Stoner Horror. A new genre?

EAT ME! was just recently included in a list of "stoner horror" films on the blog Movie Life Online - actually, it appears to be a website for a film called "Evil Weed" which I must say sounds hilarious!

We're mentioned alongside other "doper" films like Evil Bong I & II, The Tripper (directed by and starring David Arquette?) and Idle Hands.

New!!! Escape Brooklyn Zom-Voyage Launching Today!

Cold Hands is delighted to introduce a new addition to the EAT ME! website: The Escape Brooklyn Zom-Voyage, a Self-Guided Adventure Game.

Test your wits and your luck as the game opens in chaotic Brooklyn, where the zombie apocalypse is harshing everyone’s mellow. It’s your job as Band Manager to keep yourself and the band alive and uneaten long enough to get the hell outta the city.

Will you survive, or does a gruesome dismemberment await you? Could a bad decision turn you into one of the walking dead?

I mean, sure, you might have scored okay on a Facebook zombie survival quiz, but you won't really know if you have what it takes to ESCAPE BROOKLYN unless you play the game. It’s fun, it’s free, and if you get out alive, you’ll know you’ve got what it takes.

So what are you waiting for? Check it out now!

Mail Order Zombie Declares EAT ME! “Really Good!”

A great new review of EAT ME! has rolled in from Mail Order Zombie, a weekly Internet show devoted to zombie and horror movies.

You can download Episode 86 for free from Itunes by clicking here or listen on their homepage here.

It’s a fun listen, full of tasty audio clips peppered like so much buckshot between insightful commentary. Give it a listen! Our review begins about 19 minutes in.

Our Favorite quote from seasoned zombie flick aficionado Brother D:

"with all the zombie movies I've seen in the history of Mail Order Zombie or hell, even in my entire life, I've never seen or considered some of the things that these characters do..."

The review ultimately gives EAT ME! a rating of 4 out of 5 head shots!

Thanks for the great review MOZ!

Review from The Zed Word

A big thanks to the "The Zed Word: Zombie Blog" for taking the time to write a thoughtful, complimentary review of Eat Me! It's very cool to be reviewed by a site with a great handle on the zed traditions which we had so much fun playing with in the movie.

Check out the review here:

EAT ME!

What do Madonna, New York City, Prince, Pepsi-cola, and OUR FILM all have in common?

They've changed their names and become GREAT!!!

THE EATERS is now known to the world as EAT ME!
(that's right, exclamation point and all EAT ME!)

Just to clarify: No, the movie hasn't suddenly become soft porn. It's the same movie that you know and love, just with a dynamic new name. Like Prince! Or Google!

We're gearing up for heavy festival submissions and wanted to begin with a title that would reach out and grab our viewers, be they festival screeners, potential distributors, or Johnny Youtubepeeper (You've met Johnny, right? No, YOU ARE JOHNNY! We all are.)

We're also going to be experimenting with the art and copy to try to best capture the unique spirit of our zombie comedy. So check back for updates.

As an indie, our biggest challenge is just getting the right people to stop and WATCH. We see this rascally title change as a fun, easy way to make people take a second look, and hey, there's no arguing that it's anything but a perfect match for the anarchic spirit of the movie.

So keep checking the updates, and tell all your friends EAT ME!

A Zombie Cinderella Story

Things have been changing mighty quickly in the past few days in the land of all things EATERS. We had a *mystery guest*, who turned out to be an established NYC producer, attend our New Filmmakers screening last week. Evidently, he liked what he saw, because we are now in talks to take Eaters onto the world stage. It's terribly exciting, and we will keep all cast, crew and fans updated as things develop.

On a sad note though, in order to protect the best interests of the film while we develop a big picture plan, we've had to put a hold on our festival screenings. This means that we have had to withdraw from the Revenant Film Festival, which is a bummer. Based on the remaining line-up, we're sure that Revenant will still be a great fest full of awesome zombie madness.

Stay tuned for details!

NY Press Article: Eat Me! Brooklyn’s zombie auteurs flesh out the details of "The Eaters"

"New York Press chatted with Katie Carman (director, producer) and Elizabeth Lee (actress, writer, producer) to talk about fusing the searches for blunts and brains..."

Check out the full article here.

Our Director Gets Her Brain Picked by the Zed Word Blog!

Our lovely director Katie Carman was interviewed by "The Zed Word, Zombie Blog" this week!

Katie spills the details on all things Eaters. You might even learn something! Check it out here:

http://zedwordblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks to the Zed Word Blog for the great interview!

A day without sunlight, but with some hot news!

Cold Hands daytripped it out to Bellmore for the long day of events that composed the closing Gala of the Long Island International Film Expo. We met some interesting people and were happy to see THE EATERS nominated in the Best Long Island Feature Category. The overall event could have used some serious tightening (we the audience sat in a dark theater for four hours on the most beautiful of summer afternoons- I kept thinking, if this were at a restaurant at the Nautical Mile, we could all be looking at boats, and seagulls, and longshoremen!) Anyhoo. We were happy to be recognized in a city that as treated us well.

In other super-exciting news, the treatment for our next feature has gotten us into the quarterfinals of the Ultimate Filmmaking Competition. There are still many hoops to jump through, but we are psyched to be in the running for the awesome cash prize.

THE EATERS have also gotten a shout out from women-in-horror site Pretty Scary. Thanks ladies! Check out the link here -
http://pretty-scary.net/content/katie-carman-and-elizabeth-lees-zombedy-eaters-trailer

More photos from our June 26th Premiere!

We just got our hands on some additional photos taken at our premiere June 26th. Many thanks to George McClosky of Perfect Photo!

