"I was now about to form another being, of whose dispositions I was alike ignorant; she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate, and delight, for its own sake, in murder and wretchedness."
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1818

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Synopsis

Steel Web Studios presents its second tale from the Carnal Morgue:

The Personal Concubine 2000 is a state of the art love doll that programs itself by watching x-rated movies. Steve is a lonely computer programmer who's been emotionally scarred by a series of bad relationships. After watching a late-night infomercial he is easily persuaded to purchase a PC-2000 in an effort to end his recent streak of loneliness.

Steve's dreams of companionship are temporarily shattered when his new doll appears to be nothing more than a stitched-together corpse. Horrified at first, rather than spend another minute alone, Steve decides to keep her and attempt to make the most out of the situation.

Steve quickly learns the PC-2000 is capable of learning more than just intimate acts and matters take a turn for the worse after the doll is accidentally exposed to an all-night horror movie marathon.

The Cast

Caroline Pierce - The Bride
Caroline has been described as "a carnal force to be reckoned with; with both dramatic talent and scorching sexual ferocity" by the international press for her leading role in Slaughter Disc, Steel Web Studios debut feature film. Caroline is trained as a classical dancer, a beautician and she is also currently pursuing a career as a voice actor. Over the years she has played numerous extra roles in commercials and on the sets of The OC, CSI and Miss Congeniality 2. She currently lives near Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Corey Foxx - Steve
Corey is no stranger to film production on either side of the camera. He has served as Executive Virtual Producer for Lion's Gate's Interview with a Vampire. Corey has had supporting roles in The Majestic, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Return to Innocence and several short films. Corey's latest film, Hallowed, was recently picked up for distribution by Universal Entertainment and has won several awards at independent film festivals.

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Roger Gobin - Nate
Originally from New York and in the recent Steel Web Studios film Slaughter Disc, Roger Gobin is a rising star of stage and screen. Among his ever-growing credits include stageplays Cyrano de Bergerac and upcoming Secrets in The Sand. He has been on hit shows such as The OC, Veronica Mars and Threshold and done commercials for the NFL. In addition, he is in the upcoming independent feature film, Perceptions, to hit screens early 2006.

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Torey Foxx - Donald
Torey is indeed Corey Foxx's twin brother. Originally from Texas, Torey recently moved to California to assist Corey with production of Lifeline Entertainment's future projects. Mail Order Bride marks Torey's first supporting role in a short horror film.

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Terie Trenchard - Mrs. Lenner
Terie was born and raised on Long Island, New York moved to San Diego about 18 years ago. She loves acting, directing and writing. She has played feature, co-starring and principle roles in numerous independent films and theatrical productions. She has a wonderful, supportive husband and two sons.

Also Starring:
Craig Curlee, Chris Spoto, Jennie Olson, Sunshine, Roxy Sweet, Kelly Garner, Margaret Radnick, Angel Lacey, Nomi Abadi, Chris Farkas, Sandra Valencia, Andrea Tobar, Cristyn Chandler, Daisy May, Alysha Heers and Brandi Linn

The Crew

David Quitmeyer - Writer & Director

Numerous critics have proclaimed that David Quitmeyer is a "filmmaker with balls" after his directorial debut with the splatterpunk feature Slaughter Disc. At early age, David discovered his love of horror movies; today he is an award winning writer and filmmaker. David's films have been featured in numerous film festivals, TV programs, radio shows and magazines around the world.

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Peter J. Gorritz - Composer & Musician

Mail Order Bride marks Peter's fourth film score and his second project for Steel Web Studios. Peter is an accomplished musician, the bassist for The Last Dance (a Goth rock band with a large international cult following) and a talented sound engineer.

Peter's other film scores include Deadly Obsessions and Hallowed.

Peter developed the original score for Mail Order Bride by combining the sci-fi sounds of theremin, a 60's tremelo guitar and various digital loops. The result is a haunting score that captures the macabre and erotic essence of Mail Order Bride with surgical precision.

In addition to the main score for the film, Peter created the music for the major television clips that appear throughout the film. The highlight of these other pieces is without a doubt the Cooking with Molly theme for which Peter's girlfriend Shawn performed the lyrics. While only snippets from some of these musical pieces appear throughout the film, there are plans to include all of the tracks on a future soundtrack produced by Steel Web Studios.

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The Costume Designer

Kate Monroe - Fashion Designer

Kate Monroe is a talented costume designer who has an extensive background in creating fantastic and horrific looks. Kate has designed costumes for Sea World and most all of the large haunted house attractions that pop up every Halloween Season around the San Diego area, including The Haunted Hotel. Kate enjoys a day job as a wig designer and is currently designing her own line of maternal lingerie.

