Writer/director
Ryan Kinney told SCI FI Wire that he was thrilled to cast Pam Grier (Ghosts
of Mars) in his as-yet-unnamed supernatural horror film during an exclusive
visit to the movie's set in Placerville, Calif. Grier plays a psychic who can
see spirits that guide a "spirit board" in the independent movie from
Green Flash Pictures.
Kinney said in an interview that he loved Grier's early films, such as 1971's The
Big Doll House and Women in Cages. "Pam Grier is such a
legend," Kinney said during a break in filming on location in the town near
Sacramento, Calif. "I have a funny story about the first time I met her. I
said I was so happy to get a chance to meet [her], and she hugged and grabbed my
butt and said, 'I want to see how happy you are.'"
Grier is part of a cast that includes Lou Diamond Phillips, Megan Ward, Victor
Browne and Jacoby Shaddix, the lead singer of the band Papa Bear, who is making
his feature-film debut. "I have a very cool scene with Pam Grier, and that
was the greatest thing for me," Shaddix said in a separate interview.
"Pam Grier is a psychic who has visions, and I happen to be one of
them."
Shaddix plays an artist who is killed by his wife after she plays with a spirit
board and unleashes spirits. The film is based on a real-life mystery that made
the people of El Cerrito, Calif., go a bit wacky in the early 20th century. In
March 1920, the headline in the local paper of that Northern California town
read: "Whole Town Ouija Mad." Seven people were arrested after police
said they went insane as a result.
The movie has just wrapped filming and is aiming for a 2006 release.
Pam Grier Gave Director A Thrill on Movie's Set in Placerville
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