Why We Still Need Your Help
In September, we launched our first crowdsourcing attempt through Kickstarter to raise money for the film. We raised $5,740, which coupled with independent financing, which was enough to complete the initial photography for the film. We currently have 80% of the movie finished.
We're back now hoping to raise an additional $6,000 to complete the production. Due to a -25 degree windchill on location, we dealt with several obstacles such as freezing pipes that made it a necessity to move several key scenes to a warmer time of year. One scene requires tubing, pumps and a hundred gallons of fake blood, which was freezing when we attempted it in January. We also found the hallway and bathroom of the house logistically impossible to shoot in, so we would like to create sets for those two rooms at The Fore River Sound stage.
This amount would also allow us to spend time at The Studio in Portland, ME with Jim Begley completing a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound mix of the film.
The Hype
Since the launch of our initial Kickstarter campaign back in September, we've watched our small film begin to gather a whirlwind of attenton. Our website currently has 300,000 hits. Our Facebook has approximately 3,100 followers and our trailer recieved 1,500 views in the first 24 hours of being on YouTube. Comic book legends Neil Gaiman (Sandman) and Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-men) have been sharing the film through their social media channels. We've had articles in The Portland Press Herald, on Horrornews.net, Frightmeter.com, Igor's Lab and many more. Here are a few samples:
Interview with Actress Anne Bobby of The Hanover House and Nightbreed
New Movie to be Filmed in ‘Haunted Maine Farmhouse’
Indie Film: Horror Filmmaker’s Luck Is So Good It’s Scary
Interview with Director Corey Norman of The Barn and The Hanover House
About The Production
The Hanover House finished principle photography over 11 days in January of 2013. We still have 4 days of shooting remaining, slated for the end of May.
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View a Behind the Scenes video by clicking here
The RED Epic
For The Hanover House, director Corey Norman chose to shoot on the RED Epic camera, made famous by films such as: The Hobbit, The Man with the Iron Fists, The Amazing Spiderman and Prometheus. The RED Epic delivers crystal clear, 5k, raw video that can be shaped extensively in post production.
The House is Haunted
One thing that sets the production of The Hanover House apart from other haunted house films on the market is the fact that we filmed and are still filming in an actual haunted house. Built in 1883, this farmhouse, which is located in the mountains of western Maine, has been the home of supernatural phenomena for the last hundred years. Former residents have been shaken awake by a full body apparition of an old man, seen a full body apparition of a young boy playing on the stairs, seen floating orbs of energy above them in their beds and had objects removed from the walls to placed in other areas of the house. At least two former babysitters refuse to ever step foot in the house again.
Meet The Director
Director Corey Norman is no stranger to filmmaking. He has worked for clients such as: History Channel, Nova, National Geographic and Discovery. He was an assistant editor on Nova's Bioterror, done in conjunction with the New York Times, which won a Best News and Documentary Emmy Award. In 2011, he was honored as one of Maine Today Media's "Forty Under 40" for his work. Earlier this year Corey directed and edited Last Chance to Reason's "Upload Complete" music video for Prosthetic Records, which has just shy of 80,000 YouTube plays and is currently working on their next video. His previous film, "The Barn" was accepted into nine national horror festivals including The Fright Night Film Festival and The Indie Horror Film Festival.
Meet the Cast
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Anne Bobby:
Although she's worked extensively on and off-Broadway, in film, television and commercials, with some of the finest masters of their craft – she's always had a special love for Cliver Barker's 'Nightbreed,' (In which she played the lead role) and looks forward to sharing stories of her experience.
Among her other films: ’Beautiful Girls’ (with Timothy Hutton, Uma Thurman and Natalie Portman), the Oscar-winning ‘Born on the 4th of July’ (Oliver Stone, Tom Cruise), the Indie classic ‘Happiness’ (Todd Solandz, Philip Seymour Hoffman) and ‘The Pickup Artist’ (Robert Downey Jr)
Her television credits include ‘Mad About You’, ‘Children of the Bride’ (and 2 sequels), Steven Bochco’s experimental ‘Cop Rock’, the Miniseries of Scot Turow’s ‘The Burden of Proof’, ‘What the Deaf Man Heard’ (with Claire Bloom and Matthew Modine), several episodes of ‘Law and Order’, and ‘Gabriel’s Fire’ (With James Earl Jones).
