GODKILLER release delayed to accommodate unexpected demand

GODKILLER RELEASE DELAYED TO ACCOMMODATE UNEXPECTED DEMAND

- Higher than expected retail orders force studio to bump animated sci-fi/horror film’s street date one week -

Los Angeles, CA, September 14, 2009 – Halo-8 Entertainment had a good problem with this week when retail orders for its upcoming GODKILLER: WALK AMONG US – Episode 1 DVD exceeded studio expectations to the point where the DVD’s street date had to be pushed back a week. In order to manufacture enough product to fulfill retail demand and ensure all stores would receive DVDs on the same date, Halo-8 was forced to move GODKILLER Episode 1′s street date from September 29th to October 6th.

“I’m sincerely astonished,” said GODKILLER writer-director Matt Pizzolo. “These episodic DVDs were really supposed to be limited edition collectibles for fans to get at comic conventions and festivals. I mean, it’s totally unorthodox to release a film in shortform, serialized DVDs… I never in a million years expected retailers to support it. I’m pleasantly knocked on my ass.”

Retailers carrying GODKILLER include Best Buy, Hot Topic, Borders Books, F.Y.E., Suncoast, Wherehouse Music, Newbury Comics, Amoeba Music, Rasputin Records, Dimple Records, Waterloo Records, J&R Electronics, Silver Platters, Zia Records, and many more. The DVD is also currently available for pre-order at the following websites:

– Amazon.com [$9.95]
– Best Buy.com [$8.99]
– Deep Discount DVD

GODKILLER is a post-nuke, sci-fi/horror adventure that pioneers the new filmmaking format ‘illustrated films.’ It features voice performances by Danielle Harris (HALLOWEEN II), Lance Henriksen (ALIEN VS PREDATOR), Justin Pierre (singer of MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK), Tiffany Shepis (NIGHT OF THE DEMONS), Bill Moseley (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Nicki Clyne (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA), Katie Nisa (THREAT), Lydia Lunch (Richard Kern’s HARDCORE), and Davey Havok (singer of A.F.I.).

About the GODKILLER: WALK AMONG US DVD series:

GODKILLER’s innovative release schedule that brings the episodic nature of comic books to DVD is scheduled to roll out as follows:

October 6th 2009: EPISODE 1 limited edition, shortform DVD
January 26th 2010: EPISODE 2 limited edition, shortform DVD
March 30th 2010: Day & Date – THEATRICAL PREMIERE of full feature, EPISODE 3 limited edition, shortform DVD
May 25th 2010: FULL FEATURE DVD & BLU-RAY

GODKILLER: WALK AMONG US is the epic story of a boy on a quest to save his dying sister. Based on the comic book Pizzolo created with Anna Muckcracker, GODKILLER takes place in a dark-future after economic collapse, after nuclear holy war, and after Earth is colonized by alien races. Tommy and his kid sister Lucy live in an orphanage in one of the few remaining city-states, but Lucy is critically ill and desperately in need of a new heart. Tommy’s odyssey to find a new heart for his sister begins when he follows an organ-stealing prostitute named Halfpipe out of the city-state and into the savage borderland known as Outer City. GODKILLER mixes unforgiving brutality, quantum physics, conspiracy theory, and secret history for an iconoclastic hero’s journey like none before it.

GODKILLER: SILENT WAR is the story of the end of civilization as we know it. Set in the near future, this urban-fantasy/sci-fi prequel novel tells the story of Joe Junior, a 17-year old draft-dodger who is recruited by an armed cult of populist assassins and thrust into a secret world of international cabals, alien conspiracies, and the countdown to Armageddon.

About the GODKILLER ‘illustrated film’
The ‘illustrated film’ Pizzolo, illustrator Anna Muckcracker, and animator Brian Giberson are creating for the adaption mixes elements of anime, radio drama, video games, and motion comics. Utilizing the original artwork from the comic book, the ‘illustrated film’ adds motion animation, visual effects, elaborate sound design, music, and voice-acting performances.

Pizzolo explained “when we decided to make an anime adaptation of the comic book, I couldn’t see how a traditional animated approach would do justice to Anna’s incredibly lush and detailed illustrations. It made perfect sense to adapt the medium to suit her art, rather than vice versa.”

About Halo-8 Entertainment
Halo-8 Entertainment (www.halo8.tv) is a Hollywood-2.0 movie studio using bleeding-edge strategies to create and distribute daring new films and lifestyle videos. Recent releases include the megapopular animated series XOMBIE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL (which Bloody Disgusting called “one of the best online animated series to date”), the legendary NY hardcore documentary N.Y.H.C. (which Cinematical called “smashing… a terrific, well-told, engaging story”), the award-winning hardcore-punk thriller THREAT (which Urb Magazine said “makes KIDS look like an after-school special”), and the campy, interactive horror-DVD-game SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME (starring Tiffany Shepis, Joanna Angel, Melissa Bacelar, Masuimi Max). Upcoming releases include the psychedelic horror IN A SPIRAL STATE (which Dread Central called “mindbending”), the erotic-art documentary THE NEW EROTIC (featuring XXX-auteurs Eon McKai, Kimberly Kane, Dave Naz, Jack The Zipper, Alejandra Guerrero), and the iconoclastic hero’s journey GODKILLER (which Fangoria called “a genre-star-studded opus”).