Florida Horror Film Director Michael Malott to make Concord a primary filming location for his next feature film. Local actors can audition for secondary roles.
Florida based horror film producer/director, Michael Malott just returned from three grueling weeks in a Florida swamp filming his last feature length horror film, Bed of Nails. The film starred Mark Francis (Judas & the Black Messiah, Cherry, and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming film, Killers of the Flower Moon)
For his next feature film entitled, House of Stares which will begin filming in early 2022, Malott has targeted Concord for a primary film location. House of Stares is based on a story about an author of a book detailing an infamous murder occurring a decade earlier. To promote the release of his book, he challenges a young woman $10K to spend the tenth anniversary of the murders in the house where they occurred. The young lady, who is highly skeptical of the existence of ghosts believes it will be a quick and easy way to make $10K. However, things don’t quite turn out the way she planned.
The film stars Rachel Williams and other secondary film locations will take place in Cape Cod (Barnstable) and Martha’s Vineyard. Malott will be headed to Concord in two weeks to scout potential film locations and is specifically looking for a house in Concord to feature in the film as the film’s primary location.
The production team is looking to fill a couple secondary roles; they are not gender-specific, in particular the secondary roles of an author and his agent, as well as a neighbor. There are a number of extra roles which also need to be filled as well. There is no prior acting experience required to be considered for any role. Those interested in auditioning for secondary roles or those interested in consideration for extra roles should submit a headshot and contact information including name, age, and phone number to our production office via email at malottfilms@outlook.com or badclownfilms@outlook.com.
For those with questions or who have a location that they think would be fitting for a horror film, they may contact us by email or reach our production office directly at (239) 257-1035. Our production office will be closed from November 21st through the 29th as we will be in the area scouting locations.
Malott, who is an award-winning music industry veteran, moved from Gloucester to Cape Coral, Florida three years ago where he launched his film company, Bad Clown Films.
As a child he spent summers in Acton and in Barnstable and has fond memories of Concord. As a fan of Revolutionary War history, he calls Concord his perfect location to set up shop for the three weeks needed to complete principal filming for his next feature film project. As a former resident of Massachusetts, he spent a good deal of time in Concord wandering the battlegrounds and absorbing the history and charm of Concord. “My grandfather was an expert on Revolutionary War history and as a child he was a great history teacher and would lead me throughout Concord and Boston teaching me the history of the Revolutionary War” says Malott. Adding “it’s only fitting to make this home to my cast and crew for three weeks while filming this”.
Malott, working with the film commission will be making a trip to the area the end of the month to start scouting potential locations. He is looking for a house in Concord that will make up the film’s primary filming location, hopefully one that will make the right setting for a horror movie.
