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PROFILE: Lou Vockell

hand test01smThe Films of Lou Vockell, Ohio’s Grand and Gritty Auteur. By Brian Kirst

Ohioan Lou Vockell’s years of hard work on such features as Holy Terror and Hookers in A Haunted House truly shows in two of his latest productions. The vast experience he has accumulated has enabled him to create two interesting, low budget projects that truly entertain.

Stalking Hand: A Scary Movie. This winner for horror comedy at the Cincinnati Horror Film Festival is insanely rambunctious and brimming with outrageous creativity. On Halloween night two pot smoking losers throw a party for their neglected girlfriends. Along for the ride are the neighborhood geek and a Goth chick possessed by Satan. When her ‘blackness’ is pushed too far by the ignorant jocks, though, she speed dials her master and he ‘handily’ whips our bullies into gruesome, death welcoming shape.

Vockell has a ball playing with the innuendos inherent in the jocks’ passionate “bro-mince” and allowing the dumber of the two vixens to inform us about the true meaning of horror – the lack of enough clothing in her closet. He also creates a nice background mystery and at 82 minutes this heartfelt feature truly flies by.

Vockell squeezes nice performances out of Dustin Gilroy as the put upon Drelman (who amuses in the film’s most insanely clever special effects sequence), Emily Arner as the naked and psychotic Mary Jane, Chris Cato as the dumbest of the jocks and Russell Hurley, whose hapless policeman turns out to truly be the son of the “king” – as in Elvis, that is. (Now, I wonder how Lisa Marie feels about that.)

TOP-GRAPHIC smVagrant. In this black slasher noir, Vockell legitimately creates a true grind house experience. With an exceptional cast playing a group of violent thieves, Vockell incisively explores what happens when the greedy gang encounters a force even more savage than their own.

The film stock sputters and crackles, while these unsavory inhabitants double cross each other as they hide out in an abandoned building with their hostage – a teenage girl. Unlike the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez Grind house films – which were truly entertaining, but showed every inch of their budget – Vockell’s Vagrant truly has the aura of a feature you would have caught in the bowery of NYC in the 70’s. This is truly his most accomplished feature to date and leaves one hoping (and bloodily begging) for more.

To find out more about Stalking Hand and Vagrant, be sure to visit Vockell’s creative and informative site – www.onemanfilmindustry.com

Mitchell Wells

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Society. Self proclaimed Horror Movie Freak, Tech Geek, love indie films and all around nice kinda guy!!

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