In 2007, the legendary 'BIOSHOCK' series debuted, with Anne voicing, among others, Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum.
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Brian Chamberlain:
Brian is a small town boy, hailing from East Machias, Maine. He has had the pleasure of training with Second City in both NY and Chicago. His most recent TV and film credits include "Anatomy of the Tide" and "Forsaken" where he got the chance to work with Jamie Lynn Sigler ( The Sopranos) , Gabriel Basso ( Super 8), Daniel Flaherty ( Skins, Hope Springs), and James Russo ( Public Enemies, Donnie Brasco). He spent 4 months last summer working with Showtime on a web-series for their TV show Dexter. In the Dexter A.R.G. he co-starred as the serial killer Fate (F8) with Georgia Lyman (The Town, Brotherhood). He most recently worked with ABC in their Shonda Rhymes produced pilot "Gilded Lilys". His cast mates included: Blithe Danner ( Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers), John Barrowman (Desperate Housewives, Torchwood, Dr. Who), Matt Long (Madmen), and Sarah Buldger (Once upon a time, The Tudors). He has acted for McG (Terminator Salvation, Charlie's Angels) and Brian Kirk ( Game of Thrones, Dexter). He can't wait to spend many weeks in a real haunted house, in the middle of Maine, in the winter. It will be an experience....that is certain.
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Casey Turner:
Casey received her BA in Theatre from the University of Southern Maine. She has spent the last few years performing in Portland’s theatre community and a few surrounding areas. Theatre companies include Good Theater, Harbor Light Stage, The American Irish Repertory Ensemble, Dramatic Repertory Company, Oddfellow Theater, The Theater Project, and SPACE Gallery. She has frequently dabbled in film, including a small role in Nate Meyers’ See Girl Run with Robin Tunney and Adam Scott. The Hanover House will be her first big step into the film community. Casey is also a company member of the aerial dance troupe Apparatus Dance Theater.
Daniel Noel:
Daniel is a professional actor hailing from Broadway with extensive experience both on regional stage and in film, as well as voice-over work. He has played many unforgettable characters in various Bonfire Films productions, and is a regular actor with the Portland Stage. In 2012, he played a lead role in Bonfire Films’ Special Delivery, which was selected as one of the Guerilla Film Challenges 2012 Best Of Screening that showed at both the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Theater in Austin, TX and in Sarasota, FL at Burn’s Court Cinemas as a part of Movieville Int’l Film Festival. Look for Daniel in the upcoming feature film, Anatomy of the Tide.
Shannon Campbell:
Shannon has appeared on The History Channel as Ann Putnam Jr. in Witch Hunt, a Lone Wolf Documentary Group production. She played Debbie Dixon in The Crew, a film by Gitgo Productions (in post-production), Duckie in Mom’s Dead and I’m Broke, a Gitgo Productions short and Rich Lady in the short film Benny in Reverie, an Accordion Fish production. Past stage performances include: The Children’s Hour, Killer Joe, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Eclipsed, Almost Maine and Crazy Eights. Shannon studied acting at Circle in the Square Theater School in NYC and earned a degree in theater at the University of Southern Maine. She currently resides in Cumberland, Maine with her husband and three children.
Lisa Van Oosterum
Lisa received her BFA in Acting from Emerson College. She has performed in various theatres throughout the world, most notably was the role of Columbia in the European Tour of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Lisa has appeared in various independent films, music videos, and has also done some voice-over work, most notably as one of the voices of Jax in the Pokemon TV Show. She recently moved to the Portland area from Boston. Last summer, she toured New England as Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Lisa teaches acting at SMCC and is currently in rehearsals for Mad Horse Theatre’s production of David Mamet’s November.
For a Full Cast list visit: www.thehanoverhousefilm.com
