Monday, August 9, 2004

Making DEMON RESURRECTION: Location Scouting, August, 2004

Production of DEMON RESURRECTION came very close to being cancelled due to the difficulty in finding an acceptable place to shoot the film. But all our problems were solved in early August of 2004 when the ideal location, this Long Island house, was discovered by our producer Frank Cilla, and its owners agreed to allow it and the surrounding grounds to be used in the shoot....










(Above) Twenty minutes of exterior footage shot by DEMON RESURRECTION director William Hopkins and 2nd Unit DP Stephen Snow, in October of 2004 in St James, Long Island, the primary location used in the film.



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Sunday, August 1, 2004

Making DEMON RESURRECTION: Working in the Creature Shop, August, 2004

In the months before DEMON RESURRECTION went before the cameras, while location scouting and casting were still ongoing, producer Frank Cilla, co-producer Ed Wheeler and director William Hopkins were already toiling away in the DEMON RESURRECTION creature shop, working on the various pieces of the demon costumes - masks, chest pieces, hands and feet...

Co-Producer Edward Wheeler (L) and director William Hopkins (R)
working on the skeletal chest piece for the demon costume.

The single mold from which all the demon masks will be cast.


The first batch of masks awaiting painting.



Co-Producer Edward Wheeler touching up a sculpture of one of the demon hands.
An early test fit of the different parts of the demon costume. 


The jawbone of the demon mask is deemed unusable,
so a new jawbone is separately sculpted and cast...
Director Hopkins creating a plaster cast of the demon mask's jawbone.



Producer Frank Cilla examining one of the first of the demon masks to be cast and painted.
The first finished demon mask.
The first complete demon costume.



Director William Hopkins and the first completed demon costume.
Director William Hopkins adjusts the jawbone of the demon costume prototype.
Co-producer Edward Wheeler poses with the demon costume prototype.



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UPDATE 11/18/2017: The newly remastered version of DEMON RESURRECTION in 1080 HD & Widescreen is now available at http://dresurrection.vhx.tv

Or stream it on Amazon (Prime members watch for free): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZXWKBT

Also available on...

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and on Pantaflix: https://www.pantaflix.com/en/movie/Demon-Resurrection-watch-online-pm741064