Hookman is available on Amazon.com!

Film available on Amazon.com

At long last, "The Hookman of Loch Raven" is not just available to Kickstarter backers - the finished film is now available to stream, rent, or buy on Amazon. And if you have Amazon Prime, you can watch it for free!

Soundtrack available on all platforms

In addition, the soundtrack has been split into two albums and published to all major streaming audio platforms. All of the musical numbers (and some that didn't make it into the film) are available for your listening pleasure.

Soundtrack Part 1 "Requiem":

• Amazon 
• Spotify 
• iTunes 
• Google Play

Soundtrack Part 2 "Redemption":

• Amazon
• Spotify
• iTunes
• Google Play

Music Videos on YouTube

I've made the musical segments available on the Hookman of Loch Raven YouTube Channel, along with the opening title sequence, theatrical trailer, and bloopers reel. Head over to YouTube to check them out.

Instagram

Not to be too late to the party, Hookman is active on Instagram. Follow @hookmanoflochraven for lots of behind-the-scenes content.

Thanks

It has been a long time since this film was made, so I want to thank everyone who supported the project throughout the years. It took me a long time to publicly release the finished version, and my hope is more people can now enjoy its weirdness!

It's All Over! (Except for the DVD)

The cast at the premiere of Hookman: Redemption at the Charles Theater on December 27th

Well, that about wraps it all up.  With the very successful premiere of the film at the Charles Theater on December 27th, all that's left to do is get a copy of the final film and watch it over and over and over and over and over again! Because it's really good. Like, seriously it's the best Hookman movie ever.

We offer 3 flavors of Hookman Redemption:
- High-Definition Blu-ray ($12)
- Standard-definition DVD ($10)
- Audio CD of the Soundtrack ($8)

Both the Blu-ray and DVD version will feature twenty minutes of outtakes/bloopers.  

If you need more, you can go for the ultimate Hookman experience: The Definitive three-disc Collection.  Included in this mega pack of awesome is 2 Blu-ray discs containing Hookman: Redemption and ALL 8 PREVIOUS HOOKMAN INCARNATIONS, plus a DOUBLE album audio CD of original songs from Hookman: Redemption AND Hookman: Requiem. AND many extra bonus features. This option is $30.


So if you are clamoring to get your hands on the movie in order to watch it at home and impress all your friends with your obvious good taste, shoot me an email: hookman2011@gmail.com!

P.S. Depending on the level of interest, there may be a limited run of custom Hookman T-shirts. Let me know if this is something you'd like to be made available for around $20.

Final Preparations for the Premiere

Hookman: Redemption is finished, and final preparations have begun for the premiere on Thursday at The Charles Theater.  The final rendering/export/encoding of the film to Blu-Ray for the screening took 36 hours of compute power to make sure everything looks as good as it can up on the big screen.  Then, we went to The Charles Theater to talk to the manager and test out the projection system to check image fidelity &  lens calibration.

It looked great! In an exclusive interview, the director said, "It's really exciting to finally see the finished product projected in a theater, like a proper movie. This is by far the most complicated and involved project I've ever undertaken.  It's almost surreal to see it finished because for several years now the end has seemed to be so far in the distance I didn't even think about it.  Now that it's really here it's hard to believe.  I think probably about halfway through the premiere it will finally hit me and then I'll be sad it's all over.  Thursday night will definitely be bittersweet because it marks the end of such a large and creatively satisfying project."

This is auditorium two of the theater, where the premiere will be held Thursday night, and where Hookman: Requiem also premiered six years ago.  Do you think 260 seats will be enough?

The screening starts promptly at 7 p.m., so be sure to get there early and grab a good seat. There will be a table in the lobby to purchase tickets (cash only). More details will follow regarding the DVD release, but we will begin taking pre-orders for them at the show as well.  Blu-Ray copies will be $12, DVD copies will be $10, and CDs of the soundtrack will be $8.  See you there!

Countdown to the Premiere

Unofficial movie poster created by Crazy Rachel

The Hookman: Redemption premiere is only 18 days away! The world is anxiously awaiting what has been touted as "definitely a feature-length movie" and "a sequel to some other movie, I think." With all the buzz about the movie itself, many have lost sight of an important part of the Hookman experience.  True fans know that often some of the biggest laughs come after the credits in the form of outtakes.

Past adventures in Hookman filmmaking have indeed included many quotable lines and gags outside of the main film, the most notable of which has got to be the Alfonso "alpaca" line.  The best part is even though he finally gets the line right, it was cut from the final film.  So here you have a joke that was arguably as funny as anything in the movie, is still referenced today (and Robbie still gets ridiculed for), yet it wasn't even in the finished film! (if you haven't seen it, check out the video below)

Hookman: Redemption is breaking new ground in a lot of areas for the world of Hookman films, not the least of which in the outtakes department. To give you an idea of the scope of these outtakes, let me give you some numbers.  We are going through all of the raw footage in sequential order, starting with the footage for scene one, finding the funny outtakes, then going on to scene two and doing the same thing, etc.  After going through the first 15 scenes like this, we have 20 minutes of outtakes.  That works out to a little more than a minute of outtakes per scene.  And with 52 scenes in the film, that means there should be over an hour of outtakes!

It is entirely possible that the outtakes reel will be longer than the film itself, which has a running time of 88 minutes. This poses a small problem for showing them at the premiere.  The Charles Theatre has allotted us two hours to present Hookman: Redemption (7pm on December 27th, by the way).  Therefore after the credits at the premiere, there will have to be an abbreviated outtakes reel - but don't worry, that will still be half and hour long of only the best and funniest slip-ups, gags, jokes, and lines that we could never get quite right.  The full-length outtakes reel will be available to watch (along with other bonus features like director's commentary and behind-the-scenes goodies) when the DVD and Blu-Ray are released.  

So be sure to stick around at the premiere through the credits to see what may be some of the funniest parts of Hookman! 

Hookman: Redemption premieres Thursday, December 27th at 7pm at The Charles Theatre in Baltimore.  It is open to the public, and tickets are $10 at the door.

The remaining post-production schedule, of sorts.   The outtakes are due to be edited by 12/19.

Premiere & Trailer

At long last, the premiere of Hookman: Redemption is upon us!

After more than two years of work, the feature film Hookman: Redemption will make its premiere on December 27, 2012 at 7 p.m. at The Charles Theater in Baltimore (Directions). Tickets are $10 at the door, and all proceeds will go towards the theater rental.

Hookman: Requiem premiered here on the same date six years ago.

'Wow', you say, 'that's awesome, I can't wait! What will I do to get my Hookman fix before then?' Well, do not fret.  Here for the first time is a trailer for the completed film:

So mark your calendars and tell your friends, Hookman is coming to the Charles on December 27th!