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Mars has signed on to score the long awaited sequel to Greg Lamberson’s 1988 splatter-classic “SLIME CITY”. The film, titled “SLIME CITY MASSACRE” will star genre favorite Debbie Rochan, as well as Jennifer Bihl, Kealan Patrick Burke, and Robert Sabin (who starred in the original film). Writer/Director Lamberson promises this film will be wilder and crazier than the original and will be “A celebration of 1970s cinema nihilism and 1980s latex spaltter flicks. Featuring an all out war between Slime Heads, homeless people, cannibals and merceneries!”

More info can be found HERE

Mars has completed the music selections for the DVD adaptation of Stephen Romano’s brilliant book “SHOCK FESTIVAL”. Awarded “Best Fiction Book 0f 2008″ by Rue Morgue Magazine, the book is an homage to all things exploitation, and has to be seen to be believed.
Says Mars: “Stephen’s vision is amazing, and this release is just going to kill from the minute it hits the shelves, I promise you. I adopted the mindset of Stephen’s fictional composer, Jimmy Cooper Jones, and wrote some really gritty, 1970’s/80’s exploitation style music that sounds like Euro-sleaze, funk, and surf music all mashed up. I started with lots of great old school synth tones, and retro drum/bass/horn arrangements that I “aged” with lo-fi equalization, and other sonic tricks to make them sound as authentic as I could manage.
It was a lot of work, but well worth it.”

Fangoria online has more information , plus an advance look at the 3 disc-set’s cover art HERE.

The ultra-groovy horror site FearZone.com has posted an in-depth interview with the Maestro of the musical macabre, Mars. For a glimpse into his forehead, have a look HERE

Mars has recently completed a short promo video for Wildstorm/DC comics upcoming title “NORTH 40″ which is described by writer Aaron Williams as: “Basically what happens when you take a small backwoods county in the Midwest and drop H.P. Lovecraft on it. An old spellbook, belonging to a witch who practiced the odd incantation or two, was opened and as a result, plunged Conover County into a C’thuloid nightmare.”

In addition to Williams story, the comic also features the awesome artwork of Fiona Staples.

The comic debuts in July of 2009, and the video is Here

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Mars has completed the score to “Witch House: The Legend Of Petronel Haxley” , a feature film shot in England. The film has opened theatrically in the U.K. and will be headed to DVD soon.

MARS has signed on to score the upcoming documentary feature film “LOVECRAFT: Fear Of The Unknown”, for Wyrd Features. This promises to be the ultimate film on the life,times and influence of the “Old Gentleman” from Providence.

It is going to be nothing short of amazing! 

The film features interviews with A-list genre personalities such as John Carpenter, Guillermo Del Torro, Neil Gaiman, Robert M. Price, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, Stuart Gordon, Caitlin Keirnen, Andrew Migliore, and S.T. Joshi.

Mars has composed a bit of spooky-jazz for an interview segment featured on genre actor Tony Todd’s web site. Tony is a BIG fan of music, and especially jazz, so Mars went the extra mile in trying to do something a bit out of the ordinary to pay respect to Tony’s work.

Mars is mentioned on Tony’s blog among some true legends in the horror genre. It is an honor Tony, thank you.

MARS was photographed along with Tony Moran (Michael Myers from “Halloween”), to appear in issue #2 of Johnny Walter’s awesome “American CarnEvil” graphic novel. The series (which featured the immortal Hershel Gordon Lewis as “Mr. Legs” in issue #1) is a hybrid of manipulated real-life photography , mixed with surreal backgrounds and a brilliant storyline. The second issue has been written by author Nick Grabowski, and should hit the shelves next year.

Mars has signed on to do the horror cues for the upcoming bad-assploitation flick “Black Devil Doll” for Rotten Cotton Productions. The Lewis brothers have outdone themselves on this throwback to the 1970’s world of sex, sleaze, blood, and ultimate cool. Be prepared for a shock.