Digging Up the Marrow

I love director Adam Green and his work.  The dude has his own studio, has to date directed or produced nine movies, writes, created and stars and in his own TV series, does original shorts and series on his studio’s website, and hosts a fantastic podcast.  I may have missed some stuff but in short the guy does it all.  Digging Up the Marrow has been a project Green has been working on the last four years.  I am not too sure what the genre of this movie is and according to Green himself he is not sure either but mockumentary describes it best for me, with of course a touch of horror.

The movie explores genre based monster art then it takes an odd turn when Adam Green is contacted by a man who claims he can prove that the monsters are indeed real.  Everyone you see in the movie plays themselves except for the man who calls Green and that character is William Dekker played by the great Ray Wise (Robocop, Twin Peaks).   You get to follow Green in his day to day life and get to see inside the very cool looking Ariescope Pictures studio as he researches Dekker’s claims and consults with his employees and fellow filmmakers if there is a movie to be made here. 

Green finally decides to take Dekker up on his offer so they, along with cameraman Will Barratt, head out to the forest where Dekker says the monsters are and they wait at night for them to show themselves.  After a few nights they find something.  What is it?  Give this movie a spin to find out.  This is an awesome movie with a little bit of everything in it.  It has tons of horror cameos and features spectacular monsters inspired by the art of Alex Pardee.  You can really tell this was a passion project for Green and it shows as this is a well-crafted movie that comes highly recommended.  Pick up an autographed copy for yourself over at Adam Green’s site: http://ariescope.com