Merry Christmas you kiddies! This old fart’s got a new movie out. It’s got a real-life Santa, rave music, and a really funny joke about testicles.

it’s been a long time since my last post. Life has taken up a lot of it, but I will post again soon with some updates. Basically, I’m getting fucking old and want to take my filmmaking to the next level. I got something animated still to come, but it's been slooooowww. TTYSOON!

If you're a writer (or editor) and want to see you're work in a dope-ass hardcover book this might interest you.

The Newgrounds Writing Anthology 2

https://danceswithfilms.com/home-2021/bump-in-the-night/

We're going to Hollywood!

BUMP IN THE NIGHT

Fri. Sept 3rd

11:55PM To be exact

$18 for a ticket (though if you comment on this post and then show up, I'll totally buy you your ticket)

After a long long, a little over 2 year process, Bump in the Night is finally hitting the big screen AND WHAT A BIG SCREEN. Like maybe one of the most iconic big screens? Someone get baby a diaper!

So here it goes, I was recently told by a film festival they wanted to play my film at the TCL Chinese Theater.... How do I describe the TCL? Well, I guess like -

wowowowowowowow.... wow. This is intense. That's the street where people walk on gold stars with rich people's names on them!

I always known that if I won a big award or something, I would thank Newgrounds in my speech. Maybe this is one step closer to that speech.

Agh! very cool.

my first thought was this was a hitlist, because of all the names crossed out (I’ve iced a lot a fools in my time). Then I realized at least 80% are still alive. Any guesses?

Anyway thought it was interesting that I immortalized some of you in a notebook for some reason at some point.

@23450 @Atomic-Sponge @BlackMarketKraig @frostedmuffins @jeremysfilms @joshuaost @jumperboi @Davronscell @BigPouch @2K-rammerizkool @Ninja-Chicken @Genzu @Stickmoose @Astropuff @Louissi @mypuddler @PhoenixJ @skywire @TripN @Thomas2005 @Spamburger @RareFactory @Renaenae @IceKeyHunter @Gbit-Master @brainface

@Joem @DropTrou @Hashbrown @Jacksmack @wish

Psyche. You'll have to go to instagram because NG doesn't allow embeds (or do they and I'm just a dumb brick of a kid from the countryside)

Anyway, here's the trailer, hope it's interesting.

I finished my film Bump in the Night three months ago and it's now going out to festivals. Yay. I'm basically crying right now on that fact alone. It's been a long journey. It's been awhile since my last post so in short, Bump in the Night is a horror short film about a woman who spends the night alone in a haunted fraternity house and must escape a deadly, very musical kind of party.

Nothing to report on festival notices yet, but I did want to make this post special by posting the official poster here before anywhere else -

You can follow its progress more on the new Amoral Compass Instagram (my company)

Y'all have known me (or missed knowing me) on here as an animator and writer, most importantly as a member of this community. I've seen a lot of people who started here as jerks messing around in school watching cartoons and playing flash games and then go on to do incredible works of art just because they fuckin got the idea that Newgrounds made that shit possible. I was one of those jerks. And now I can say I've taken another step to make sure the world knows what's possible from a kid whose dream was to make something as great as Link's Quest for Ass 2 (high bar, I know)

Can't wait for y'all to see it someday.

AND THAT IS A WRAP ON PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BUMP IN THE NIGHT! We can't wait for the world to see what we were able to accomplish. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, especially the crew.

Congratulations, Bump in the Night team and thank you to all who have been following it thus far.

Onto post-production! We invite you to keep up to date about where you can see the film. Invite your friends to like the page. Let's get Bump in the Night in front of living, unblinking eyeballs!

Here's are crew photo. I'm smack dab bottom middle. (many of us are not pictured here. Even when wrap was called, we had to get out of location quick and the equipment returned. We used every minute we had. We never stopped to breathe or blink until the job was done!)

https://www.facebook.com/BumpInTheNightMovie

Ohh, Laurie. I do not envy your position, for what you are about to go through in this house will truly be life-changing. Not that all change is bad, but the real horror of things that go on in this house is that you will change because others refuse to, history will repeat itself, and you yourself will end up being just another Bump in the Night.

THIS IS IT, NG. From 2003 and some dumb slideshow animation about George Bush to the Ink to The World is Saved to today, I will finally have a short film and I could not be more indebted to the openess and weirdness of Newgrounds for being the laboratory for so many experiments. Thank you Tom, all the staff, and everyone who ever watched a video or listened to a song I posted on here these past fifteen years. From the beginning, I said if I were ever to win an oscar, Newgrounds would have a special place in my acceptance speech. I'm nowhere near there yet, but I hope to make you all proud.

This is a project that has technically been in the works for almost a year, but really it's been the past 6, the days of working longer hours, keeping my spending in check, figuring out just what I want to use this saved money for, it all comes down to this. I have a tremendous group of people surrounding me to get this film done, and I can't wait to show it to you all in its best form. Thank you for following if you have and if you're just stumbling on this project now. Welcome, it's been and will continue to be a heck of a ride. 

In the meantime, check out this test footage for a mystery water effect... hmmm. I wonder where this will come into play?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vmKXN4Us9Oc"

Like the Facebook Page! It helps my career and makes me fall in love with you.

10... 9... 8... 7... 6.... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1.... Oh the euphoria of the new year. I many of you will party and be merry tonight. And I hope a minimal few of you end up dead.

To celebrate Just thought I spread the Bumpin' love with some film pics.

A creepy hallway. Just for you.

This story takes place in a former fraternity.

My Director of Photography kicking the camera's ass on the pics you've seen.

Camera ass-shots like this one!

And of course me pictured center. Trying to look as much like a director as possible, I dressed up like a regular Chris Nolan. Personally I think I look like a jackass and will probably tone it down in the future.

Anyway, that's that! Happy New Year's everyone. We are super excited to start filming again in mid-January, and then who knows! To anyone who takes an interest in this project, your support really lights a fire under us, so thank you!

I want to first again thank Newgrounds for always being that creative outlet throughout my younger years. I may be older, but NG has contributed a great deal to my creative health.

And this is where it’s led me:

— I’ve been trying, trying, trying to figure out what to do about you fools. I still have one flash movie y’all haven’t seen… I haven’t worked on that thing in 5 years. But I’ve kind of moved on from animation sadly, and kind of just became “that writing guy”.

But finally, finally, finally, I have something worthy of posting and trying to get everyone riled up about again. And it’s this:

(Already sold? You can help immensely by liking Bump in the Night on Facebook)

This is Bump in the Night: The story of a husband and wife moving into their newly bought home, a former fraternity house. But as the husband calls in to say his flight won’t be making it the first night, the woman finds herself alone, with a growing feeling that whatever frat party was last thrown here… may never have actually ended.

That’s right. I’m writing and directing a short horror film. That’s not to say that I haven’t made movies before or even horror movies. But this is the first time I can say, without question, this is GOLLY-PUKIN REAL JONES FILM. Pulling out all the stops and I hope you all enjoy the journey I’m about to take you on.

An original script. Real Locations. Ambitious special effects. A crew of 15.

We’ve already shot five days of this thing, and we’re set to shoot five more in mid-January. I’m going to post some behind the scenes stuff on here. I'm super excited guys. I really, really hope you enjoy. Thanks for being here for me.