John Fallon Official Blog

I play the happy go druggie, go kill, kill  Black Terror in the popular HEROES OF THE NORTH webseries and a BT figurine is in the process of being made as we speak. Check out an early concept below! NOTE:  This is an exploration of ideas, not the final version. NOTE 2: Black Terror has yet to appear on the show but his origin story is coming soon and you’ll see, he’s quite the charmer.

NOTE 3: A Rane figurine (my character from DEADEN) almost happened once, but it fell through. Now the Black Terror one will right that wrong

Two horror shorts I am involved (THE RED HOURS and OLD NUMBER 7) are playing at the same Fest;  Cinefantasy International Film Festival (August 31st to September 12th) And the dates/screening times are now up. Click the pics within this story to find out wassup.

OLD NUMBER 7 stars Saida Lamas, Sergio Bernal and myself. It was written by Gonzalo Lopez and I. It was produced by Sweet Water Pictures, Aved Productions and my company Fallon Productions.

THE RED HOURS stars Deke Richards, Amy Wickenheiser and Heather Westwood. Donny Broussard produced with me. The flick was edited by Michael Nouryeh and Christian Viel and mixed by Benoit Babin.

Am happy to put out that I will be attending the world famous Film Festival FANTASTIC FEST (September 23-30) in Austin Texas. I will be there to review films for my site Arrow in the Head and cover some mainstream stuff for JoBlo.com. I will also be there as a member of the  Jury for the Horror Features category. Am looking forward to it! Thanks to the Fest for making it happen.

Random: Went to buy the RAMBO Blu-ray, saw my flick Deaden in good company.  Had to take a pic!

Last Friday I attended the Otakuthon Anime Convention here in Montreal in full BLACK TERROR (my character) get-up to push the webseries HEROES OF THE NORTH. To say our heavy artillery and scary costumes motley crew didn’t fit within an Anime Convention filled with Fairies and  Pikachues would be an understatement but hey it kind of worked in our favor. We stood out, and our booth was crowded pretty much all the time. Personally, it killed me that girls of all ages were scared shitless of me. They’d see me and run the other way. LOL! They had to get me away from the booth after a while because people were terrified of approaching it and I was making us lose dough.

Some of my highlights would be: Arguing with “good cop/bad cop” security guards over my prop guns, they wanted them out; it didn’t fly, guns were part of my costume…they stayed… RELAX A-HOLES! RELAX! Funny how when some people are put in a position of power; it goes straight to their heads quicker than I can spell fuck and you…next thing you know they become Dirty Harry. Made me laugh. I also enjoyed taking pictures with varied Con attendees, checking out all the costumed female ass walking about (damn) but the top moments for me was taking pics with little kids (like 8 years old and shit); the smile on their faces and the sparkle in their eyes made my day. I loved how they weren’t frightened of me, like at all, but grown women were…damn hilarious! Overall, this was a fun experience, not one I’d do every day, but now and again; its all good!

NOTE: Man them BLACK TERROR syringe pens sold like hot cakes…it was nuts!

On sale soon @ the HOTN store!

Funny how shit goes… my short film THE RED HOURS got accepted at the Cinefantasy International Film Festival (August 31st to September 12th) in Sao Paulo Brazi recently. What I didn’t know was that director Gonzalo Lopez submitted our short OLD NUMBER 7 to that same Festival and it got accepted, hence I will be in competition with myself… why not!

Old Number 7 is about: Roy (John Fallon), a no nonsense kind of guy, arrives from the United States in Barcelona on a mission of retribution. He’s there to confront his wife, Mariona (Saida Lamas), who aborted their baby without his consent, and to clear the air with his brother Gonzalo (Sergio Bernal) who has since began an intimate relationship with his wife. Unbeknownst to all of them though, there is a ruthless killer at large and powerful supernatural forces looming around them.

OLD NUMBER 7 stars Saida Lamas, Sergio Bernal and myself. It was written by Gonzalo Lopez and I. It was produced by Sweet Water Pictures, Aved Productions and my company Fallon Productions. See the TRAILER here. Dates and time when I get them!

Myself (as my character Black Terror) and other HEROES OF THE NORTH cast members will be at the Otakuthon Comic Con (at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal) to meet up with fans, take pics, sign stuff etc. I will personally be there on Friday, August 13, 2010 from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. But the MEET THE HEROES CAST EVENT will also take place on Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:30 am – 7:00 pm and on Sunday, August 15, 2010 10:30 am – 5:00 pm Visit the CONVENTION SITE HERE.

