We’re all still in a daze from the amazing weekend we had putting on the 3rd annual MOVIE CRYPT podcast’s 48-hour LIVE marathon to benefit Save A Yorkie Rescue… but one thing we know is that it was the most successful benefit yet! In 2016 the podcast’s hosts Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Arwen raised just under $14K with the first annual marathon. In 2017 they raised just under $24K with the second. This year they shattered that record with an ending total of just over $36K when they signed off (after hour 49)!!! But it’s still not over as late donations keep trickling in. At this point it looks like we’ll likely end somewhere closer to $38,000.00!!!

This year was actually a 49-hour LIVE marathon. You’d be tired, too.

You can read a wonderfully detailed review of the entire 49 hours here thanks to journalist Nat Brehmer of WickedHorror.com. (Thank you, Nat!)

Here’s the shorter version of what you missed if you didn’t join us: Filmmaker Joe Dante (GREMLINS), a live cast reading of Chris Columbus’ early draft of GREMLINS with Jonah Ray & Deanna Rooney (MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000), Felissa Rose (SLEEPAWAY CAMP), Markice Moore (ATL), Julia Marchese (OUT OF PRINT), and Matthew Currie Holmes (WRONG TURN 2), filmmaker Don Coscarelli (PHANTASM), filmmaker Bernard Rose (CANDYMAN), The Resistance improv troupe, Tarot Card readings from Sarah Elbert, a SCARY MOVIE commentary with actor Dave Sheridan, filmmaker Spooky Dan and actress Susan Slaughter from SLAY BELLES, an FX demonstration from Robert Pendergraft (HATCHET 1-4), artists Alex Pardee and Greg Aronowitz drawing and sculpting “Brella” – one of the never-made creatures from DIGGING UP THE MARROW, musician Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE), Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden (MYSTIC RIVER), musician Jeremy Spencer (FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH), a commentary for THE MASK with director Chuck Russell, actor Steven Brand (THE SCORPION KING), a commentary for VICTOR CROWLEY with stars Kane Hodder, Felissa Rose, and Tiffany Shepis, a truly star studded live cast reading for George A Romero’s un-produced screenplay for THE MUMMY (with revisions by Mick Garris) directed by Dave Parker (TALES OF HALLOWEEN) and featuring the vocal talents of Yuri Lowenthal (PS4’s SPIDER-MAN), Tiffany Shepis (VICTOR CROWLEY), Steve Blum (STAR WARS REBELS), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (SHE-RA and the PRINCESSES OF POWER), James Duvall (DONNIE DARKO), Sarah Nicklin (THE BASEMENT), Matt Mercer (DEMENTIA 2), Peter Atkins (HELLRAISER 2), Jeffrey Reddick (FINAL DESTINATION), and Jared Rivet (JACKALS), a commentary for CUJO with production designer Freddy Waff (BONE TOMAHAWK) and author Joe Knetter (I, SURVIVOR), cinematographer Steve Gainer (EVERLY), musician Ace Von Johnson (LA GUNS), filmmaker Cody Snider (FOOL’S DAY), a commentary for STAR WARS featuring one of ArieScope’s resident ‘Jedi Nerds’ Austin Bosley and the marathon’s Chief Engineer Corey Culp, a commentary for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK with writer Kyle Anderson (NERDIST) and musician Aaron “P-Nut” Wills (311), a commentary for RETURN OF THE JEDI with filmmaker Mike Mendez (BIG ASS SPIDER), the improv duo “Laurelly” featuring Lauren Pritchard (MODERN FAMILY) and Kelly Vrooman (VICTOR CROWLEY), a live performance from musician Jason Charles Miller (GODHEAD), filmmaker and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait (WORLD’S GREATEST DAD), and writer/actor Thomas Lennon (A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM). It was so epic we can only remember bits and pieces ourselves!

Adam and Joe with the cast of THE MUMMY reading.

