Check out our first trailer: The Defiled - Trailer

Check out this video: The Defiled - Trailer

Screening Copies

For those cast and crew that cannot make tonight's event at CCC - please drop me a line for screening copies of the film.

Sneak Preview Tonight

Well, this is it - the first public look at our film. I'm optimistic that the work will be well received. I must thank everyone who worked on the picture for their hard work and dedication. I believe that they will be happy. Screening copies for cast and crew tonight. I think we'll have a good turnout.

Sneak Preview Announced

Well, the day is finally here. Detailed below is the official press release for our film. I am thrilled by the final results and I hope you will all attend. Please feel free to bring family and friends and anyone interested. If I don't see you in person until then, I just want to let you know how much your contributions mean to me and my work. I am forever indebted to you. Here's the poop.


For Immediate Release:
1/6/10

Julian Grant to SNEAK PREVIEW his new feature film, THE DEFILED at Columbia College Chicago's Film Row Theatre on January 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM.

Filmmaker Julian Grant will sneak preview his new fine art/horror feature film, "The Defiled" on Monday, January 25th at Columbia College Chicago.

"When I relocated to Chicago last year, my goal was to start making independent films outside of my regular comfort zone. I had spent twenty years making movies for theatrical and television distribution and wanted to create new and exciting cinema beyond my regular output. THE DEFILED is my first film that speaks to these sensibilities."

Set in a near distant future where an N1HI style of virus has decimated the populace, an infected man, his new-born child and an enigmatic beauty must seek food and shelter in this world-turned-wrong. THE DEFILED was shot on location in Chicagoland, IL and neighboring La Porte, Indiana.

For more information, please visit www.juliangrant.com or contact Julian Grant at jgesq@yahoo.ca or 773-968-4676.

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Mix is almost done

The sound mix is almost over. It sounds so good. Composer David Findlay and Sound Designer Kevin Schwartz have done an outstanding job...truly incredible. Full detail in all sound effects, Roger sounds wonderful and the music.... oh, the music. DF will release an official soundtrack album for us (I am blessed) and it will go on sale first quarter in 2010. One more day to go plus playback and I am off to color correction on the 27th with Post Production guru David Ransley. DR is my guy - the man who masterminded "Robocop: Prime Directives" back in the day and here we are - ten years later - working together again on my best work since Robo. The airwaves may be filled right now with my damn Xmas movies ("Crazy For Christmas", "A Dad For Christmas" and "Christmas In Boston" - aka 'Pen Pals or 'Instant Message')... but this is the Christmas I remember that THE DEFILED came to life.

Long Time No Updates

Been swamped with school and prepping another film as Post Sound continues on THE DEFILED. Am back in Canada for Xmas from Dec. 21 - 28 where we will mix the picture and have it read for a sneak preview in January 2010. Right now I'm working on the festival and marketing strategy (87 film festivals identified) and getting all of our ducks in a row. I'm using Without A Box (http://www.withoutabox.com) to submit materials to a number of festivals and just clearing up paperwork in anticipation of the film's release. There's lots of paper that accompanies a film's screening - press kits, posters, ads and write-ups not to mention interviews and critical papers. I'm working with a number of my colleagues at CCC to provide full documentation of the film from a critical perspective and will conduct a sit-down interview to discuss what the film is really about. All of that good stuff will be then be posted here in early February, 2010.
We'll spend about 2 years promoting the film to festivals as prestigious as Cannes, Sitges, Berlin, Edinburgh, South By Southwest, Fantasia and many, many more and making digital downloads and hard copies available through ITunes worldwide and on Netflicks. So, promoting (and selling) the film is a lot of work too! Already have small distributors circling the project asking for screening copies and have a list of genre celebrities (Clive Barker, Rob Zombie, George Romero) I will be sending a copy to for their comments and endorsement. A big celebrity blurb can go a long way!!! I have fifty film blogs and reviewers lined up to receive copies and the Horror Writer's of America membership for soliciting as well. I will send out a total of 200 DVDs including cast, crew and the above mentioned celebs, press and festivals, before we even get going!! Keep watching this space for fast breaking news and I promise to update in a more timely manner from Canada. HAppy Holidays everyone!

Open Indie Website

Those who know me have heard about the importance of viral marketing, the internet as a viable distribution medium and the revolutionary new ways to share media content. The model for OPEN INDIE (below) is just great. Check it out.