Jay Burleson

American filmmaker

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Jay Burleson

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Hartselle, Alabama, United States

Jay Burleson is an American filmmaker from Hartselle, Alabama.

## Features

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### Feast of the Vampires

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In 2009, Burleson shot his first feature film, Feast of the Vampires. It was intended to pay homage to 1980s films such as Fright Night and The Monster Squad.[1] In fall 2009, the film was premiered at the Southern Shorts Film Festival in Athens, Atlanta, and won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film.[2] The film was self-released on DVD in February 2010 and later became available on Amazon and Amazon on Demand.[3]

The film takes place in a Southern town with a vampire curse. A normal young man is trapped in a Southern plantation and must outwit an African American vampire and his Native American housekeeper in order to save a farmer's beautiful daughter with whom the young man has fallen in love. The film was transferred to VHS and is presented by a host along the lines of Robert Osborne. The film contains many camp elements and is considered a B-movie.[4]

The film has received positive reviews from The Dollar Bin Horror Blog and Oh-The-Horror.com. Rhonny Rheaper of Dollar Bin Horror Blog called the film "A ton of fun to watch..entertaining as hell!"[5] Brett G of Oh-The-Horror praised Burleson for creating a stylish film and commended him for working well within a very limited budget, noting, "I enjoy this kind of stuff because I like to see enthusiasm shine through; it does here in spades."[6]

In April 2011, the film was shown on the internet version of Creature Feature which is hosted by Count Gore De Vol.[7]

### The Nobodies

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In 2011, Burleson started working on a feature film titled The Nobodies, which combines pseudo-documentary sequences about the making of a fictitious low-budget horror film with sequences from the horror movie in question. The film was shot using VHS. The film stars Lane Hughes , Bill Pacer, Hannah Hughes, Neva Howell, and Danny Vinson. The Nobodies premiered in 2017 at the Sidewalk Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize for Best Alabama Film.[8][9]

## Filmography

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### As director

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* Feast of the Vampires (2010)
* Kristin Grace from Outer Space (2010)
* "Halloween: Harvest of Souls, 1985" (2013)
* Anathema Arienette (2015)
* The Nobodies (2017)
* The Third Saturday in October (2022)
* The Third Saturday in October: Part V (2022)
* "Kenneled" (TBA)

## References

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1. ^ "BD Horror News - Lo-fi VHS style horror/Comedy 'Feast of the Vampire' Gets DVD Date". Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
2. ^ "Swampland:First Annual Southern Shorts Film Festival by Guest Writer Kelly Kazek".
3. ^ "Feast of the Vampires". Archived from the original on 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
\- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NOJXGQ
4. ^ "Felicia Day's Geek & Sundry YouTube Channel to Air Written by a Kid Every Wednesday". 17 July 2012.
5. ^ "Dollar Bin Horror: Dollar Bin Horror Spotlight - Feast of the Vampires (Screener Review and Interview)". 14 March 2010.
6. ^ "Horror Reviews - Feast of the Vampires (2010)".
7. ^ "Count Gore De Vol presents Creature Feature: Feast of the Vampires - Part 2". www.clicker.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
8. ^ "Troma Acquires Genre-Bending Horror Film "The Nobodies" World Premiere at Sidewalk Film Festival, August 27th".
9. ^ "Sidewalk Film Festival announces 2017 winners". 28 August 2017.

## External links

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* Jay Burleson at IMDb
* Feast of the Vampires trailer