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Exclusive Interview with Jesse Lee Keeter, actor in The Anatomy of Monsters

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 Jesse Lee Keeter (Z-Nation, Grimm) takes time to talk with Artsploitation Films about his current role as Andrew Costello in the new movie, The Anatomy of Monsters The Anatomy of Monsters available on DVD at Artsploitation Films    What attracted you to the script and your character for The Anatomy of Monsters?  The thing that interested me most about Andrew is his uncertainty. Over the course of the film he's almost always on the ropes, out of his element, and forced to improvise. Initially his biggest conflict is finding the courage to go out and kill somebody. That's not a decision made lightly. There is so much that can go wrong, so many consequences for failure. Not to mention the mental strain involved with the act itself and potential fall out there after, the grief and guilt, the paranoia tied up with getting caught. This is a decision that doesn't go away. So just finding the courage to do it is a hell of a struggle in and of itse...

Exclusive Interview w/ Byron C. Miller, Director: The Anatomy of Monsters

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AVAILABLE ON AMAZON - THE ANATOMY OF MONSTERS What inspired you to create The Anatomy of Monsters?   It all started 11 years ago. I was a movie theater manager, and one night after the midnight shows had let out I gave one of my stranded employees a ride home. I dropped her off and was heading home, middle of the night, driving through a neighborhood I’d never been in, and this creepy idea hit me. What if I was a serial killer and my MO was to go to a place I’d never been, randomly pick a house, grab whatever weapon was lying around and use it to murder everyone inside. As that creep nugget gestated I was listening to the Ladytron album “Witching Hour” and kept getting this specific image of a woman. She was a DJ in LA, and a serial killer. I had all of these ideas about her life, and the flashback, Permanent Midnight style flashback structure. I had a lot of notes and ideas but it wasn’t a complete story. So I put it away until, fast forward a few years. I’...

The Anatomy of Monsters (DVD) Now Available on Amazon

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Byron C. Miller's The Anatomy of Monsters is now available on DVD Dark, disturbing and unpredictable, this indie thriller revolves around a homicidal young man who ventures out one night in search for his first kill. At a lonely bar he meets a young woman, takes her to a hotel room and prepares to kill her…until he discovers she harbors secrets far worse than he could imagine. Byron C. Miller, inspired by the gritty indie filmmaking of the 1980s, directs this unnerving, even diabolical tale of murder and amorality wrapped around a "sweet" love story. Movie Quotes from The Anatomy of Monsters : "Nothing is going to save you." --Andrew (Jesse Lee Keeter) "I want it to be unpredictable. Terrifying. New. ...and new isn’t perfect. But it’s something." --Sarah (Tabitha Bastien) " I see something in you...and I think that I can help." -- Sarah "But you have no idea who I am. You never have." -- Sarah ...

The Anatomy of Monsters on Sale, November 15th, 2016

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American Indie The Anatomy of Monsters,  a Gritty Serial Killer Romance, to be Released  on DVD & VOD   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November, 2016  - Philadelphia, PA Dark, disturbing and unpredictable, this indie thriller revolves around a seemingly normal yet homicidal young man who ventures out one night in search for prey. At a lonely bar he meets a young woman, takes her to a hotel room, ties her up and prepares for the kill…until he discovers the woman harbors secrets far worse than even he could imagine. What unfolds is a diabolical game of cat and mouse, and a soul bearing confession of love and death. Byron C. Miller, seemingly inspired by the gritty indie filmmaking of 1960s era John Cassavetes, Jim Jarmusch’s  Stranger Than Paradise  and Gus Van Sant’s  Mala Noche , directs this unnerving tale of murder and amorality wrapped around an unconventional love story. INITIAL CRITICAL RESPONSE "A subtle type of terro...