Here's a shot of the crowd in the lobby area of Anthology. We had a packed house!

Another shot of the lobby:

Here's a great shot of the cast & crew (Liz, we lost you there behind Ed X!)

Making our little speech before the screening:

Here's a cool view from the audience (with a little help from Photoshop on the screen. Thanks George!):

May the "Eat Me!" banner always fly high.

This past Wednesday, Cold Hands got a little undead and took to the streets with the new, glorious Eater Banner. We descended upon the huge, outdoor screening of Evil Dead II at the McCarren Park Ballfields in Brooklyn stocked with our army of postcards and our corpse like grins.

Our deadness and our amazing banner at first received only curious looks from passersby, but soon, once it was realized that we would not actually bite, we were approached by many friendly zombie lovers.

Some of them had interesting things to say.

One chap, seeing Katie staggering in a zed-like fashion, an EATERS postcard in her outstretched hand, remarked "You're a zombie! Gimme THAT!" and snatched it away. Thank you, sir.

Another said "You shoulda had a bike messenger zombie in your movie." Sir, we Do have a bike messenger zombie in our movie. Report to the Anthology on August 4th!

Others wanted to quiz us on other zombie movies. One individual ate the postcard, proving... we're not sure. Another man offered to sell us a zombie survival guide. We pointed out our macabre appearances and shrugged ---A little too late for that, pal. But thanks anyway.

Most however, simply expressed enthusiasm for the walking dead, and amusement that the film was shot locally. The Eater Banner will no doubt be making many more appearances this summer, but we consider its inaugural flight to be a great success.

"EAT ME!" escapes to Long Island (International Film Expo, that is)

This past Tuesday, Eat Me! was screened for a crowd of hungry zombie fans at the Bellmore Movies, in Bellmore, Long Island. We amassed a seriously respectable crowd for a late Tuesday evening. There was a brief Question and Answer session with the filmmakers after the screening, in which the two inevitable questions were voiced:

What was the budget for "Eat Me!"?

Of course, an epic feature like "Eat Me!" that spans two boroughs and an extra COUNTY has a hefty price tag--- and that's not even counting the "Love" that was involved (love is so difficult to commodify that the world bank has given up trying to assign it a dollar amount). Because of these, and other accounting difficulties, the producers had to demure and shy away from revealing any actual figure. We can say however, that we did produce the film on a shoestring, and that that shoestring is now covered in fake blood.

Will there be an "Eat Me!II" ?

This is one of our favorite questions. Not only because we like to imagine that people ask it because they love the movie and want to see more of the characters (and eventually watch the surviving characters get eviscerated by eaters) but also because the potential sequel names are so very tempting. Here's a sampling ---
Still Eatin'
Hungry For More
Second Helpings
The Main Course
Save Your Fork, There's Pie!
Undigested
Are you gonna finish that?
If anybody can think of any more good ones, we'd love to hear em.

Please accept our apologies for the sporadic posting. It's been a busy week with our first festival premiere! We promise to update you very soon with all the latest news.

Stay Tuned!

Greetings!!

Lots of fun news to share. Our premiere last Friday went really well, and the film had a great reception. We hope the trend continues into next week when we have our 1st Festival Screening!
Don't forget: Tuesday, July 14th at 9:30pm at the Bellmore Theaters, THE EATERS will be screening with a few other shorts films as part of the Long Island International Film Expo. $1 of every ticket purchased will go to the North Shore Animal League, which is awesome.

Because we're taking part in this amazing festival, we've gotten mentioned in a few newspapers. The first and most exciting being The New York Times. We also were mentioned today as a film of interest in Newsday.

We hope you're all doing well and enjoying your summer!

"EAT ME!" in the blogosphere!

Much thanks to the zombie fan community at large this week as we got two shout outs from the world of zombie media!

The first is thanks to Geoff over at Revenant Magazine, the premiere magazine for everything ZOMBIE! Thanks Geoff!

We also just found a lovely write up of THE EATERS on Amanecer Zombie complete with an awesome photo layout. It looks like a fantastic website - wish they had an English version though!

Our NYC Premiere is in days and we're SO super thrilled to show you all the film! Stay tuned for all the latest news!

New Trailer!

"EAT ME!" chosen to screen at TWO New York Festivals!

We're thrilled to announce that a work in progress version of "EAT ME!" has been selected into to two long established New York festivals, the the Long Island International Film Expo and New Filmmakers in NYC.

Our screening as part of the Long Island Int'l Film Expo will take place Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 9:30 pm in a small theater on Long Island in Bellmore, NY. The theater is walking distance from the Long Island Rail Road which is a 45 minute ride from NYC. Here is the information from their website regarding getting tickets:

If you would like to purchase advance tickets for a screening, you must submit payment (Money Order Only) of $9.00 per ticket (non refundable), made out to South Shore Entertainment Corp.

Send to:
South Shore Entertainment Corp.
P.O. Box 93
Massapequa, NY 11758-0093s

Money Orders MUST be received at least three days prior to screening. You will then receive a voucher through the mail and your name will be added to the guest list at the theater. You will need to check in at the Box Office window the day of the screening. If your voucher does not reach you before the screening, your name will be on the guest list. Be sure you specify the date and time of the movie block you wish to see.

Also, please be sure your phone number is included in case of a sell out.

Our NewFilmmakers NYC Screening is taking place Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Anthology Film Archives, the same place we are having our premiere screening in June! Tickets to that event are easier to get, and are available at the box office before the screening for $6.

Our film in both festivals is surrounded by a ton of short films, and at Anthology followed by another feature that sounds pretty cool, STATE OF ROCK.

We hope that you can join us at one of these screenings!