For the look of The Bride's out-of-the box costume, Kate turned to the original Bride of Frankenstein for inspiration. The costume pays homage to its roots with subtle accents such as gauze wrapped limbs and the square neckline on the Bride's transparent undergarment.

Contact Kate through her company, Kashion Clothing

Supporting Crew

Screen Shots

Director's Statement

I've always loved The Bride of Frankenstein and I have always viewed her as an incredibly important addition to cast of horrific creatures we all revere as classics. In modern times, films such as Bride of Re-Animator, Bride of Chuckyand Nightmare Before Christmas have all paid homage in their own way to this classic symbol of the ultimate Monster's Bride. Where the worlds of the macabre and erotic combine in my Carnal Morgue, it's only fitting that I share with you my re-envisioning of the ultimate stitched-together mate.

There are plans in the works for at least one sequel and eventual development of a feature length film.

- David Quitmeyer
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Production Notes

The story behind Mail Order Bride was inspired by David's love of old horror movies, late-night Horror hosts and his personal frustrations with relationships and technology. While David considered traveling a darker and more erotic path with the script down, he subdued his inner demons to develop a storyline that was friendlier to the general public than his previous erotic horror film Slaughter Disc. The result is an original dark comedy laced with elements of science fiction, horror and a few surprise twists.

Mail Order Bride was filmed over a total period of 7 days, with filming scattered over a 4-month period for a total of eight hours of footage. The film was captured on MiniDV using a Sony DCR-VX1000 and edited with Adobe Premiere Pro. All of the graphics were designed with Adobe Photoshop. The total budget for the film was $3,500. David completed the script for the film in September 2005 and began casting for the project in the middle of October 2005. Production officially wrapped in February 2006.

While over 80 actors auditioned for various roles in the film, several of the final selections backed out of their roles after suspecting the film may be considered pornographic. Complications with the cast continued as several extras flaked and had to be replaced within hours of the start of filming. To make matters worse, the actress selected to play the role of The Bride backed out of the role after the costume halfway through the production. Luckily for the production, none of her scenes had been filmed yet.

With deadlines looming, David approached his friend Caroline Pierce about assuming the role of The Bride. Both of them where hesitant at first about casting Caroline in the lead as she had already portrayed the main character Andromeda Strange in David's film Slaughter Disc. There was initially some concern that while the film was loosely connected to Slaughter Disc, casting Caroline as two major characters in the Carnal Morgue anthology may present complications later with the story lines. After some lengthy discussions Caroline happily accepted the role of The Bride. Caroline received her script with less than two weeks before filming her scenes but tackled her lines like a pro. In addition she added traits and insight to her character that was not included in the original script, such as the fact that the doll would never breathe and rarely conveyed emotion.

From the very beginning of the scripting process David knew that he could have used stock footage from older horror films for portions of Dr. Phobia's All Night Fright Fest, however that would have taken most of the fun out of this project. With the exception of the Satanic Cheerleaders segment, all of the Fright Fest scenes were filmed without a formal script. In addition to the Fright Fest footage, an entire 15-minute episode of Cooking with Molly was filmed for ties to the film's twisted climax, as well as an explicit 3-minute Tiki's Hula Babes clip. While only flashes of some scenes made it into the final cut, there are plans to include all of them on a future DVD release.

As a filmmaker, David always loves it when people ask, "How did you do that?" While rather low budget, Mail Order Bride utilizes a number of sophisticated modern special effects including the use of green-screens, computer generated graphics, miniatures and makeup prosthetics. In addition to creating special blends of ingredients for blood, guts and The Bride's signature green slime, David used real internal animal organs for portions of the film's climactic scene.

In addition to designing all of the special effects sequences, David also created many of the costumes and props used in the film. Some props and costumes were actually re-used from Slaughter Disc, such as the candelabra and Delivery Guy uniform. David spent many long hours designing graphics for the fictitious liquor bottles, coffee cups, DVDs and television shows used in the film, as well as gluing hundreds of pieces of foil decorations and gemstones onto the skull mask used in the Cinco de Mayo Massacre sequences.

David has once again managed to break the mold of recycled Hollywood plots by introducing audiences to an original macabre story inspired by horror's greatest female icon. Mail Order Bride and all of its extras will appear on the DVD release of Tales from the Carnal Morgue: Volume One, available in early 2007 from Steel Web Studios.

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