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In the spring of 2015, Rootstown High School had lost its advisor to the Drama Club, and with the position unfilled, threatened the existence of drama at the school. Nightwine made a proposal to take over the Drama Club but instead of presenting plays, movies would be developed.
Nightwine would develop a script, provide a casting call and film a movie. The movie would be filmed at the school and at various locations in adherence with the script. Once finished, the movie would have a world premiere at the Kent Plaza theaters. Each actor would walk the red carpet and receive a Oscar-like statue called a "jimmy".
Filming of Zombie High began in April and the world premiere was on June 3rd, 2015. The world premiere was a sellout, with an added show to accommodate the overflow.
The success of Zombie High resulted in Nightwine's continued presence as Drama Club advisors. For the sequel to Zombie High, Nightwine reached out to another school who had lost their Drama Club, Waterloo High School. The sequel, Zombie High II: Laura's Revenge, was filmed at both schools and locations nearby.
There is much satisfaction in providing students the opportunity to get a different taste of the arts. Especially, when so many lack the opportunity due to either budget cuts or vacancies unfilled.
Nightwine has since produced more student led films and we will continue to look for opportunities to help our youth have access to the arts.
The Milkman Chronicles
Directors: James R. Gerren
Screenwriters: Justin Devies, Wesley Olson & Aaron Weingart
Genre: Action
Greg Dairyson (aka The Milkman) must assemble a team of heroes consisting of the Cubicle, Sloth, NoGyver, Hellen Smeller and Brainwave to fight the evil Fratman and his minions, the Rat and the Donald. They must unite and stop Fratman from launching a nuclear missile.
Paranormal High School
Directors: James R. Gerren
Screenwriter: James R. Gerren
Genre: Horror
Forty years ago a group of teenagers disappeared while hiding within their high school. Today, a student finds his aunts ledger from that time and with a group of friends tries to reenact the opening of the portal to the other side. They succeed, but only to find out that something has come through the portal. Something sinister, something that has ties to the events that happened 40 years ago.
Zombie High: Laura's Revenge
Directors: James R. Gerren
Screenwriter: James R. Gerren
Genre: Horror
Weird events begin to happen around Waterloo, people begin disappearing and the football team is now state ranked because of two players nicknamed the "Twin Towers of Terror". The students discover a plot by Laura involving a zombie takeover and revenge against the Rootstown football team. The students race against time to stop the zombie takeover and also put a stop to the "Twin Towers of Terror". Students ask for help from those who fought Laura before, but things have changed. One is now seeing a psychiatrist, one is in a mental asylum, while another has become a road warrior bent on eradicating zombies everywhere.
Zombie High
Directors: James R. Gerren
Screenwriter: James R. Gerren
Genre: Horror
A medical facility has developed a compound that will regenerate living tissue. Unfortunately, if the compound isn't mixed correctly, it becomes a deadly toxin that regenerates the dead. After an earthquake, a batch of deadly toxic is released into the air. People start disappearing while reports of the walking dead have begun to spread. A group of teenagers are determined to find an answer and to confront not one, but two different kinds of zombies. Type I, a intelligent zombie who keeps their original consciousness, and Type II, a mindless zombie whose only purpose to to eat the flesh of the living.