Let The Midnight Special Shine A Light on Me

Back in 2007 I released the very first installment of the Monster Cops franchise. The feature film Monster Cops: The Midnight Special.

The No-Budget Full time Comedy and part time Horror flick about a Secret Government Agency that hunts Monsters would eventually evolve into the Monster Cops Series.

Now The Midnight Special is back out on DVD.

It was a huge effort for no money. And although we lacked back then the things we have now (monsters, fx) we did the very best with what we had. And what exactly was that?

COMEDY.

I'm biased I know, but this movie still makes me laugh, and I'm proud to have this be the very first installment of these Monster Killing Cops.

This would evolve into the very first episode of Monster Cop called SHADOW COMPANY.

Watch Shadow Company here for free.

Monster Cops: Shadow Company would wrap up a bit of storyline from The Midnight Special, mainly the death of Cutter's wife, and would come a little closer to having more Monster and Action elements.

The next episode would evolve even further. Exploring newer characters and adding even more action and horror elements into the mix. MONSTERS Vs. COPS would also bring in some of that endearing character drama while mixing in that goofy comedy we love so much.

Watch Monsters Vs. Cops here for free.

And now we re-release The Midnight Special. To honor where we have come from, and help us prepare for the next level.  A new set of episodes will be released this year, some for free on online like we've been doing, but you'll have a chance to see the full series once we release it on DVD later this Winter.

And I'm hoping we'll get to see the final evolution of this series, and you'll see how we've come full circle and will get to that specific artistic execution I've been looking for.

We'll be working on episodes, shorts, and features for Monster Cops for a while, but I'm hoping soon we can bring you that perfect amount of drama, comedy, horror, and action.

Show your support for Monster Cops and for Indie Film. Get your DVD copy of MONSTER COPS: THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. And remember, like everything we sell, a dollar will go to The American Cancer Society as well as other Cancer Charities that need the help.

If you can access Amazon Instant Watch on your XBOX, PC, ROKU, HDTV or GoogleTV, then look up Monster Cops and you'll be able to rent or purchase it through their streaming service as well.

Help us out. Spread the word. Click the link below and tell your friends!

http://www.monstercops.com/the-midnight-special/

REDD Short Film - Watch it Now!

I know what you're thinking. When the heck are they gonna get back on doing some Monster Cops. Well you have my solemn promise, that we will be back to doing Monster Cops in two months. Yes, a whole two months. I promise.

But until then you might as well enjoy our latest short film. The Action Horror Twist on Red Riding Hood.

REDD.

Still Working

In the middle of it all. Working on rewrites for the next 20 minute episode. We start shooting next week. All locations are accounted for. I think. A GIANT monster is being built for this one. In the middle of finishing the rest of the props and weapons.

Still looking to cast a few more parts, Vampires, Zombies, and a few officers. If you're in the Winston Salem, NC area and are interested in auditioning, feel free to contact us through Myspace. http://myspace.com/monstercops193

I hope to have at least 3 more webisodes up before June, as well as this 20 minute episode finished by mid may. Gotten some great feedback on the webisodes, but mind you, the webisodes are all comedy based. We have yet to display the full span of horror, action, and comedy in the webisodes, which I hope to do in the next 3.

All the webisodes are in the process of being uploaded to Blip.tv. So if you go there, right now you'll only find the MC Intro. The more content we create, the more I'm leaning to putting it also on a program loop on http://www.mogulus.com/. Although we post everywhere, you'll find everything that needs to be seen at http://monstercops.com

Also, you should be able to see the newish Monster Cops Twitter feed somewhere to the left. Feel free to follow us at http://twitter.com/MonsterCops

And we'd love for everyone to subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

We also have a screening of Monster Cops: Shadow Compnay coming up at STARFEST/HORRORFEST in Denver. More details coming soon on that.

Back to work I go, and please keep checking back for updates.

- Patrick

Shadow Company Episode is Live!!!

The 24 minute episode, MONSTER COPS: SHADOW COMPANY is now ONLINE for all to see. Check it out at Monstercops.com





CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE EPISODE NOW!

Price Drop

Monster Cops: The Midnight Special is still $15.95 on Amazon.com, but if you buy through our creatspace store, it's now only $13.95.

