In case anybody’s wondering how that Kickstarter campaign I blogged about last week turned out, it was kind of touch-and-go for a while. Going into the final day, it looked like Project 23 might not reach their goal — which would have meant they wouldn’t get any money at all, due to the strange premise under which Kickstarter functions — but after a lot of social-media begging and an impromptu auction of a grisly-cool memento* by their fearless leader, director Richard Dutcher, the goal was met with a couple hours to spare, leaving any further pledges as gravy on top of the potatoes. But then something weird happened: the campaign was suspended for a time because of an intellectual-property dispute raised by a former member of Project 23. I won’t elaborate, as I have only Dutcher’s side of the story available to me, other than to note that the person who raised the dispute apparently has a personal grudge against Project 23 and Dutcher himself, and the whole thing was resolved quickly. The campaign was back on in short order, and in the end it garnered over $31,000 for the film.

I pledged myself and am scheduled to receive a DVD of the film, The Boys at the Bar, sometime later this summer. I’m looking forward to seeing it, and will let you all know my impressions after it arrives…

*Oh, that item that got auctioned off? An eerily realistic prop replica of actor Ving Rhames’ head used for a decapitation scene in Dutcher’s horror film Evil Angel. Just the thing for your Halloween decorating!