The Gateway Meat

[Cataclysm]

Ron DeCaro's latest movie The Gateway Meat is a disturbing and sadistic film, that strays far from the normal conventions of the horror genre. It is about a group of Satanists, living in a quaint, coastal fishing town. As the film progresses we get to know the character played by DeCaro himself, Markus. The film is mainly about how Markus struggles as he tries to deal with the great expectations that are placed on him after his fathers death. Markus' father, who was a Satanist, was trying to open up a portal into hell. Now that he is gone, Markus must take the reigns, and gain the power that his father wanted. With the help of his family and a couple of friends, Markus murders his way to power, as his young, preschool aged daughter watches.



Trailer #2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWJnot4eSG0

Trailer #3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6iUQHQzJPQ

The movie isn't available online, not that I've seen anyways. Only a limited edition (limited to 1000) DVD is available through the production company.
http://www.ftbomp.com/

If you choose to buy it, just so you know it is a legitimate DVD and not a DVD-R and can be signed/personalized upon request.

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Well since the movie is being mentioned in the latest issue of Rue Morgue, figured I'd make a post on it.

Essentially a one man project. Written, directed, edited, scored, produced by Ron DeCaro (an extremely nice guy, by the way). The movie often takes on a surreal, psychedelic quality in terms of both visuals and sound creating an assault on the senses. There are also quite a bit nasty moments in it too, such as the shots of a person getting stabbed in the face, dismemberment, a woman having a chunk of her back removed exposing the spine, etc. While there is a story here involving the sick satanic family and all their fellow sicko friends killing and torturing who ever they come across.

Often times the story is a little disjointed often not having a any real transition between scenes that might leave you scratching your head trying to figure out whats going on. While it doesn't make it a bad movie and isn't any where near as bad as SVD which appeard to be nothing more than a series of vomit and gore scenes strung together. I still would have like to have seen the story fleshed out a little more, and a little more coherent at times. Then the running time only being 70 minutes, are the only negative things I have to say about the movie.

Plus it has one of my all time favorite death scenes, the Columbian Necktie!


(If you don't know what a Columbian Necktie is, that is when a persons throat is slit then their tongue is pulled out through the slit.)

[KING]

I am still yet to see a Columbian Necktie being performed, it sounds really cool!

[KING]

Will check that out now->

[Get Some]

doesnt loook all that bad....looks gory as fuckk......nice

[Cataclysm]

Man I'm really slipping up today.

Here is the MySpace page and two more screen caps.

http://www.myspace.com/ftbomp

[IKickAssForTheLord]

where the fuck did that foot come from?!

[Metapher]

Heard so much about this, but haven't really read anything. Seems very interesting!

[Cataclysm]

Well if you're curious about anything, just ask and I'll try to give the best answer I can.

[bedlam23]

Hey gang. This is Ron DeCaro director of The Gateway Meat. I saw the thread and thought I would drop in and answer any questions anyone might have. Also here is some recent press.

[KING]

Cool, Cat's gonna cream himself.

Can I get a free copy of The Gateway Meat? (worth a shot)

[Cataclysm]

Cool, Cat's gonna cream himself.

Na, I did all my creaming when I ordered the movie, got the movie and watched the movie. Plus I've briefly talked to Ron on another board before.

[Cataclysm]

Hey gang. This is Ron DeCaro director of The Gateway Meat. I saw the thread and thought I would drop in and answer any questions anyone might have. Also here is some recent press.

I have one, when is your next movie going to be done?

Just kidding. I know you put alot into TGM and it has caused some personal problems but I still stand by what I said before Ron that you should be proud of yourself for creating a unique and sick movie.

I do have a serious question though. Have you seen an increase in purchases, interest or views on your web sites since the Rue Morgue article came out?

[Metapher]

I've read around more about this and Philosophy Of A Knife now, and I'm excited as hell about both.

[Cataclysm]

I know you'll like The Gateway Meat Meta and yes I can't wait for Philosophy of a Knife aswell, that looks like its going to be nothing short of amazing.

[Metapher]

I'm a real retard when it comes to new movies.
First I hear their names for a long time, and then I start hearing what people think, and finally I get my thumb out of my ass and actually start reading about them.
I think it was the title of Philosophy Of A Knife that kept me away. The Gateway Meat I confused with a totally different movie and never bothered.

And yeah, Philosophy looks like it could be one of the most amazing movies ever. Seriously.

[Cataclysm]

It happens to the best of us, I've probably forgotten more movies than I have seen.

[Metapher]

I think the fact that there's so many shitty mainstream movies coming out has alot to do with it. I think it was around Hostel that I stopped watching new ones. Now I just watch the ones that sound really good, or look really good in trailers, which is few.

[Cataclysm]

I agree about Hostel, with the plot that it had I was expecting to see something like The Gateway Meat, just nasty. Instead we got a crappy movie that didn't even know what it wanted to be.

I would agree with that statement about only what looks good, but curiosity gets the best of me and I often think I have to watch every movie in existence.

[bedlam23]

I'm really glad people are responding to the film. I put blood, sweat, and tears into it for sure. To answer your question about upcoming projects. I'm working on 3 seperate projects right now. The first is a documentary tenatively titled "Inside the Underground" I've started shooting segments for this. The first shoot was with The Dillinger Escape Plan @ The Middle East in Cambridge, MA. We are also going to do a segment about Fred Vogel and ToeTag Pictures, Brian Paulin and Morbid vision films, Ftbomp, The Gore-Met, and we are still looking for bands and artist to piece this thing together. The second is a horror film entitled "Well of the Watcher" it will be our attempt to make monsters scary again. The script is in the works. This is cooking on the backburner as the Gateway Meat just came out and I've been trying to spent abit of time to promote it. The third is another brutal horror film I wrote a few years back called "The Love Test" I may or may not bring this project to the forefront as it would be easiest for me to self-fund. It's a brutal torture film that explores the very meaning of love. It's got's some brutal gore sequences as well as more than a few twist and turns.

[Metapher]

"It will be our attempt to make monsters scary again" was one of the best things I've heard in a long time. People seem to forget how awesome monsters were. The fact that a gore-hound like yourself is making it is just great. Looking forward to that like hell.

Buuut, first I gotta check out Gateway Meat, which I (hopefully) order this week.