I just finished working on a feature film this past weekend in Woodside, California. It’s an ultra-low budget film so we were flying by the seat of our pants, guerilla filmmaking, if you will.
It’s a comedic horror movie written by my good friend Tony Gapastione:
Who is also a fan of the Scream franchise:
Speaking of Scream….
The Spring Hill Estate Mansion, the location of many scenes in the movie “Scream” is currently giving tours of the mansion as well as other filming locations.
My friend Jeff and I in the garage of the location a few years ago.
Did I mention I worked on this movie back in 1996 as Neve Campbell’s stand in? We didn’t have smart phones then, so there is little photographic evidence, ha ha. But someone posted this pic online a few months ago:
It was at least a month of night shoots and that’s where I learned how to drink coffee. We made ourselves “white trash mochas” by putting hot chocolate packets in our coffee while staying warm in the craft service truck. It was soooo cold in Tomales!
And our call sheets said, “Scary Movie” until they had to change it to “Scream” over halfway through filming because another movie had the rights to the title. But then I don’t know what ever happened to that film because it never came out but then the title was used later on as a spoof of the Scream franchise, so it all worked out.
Happy Fall, y’all!
Theresa Donahoe 