PromoteHorror.com: Update on the upcoming film "Jebadiah's Axe"

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Update on the upcoming film "Jebadiah's Axe"

Jebadiah’s Axe is the latest feature from Brainpie Media Productions and writer/director Jim DeVault is in post-production in Dallas. The film’s principle photography was completed on June 22, filmed on location in the town of Quinlan, Texas, and deep in 100 acres of woods around Lake Tawakoni.

“We brought together most of the production team we had on Blood Reunion, said DeVault, “then packed up and moved to Tawakoni for most of the production.” The team, including cast and crew, were housed in a building the team referred to as The Compound, The building is provided by Frank Ackenback and Caddo Productions, who also provided the locations where most of the film was shot.

The entire production was a tough one. On the first day at the compound, two extremely poisonous copperhead snakes had to be removed from the building, and during the entire shoot there were occasional encounters with scorpions, and constant assault by mosquitoes and chiggers. “We were lucky, though,” adds DeVault, “in that we didn’t have any close encounters with the aggressive wild pig that run wild out there, just an occasional armadillo.”

The teams 2013 feature, Blood Reunion, tackled the vampire genre. With this new production they take on zombie and slasher genres simultaneously, but not your typical mindless, brain-eating zombies. Jebadiah is an articulate, rational, calculating undead with a mission, and carrying out that mission results in some major carnage.

“We upped the level of the violence in this one,” says DeVault, “and we used a lot of blood on set. Now it’s in post, and our editor and effects wizard, Wes Sutton, will complete the magic we started.”

In addition, Jebadiah’s Axe shares some cast members with Blood Reunion. Returning to the Brainpie fold are Gail Brewer, Tim Newkirk, Nicole Holt, and Greg Vestal. The cast also includes Latin hottie Deborah Funes and veteran screamer Debbie D.