Eric McGinty, Kenn McCracken, and I went down to Walon Smith’s studio in Clanton, Alabama, on Sunday to record a couple of Avery Ellis Exhibit(s) songs that’ll be heard over said credits. We also recorded a couple of other rock-type music pieces to be used in other scenes. It turned into a late night, but we got a lot accomplished. Also, watching the movie with end credits is kind of cool. It makes it seem more like a “real movie.”

Next couple of weeks should be hectic, as we have to get the Sidewalk premiere cut turned in on September 15. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

There’s a really nice story about Hide and Creep over at the Creature Corner. I think this is the third time they’ve mentioned our little flick since we started production.

Everything they’ve written so far has been based on behind-the-scenes photos and the Poop Shoot column, so I’m really curious to see what they think of the finished product. Hopefully, we’ll get them an advance screener copy in the next couple of weeks, and maybe we’ll get some feedback from them shortly thereafter.

Hide and Creep is discussed in a Montgomery Advertiser article from a few days ago.

You can read it online here.

Jonathan Thornton, make-up effects genius, was nice enough to stop by and punch up a few scenes we were shooting on Sunday. Stacey captured some behind-the-scenes fun on film, and I’ve posted some of her pictures to the Crewless site. Check them out if you dare:

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Also, for anyone who’s interested… current Hide and Creep running time is 81 minutes, 27 seconds.

As Birmingham gears up for the Sidewalk film fest, the local press is starting to take notice. Hide and Creep is mentioned in a Birmingham Post-Herald story you can read here. The Sidewalk/Hide and Creep story is the second from the bottom of the page.

I’m not sure how long that link will last, so I’ll archive the story to the Crewless site as soon as possible.

We’ve got less than a month to finish up the “festival” cut of Hide and Creep, and the grind has got me feeling a bit like a zombie myself. If you’re interested in reading the specifics of what I’ve been up to lately, check out the latest edition of “This Movie Ain’t Gonna Shoot Itself” at MoviePoopShoot.com.

Mark your calendars – the Sidewalk film fest happens in Birmingham September 23-26, and Hide and Creep will be showing – it’ll be the Hide and Creep world premiere, in fact.

Stay tuned to the Crewless news page and to the Sidewalk web site for the latest.

BrainFreeze is a comedy troupe based out of Montgomery, Alabama. Quite a few BrainFreeze members show up in Hide and Creep. Good thing we got them when we did, ‘cause now they’re going to New York for a show, after which they’ll probably be rich and famous and too busy for low-budget zombie movies.

Read all about their big trip here.

That Birmingham Weekly story about Hide and Creep I mentioned recently is now available on the Weekly web site.

That link should be good through Thursday or so. After that, you can view an archived version of the story on the Crewless site.

We’ve got a pick-up day of shooting planned for Sunday August 15. If any of you guys would like to be an extra that day, e-mail me at chance@crewless.com, and I’ll get you the details.

It’s another “This Movie Ain’t Gonna Shoot Itself” Thursday, so head over to Movie Poop Shoot and check out today’s column, in which I discuss lots of the cool stuff I saw at the recent Comic-Con.

Also, if you live in the Birmingham, Alabama, area, be on the lookout for this week’s Birmingham Weekly newspaper. The cover story is about local filmmaking, and Hide and Creep is featured prominently.