"DOUBLE-D" DIRECTOR LOOKS BACK TO THE FUTURE
According to director William Winckler, "Nobody has done an honest-to-goodness homage to classic black-and-white horror films and monster movies." Winckler is best known as the director of "The Double-D Avenger," the campy story of a very generously endowed superheroine. (Somewhere, Russ Meyer is smiling.) His new project is described as "a loving homage to classic Universal-style horror films of the 1940s." The yet-to-be-titled shocker will feature Frankenstein's Monster and other classic creatures in the public domain. Winckler is incensed that the classic monster pictures of Hollywood's Golden Age "are mocked or parodied in big-budget adventures like 'Van Helsing,' but no modern producer has attempted to recapture the heart, soul and style of the classic monster films. We're changing that: We're going to give horror fans the type of serious monster picture that used to be explored at length in magazines like Famous Monsters of Filmland." Winckler's film, which began shooting in February, stars Larry Butler, Gary Canavello, Troma honcho Lloyd Kaufman, and features a special appearance by Butch "Eddie Munster" Patrick. Watch for a release later this year.