First and foremost we need to thank our engineer Corey Culp who volunteered his expertise yet again to make sure that the event could even happen – let alone run so perfectly on a technical level. We need to thank our incredible ArieScope staff who held everything together doing anything necessary for the entire live marathon – Austin Bosley, Alejandro Cervantes, and Ashley Besh. We need to thank Ryan Plume who provided technical support all weekend long for his third marathon in a row. We need to thank artists Stephen Sharar and Joshua Werner for creating our event poster yet again.  We need to thank all of our friends that generously donated items to Arwen’s Silent Auction including Doug Benson, Adam F. Goldberg, Brian Quinn, Sam Raimi, Vincenzo Natali, RLJE Entertainment, Metal Blade Records, Cinepocalypse Film Festival in Chicago, Derezzed Digital, Jennifer McCarthy and Final Girls Jewelry, GWAR, Tom Six, Rueben Morales, Cody Schibi, Rusted Wave, Jace Whitman, and the many artists above who appeared on the marathon and arrived with their arms filled with items to add to the auction.  We need to thank Mick Garris for providing us with the un-produced screenplay of George A Romero’s THE MUMMY that Mick had done a rewrite of back in the day and also the George A Romero Foundation for so graciously giving us permission to do a live reading of the script. We really need to thank our friend Dave Parker for taking the reigns as director of THE MUMMY reading and putting together such an incredible cast. We need to thank the many friends who brought us food at all hours of the night (shout out to Robert Pendergraft’s pasta salad!) and who kept us fueled.  We need to thank Felissa Rose who went out of her way to come back to the marathon a whopping four separate times over the course of the weekend and who kept us laughing when we needed the boost most.  We need to thank Thomas Lennon who not only appeared on the marathon but who donated extremely generously (twice!) to the cause. We need to thank THE MOVIE CRYPT’s many Patreon supporters (big shout out to our CULT OF ARWEN and MC LIVE members!) who participated in the Patreon live chat thread and who’s 2,859 comments cheered us on all weekend long.

We seriously need to thank our friend Doug Benson who made the biggest donation that we’ll likely ever receive in the history of doing these benefit marathons. Doug also donated the opportunity to be a guest on DOUG LOVES MOVIES to the silent auction and it brought in more money than any other item in the auction this year.  Many, many, many dogs are now going to go on to live wonderful lives solely because of Doug Benson.

Arwen loves you, Doug! (Taken during the 2017 marathon.)

Most of all we need to thank YOU – our audience – for donating so generously all marathon long and for making the efforts of all of the people above go such a long way.  Together we truly made a difference in the lives of the many homeless, abandoned, neglected, and/or horrifically abused Yorkshire Terriers currently (or soon to be) in the safe and loving arms of Save A Yorkie Rescue and the many people that will eventually adopt them. Together we have written a happily ever after ending to a whole lot of dogs’ stories this holiday season.

Last but certainly not least, we need to thank Arwen who inspired this annual event in the first place. We are merely paying her unconditional love and kindness forward when we do these marathons.

We’re already excited for 2019’s marathon as we’re up for the immense challenge of somehow out-doing this year’s event and to try and raise even more donations to save even more dogs. This annual benefit serves as a reminder that the world can truly be a great place and that we’re so, so fortunate to be surrounded by so many wonderful and generous people. We love you all.

If there is someone we forgot to mention it is merely due to exhaustion and you’ll have to forgive us for the oversight.  It’s an incredibly fortunate problem to have when so many people step up to answer your call for help that it’s hard to keep track of them all.

UPDATED 12.17.18:  THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER.  See the article above this one to find out how it went!

The 3rd annual MOVIE CRYPT 48-hour LIVE marathon to benefit Save A Yorkie Rescue will take place in the streaming box below!  It all begins with DJ Green & MC Licks-A-Lot’s special 2-hour pre-show on Friday 12/14 at 3pm PST!  The LIVE marathon begins at 5pm PST and goes straight through until Sunday 12/16 at 5pm PST.

Just push “play” below…

To donate click HERE.

For “Arwen’s Silent Auction” click HERE.

ALL MONEY RAISED GOES TO SAVE A YORKIE RESCUE.

The list of films that the guys and their special guests will be performing LIVE commentaries for during this year’s marathon was released on Monday December 10th so that fans who want to be prepared can make sure they have the films standing by to watch along with them.  The live commentaries will be scattered throughout the 48-hour marathon and include the below titles:

Special guests will be joining in for each of the above commentaries.

