Melantha Blackthorne Interview 2004
By Mike Jones

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1. What can you share with us about Sinners and Saints?

 Jason Cavalier who is the action director and co creator of this project is a martial arts genius and a creative artist who I am grateful to have ever had the pleasure of working with. Our talents combined are sure to make this film not easily forgotten!

  Official site http://www.robomonkey.net/sinnersandsaints/intro.htm

 

  2. Do you prefer doing photography over doing movies?

  It has been my preference to keep active in every aspect of the genre. I tend to bore easily having only one outlet for my creative ways.

  This Halloween I will be hosting The Vampires’ Masquerade Ball in Salem Massachusetts.

 

  3. How did you get involved in The Vampires' Masquerade Ball and what kind of responses do you get from your fans?

“Indulge in an evening of erotic fear and morbid lusts. Taste the unholy wine as you sip from the sin of the Countess Bathoria, who flies to us from her lair in Montreal for a night of intoxicating sacrilege. Bathoria summons all Vampires to attend to her thirst for blood in a ritual seduction of the soul. Indulgences include Gothic music, delicate foods, a cash bar, live performances, and a cash prize for most provocative costume. Succumb to Bathoria’s dark embrace as you revel in the wonder working power in the blood!”

Salem’s Witch Elders Shawn Poirier and Christian Day discovered me one dead of night and found that I was simply perfect to blend into their cavalcade of autumn people. The Festival of the Dead celebrates death's macabre customs, heretical histories, and strange rituals, gathering experts on the spirit world to help Salem’s guests to confront their own mortality.

 

My fans are ecstatic about this event! Regretfully, not all can attend but I will be sure to bless them from a distance.

 

  4.Is there anyone out there in the genre that you are wanting to work with?

  Without a doubt, I would love to work with Jose Mojica Marins.

 

  5.What is your favorite Coffin Joe film and why?

  Coffin Joe's 'This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse' is an absolute work of genius. It is full of macabre, bizarre weirdness, beautiful women and blasphemy.

  When Coffin Joe enters hell the film jumps from a breathtaking black and white to ghastly color. This stylistic choice was something we almost executed during the edit of 'Sinners And Saints' and now as I think back realize that we made the right choice. Not only were we worried about distributors not wanting a black and white film but it also wouldn't have been as original an idea as we once thought.

  Jose Mojica Marins is a remarkable and unique filmmaker who has shown that budget can never constrain a true mastermind. This film is and always will be an inspiration for a filmmaker such as myself.

 

  7.  You list Cradle of Filth as one of your favorite bands. What other black metal bands do you enjoy listening to?

  I also enjoy listening to Therion, Tristania, Dimmu Borgir and Tvangeste.

  Miron and Naturelle of Tvangeste are currently creating some original music for ‘Sinners and Saints’. Stay tuned!!!!

 

8. Are there any more projects coming in the future that you can tell us about?

I am currently in pre production with my partner Jason Cavalier [Robomonkey Productions] with a project entitled ‘Countess Bathoria’s Graveyard Picture Show’.
It will be a Zombie anthology ‘Creepshow’ style.

I also just finished filming ‘Purple Glow’ with director of ‘The Night They Returned’ SV Bell of SVBI Films.

“Astronomers across the world are watching the sky as a meteor is reported on a collision course with our planet. When the rock gets to crash on Earth, some campers in the neighborhood decide to venture in the woods to find that relic from outer space before the authorities. Problems arise when one of the pretty ladies touches the alien rock and turn into a monster that feeds on sex and human flesh.”

Summer 2005 I will be shooting ‘Rise Of The Ghosts’ [working title] which will be another SVBI Production.

“A group of young scientists set out to investigate and experiment in an abandoned prison for women. The inmates who once stayed at the prison were condemned to death and their souls now trapped in the walls. The scientists attempt to bring one of the female ghosts back to from the dead and are successful… they soon realize that they may have made the biggest mistake of they’re soon to be short lived lives.”


The story is based on an idea by Zacary Park and written by Danny Pelletier.

 

This winter I will be shooting a ‘KillerBGirls’ production entitled ‘Tender Flesh For Zombie Goddess’. It will be Patrick Aird's [Co-director of ‘The Night They Returned’] directorial debut!

 

“When a group of friends decides to stop at Chief's Campground for the

weekend, little do they know that for more than 60 years now, the Mother of

all zombies, a by-product of WW2, has been roaming the face of the Earth on

a tight leash. Nurtured, cared for, and kept in bondage by the reclusive

Chief, Zombie Goddess, an 86 year old sexy zombie that feeds exclusively on
female flesh, will break free this upcoming summer.
Witness the sexiest female flesh eating extravaganza ever seen.
At last! Zombians* will roam the face of the Earth!”

 

*ZOM-BI-AN n. A reanimated female corpse whose flesh eating orientation is

 

I will also be working with Tony Watt on his film ‘Project X’ [working title] currently to be distributed by Mark Berry through Attack Filmworks. This film is about two ex-military street-hustlers from the hood vs. bisexual female vampyres that are taking over the world.

 

Last but not least I will be joining director Kevin Woodhouse on the set of his film ‘Random’.