BLOOD ON THE HIGHWAY

buy BLOOD ON THE HIGHWAY on DVD!

2010-07-18T22:47:00.002-05:00

its in plenty of stores and its also on Netflix and Amazon! get it today!

buy B.O.T.H on DVD on June 29th!

2010-04-06T23:20:00.002-05:00

the official US DVD of Blood On The Highway is coming out June 29th courtesy of E1 Entertainment

Its gonna be a feature packed disc with audio commentary, trailers, a 30 minute Behind the scenes documentary, 5.1 audio and a Consumart Employee Training film.

pre-order it now from Amazon!

see BOTH & Nick Brendon at Comicpalooza in Houston! March 26-28

2010-02-19T21:56:00.002-06:00

There will be a screening of Blood On The Highway and a appearance by Nicholas Brendon at the Houston Comicpalooza March 26-28! the BOTH screening is on Sat. March 27th

Details here:
www.comicpalooza.com

Blood On The Highway now available in HD on Demand!

2009-09-21T09:07:00.003-05:00

Watch the movie on Time Warner Cable On-Demand in HD for only $5.99 !
go to On Demand/ HDTV On Demand/ Movies / Blood On The Highway
it should be up through December 10th, 2009 so you should watch it on a weekly basis!

Also, reports are coming in about on-demand availability on Comcast and Netflix. If its not available on your current provider's system - contact them and ask for it!

Netherlands Festival Premiere!

2009-08-30T22:07:00.002-05:00

More info HERE

BLOOD ON THE HIGHWAY gets an 'R' Rating

2009-08-13T22:15:00.002-05:00

The MPAA has recently dubbed B.O.T.H with an R rating for
strong bloody horror violence throughout, pervasive language including graphic crude sexual dialogue, and some sexuality (!)

In Other news, theres a B.O.T.H screening on August 16th at the Frightnight Film Festival in Louisville Kentucky!

B.O.T.H has also been invited to screen at the BUT Film Festival in the Netherlands on September 13!

Brazil Festival Premiere at FANTASPOA!

2009-06-21T23:48:00.003-05:00

Blood On The Highway, er 'Sangue na Estrada', screens at this Festival July 16th at 7PM and July 19th at 3PM.

Screening info

B.O.T.H page on the Fantaspoa Site

HOFF Festival in Estonia!

2009-05-03T16:12:00.002-05:00

Blood On The Highway continued its overseas festival tour with a screening in the "For Freaks" category at the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Estonia on April 16th.

B.O.T.H picks up "Best Soundtrack" at the Backseat Film Festival!

2009-03-28T15:52:00.001-05:00

Complete list of winners here.

Congrats to Paul Nichols, Chris Gardner, Gary Parks and all the bands that gave us songs for the movie!

Austin Premiere on July 30th!

2009-03-19T08:26:00.002-05:00

The city of Austin, Texas has spoken and there will be a Blood On The Highway screening at 730PM on Thursday, July 30th at the Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek Theater!

The screening is being presented by the Austin Film Festival. $4 at the door or free if you are an AFF Member!

BackSeat Film Festival and Bram Stoker Film Festival!

2009-02-24T17:04:00.006-06:00

B.O.T.H Will be screening at the 7th Backseat Film Festival in Philly in March! Screening times to be posted soon!

Also, we have been invited to screen at the Bram Stoker International Film Festival in Whitby (England) in October!

Stay tuned for additional screening announcements in Austin Texas this summer!

Blood On The Highway to be represented by DC Medias at The European Film Market:

2009-01-11T10:20:00.003-06:00

David Cholewa of DC-Media's will be representing B.O.T.H at EFM, which is the film market that takes place within the Berlin Film Festival. The Market is open Feb 5 - Feb 13th.

DC Media's will have booth #127 at the Marriot Hotel.

To Schedule a meeting with DC-Media's, contact them at their website here

Blood On The Highway Picks up "Best Feature" at the Madison Horror Film Festival!

2008-11-03T10:52:00.003-06:00

the awards were announced over the weekend. The people of Wisconsin have spoken!

www.madisonhorror.com

Variety covers the Hollywood Film Festival

2008-10-27T18:13:00.001-05:00

Variety gave Blood on The Highway a nice mention in their coverage of the Hollywood Film Festival. Read it HERE

HorrorNews.net review

2008-10-17T18:57:00.001-05:00

Check it out here:

horrornews.net

B.O.T.H wins "Best Feature" at the B-Movie Film Festival!