The official poster for this year’s marathon was created by HOLLISTON graphic novel artists Stephen Sharar and Joshua Werner.  You can buy one in “Arwen’s Silent Auction!”

Last night we celebrated ArieScope’s 20th anniversary with a huge party here at our studio. With cast and crew members spanning two decades of productions and so many dear friends in attendance all in one place at the same time… it was a night we will surely never forget. Thankfully we had a photo booth on hand to help us remember just what a special night and true celebration the party was. Below are just a handful of the 200+ photo booth pictures taken during last night’s festivities.

Arwen, Adam Green, Sarah Elbert, and Will Barratt.

HOLLISTON’s Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Laura Ortiz.

DIGGING UP THE MARROW’s writer/director/actor Adam Green, artist Alex Pardee, FX artist Robert Pendergraft, sculptor Greg Aronowitz, and cinematographer/actor Will Barratt.

They do all of the real work at ArieScope: Austin Bosley, Ashley Besh, and Alejandro Cervantes.

From Adam Green’s Instagram: “I’m so very blessed to be surrounded by so many truly wonderful people. The ArieScope studio was overflowing with so much love tonight that it is impossible to describe the feeling in words. THANK YOU once more to my family of cast and crew members who have stood with me over the years and made me look like a competent story teller. And most of all, the most heartfelt THANK YOU a guy can give to the fans that have carried us for so long. You continue to give my art purpose and me a reason to keep going. Without you none of this would have ever been possible. To anyone out there chasing a dream and feeling beaten down more often than not… remember that if I can do it so will you. Surround yourself with good people, never waiver on your integrity, and don’t let the world’s negativity disenchant your spirit. I love you all.”

Arwen and Adam Green.

While ArieScope’s 20th anniversary celebration my be over, 2018 still has one more major event to go!  THE MOVIE CRYPT’s 3rd annual 48-hour LIVE marathon to benefit Save A Yorkie Rescue is the most important event we do every year and it is happening in just 2 more weeks! Starting at 5pm PST on Friday December 14th, MOVIE CRYPT hosts Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Arwen will once again be staying on the air LIVE until 5pm PST on Sunday December 16th. With dozens and dozens of celebrity guests joining in non-stop around the clock and performing live comedy, live music, live script readings, live film commentaries, and more… this annual charity marathon is the podcast event of the year and you won’t want to miss a single sleepless moment. To date THE MOVIE CRYPT’s annual 48-hour marathon has raised just about $40,000.00 for Save A Yorkie Rescue and helped save the lives of countless abandoned and horrifically abused Yorkshire Terriers in dire need of foster and medical care. You can listen to the marathon free right here on ArieScope.com all weekend long but even better- you can help Adam, Joe, and Arwen save lives by donating! Whether you simply make a donation directly through the link they’ll be saying/posting all weekend long or buy/bid on one of the incredible items they’ll have listed in “Arwen’s Silent Auction” – you can help save a dog’s life this Christmas. Stay tuned for all of the details and the release of this year’s official poster all coming later this week!

We’re staying awake so that they don’t get put to sleep.

The 2010 home video release of Adam Green’s FROZEN came jam packed with 4 incredible “making of” documentaries and 2 commentary tracks.  However, one of the documentaries that was created for the release was never included due to lack of available space on the disc.  Director Adam Barnick (who created all of the amazing special feature documentaries for FROZEN and GRACE) recently uncovered and defrosted the missing 5th documentary which is now posted for fans to enjoy free in the SHORTS section of this website.  Watch “THAWING OUT: FROZEN’S POST PRODUCTION TEAM” here and be sure to check out all of Barnick’s other amazing documentaries and commentary tracks included on your FROZEN (2010) DVD or Blu-Ray!

Click the image above to watch!

The digital edition of Adam Green and Joe Knetter’s novel “I, SURVIVOR” is now available in electronic format for Kindle!  Featured in the 4th HATCHET film VICTOR CROWLEY, “I, SURVIVOR” is the autobiography of “Andrew Yong” (Parry Shen) spilling all of the gory details of his horrific 2007 encounter with “Victor Crowley” that left over 40 people massacred in Honey Island Swamp.

