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 ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY

                  WRITTEN, PRODUCED, AND DIRECTED BY MIKE BURKE

      

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In the town of Dreary no one is safe from the evil that lives here. It lurks behind every tree and in the dark shadows of every room. No matter where you go no matter where you try to hide it will find you. These are some of the many stories of evil finding and terrorizing it's victims.

A young pretty girl's car runs out of gas. Her only option to finding help is to go through the woods. It is night and she has no flashlight. So she goes through anyways but soon she will find out she is not alone and what finds her will more horrific than anything she could have ever imagined.

Max Crena is the host of his own midnight radio talk show. He hopes for a better time slot than midnight and his frustrations are getting the best of him. His show feels boring and uneventful until now. Sam, a mysterious caller, has a big surprise in store for Max.

Tom Paterson sells life insurance and he also happens to be an awful man. He beats on his wife  and scams his clients. Actually he kills them. As he gets rich off his dead victims life seems pretty great. That is until a mysterious man in black begins to appear sometimes appearing out of thin air. Whenever Mr. Paterson commits a crime the man in black appears. Tom begins to freak out and wonders if the man knows what he has done. Who is the man the black?  Is he real? Tom along with his wife will soon find out in a bone chilling visit to their home when the man will reveal himself and make an offer they will never forget.

It is a cold moonlit night. The power has gone out and the only source of light is the flame of a candle. Suddenly, out of the darkness, a horrifying moan is heard. It sends chills up the spine of Henry Ashton. He waits for the horrible moaning. All he hears is the wind. Moments go by and the moaning is now closer. So close it appears to be very close by. Henry doesn't want to but he knows what he must do. He rises from his desk and heads outside. A shimmer of moonlight shines through the graveyard next to Henry's house. Suddenly in that shimmer of light Henry sees something that will give him nightmares for the rest of his life. In that shimmer something horrific stares back at him. Something evil, putrid, and ghastly sits within the graveyard and it has brought a trail of terror, horror, and much grief that will haunt Henry until the day he dies!
 

Once upon a Midnight Dreary will take the audience to places they thought they would never go. The stories will lead them down a path that they thought they had figured out but will be shockingly surprised by the outcome. It is dark and very creepy at times. Be sure to draw the shades and lock the doors you never who or what might show up at your front doorstep!

 

COPYRIGHT 2002 / COLOR  / 112 MIN / SURROUND SOUND / 1:85:1 WIDE SCREEN

 

STARRING:  Mike Burke, Krista Kujat, John Gaydos, Sarah Elliott, Israel Colon, Karl Peterson, Kim Swennen, Mike Lane, Susan Abrams, Audrey Korshoff, Jean-Francois Doray, Nathan Johnson, M. Wickers Stone, Jacquelin Sibblies. PRODUCTION:  Marina Biggs, Puja Maewal.

                                   

Premiered at The New York International Independent video and film festival Nov. 9, 2003