2008-10-14T20:56:00.001-05:00

here's the press release:

"The B-Movie Film Festival wrapped another exciting year this past weekend at The Westcott Theater in Syracuse, NY.

Taking Best Feature was the horror opus "Blood on the Highway". It marked the second Best Feature win at BFest for filmmaker Barak Epstein (his film "Prison A-Go-Go" won that same honor back in 2004). Best Foreign Feature went to "Reel Zombies", which also won for Cinematography. House Pick as Most Memorable of the Fest went to "Fright Flick".

Ben Rock took Best Director honors for "Alien Raiders", which also won for Best Make-Up Effects. "The Shadow Within" won for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Best Actor went to Joe Costa for "Sixty Days". "Sixty Days" also won for Best Music. Phil Hall took the honors for Best Supporting Actor for his comedic turn in "Bikini Bloodbath Car Wash".

Best Writer went to Aaron Frale and Jason Witter for "Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer". Best Short went to "Killer Weed".

For all the winners in all categories, please read on below:

BEST FEATURE: BLOOD ON THE HIGHWAY
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE: REEL ZOMBIES
HOUSE PICK AS MOST MEMORABLE OF FEST: FRIGHT FLICK
BEST DIRECTOR: Ben Rock for ALIEN RAIDERS
BEST WRITER: Aaron Frale & Jason Witter for HAMLET: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
LEAD ACTOR: Joe Costa for SIXTY DAYS
LEAD ACTRESS: Beth Winslet for THE SHADOW WITHIN
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Phil Hall fo BIKINI BLOODBATH CAR WASH
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Hayley J Williams for THE SHADOW WITHIN
BEST MUSIC: SIXTY DAYS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: REEL ZOMBIES
BEST DIGITAL EFFECTS: DOCTOR INFIERNO
BEST MAKE-UP EFFECTS: ALIEN RAIDERS
BEST SET DESIGN: MIL MASCARAS: RESURRECTION
BEST EDITING: DOCTOR INFIERNO
BEST DOCUMENTARY: FINDING KRAFTLAND
BEST SHORT: KILLER WEED
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: TURDUCKEN

www.bmoviefest.com/

B.O.T.H to screen at 6 Festivals in October!

2008-10-04T16:50:00.003-05:00

October is Film Festival month at BOH HQ: Heres line up:

Oct 4th, Sat - 3PM - SHOCKERFEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Oct 11th, Sat - 4:20PM - B-MOVIE FILM FESTIVAL

Oct 23rd , Thurs - 9:30PM - ATLANTA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

Oct 25th - Sat - 8:10PM - MADISON HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

Oct 25th - Sat 11:00PM - Hollyood Horror Film Festival

Oct 31 (or Nov 1st) - Time TBA - ShockFest Film Festival

Screening at SHOCKERFEST 2008!

2008-09-18T23:42:00.004-05:00

the screening will be on Saturday, Oct 4th at 3PM at the Galaxy Theater in Riverbank California!

see full schedule here

B.O.T.H Nominated for 6 B-Movie Awards!

2008-09-17T09:28:00.003-05:00

these will be announced at the B-Movie Film Festival in Syracuse NY, on Oct 12th!

here are the categories where were nominated:

BEST FEATURE
“Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer”
“Alien Raiders”
“Mil Mascaras: Resurrection”
“Blood on the Highway”
“Fright Flick”

BEST WRITER
Blair Rowan, Chris Gardner, “Blood on the Highway”
Aaron Frale, Jason Witter, “Hamlet: The Vampire Slayer”
Daniel Aarons, Giovanni Eccher, Silvana Zancolo, “The Shadow Within”
Mike Legge, “Dungeon of Dr Dreck”
Christoph Willumeit, “Assessment, The

LEAD ACTRESS
Beth Winslet, “The Shadow Within”
Theresa Joy, “Sixty Days”
Robin Gierhart, “Blood on the Highway”
Stephannie Hawkins, “Reel Zombies”
Tamzin Outhwaite, “Radio Cape Cod”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richard D. Curtin, “Fright Flick”
Rockmond Dunbar, “Alien Raiders”
Phil Hall, “Bikini Bloodbath Car Wash”
Nicholas Brendon, “Blood on the Highway”
Mike Masters, “Reel Zombies”

BEST MAKE UP EFFECTS
“Blood on the Highway”
“Doctor Infierno”
“Evilution”
“Mil Mascaras: Resurrection”
“Alien Raiders

BEST EDITING
“Doctor Infierno”
“Reel Zombies”
“Golden Blade III”
“Blood on the Highway”
“Bubba's Chili Parlor”

full list of nominees is here!

