Special return Engagement!

One Day Only - Sunday, May 30th 4pm, 7pm, 9pm

Meet the filmmakers! Door prizes with props from the movie

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The controversial film by local filmmakers Dan Davies and Steve Russell was screened at the Gerold Opera House to enthusiastic crowds!

This controversial film was made on a shoestring budget of $9000. Many have asked, was this a film that needed to be made? Come and judge for yourself.

We are planning on future screenings for the Summer of 2010.

For more info please visit their website.

Press Release From the Filmmakers:

"Ed Gein, The Musical" at the Gerold Theatre in Weyauwega "

The critically acclaimed, controversial micro-budget movie "Ed Gein, The Musical" is having an exclusive Waupaca/Weyauwega premiere at the Gerold Theatre in Weyauwega. This Waupaca County engagement is the semi-official kickoff for their Midwest Tour. "Ed Gein, The Musical" is a 96-minute musical/comedy/horror movie filmed in Wisconsin based on the notorious killer and grave robber from Plainfield, WI. Gein was arrested in 1957 and the horror of his crimes and the macabre uses of the dead prompted national and international coverage and outrage. He has been the subject of numerous books and films including, "Psycho, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre, "Silence of The Lambs", "Dernaged" etc. The producers at DaviesRussell Studios of Appleton, WI felt that their variation of this often told tale would be singularly unique and very watchable. Steve Russell who directed and co-produced felt that, "our story does not glorify Ed or his actions or demean his victims...but we use the music and dark comedy as a vehicle to tell the story with truth and a fair amount of accuracy." Waupaca native Dan Davies who wrote the film and stars as Ed feels he has an inside track on the story, "Growing up in Waupaca you are keenly aware that you're only about 25 miles from Plainfield, WI. My grandpa and the arresting sheriff were, at one time, best friends. He was actaually very close to all of the Waushara County deputies. My grandma knew and bought school supplies from Bernice Worden, the lady he murdered just before his arrest. I'm not some outsider from LA or New York doing an exploitative film on this horrible man." Davies added "the movie has been getting some really great laughs and people really enjoy the original and parodied music but our film is really a psychological treatise on how this man became a monster" Steve Russell added, "we know the subject matter is very controversial as evidenced by all of our national TV, radio and print coverage but people really have to see the movie first and then decide for themselves." After this tour the film will be available nationally via DVD distribution. At every show the director and star will be there. Davies added " I am really looking forward to having it shown at such a great historic theatre and I'm really looking forward to seeing all of my old friends and family from the Waupaca and Wega area". "EGTM" will have a Waupaca/Weyauwega opening/premiere at the historic Gerold Theatre (Aprl 16 @ 7:30 PM & April 17 @ 3:30 PM, 7:30 PM, & a special Midnight showing. Beer and refreshments will be available. For ticket info go to wegaarts.org.

"Ed Gein, The Musical, The $9,000 Movie That Roared"

"Midwest micro-budget movie, "Ed Gein, The Musical" garners national and international coverage with over 1000 articles written about it, including coverage in USA Today, The Financial Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Houston Chronicle, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, St.Paul Pioneer Press, etc. Also national TV coverage via the Fox News Channel. National radio coverage on NPR, WGN, & Sirius/XM. It was also written about and mentioned by Roger Ebert on his twitter (ebertchicago @ twitter) and featured in Bizarre Magazine."