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Jun
04

The Gallows Event on June 02

The Gallows 2015 Horror Movie Poster HD Wallpaper copy

It was a bit of a nervous moment when filmmakers Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing arrived from Fresno and the banquet room was still only half-filled.  However, faith in the OC film community was restored when the tables filled with enthusiastic attendees hungry to hear the remarkable story of how the horror film, The Gallows, got made, distributed and then rocketed Chris and Travis to genre film fame.

Short version: 

  • Unemployed Travis meets film student Chris after Travis had won the TV show "Wipeout." 
  • They come up with a plan to make a low budget, found-footage film like "Paranormal Activity" with neither having much actual film experience.
  • They raise enough money, shoot the film, and it gets picked up a management company that then gets Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema involved.
  • Reshoots ("sweetening") happen with Kathy Lee Gifford's daughter Cassidy Gifford because the original actress was unavailable.
  • Movie released.
  • On a budget of approx. 100k + 200k sweetening, the film earns 43 million dollars worldwide.
  • Blumhouse pictures, the number one horror production company, makes Tremendum Pictures (Travis and Chris's prodco) a part of their production house.
  • Chris and Travis field offers from everyone on the planet.

It's a Hollywood dream come true.

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