Purchase “I, SURVIVOR” on Kindle here. 

The 300+ page novel by Green and Knetter tells the entire life story of “Andrew Yong”, reveals graphic never before told moments from the 2007 massacre, and fills in the events that took place over the decade that passed between HATCHET’s 3 and 4.

“I, SURVIVOR” is not only the ultimate companion piece to the HATCHET films, the book even offers the first glimpse of what may loom ahead in the HATCHET franchise!  If you’re a HATCHET fan this book is a must-read!  Purchase an electronic copy for your Kindle through Amazon here or pick up a physical copy of the book autographed by writer Adam Green in our on-line store here.

ArieScope’s 20th annual Halloween short film (THE INTERVENTION) is now playing!

All good things must come to an end.   Or do they?  Adam Green comes face to face(s) with one of his worst nightmares in the 20th annual ArieScope Halloween short film.   Featuring an enormous cast from our two decades of Halloween shorts, THE INTERVENTION is the biggest short film in ArieScope history!  Watch it FREE right here!

Be sure to also check out our new feature-length documentary “FOR THE LOVE OF HALLOWEEN: Celebrating 20 Years of ArieScope Halloween Shorts” now playing FREE right here.  It’s perfect for viewing while you wait in your pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin to arrive on Halloween night!

The new issue of the latest HATCHET comic series (HATCHET: VENGEANCE) is now available for pre-order in our “Buy Stuff” store here!

When a father driven mad with grief seeks a voodoo priestess to destroy the beast that slaughtered his child, a new horror is unleashed in Honey Island Swamp and an unsuspecting group of teens is caught in he middle of a bloody monster free for all!

Available in FIVE glorious variant covers, HATCHET: VENGEANCE marks the fifth HATCHET comic from our friends at American Mythology.  This new issue starts hitting shelves on Halloween but you can pre-order your copies (autographed by HATCHET’s creator Adam Green) directly from ArieScope today!

In 1998 Adam Green and Will Barratt threw together a short film called “Columbus Day Weekend” to screen at a Halloween party.  Little did they know that it would give birth to an annual tradition that would span two decades and spawn a feature film and television production studio that would become a leader of the indie horror scene.  FOR THE LOVE OF HALLOWEEN is a walk down memory lane with all of your favorite key players from the ArieScope family as they share the candid stories behind their 20 years of Halloween shorts.  Watch it FREE by clicking the image below.

Click the image above to watch FOR THE LOVE OF HALLOWEEN!

UPDATED 9/3/18:   THIS SALE HAS ENDED.  Congratulations to the fans who purchased screen-used paintings from HOLLISTON!  We’re thrilled that these precious pieces of HOLLISTON’s history are going to good homes!  Please keep the canvases safe and remember… no matter how much they cry… no matter how much they beg… never feed them after midnight.

SEVEN of “Laura’s” paintings seen on-screen in HOLLISTON are now available for fans to purchase in our “Buy Stuff” store!  These are the original, one of a kind, screen-used paintings created for the first two seasons of our television series!  Each canvas painting comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by HOLLISTON’s creator Adam Green.  While it pains us to part with this amazing, original artwork… we only have room in our studio to properly display a few of the canvases and we’d much rather see the rest of them be hanging on the walls of true fans than sitting in a cold, dark storage unit somewhere in North Hollywood, CA!

“Teddy Fire” (Season 2, Episode 5 – “Rock The Cradle”)

Before you ask, the “Aborted Clown Fetus” painting from the pilot episode and the “Piggly No Wiggly” painting from Season 2, Episode 1 are not going to be sold.  We know how popular those two pieces have become with HOLLISTON fans but they are part of Adam Green’s personal art collection and displayed proudly (and permanently) in our edit suite.

“Love Has Legs” (Season 2, Episode 2 – “Halloween Girl”) 

HATCHET fans will also notice a very special screen-used prop from VICTOR CROWLEY that we’ve also listed for sale along with the HOLLISTON paintings!  

Good luck!  Start shopping here.

For the first time ever Adam Green’s original shooting screenplays for DIGGING UP THE MARROW and VICTOR CROWLEY are now available in our “Buy Stuff” store here!  Get your summer reading on!