If you haven't already, check out the trailer:


Get your DVD copy of Monster Cops: The Midnight Special.
A dollar from every DVD sold goes to the American Cancer Society.

CLICK HERE, BUY IT NOW!

Also you can DOWNLOAD to RENT or OWN at Amazon.com UNBOX.

CLICK HERE.

Download to OWN, watch it on your PC or TIVO.

Building The MKX300

Finally got this segment done. Only took me 2 days, but somehow it felt like forever. Editing this video seemed to be more complicated than editing the actual episode. I think it was just due to trying to put all the right pics in order.

This gun was fun to make. It's amazing what you can do with what you've got or can get for cheap. The most expensive things on the gun are the camera, which I already had, and then the spotlight, which was about 30 bucks. Aside from that this gun cost about 30 bucks to make. Put a second one together minus the camera and spotlight for about 20 bucks more. And I'm putting together some new weapons using these same techniques for the next Monster Cops webisode.

Edgar Smirch

Edgar Smirch, Half Vampire, Killer for hire, and he's really got it in for Shadow Company. In a scene from this episode, Edgar Smirch was played beautifully by the great D.G. Holland. Here are a few pics from and freeze frames from that day, and as you can see we got pretty bloody. Thanks again to Chris for letting us abuse his office.

Working it.

Figured I'd post some pics of what's been going down for the past month or so. Next I'll post the first Monster Cops Video Blog.

I'm still in the middle of casting, but below are pics of some of the actors that have for sure been cast.

Brandon White, showing off in one of the new costume pieces.


The Adorable Nicole Nastazzio


Comedian Greg Romeo


Doug Hanks, who is also loaning us the use of his guns as well as gun expertise and a location to fire these guns at. Thank you so much Doug.


Danielle Motley has been cast in the much sought after role of Greenly. Yes Danielle I'm using your headshot, and yes I stole it off your myspace, get over it.

And if you're one of the many actors who were looking to audition for the role of Greenly I'm sorry, but I am still actively looking to fill other female roles and will continue to keep in contact with all of the actors who have been emailing me.

Others cast but not pictured:
John Burcham
Lisa Molenda
Will Atwood
Jamie Bertman
more to come.

Secured almost all of the locations. Special thanks to Kelly Emerson for giving us her ranch to shoot at, which has an amazing backwoods area. She also put me in touch with the person who can get us in to shoot at this massive warehouse in downtown Winston.


Kelly's been a real Godsend, she's also contributing some possible props/costumes as well as giving us an in to a Helicopter.

I've been hard at work at creating one of the prop guns for the movie. I felt the Monster Cops needed a specialized weapon, not unlike the Ghostbusters proton pack, or the Plasma Rifle from Aliens. I took my inspiration from Indy Mogul. Everytime I see empty bottles now, I just see gun parts. A full video on how I'm making this will be done later.



Here it is with a final paint job, but still without the final parts and accessories added.


Here's our Special FX guy William Stine working on the Werewolf FX. I'm not going to post too many photos of it just yet, don't want to completely give it away. William you're doing an amazing job.





Still going through casting, still looking at locations, alot is still up in the air, but so much has fallen into place. Can't wait to shoot this one.

And The Hits Just Keep On Comin!

Yo! Patrick here. Still working. Feel free to check up on my onespartan blog for more details on what I've been up to.

In Monster Cops news, it looks like we'll be screening Monster Cops: The Midnight Special in at least 3 more venues this year.
Starfest/Horrorfest in Denver, Colorado
Fencon IV in Dallas
Artomatic in Arlington, Virginia

Exact dates and times are pending. But yay for getting MC:TMS out there. As stated before we're trying to get as many festival/convention screenings as possible to help get the word out about the movie and the DVD release this April.

If you didn't already notice, I put up a 5 minute clip of the movie in the trailers section. "Get to know your Shadow Company officers." Watch it here:





Coming up next:
- Site Updates
- Video Blogs
- EPKs
- We are months away from a Monster Cops short episode.

The Midnight Special Movie on DVD!!!!

APRIL 13th 2007. Monster Cops: The Midnight Special will be available on DVD through monstercops.com, Customflix, and Amazon.com

Soon after the movie will be available for digital download through Amazon.com's Unbox.

We will also continue festival, convention, and theatrical screenings through out the year. Now you have no excuse to see Monster Cops: The Midnight Special.