Red Headed Revolution in association with Shackle Island Studios and Dunn & Dunn Productions are kicking off the Halloween season with a new horror anthology film with Dr. Gangrene in Tales From Parts Unknown.
Tales From Parts Unknown is a feature length anthology film presenting four tales of terror directed by Cameron McCasland and hosted by Dr. Gangrene (Larry Underwood). The pair share the writing credits on the screenplay with the title of the film derived from Underwoods book Tales From Parts Unknown in which one of the stories originated.
Underwood & McCasland are bringing their long standing brand of horror to the drive-in screens for the first time after multiple collaborations on television including the Emmy nominated Go Green with Dr. Gangrene, the half hour Dr. Gangrene Presents, The made for tv movie Dreadful Hallowgreen Special, and the freshly produced Dr. Gangrenes Cinetarium which currently is airing its second season on the NECAT Network.
McCasland explains the origins of the film, “We had ended our tv run on Dr. Gangrene Presents and Larry wanted to take a break and write a collection of short stories for a book. In the meantime I was making Tailypo which is a story I grew up with and just wanted to get out of my head. I was send him early cuts of the movie and Larry was sending me early drafts of his stories and this one called Retrieval Service really spoke to me. So I adapted his short story into a screenplay. In turn Larry took a story prompt for an idea i always wanted to do and wrote Prisoner of Perdition and we kind of just said we really should just turn all of this into one movie. We reached out to Ronnie & Diane Dunn who served as our Executive Producers and they really believed in what we were doing and came on board.”
Tailypo and Prisoner of Perdition both toured film festivals racking up over 50 awards and nominations including the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for best short film and an Emmy nomination. Both Tailypo and Prisoner of Perdition have been remastered along with two never before seen shorts (Retrieval Service and The Rider) presented with a multi segment wrap around story starring Underwood as Dr. Gangrene.
In addition to Underwood appearing as Dr. Gangrene the movie stars David Chattam (Star Trek: Picard), Wynn Reichert (Masterminds), Rebecca Lines (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It), John Wells (Legends & Lies) Lee Vervoort (The Walking Dead), Kenneth Garner (Still The King), Wendy Keeling (Clown College), and Rusty James (Haven).
Tales From Parts Unknown will premiere during the Creepy Cruise In at the Georgetown Drive-In in Georgetown Indiana on October 3rd and select Drive-Ins and special engagements in the following weeks. The event will be hosted by Dr. Gangrene in person with a classic car show and giveaways. For more information check out drgangrene.com
Larry Underwood is a writer and television producer who has portrayed the character Dr. Gangrene in television, comics, books, and live stage productions for over twenty years in the Nashville, TN area. In addition to his tv work he has written an award winning column for Scary Monster Magazine which has been recognized thrice at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards as best column.
Cameron McCasland is an Emmy nominated writer, director, & film producer. His work includes the feature length films ‘The Lashman” “Paternity Leave” and ‘Jumpin’ Johnny”. In addition to his film work he has produced music videos totaling millions of online views and include several #1 songs on Billboards charts, and featured in Rolling Stone, Good Morning America, Today, & American Idol. The Texas born film maker lives in Nashville with his wife and two daughters.