There’s an old saying: “You’re never a prophet in your home town”. And with time I learned that its true… well… in my case anyways. I mean I created and operate one of the top horror websites in the world, its been running for 10 fucking years. I have written and acted in films that have gotten worldwide distribution; low budget and big budget. As any of the local Montreal newspaper ever take notice? Maybe once or twice…but not really…  the rest of the world on the other hand? Yes on varied levels.  So yeah it was nice to see Heroes of the North, a web-series I act in, get some love in The Journal de Montreal. See the blurb above.  HEROES OF THE NORTH was created by Anderson Bradshaw and Christian Viel. It stars Larry Vinette, Edith Labelle, Anderson Bradshaw, Vanessa Blouin and the sexy Bianca Beauchamp. Join its FB fan page HERE Am done.

Am back from LA and I accomplished what I set out to do. First and foremost I went there to heal my noggin; after a 6 months bout with health issues, I got the physical part under control; LA was to gap the psychological part, trauma if you will. Yup, I was still shook up before I left, I’m not anymore. Finally!

Another goal of mine was to meet up with some old and new film industry pals. Although I didn’t get to see everybody I wanted while there (sorry to those I couldn’t hang with), I did my best. Special shout out goes out to my good bud Donny Brousard who came down for a weekend (always nice 2 see that mofo) and to the Christian Sesma/Paul Sloan crew. Was great to finally meet those dudes in person, they reminded of my boys at home, no bull, down to earth and ready to rumble – I respected that.

With Donny B.

Finally I went there to explore the film industry, see what’s going on and got pretty much what I expected to get. There’s no money in Hollywood right now, every producer I met as to my projects had the same spiel: “You got money, distribution or stars attached?” – hey man, If I had that, I wouldn’t need you . In terms of finished products, there is a demand, but buyers want shit for free or for chump change. I give it two years till the infra structure is reset and money starts circulating more. This year’s AFM should be another bust…fuck… that. But am not discouraged, am working on something tight here, a horror project that I am inches away from finishing and that I will be directing. Moreover, Eric Red and I are cooking something as well and we’re stubborn mofos and won’t exit the kitchen till the cake rises.

With Eric Red.

Any negatives on this trip? Well I did learn the hard way that doing tequila shots while on a diet is a bad fucking idea but hey what can you do, I’m only human, I fuck up… so its  get over it and get on with it as a good bud of mine always says. Also got the sad sack 411 on TRANCE  (a script I wrote that got shot and has been in limbo ever since) from varied sources – finally know what’s going down with that fucking flick… but that’s another story, one that I will delve in deeply in due time, specially in light of recent developments.

With Sesma and Sloan

All in all my LA trip was a groovy one. Loved Santa Monica, loved Malibu (jogged by Emilio “Bill the Kid” Estevez’ house , loved the parties, loved the strip and loved having time and room to write, write, write. Big thanks to Eric Red and his lovely wife Meredith for putting up with my shit for a month. Although my return home started with a middle finger up (there was a flood in my place, fried my PC and printer…sigh) am still feeling positive about being back and in tackling the second half of the year. I got new answers, hence a fresh outlook; onward and forward!

Malibu owns!

After years of being “too much” for the UK market, our  low budget vigilante flick DEADEN will finally gun down the UK DVD Shelves come March 22nd, 2010 courtesy of AUK Limited. And the better news is that England’s Censorship board (BBFC) classified it as 18+ with strong cautions and cut NOTHING out of the film. Good shite! DEADEN was written and co produced by myself; I also star in the flick. It was directed, produced and edited by Christian Viel. Horace the”"testicle eating” dog co stars.

Usually this time of year, I prepare myself for the San Diego Comic Con. And although I enjoy Comic Con (cough, cough, the parties, cough, cough), after 8 years of attending it, I felt that this year would be a good time for a change. It’s like I always say; life doesn’t happen unless you provoke it. So it’s with that in mind that I leave Montreal, Canada behind this weekend, for an undetermined time, to head for Vancouver. BC.

Before BC though – I will be having my first full-on internet-less vacation; wow, I haven’t done that in years – yup I rented a car and will be driving through the Rocky Mountains for 7 days or so. I’ll stop here, stop there, take in the sights and just “be”. Man it will feel good to have ZERO INTERNET to tend to. CAN’T WAIT. I’ll officially arrive in BC on August 1^st – once there the vacation will be over and hustling/learning my way around the city and its industry will kick in hardcore. I’ll give it all I got – lets see what happens.

With that I’d like to wish the JoBlo.com crew, my usual partners in crime Johnny Moreno, Jim Law and Mike Sampson the best of times at the Con. Although I will not be there myself, AITH will be all over it, you can expect genre coverage to hit the ARROW IN THE HEAD on a regular basis. Knock them dead yall and have a drink (or three) on me!