A family friendly fantasy; The Mortician up next
We chatted briefly with Todd Tucker and Harvey Lowry from Drac Studios on the red carpet of Spike’s Scream Awards 2009, and the duo were very excited about their upcoming flick Monster Mutt, which Tucker directed and Lowry produced. “Weâre a week away from completely finishing Monster Mutt,” Tucker tells Shock. “Itâs a family fantasy film about a family dog that gets kidnapped by a corporation, they use him for testing and turn him into a monster dog. Itâs lovable big monster dog, all practical FX. Itâs a creature suit and an animatronic head.”
Monster Mutt sounds ideal for the Halloween season; we had to ask the influences they were going for with this one. “Itâs very much character driven, itâs PG so itâs not gory or anything,” confesses Tucker. “Itâs really got the old feel of films that really inspired us like Gremlins and ET and Harry & The Hendersons, films that were all very family driven. And I tried to make something that had a contemporary feel to it, but also the spiritual feel of the old Spielberg films. We hope to have it out sometime next year.”
As far as what’s next, Lowry says, “Weâre about to start The Mortician. (Gareth Maxwell Roberts writes & directs) Itâs a 3D thriller/horror film shooting in Louisiana in 5 weeks. And then in January we start on the film Buddha which weâre shooting in India.”
Source: Robg.
