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Snix
film # 12
6 minutes (original =22 minutes)
A friend of mine, Phil, was over my house, so I decided to have him act in a quick improvised movie. The plot involved a demonic mask that is found harboring the soul of an ancient warlock who died in the year 1693. Now, three centuries later, he possesses Phil's body once he wears the mask. Phil had to go home, so I cloned him with a hand-puppet and finished the movie all by myself.
Snix: the Return
film # 29
9 minutes (original =48 minutes)
I watched all of my old movies and my favorite was "Snix." To me, it was a classic, so as a joke, I decided to make its sequel after three years. I grew a lot in the past years and looked completely different, but still played the same role. I used the same mask from the original which was faded, crinkled and torn. As well as it being the return of Snix, it was also the return of me, making movies again like the old days.
Snix Again
film # 37
14 minutes (original=45 minutes)
I was so pleased with "Snix: The Return" that I decided to do one more sequel, so I could call the whole thing "The Snix Trilogy". I tried to make this one the grand finale, however I put too much thought into it. The story was too complex and had to broken up into four more sequels which I eventually called The Six
The Rotten Corpse of Snix
film # 52
15 minutes (original=27 minutes)
In this fourth chapter of the Snix series, the long dead body of Snix is resurrected in a modern day 20th century in search of his eternal rival Xins. Once again, this sequel shows tremendous improvement over the previous installment in the series. Though, it's a bit overlong, it contains some amusing scenes, including a chase with a tractor on a public roadway and a grand finale where I sword-fight Snix and eventually cut off his head, throw the body out a second-story window, and take the head to the railroad tracks where the train actually runs it over!
The Possessed Mask of Snix
film # 53
5 minutes (original =27 minutes)
The biggest problem in making the Snix series was the availability of the actors. The Rotten Corpse of Snix was a very simple movie but it took 10 months to make. Knowing I had two more chapters to go, I couldn't stand to take any longer, so this time, I casted no actors other than myself, so there was nothing to halt the production and it was over in two weeks. The plot picks up where Snix's body has been destroyed, but his mask still exists and haunts me. This movie provided me with great editing practice, and it's technically a better movie than the last Snix flicks, but it's not one of my favorites. It feels very solitary without any other actors to liven it up.
The Evil Spirit of Snix
film # 54
9 minutes (original =22 minutes)
I get possessed by the spirit of Snix and my only hope of driving the demon out is my neighbor to come over and whack me over the head with a golf club. Once defeated, the spirit appears inside the television set where he must confront his rival Xins before departing this dimension. There's some interesting editing and use of flashbacks. Each Snix movie is better than the one before it. As I age from 12 to 17 throughout the series, I grow both physically and mentally as an amatuer filmmaker who keeps improving. Also this is my first movie done on my new editing vcr.
