OH.
MY.
GOD.
This weekend was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO awesome. It wasn't small at all... everything that happened was big BIG
BIG!!!!!So. For those of you that don't know, Thursday marked the first night of the Sacramento Horror Film Festival. Now, Thursday was pretty uneventful.... Well,
The Lobotronic show was actually really interesting! And Mr. Lobo was really nice.
Then came Friday.... Friday actually sucked pretty bad.
First, we went on the news Friday morning. We were basically ignored, and we weren't even asked about Repo, which we were hoping to promote.
First were the shorts.... Horror movies. Some were really good, but I'm horribly ADHD so I couldn't focus. Thursday was also the day where we screened This
movie created by Chris Jericho, a really REALLY famous wrestler. He even came to the show...
And that's why it sucked.
He showed up buzzed.... And didn't stop drinking. He had never even see his movie before the screening... his OWN movie. For the Q and A, he had already
drunk a bottle of Jack Daniels, and was carrying around a bottle of vodka on stage during the interview. He was wasted by the end of the night, and kept
insulting Mr. Lobo after every sentence.
And the most striking thing he did?
On stage, while drunk, he said, "Fuck Repo! The Genetic Opera! I'm so much better."
Now, again... for those of you that don't know, I am one of the leads in Amber's Sweets (
[link]) shadow cast (a performance of a movie
on stage... much like the Rocky Horror Picture Show) of Repo! The Genetic Opera. The other lead, the man who plays my father, Nathan Wallace, (I play Shilo
Wallace) runs the Sac Horror Film Fest and paid Chris HJericho to come. Not only that, but Terrance Zdunich (The actual Graverobber and co-creator of Repo)
Darren Smith (the real Band Leader, and other co-creator) Alisa and Andreja (the two Henchgirls from the movie) were also special guests. They were not there
when Chris Jericho said "Fuck Repo"..... they were at a haunted house with a couple of the other's from the shadow cast. We were going to go, but we didn't
have money, and our producer couldn't go in. The others did not even wait for us.
Chris Jericho even winked at me... *shudders*
Also... the Zombie Beauty Contest was RIGGED. Chris Jericho and three of the Suicide Girls were the judges. Three of us zombies had high marks, but were
booted off stage for not having high enough marks... despite the fact that several of the actual winners had lower marks than us. Turns out we were booted
off for not showing enough skin. The two runner ups had so much skin showing, and the winnder, despite having showed no skin and didn't even have on zombie
make-up, was FRIENDS with the suicide girls.
I hate the Suicide Girls, by the way.... due to the way they are. I was going to be one, but quickly decided it wasn't worth it. They're HORRIBLE to their
girls.
Anyway....
SATURDAY.
Saturday was the best night of my life.
I met Terrance, Darren, Alisa, and Andreja... they're BIG celebrities to Repo fans. Terrance was cool, he gave me a hug... then KISSEd my forehead. Like,
zomg. I was not expecting that. (I was dressed as Shilo, though. xD)
Alisa, though.... I was most STOKED about meeting Terrance, but I left the most HAPPY about meeting her. She was so nice, and so real.... She actually
started conversations with US, instead of the other way around.
Then, during the screening of Repo, we did our first live performance of Zydrate Anatomy. We ROCKED.
Now.... this should tell you something about the fans of Chris Jericho versus the fans of Repo.
On Friday, the audience was only half-filled. People kept leaving during Chris's presentation, they were booing him, making fun of him.... he lost a lot of
fans.
But on Saturday? The audience was FILLED, fans were screaming, cheering.... and none of them were even expecting us to come out onstage during the moive. But
when we did.... they screams and cheers were ringing through the entire theatre.
And when Terrance and Darren came out before the movie, the fans went wild.
AND.
There's a scene in the movie where Darren is jumping around as Band Leader, and people were dancing... he came to us and said, "If you let me be your Band Leader, can we go on stage for "We Started This Opera Shit"?
We.
Danced.
On.
Stage.
To.
"We Started This Opera Shit"
With.
Darren.
Smith.
The actual Band Leader, and co-creator of Repo.
What other shadow cast can boast to that?
And, and Darren even said that we were the only shadow cast he had seen with choreography.... he might even come to our performance!
So might Terrance!
And Terrance even told me that on stage, it was like I transformed into Shilo... he wasn't expecting it.
And our Luigi was told he was a natural. ^^
Oh! And during the Q and A, my ex, Tristan (he plays Pavi Largo in the cast) got upstage and acted in character..... and Terrance was BUSTING out laughing at him. It was amazing... we all feel awesome.
Ohmagod.
And then on Sunday, we got to hold a long conversation with Darren and Alisa.
Also! The creator of Methodic was there.... he was so fun! He was drawing funny pictures the entire time... though some of them were a bit in bad taste.
But he was uber cool to talk to. ^^ He came all the way from Jersey. I hope to see him again.
I don't think this week could have been better. ^^ <3
Well, actually.... it could have. Chris Jericho could have been present on Friday to see how much more people loved Repo than his sorry ass.
Oh! To any of you that live in the Sacramento area, or can get to the Sacramento area on December 12th, you should cpme see our performance. ^^
And... I'm out. Peace! ^^