B.O.T.H picks up "Best Horror Feature" at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival!

2008-09-01T12:11:00.001-05:00

see the full list here!

DALLAS SCREENING, JULY 11TH

2008-07-02T16:21:00.003-05:00

A entire night of entertainment featuring the premiere of B.O.T.H DP Clay Liford's short film, My Mom Smokes Weed, followed by a screening of Blood On The Highway, and then live performances from bands on the soundtrack; TOBER OMI and 100 Damned Guns! And you can save your dollars for the theater bar, because the cover charge is only 5 bucks.

It all goes down at 8pm, Friday, July 11th, at the Lakewood Theater in Dallas.

For directions, check out the Lakewood website.

B.O.T.H is an Official Selection of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival!

2008-06-25T23:06:00.005-05:00

The screening will take place on Thursday, August 21th at 10PM at the Earl.

More Info HERE

Winner: Best Fantastic Film at the Kimera Film Festival!

2008-06-03T19:48:00.004-05:00

weve just been notified that B.O.T.H won the "Best Fantastic Movie" award at the Kimera Film Festival in Campobasso, Italy.

see the complete list of winners here

B.O.T.H appears to be the only American feature film to win something (!)

Official Selection of the 2008 San Antonio Film Festival

2008-06-02T12:07:00.002-05:00

B.O.T.H screens June 21st Saturday night at around 9PM at the San Antonio Film Festival. (aka the the 14th annual San Antonio Underground Festival... they've dropped the "Underground" notation this year.)

The screening is at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way in San Antonio.

Looks like the fest after party that night is sponsored by a Tequila company!
www.safilm.com

B.O.T.H at the KIMERA Film Festival in Italy!

2008-05-26T20:40:00.003-05:00

Blood On The Highway gets its Italian Festival Premiere at the Kimera Film Festival next Thursday, May 29th at 17:30! (Euro time!)

The fest takes place in Termoli, Campobasso. The movie will be screened in English with Italian Subtitles.

get more info HERE

or at myspace.com/kimeracineclub

New Poster!

2008-04-26T18:36:00.003-05:00

our new poster has been designed by DFW Comic Book artist Benjamin Hall.
Check out his site here!

AFI Dallas interview w/ Barak Epstein & Robert Bell

2008-04-01T15:44:00.000-05:00

Director Barak Epstein brings "Blood on the Highway" to AFI Dallas 2008 from AFI DALLAS on Vimeo.

AFI Dallas interview w/ Blair Rowan and Chris Gardner

2008-04-01T15:43:00.000-05:00

"Blood On The Highway" Screenwriters Interviewed at AFI DALLAS from AFI DALLAS on Vimeo.

WORLD PREMIERE on Friday March 28th!

2008-03-07T23:43:00.003-06:00

B.O.T.H will be premiering at the AFI Dallas Film Festival
Friday March 28th at 11:59PM at The Angelika

second AFI Screening:
Wednesday, April 2nd at 10:15PM at the Magnolia

buy your tickets now!

Blood On The Highway World Premiere!

2008-02-05T14:26:00.000-06:00

Blood On The Highway will be officially world premiering at the AFI Dallas Film Festival in late march!
More info and screening times coming soon!

BOTH Mentioned in the new issue of FILMMAKER Magazine

2007-10-23T13:58:00.001-05:00

In Filmmaker's review of the Panasonic HPX500, our P2 Tech David Lowery was interviewed about the use of that camera during our shoot.
Read about it!

The Dallas Morning News plugs BOTH!

2007-10-14T23:40:00.000-05:00

Little projects are a big part of the Texas film scene

also in this article in a good paragraph on filmmaker David Lowery, who worked on BOTH as a P2 Tech and second unit director

Press at Filmstew.com!

2007-10-14T23:38:00.000-05:00

Heres a similiar take on the UNT Story:
Banking on Blood Money

UNT Article on Blood on The Highway!

2007-10-14T23:33:00.000-05:00

Executive Producer Rober Bell was recently intervied about his involement in the film by a reporter at the University of North Texas.

