United Monsters Talent Agency (2010) – John Doe’s Short Film Of The Moment
Fantastic Fest this year served up a healthy dose of quality horror and science fiction, amongst the most buzzed works of the festival was a little short titled United Monsters Talent Agency.
Extra, extra, read all about it! They’re Reel! They’re real! What if the cavalcade of classic monsters that rose from the Universal back lot during the golden age of horror really existed? This is the nostalgic conceit that the United Monsters Talent Agency successfully awakens.
Dracula, The Wolfman, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein and The Mummy are just a few of the most recognized creations to come out of the era and they are all here plus many more. Shot in that indelible black and white fashion of a 1950’snewsreel complete with witty word play narration. Fiction becomes fact dispelling the rumour that these creatures were just men in costumes. Taken behind the scenes we witness how these horror icons of darkness were fed, watered and tended when not on set. Taking into account each individual’s unique needs they make handling the divas of today seem tame.The inclusion of a few favourites beyond the Universal roster are also most welcome including King Kong, Bruce the shark and a familiar resident from the Planet of the Apes.
This fabulous 8 minute short is Directed by Special FX genius Gregory Nicotero whose gooey, disturbing work can be seen in Day of The Dead, Evil Dead 2, From Dusk till Dawn and Kill Bill along with numerous others. A prodigy of lord Tom Savini, in the late 80’s Nicotero teamed with Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman to form the KNB EFX Group. Since then he has been a dominant force in the industry.
Working at such a high level has afforded Gregory some enviable contacts and for this, his debut effort calling the shots he has assembled a virtual whose, who of recognizable faces. Amongst those on the call sheet are Eli Roth (Hostel), Frank Darabont (The Mist), Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) and Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator).
A passionate love letter to the founding fathers of the genre, Nicotero displays flawless attention to detail, the SFX loyally recreate the age it homage’s and the tone of the piece is perfect.
For John Doe this is an early Halloween treat that will be hard to top. Make sure you watch through the final credits for added pleasures...and please do not feed the animals!
Presenting the United Monsters Talent Agency




































Screen Adventure
Horrorphile
Screen Adventure
Horrorphile
Film & TV on DVD
That sucks, I think you would have enjoyed The United Monsters Talent Agency.
Sorry about the apparent region coding on this clip. I scoured the net for another source but at the moment this is the only one with the full film.
I believe some video sites do have geographic restrictions. Not sure if you guys are able to access places like www.hulu.com or www.sidereel.com for instance. These are two places where I watch a lot of my TV shows.
Anyway, as soon as an alternate clip becomes available I will repost this again.
Infognito
Screen Trek
QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
this has to be the ultimate teaser for your next post with the local version!!!
hehe!
Dammit... the idea reminds me of those Abbott and Costello (no, not the politicians)
monster mayhem films, well, maybe there was only one, with Dracula, Wolfman and whatnot...
I used to dream about doing a film with them all...let's hope it gets up for a full length feature!
cheers
fog
Film & TV on DVD
Am keeping an eye out though so all my pals down under can see it.
Abbott and Costello encountered most all of them over the course of a couple of films I think. Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein had Dracula too, but I know there were a few others. Loved em as a kid too.