The beautiful Laura Wright (Mary Capps) must learn the ways of sorcery from
the other-worldly wizard known as Azagoth and evolve from a two-fisted
crimefighter (The Blue Bulleteer) into Nightveil, Sorceress Supreme to take on
Alizarin Crimson (Maria Paris) in an all-out mystical battle for the fate of the
Prima Gem!! Chock full of sexy superheroines, vile villainesses, monsters, mages
and magical nether-dimensions; this lovingly-produced portrayal of the origin of
Nightveil comes out of a unique blend of influences. In tone, it is a cross
between the low-budget sci-fi & horror films of the 1950's, and the live-action
superhero television shows of the 1960's; with a dash of 1940's style movie
serial thrown in - all finished out using today's CGI technology. The effects
are cheesy, but the girls look good in costume. There is action aplenty, and
settings range from the Florida Everglades to the planet known as Dark Dhagor,
and into The Limbo Void and beyond. The film was created, written, produced and
directed by Bill Black, and stars Mary Capps as Nightveil/Blue Bulleteer; Maria
Paris as Alizarin Crimson; Jon Smith, Colleen Kavavaugh, David Herzog, Chuck
Capps and Sonia Guyer, and features acting performances by comic-book
professionals Brad Gorby, John Beatty, Chris Allen, Eric Coile and Rebekah
Black.
Special Edition Notes from Bill Black: As time passes and you look at
what you did before, the director always sees things that could improve his
vision. I added the title "WITCH WAR" to the main titles. We now have two
NIGHTVEIL movies so I needed to differentiate this first effort from the
upcoming "SORCERER'S EYE." In WITCH WAR, all the Mary Capps scenes were filmed
in one weekend. Since she lives in Texas, I could not get her back for retakes
or additional scenes so I had to be inventive. I used special effects to extend
her participation. The overall film ran too long so I cut a few scenes that
slowed the flow of the film. Other scenes I made more visually interesting by
rearranging the sequence of clips and by cutting back and forth between existing
scenes. I also added new scenes which helped in the story telling aspects. WITCH
WAR was my first video production. Software available now has more FX than what
I had available in 2005. In the new cut I was able to change lighting in some
scenes making it more atmospheric. Overall, I believe this edit to be superior
to the first.
Runtime: 52 minutes
Windows Media format: 720x480, 792MBs