June 5, 2005

Fangoria Weekend of Horrors, Burbank, California, June 5th, 2005 at the Burbank Marriot

The first panel of the day was for upcoming ghost flick, Boo from the producers of Dog Soldiers. On board to talk about the film was producer David Allen, star and fan fave Dee Wallace Stone (The Howling), composer Alan (Halloween series) Howarth and writer (and sometimes Fango contributor) Anthony Ferrante. We were treated to a five minute scene from the film of this spookfest and unlike a lot of these Japanese remakes as of late, this looked scary! The usage of practical effects is a huge bonus, as the one scene we screened involved a recently deceased dog re-animating itself. (VERY reminiscent of Rob Bottin’s FX on John Carpenter’s The Thing)

Writer Anthony Ferrante says the main difference between this and the other dozen ghost pictures out there now is that this one was written back in 1999 and doesn’t shy away from the art of the subtle scare, using the build up of suspense as a major plot device. Sure enough, the clip we saw was impressive and with the “killer” score by Alan Howarth, this looks like one movie to definitely be on the look out for. Dee Wallace became involved from the persistence of writer Anthony Ferrante and it’s a good thing too, because Dee looks absolutely fabulous as always. (And she’s pretty darned sweet too!)

David Allen spoke briefly about Dog Soldiers 2 and said that they’re hoping to have Robert Patrick and Tom Jane on for the project. That would be pretty darned cool! At the end of the panel, most of the Boo crew stuck around and signed theatrical one-sheets for the audience.

*All photos by Robert V. Galluzzo and property of Icons Of Fright.com