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Nick Palumbo (born November 12, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and writer. Nick Palumbo specializes in the horror genre of film-making with Murder-Set-Pieces (2004) being his 35mm theatrical debut. Palumbo subsequently promoted his film solely via the Internet, and garnered negative reviews in the New York Times and Village Voice.

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[edit] Directing career

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Palumbo's feature film debut Nutbag was released in 2000. Written, directed, and co-produced by Palumbo, "Nutbag" starred Mack Hail and Playboy Playmate Renee Sloan. Palumbo also cast porn star Davia Ardell. Nutbag, with the tagline "10 Days in the Life of a Serial Killer" explored the existence of a serial killer from the killer's point of view. One reviewer noted "Nick Palumbo is an extremely talented director with a good eye for style and atmosphere. ...I'm sure Nick Palumbo has a good horror film in him somewhere. Nutbag isn't quite it. ."[1]

Sinister, a four minute short, was produced in 2002. This was Palumbo's first 35mm production. Sinister was a modern day spin on the tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin with a dark twist. Filming took place in New York City. Eight year old Jade Risser was chosen for the part of the lead. Gunnar Hansen was cast to play the Piper. Brendan Flynt (Troma) was cinematographer.

Even before finding producers to finance Murder-Set-Pieces, Nick Palumbo was touting the film across Internet forums all across cyberspace. In October of 2003, Palumbo's unrated American slasher film went into production and filming lasted until January of 2004 with once again the setting being Las Vegas. Starring newcomer Sven Garrett as the photographer and Jade Risser as the young heroine, Murder-Set-Pieces tells the tale of a psychopathic serial killer on a killing spree in Las Vegas. M-S-P was banned from 3 photolabs Deluxe, DuArt, and Technicolor mainly due to several vicious scenes of misogonistic and rape. Among the scenes that many found to be especially tasteless was a scene with a bloody toddler crying and clutching her real life mom, who was a corpse in this scene in the film. Critics have pointed out that, unlike other scenes in the film in which the actors and actresses knew they were in a fictional film, the toddler was very frightened and confused and had no idea of knowing what was real and what was not..[2]

Murder-Set-Pieces opened in select cities on Christmas Eve December 24, 2004. The box office returns were paltry with the film receiving little advertisement and almost no attention from the mainstream horror media. Nick Palumbo crashed nearly every horror-related message board and let the horror community know about his new slasher film, causing the ire of many horror fans.[3] Palumbo went even so far as to put out his own version of the film on DVD while lawsuits were flying back and forth between him and his producers. Once a settlement was reached the producers shopped the film around to various studios. In 2006, Barnholtz bought the rights to M-S-P. Barnholtz has a distribution deal through Lions Gate and Lions Gate had no choice except to release the film. The people at Lions Gate dislike the film and would have rather not released it. The film was released January 9th on DVD. The film was cut severely in order to receive an R rating from the MPAA. There are future plans for the unrated version to be released nationally as well. Nick Palumbo appeared on Fangoria Radio and was subsequently accused by Dee Snider and Debbie Richon of being an anti-Semite due to the Nazi heritage of the photographer as well as other Nazi references within Murder-Set-Pieces. Palumbo denied these allegations, saying art should not be confused with the artist's own views.

Palumbo's next 35mm feature film is called 'Frigid, a story about beautiful young girls on holiday in Europe who encounter unimaginable horrors.

Nick Palumbo often posts clips from reviews on his films, sometimes changing the material of the quote to suit his own purposes. For example, on his site he quotes the New York Post as saying, "The disturbing "Murder-Set-Pieces" is a highly stylized exploration of the mind of a serial killer, a gory, bloodsoaked snuff film, reveling in its own shock value as women are stabbed, strangled, raped and mutilated in every conceivable — and a few inconceivable — ways" when in reality the quote went "Aspires to be a highly stylized exploration of the mind of a serial killer, but it's nothing more than a gory, bloodsoaked snuff film, reveling in its own shock value." [4] [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nutbag C-. Retrieved on February 19, 2007.
  2. ^ Site which makes reference to Palumbo's use of children.. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
  3. ^ Nick Palumbo's postings on Dread Central met with an almost universal ridicule.. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.
  4. ^ Nick Palumbo's Murder-Set-Pieces on Rotten Tomatoes, in which an excerpt from the New York Times' negative review is displayed.. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.
  5. ^ Nick Palumbo posts 'positive' reviews for his films on Horror World. He cites the aforementioned New York Times' review, modifying it so a negative comment will come out as a positive one.. Retrieved on February 21, 2007.


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