Here's the article:
UNT alumnus making movies between tours in Iraq

Blood on the Backstory

2007-10-11T16:12:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the first blood on the highway blog posting. (Or should we call it blog on the highway? No? Yeah, you're right. That's fucking stupid.) My name's Blair Rowan and I'm the co-director / co-writer of this little extravaganza of exploitation and idiocy and somehow this blog responsibility landed in my lap. My co-director, Barak Epstein, told me to write something clever and funny, but more importantly, he specifically told me to not "write anything gay". That's a lot of pressure, but I'll see what I can do.

I'm not even entirely sure what the point of this blog is at this juncture, considering that we're still editing the damn movie, so there's not really that much news to post. And I'm probably too hungover to write anything worthwhile. Oh well. As long as I don't write anything gay, it should be alright. No torrid stories about sweaty construction workers wrestling on their lunch break or firemen entertaining themselves with a risque game of truth or dare on a slow night. Nope, none of that.

So I guess I'll use this space to briefly explain what the movie is and how it all happened. That sounds exciting, right?

My close friend and long-time co-writer, Chris Gardner, and I wrote the first draft when we were sophomores in high school. We came up with the idea one day when we were really trying to think of something original and groundbreaking, something nobody had ever seen before, and that's when it hit us: a vampire movie. It seemed so simple, why hadn't anybody ever thought of it before? So we set about writing the world's very first vampire movie. Somewhere in the process we realized, "wait a minute, vampires are fucking lame". We quickly switched gears and began to write an intimate story about an established professor of firemanology falling in love with one of his students (who worked nights as a construction worker) after an ever-escalating game of truth or dare that ended with a condom being slid over a coke bottle and then lovingly inserted- wait, wait, sorry. The synopsis of that script might be too gay for Barak. Anyway, after repeated refusals from investors, Chris and I realized the world wasn't ready for such a powerful story of man love, so we went back to the vampire script. As I previously stated, we had determined that vampires are fucking lame, so we decided to approach it as an anti-vampire movie and get rid of all the lame shit commonly attributed to vampires. Since we had always intended the movie to be a comedy (with a shit ton of gore) the script became more of a satire (although that word's too smart to call the movie that) on the formula's and archetypes of typical horror movies. We completed the second draft of the script when we were 18 and convinced ourselves that we could film it with our group of friends as the actors on a hi-8 video camera. Essentially, we were fucking oblivious to reality. We quickly became discouraged and forgot all about the goddamn thing.

Five years later, Barak calls me up while I'm living in Portland, Oregon to ask if I've got any screenplays that might work as a follow up to his last film, Prison-A-Go-Go. I had known Barak since high school as well, and I acted in his first feature, Cornman, American Vegetable Hero, so I knew that he was drawn to complex, gritty story lines that worked to expose the unjust hardships of modern American life. I asked him what he had in mind and if I remember correctly, he told me "nothing gay". This was a slight disadvantage because all of my scripts at the time had at least one hardcore butt fucking scene that would last for thirty pages, but I pitched what I had to him. He decided that none of the scripts were edgy or thought provoking enough and that's when he asked me: "What about that vampire movie?" After some slight deliberation as to whether American audiences were ready for a vampire movie, we decided to give it another shot. Within a month, Chris and I hammered out the third draft via long-distance, shitacular cell phone reception. Barak deemed the script as "yeah, yeah, it's good, it's okay" and then asked us to work on something else.

After three years of adamant disinterest from various investors, Barak begged us to take out the thirty page hardcore butt fucking scene and we begrudgingly acquiesced. Around this time, our good friend Robert Bell was serving his duties for our nation in the ARMY and one day he decided that being in Iraq kind of fucking sucked and he'd rather produce movies. He spoke with Barak and Barak sent him a few scripts he had lying around. As Robert tells it, he knew it was the movie he wanted to make when the script had him laughing out loud while sitting in one of Saddam Hussein's pleasure palaces. What he usually leaves out though, is that his testicles were attached to electrodes and an interrogator was screaming "LAUGH, LAUGH IMPERIALIST SWINE, LAUGH!" at him. Anyway, long story short, Robert fronted the dough and was the coolest executive producer you could ever ask for since he gave us all the trust in the world and let us make the movie we wanted. Poor sucker.

Alright, that's all I'm going to write for now. I know I've already exceeded the average internet user's attention span by 280%, so I'll wait until the next posting before going into the production itself and how insanely rad it was to work with Nicholas Brendon and Tom Towles. Besides, I need to get back to work on Blood on the Highway 2: Butt-Fuckmagedon.

Later, nerds.