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Ghosts in the Graveyard  The debut album by shock rockers, Ghosts in the Graveyard. Monsters for the Masses takes you on a sonic journey into the depths of horror, raw emotion, and Halloween fun. This synth-heavy album is filled with up tempo madness, slowed down trip-hop inspired meditations, emotional ballads, and operatic explosions. Every song tells a story told with heart, fury, and a crooked smile. Ghosts in the Graveyard frontman, Byron C. Miller is also the creative force behind the new Artsploitation Films release, The Anatomy of Monsters. Byron is writer, director, producer on this independent thriller. The Anatomy of Monsters   Dark, disturbing and unpredictable, this indie thriller revolves around a seemingly normal yet 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 even ...

After serial killer Andrew sets out for another night of hunting, he encounters the attractive and nerdy Sarah in a bar and after some intellectual flirting they are soon heading to an anonymous motel room. What follows is a series of confessions and mind games that gradually reveal the extent to which neither of them are who they claimed, even to themselves. Anatomy of Monsters feels a little like a stage play, with lengthy dialogue-driven scenes that focus far more on character than action, allowing you deep inside the heads of killers and what drives them while also preventing them from truly feeling anything about the deaths afterwards. It’s not much of a spoiler to reveal that Sarah is also a serial killer and was hunting Andrew as much as he thought he was hunting her. The dynamic between them during the series of shifting manipulations is fascinating to watch, as are the stories Sarah weaves of the development of her craft alongside a fledgling romantic...

Exclusive Interview with Conner Marx (Z-Nation, Leverage) about his upcoming movie, The Anatomy of Monsters  The Anatomy of Monsters on Sale at Artsploitation Films 1.  What attracted you to the character of Nick Jones in The Anatomy of Monsters? Nick's a stinkbug; you can't crush him. He's got a confidence in himself that manifests in a clarity of purpose, and I find that to be a really enviable quality. He knows he likes Sarah, and he doesn't bullshit about it. He puts himself out there openly, authentically, and unabashedly.     2.  How was it working with Byron C. Miller? Byron's on a very short list of "I'll work with him no matter what" directors. He's just a really stand up guy and I have a ton of respect for the way he approaches filmmaking, which is, fundamentally, people first. The word integrity keeps coming to mind. He works with integrity. You just know he's always looking to do the right thin...

 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...

    1.  What attracted you to the script and your character for The Anatomy of Monsters? I immediately fell in love with the script and how much heart it had.  I read with Conner Marx during the first audition and Jesse Lee Keeter during the callbacks and it just felt so right.  Sarah is one of the most complex characters I've ever had the pleasure of getting to play.  This was like a dream role for me.  There are times when Sarah just wants to be a normal person and fall in love, but she has this darkness inside her that she can't seem to keep quiet.  From an outsider's perspective, she looks like an ordinary girl... but inside is a different story.  People sometimes ask if it was hard for me to go home after playing such a dark character, but it really wasn't because I grabbed on to the other parts of her that were just like me and everybody else.  I tried not to focus on the more "monstrous" parts of her when we weren't filmin...

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’...

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 Film Festival: The Anatomy of Monsters made Official Selection to FASH Film Festival in Santa Monica, CA. It will screen on November 19th with members of the crew in attendance including me, Paul Morgan (Writer, Cinematographer, Composer), and Shelly Smith (Wardrobe). This festival has been blasting the movie out on lots of Social Media. They've been a great source of "mostly" free marketing for the film!     FASH FEST Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/204083813356116/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FASHFESTLA/   Buy Tickets page:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-anatomy-of-monsters-a-byron-c-miller-film-tickets-28632221746?aff=efbevent Purchase your own copy of The Anatomy of Monsters http://www.artsploitationfilms.com/film/the-anatomy-of-monsters/