Saturday Morning Massacre

Ghost hunters are ripe for parody. There has been a deluge of horror movies about a team of paranormal investigators spending the night in an allegedly haunted house. Typically they start out skeptical but we all know angry ghosts are inevitable. There are variations but ghost hunting tales are stale at this point. 

Saturday Morning Massacre, which is being called a live-action Scooby Doo (yes, there’s even a dog), establishes itself well and early on seems as if it will be a sharp and amusing horror-comedy. 

The funniest scene in the movie happens near the beginning. The team of young paranormal investigators is making their way through a rundown building, and suddenly it appears as if there could be something supernatural present. Team lead Nancy (Ashley Spillers) opens a series of doors in a narrow hallway as the group grows increasingly anxious, and eventually they stumble upon a small group of adults and children.

Turns out there was a group of child pornographers using the building. They used stories of ghosts to keep people away. The police had been conducting an investigation for months. It’s pretty hilarious when a very perturbed officer mercilessly berates the team for potentially ruining their investigation.

Meet the meddling kids behind Saturday Morning Massacre via a new trailer and a series of photos that have been released to Shock Till You Drop this morning.

Spencer Parsons' film is going to make its debut at the L.A. Film Fest next month.  The story follows a crew of young paranormal investigators and their dog struggle for cash until they land a job getting to the bottom of a series of gruesome deaths in an abandoned schoolhouse.

Associate producer Adam Donahey tells us, "Imagine if all the meddling kids from Saturday morning cartoons really did go out and try to solve crimes, uncover murders and get in the middle of really sticky situations? I can assure you, they wouldn't get out unscathed if even alive.  Saturday Morning Massacre is a bloody parody of mystery cartoons and the consequences of meddling with the supernatural."

Head inside for the trailer and photos.

The L.A. Film Fest is nearly upon us and the programming slate has been revealed.  The festival runs June 14th - 24th and, after scouring the film guide, we wanted to alert you to a few titles that will be playing there.