So when hisBordello of Bloodco-writer Alan “A.L.”
“I don’t know if I can go through that pain again.
That was really painful.”
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Katz explains that making the podcast has been therapeutic for both himself and his former collaborators.
In the early ’90s, theTales from the Cryptteam signed a three-film deal with Universal.
So we came back and we were like, What do you mean stop?"
Left-to-right: A.L. Katz, the Cryptkeeper, Gilbert Adler.Courtesy of A.L. Katz
As the film’s head vampire, meanwhile, Silver cast model Angie Everhart.
Everhart had almost no acting experience but was dating Sylvester Stallone, who was then starring in the Silver-producedAssassins.
The cast also included Chris Sarandon, Corey Feldman, andBaywatchstar Erika Eleniak.
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Asked over Zoom to name a low-point of the shoot, Adler looks visibly pained.
“Oh, God how much time have you got?”
The flies were as big as your fist and they were all over us.
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There were issues with the physical production, there were issues with the actors.
Everywhere we turned, we had issues."
The secondTales from the Cryptmovie would also be the last, and Adler hasn’t directed a film since.
Katz found it less easy to bounce back.
He drifted away from both the film business and from his friend as became overwhelmed with mental health issues.
Eventually, the writer crawled his way back to a personal equilibrium.
“I was lucky enough to bounce,” he says.
“I rediscovered a passion for storytelling I don’t think I even had back then.
But this was a story that obviously was important to me.”
“The only way to really tell this story was with Gil,” says Katz.
“It’ll be other people baring their soul.
Remarkably, after a quarter of a century apart, the pair have even started writing together again.
“It’s been like regaining a limb you forgot you had,” says Katz.
And if the series turns out to be a total disaster?
Well, they can always do a podcast about how not to make a TV show.
Watch the trailer forBordello of Bloodbelow.
