Bleak Future - The Lo-Fi, Sci-Fi Super 8 Science Fiction Film

"Ridiculously fun to watch ... Special effects on par with some major Hollywood productions..."
Bleak Future - The Lo-Fi Sci Fi Super 8 Feature Film

BLEAK FUTURE'S DIRECTOR: "PIRATE THIS MOVIE!"
That's right, I'm giving away BLEAK FUTURE for FREE via Bit Torrent and via shared flash file! Why? Because I believe that's the only way a small film like this has a chance to compete with the thousands of major films and other independent films that are released every year. If you like BLEAK FUTURE, I know you'll probably want to buy the DVD, which is loaded down with tons of extras, videos, commentaries, and other great special features. I'm betting that if fans of truly independent, outrageous cult sci-fi movies and cinema come and see the film for free, and actually like it and connect with it, they might want more. And what better way to get your grubby mutant hands on more science fiction film goodness than to own the BLEAK FUTURE DVD?

"The energy and enthusiasm of Peter Jackson's Bad Taste."
- Nathan Shumate Cold Fusion Video Reviews

MAD MAX meets MONTY PYTHON meets BAD TASTE
Sci-fi film lovers and cult film dvd fans rejoice! The ultimate cheesy sci fi film is here! BLEAK FUTURE is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film comedy that'll have you laughing, screaming, and throwing things at the screen. Shot on Super 8 film on a shoestring budget, and downloaded thousands of times by loyal pirates with a taste for cheeseball cinema, BLEAK FUTURE is a sand-smoking, mutant-slashing, head-tripping, hippie-exploding, blood-bursting ride into how fun science fiction film and independent moviemaking can be, even if just to make fun of. Think Thundarr the Barbarian and TSR's Gamma World meets the blood and gore effects of Bad Taste, Street Trash, and Monty Python and The Holy Grail, all of which were huge inspirations to writer-director B. Scott O'Malley while making Bleak Future. Watch the movie for free! And if you like it, buy the DVD, which features TONS of bonus material, including two commentaries and over 55 minutes of bonus video, comprised of 7 behind the scenes featurettes which tell the sordid tale on what sweet living hell the filmmakers went through to complete the film. It's unlike any other sci fi film behind-the-scenes story and was called "One of the most impressive discs in recent memory" by Film Fan Addict Magazine.

"Funniest sci-fi film in years!"
- MJ Simpson SFX Magazine

Centuries in the Future, Civilization Lies in Ruins, and History is Hearsay...
Slangman, a travelling salesman of words and relics from the 21st century (like soda can grenades and Twinkies), teams up with a tongueless Scottish warrior and a stupid blonde actress to cross the post-nuclear wastelands, battling madmen and savage mutants in search of a legendary place called "The Source," an oracle of ancient wisdom rumored to hold the power to enlighten the world... or destroy what's left of it. From filmmaker B. Scott O'Malley comes this off-beat B-movie science fiction comedy-adventure in the independent and satirical spirit of Mad Max and Monty Python that's sure to take you where no cult movie has ever taken you before!

"This movie is awesome!"- Ain't It Cool News

McDougal the Tongueless A Feature Film Shot Entirely on Super 8mm Filmstock!
Yep, you read right. Filmmaker B. Scott O'Malley shot the film on Super 8 filmstock. MADNESS! The sound-striped film cartridges were the consumer favorite of the 1970's but were quickly made obsolete by the video revolution of the 1980's. The filmstock came in 2-minute cartridges, and were able to record sound on a magnetic stripe alongside the actual film itself. Kodak ceased production of this sound-striped film about mid-way into Bleak Future's production. Two $800 Super 8 cameras were destroyed by the rugged desert filming, which took place on the outskirts of Death Valley, California. Sticking fiercely to that now-tired cliche, O'Malley funded the film entirely with credit cards and what little money he raised from delivering pizzas and land surveying, while working his way through the Communications program at California State University, Fullerton to piece together this Super 8 sci-fi movie magnum opus of blood, mutants, and dark comedy.

"A true kitsch classic! Stellar moments of massive arterial spray. Yes, gorehounds will lap up the excess of grue put up on the screen, as mutant heads are cleaved in half and swords carve limbs cleanly from unsuspecting bodies!"

Bill Gibron, DVD Talk

bleak future femme The long, long road to DVD...
After nearly 3 years of painstakingly re-cutting the film, returning to the desert to shoot several missed pick up shots, re-recording every last bit of dialogue and sound, restoring over 500 photographs, compiling over 50 minutes of behind the scenes footage, assembling 8 different subtitled language tracks (including one in Pig Latin) and designing and animating 30+ menus, the DVD of Bleak Future is now complete. The question is: Are you ready to own the ultimate low-budget science fiction film?

"Rude, unapolegetically ghetto, and insanely funny."
Roger M. Mayer, Sundance Film Festival, Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, Silver Lake Film Festival

ANARCHY 101 PRODUCTIONS presents BLEAK FUTURE
FRANK KOWAL BRAD ROCKHOLD WENDIE NEWCOMB ROB CUNNINGHAM
& STEVEN A. KOWAL DARLENE DOLAN BONES
AND TOM JOHNSON as The Malathion Man
Costumes Designed by KELLY JERSKI Special Makeup Effects Created by TRAVIS RINDAHL
Co-Written by STEVEN DARANCETTE
Co-Producer MARC CAMPOS
Producer STEVEN DARANCETTE
Written, Produced, Directed by B. SCOTT O'MALLEY

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