Launching the "Moonlake Series Horror Stories," writer/director Dan Fogler (who acted in Balls of Fury and Fanboys) and NYC theater troupe Stage 13 create a hilarious horror lampoon of the stuck-in-a-cabin-with-the-phone-lines-cut-and-the-car-battery-dead ilk. "Moon Lake has been a hotbed of evil activities for centuries," our droll, Hitchcockesque narrator tells us in an inventively animated preamble to the live-action splatterfest that's about to unfold. The site of some ancient, angry goings-down between the moon and the earth, rural Moon Lake now holds the strongest amount of insanity-inducing lunar radiation on the planet. When a New York theater troupe travels to those snowy woods to "find themselves," one by one, each member begins to get killed. But who is the killer among them? Did the lunar radiation turn one of the thespians into a crazy killer? And what's up with the groundskeeper and his deaf-mute sister?
The sheer fun that Fogler and the cast had while making Hysterical Psycho is palpable. Their play with horror clichés results in some uproarious scenes, but Fogler doesn't scrimp on the thrills and kills. It's his ability to merge the horror with the laughs seamlessly that ultimately makes Hysterical Psycho such a bloody good time.
CAST & CREDITS
Directed by Dan Fogler and Dan Fogler
Dan Fogler makes his film directing debut with the first of his "Moonlake Series Horror Stories." He is a founding member of film and theater production company Stage 13, which recently mounted Fogler's Elephant in the Room. Fogler can next be seen starring in Traveling with Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston, the HBO Sam Kinison biopic Brother Sam, Disney's Mars Needs Moms, and Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock. Other recent acting credits include Balls of Fury and Fanboys. Fogler previously won a Tony Award for his role in Broadway's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Co-Producers
Glen Trotiner, Mike Canzoniero
Production Company
Studio13 NYC
Producer
Thomas Sullivan
Primary Cast
Noah Bean, Lennon Parham, Kelly Hutchinson, Sarah Saltzberg, Randy Baruh, Stage 13 Theatre Co, NYC
Director
Dan Fogler
Screenwriter
Dan Fogler
CONTACTS
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Emily Hirsch Agent, Independent Film Division William Morris Independent 151 El Camino Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Phone: (310) 859-4241 emh@wma.com
Print Source
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Technical Contact
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Director's Manager
Suzan Bymel 360 Management 9111 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Phone: 310 272 0220
Director's Agent
Randy Michel William Morris Agency One William Morris Place Los Angeles, CArlmasst@wma.com
Main Contact
Thomas Sullivan Studio13 391 Broadway, Floor 2 New York, NY 10013 Phone: 212 625 8198 thomas@studio13nyc.com