Done to Death II: Brought Back to Life

Before Done to Death II there was, of course, Done to Death. Unfortunately there don't appear to be any stills for that one (that I'm currently able to dredge up, at the least). So to give the below images some semblance of context, here's the blurb from the back of the Done to Death II video case/cover we mocked up (much of it written by myself, though I can't be sure which bits):

"Double the Saddamage! From the makers of 'Done to Death' comes the horror/comedy/action/suspense/drama/romance/sci-fi/war/musical event of the decade!

"On a bright and stormless day, an evil plot is conceived to resurrect one of the greatest villains in history. Only the down-and-out ex-detective who laid him to rest once before can save the small town of Goodonya from his undead wrath...and the rampage of the new killer who terrorises its streets!

"Along the way we meet a trio of foul-mouthed gangsters, a mad Nazi scientist and his bumbling assistants, a pair of free-loving hippies, a muck-raking television reporter, a mad hit-and-run driver, a horse-happy wife-bashing drunk, a psychiatrist suffering from an identity crisis, and the series' first (and probably last) token love interest.

"Starring Michael Bowser, Shawn Rowlands, Emma Lynch and a cast of other unknowns, Brought Back to Life is a controversial, heart-stopping journey into the realm of the imagination...a journey from which you may never return."

Yep...didn't think you'd make heads nor tails of it! The word "Saddamage" - a first, I suspect, in the annals of the English language - is a reference to Jean-Claude Van Damme action movie promos, the fact that our lead villain was a slasher killer who wore a Saddam Hussein mask...and the fact that there were now TWO killers on the loose (including an "imposter" wearing the original killer's mask; the archetype having to temporarily settle for a Nazi gas mask). Don't ask me: I have no idea how we came to the conclusion of such lunacy either (it certainly wasn't meant to be deeply political)! Ah, the collaborative artistic process...

Many thanks, of course, to the cast and crew, which went something like this:

Yours Truly (co-writer, co-director, co-producer, co-cinematographer, cast, make-up artist, stunt coordinator, production designer, editor, sound effects technician), Shawn Rowlands (co-writer, co-director, co-producer, co-cinematographer, cast, make-up artist, stunt coordinator, transport coordinator, assistant production designer, assistant editor, and assistant sound effects technician), Michael Rowlands (cast, production assistant), Aaron Hopsick (cast, music [w/ Brendan Murphy], assistant cinematographer), Emma Lynch (cast, production assistant), James Simonetta (cast, assistant cinematographer, stills photographer, production assistant), Andrew Audsley (cast, assistant stunt coordinator, production assistant), Jonathan Thaw (cast, production assistant; not the John Thaw you think, but his real-life nephew!), Megan Voevoedin (cast, production assistant), Jason Lynch (cast, production assistant), Raymond Lacken (cast, production assistant), Lance McCallum (cast, production assistant), Adam Racchi (cast, production assistant), Peter Cunningham (cast, production assistant), Jean Rapkins (cast), Michael Schifley (cast), Michelle Tomas (cast), and Jason Shea (cast). With a theme song written and performed by Nikki Trix & The Trapz!

With no further ado here's some stills, courtesy of Mr James Simonetta...and imagine, if you will, how awesome the film must surely have been (better than actually watching it, and seeing those hopes dashed to the seven winds)! Oh, and have a scan of the cheap-but-charming black-and-white video case insert while we're at it...

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