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MOMENTOUS MUSINGS: An Interview With ONI Director Sam K.J.

In all of the last five years and with many of the filmmakers I try to network with, it’s obvious I won’t be able to interview them all immediately. One can only hope though that these connections maintain long enough with the progress of certain flourishing film projects so as to keep interview prospects in line as well. And this week, I’m especially to finally share my platform with director Sam K.J. who just had a robust weekend attending the Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

THE HIT LIST: June 26, 2017

Lee B. Golden III

The second poster hails from the inner workings of UK-based Decoded Theory with upcoming shortfilm survival thriller, Eden Grey, starring Mhairy Calvey as soldier-turned-fugitive on the run from a military black ops facility in the ultimate fight to expose the truth of her base’s dark experiments. Writer and director Tyrone Samuels produces with R.E. Wolfe and Christopher Jolley, and with a cast that includes Marco Torrens, Keith Porter, Timothy Hofmeier, Gately Freeman, Hannah Chalmers and Al Roye.

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Help Kickstart Motion Spectre's Latest Martial Arts Shortfilm, ONI

Lee B. Golden III

Concept art by Lukas McGovern

Hopefully by now you’ve become a purveyor of Film Combat Syndicate’s weekly Hit List. Actor, stuntman and fight choreographer, Fight Factory Stunt Team’s own Michael Lehr‘s history of my coverage dates back to my time as a mere Facebook admin while Lehr has since become much more prominent online in content creation over the past few months, and there are plenty of highlights to look back on.

For this, we now turn to the next four weeks as a new Kickstarter has launched for Motion Spectre’s newest endeavor, Oni, a new shortfilm that opens a door into a millieu of filled with Japanese folklore as the premise for ample martial arts action. And what’s more, Oni is an original story with not based on anything but sheer innovative thought through the creative process led by up-and-coming filmmaker Sam KJ and a devoted cast and crew.

Everyone has their demons, but Chris Hokama’s situation is a little more extreme. He’s being followed by an ancient demon from Japanese folklore called an Oni, who only wants one thing: blood.

Through their connection, the Oni drives Chris to an unquenchable bloodlust, and he must find a target.

The Oni shall once again feast on the souls of men.

The Kickstarter is asking for $5,000 to make up half of what it needs to help move the project forward and bring Oni to life. It sounds like it’s worth a shot to lend a couple of bucks to, and with Lehr and his crew on hand, this shortfilm could have a lot to offer.

All it really needs now are just a few minutes of your time to watch their Kickstarter campaign video and view the details therein on how you can help, and what you can get back in return.