SAMURAI VAMPIRE BIKERS FROM HELL
A Scott Shaw Zen Film

It's All the Hell You Can Handle

Created, Produced, and Directed by Scott Shaw, SAMURAI VAMPIRE BIKERS FROM HELL is a comic book style Action-Adventure.

This Zen Film Stars Scott Shaw. The essential Co-Stars of the cast are: Kenneth H. Kim, (who also co-wrote and co-produced the film), Roger Ellis, and Douglas Jackson. The cast expands from there with performances by Susan Jay, Tipsy LaFabula, Claudia Scholz, Kim Bolin, Jonathan Neil Schneider, Richard Masters, Dennis Tojon, Vincent L. Spezze, Lena Thorsen, Saemi Nakamura, Adrian Vantosh, and Mark Moyer. Plus, Selina Jayne appears in the longer version of the film, Alexander Hell Vampire Hunter. Keanu Reeves' sister, Kim Reeves, also appears in this film.

PLOT:
Alexander Hell (Scott Shaw) is a cross-dimensional mercenary. He rides his Harley Davidson Motorcycle out from the dark abyss to battle Ancient Samurai Sword Carrying Vampires who are unleashing havoc on modern day Hollywood, California. Once on earth, Hell joins forces with an ancient Vampire, Sir Katana (Kenneth H. Kim). What occurs next is a martial art driven frenzy lost in an abstract landscape of sight and sound.

FILM FACTS:

• Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell was one of the first independent feature films that was shot on video tape to receive international distribution.

• This Zen Film was one of the first, (if not the first), feature films to be shot on Hi-8 video and then transferred to 35mm film for its theatrical release in Japan.

• Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell was produced with the premise that it would be offered for wide-release in Asia and made available to all age groups. Thus, it was intentionally created with no nudity, gore, or foul language.

• Independent features are always a team effort. Sergio Coro, the Camera Assistant from The Roller Blade Seven became the cinematographer for this film. Susan Jay did a great job of helping with casting and pre-production. Tipsy LaFabula let us use her Laurel Canyon home for the first night of shooting. Roger Ellis and Selina Jayne let us shoot at their Los Feliz apartment. Joe Contreras provided a great warehouse set. And, Joel Ciniero provided great still photography and pickup cinematography support throughout the film.

• Many of the players from this film also appeared in Scott Shaw's Samurai Johnny Frankenstein.

• The primary camera used to film this movie was the Sony CCD V5000.

• Scott Shaw won the Best Director trophy at the Tokyo Experimental Film Festival for this movie.

ARTICLES:

• The Making of a Samurai Vampire
• Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell: The Story of the Productio
• Zen Talks with Scott Shaw the Original Samurai Vampire Biker from Hell

The Zen Filmmaking Store for
Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell Posters, Tee-Shirts, Cups, Towels, Pillows & More.

BOOKS:
Scott Shaw details production information about Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell and many other Zen Films in these three books:

Zen Filmmaking


Independent Filmmaking: Secrets of the Craft


Zen Filmmaking 3: Expanded Writings on Creative Life and the Cinematic Arts


Zen Filmmaking 4: Expanded Writings on the Philosophy of Filmmaking

OTHER AUTHORS:
Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell is discussed is such books as:


Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies: A Film Critic's Year-Long Quest to Find the Worst Movie Ever Made


Mais Vampiros No Cinema


The Art of Movies


The Essential Monster Movie Guide: A Century of Creature Features on Film, TV, and Video


The Dracula Syndrome


The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula


Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2001


Два колеса в зеркале экрана. English: Two Wheels in the Mirror of the Screen


The Encyclopedia of the Best Films: A Century of the Finest Films, V - Z, Volume 4

MAGAZINES:
This film was detailed, discussed, or reviewed in several magazines including:

• Videoteur Issue #1
• Film Threat Issue #8
• Independent Video #7
• Film Review Issue #13
• Shock Cinema Issue #10
• Oriental Cinema Issue #7
• Back Yard Cinema Issue #1
• Cinefantastique Volume #23
• Emmy Magazine Volume #21
• The Hollywood Reporter 1992
• Aboriginal Science Fiction #33
• Mad Movies Magazine #78 (France)
• Aboriginal Science Fiction Issue #33
• Scary Monsters Magazine Issue #79
• Draculina Issues Number #16 & #18
• Psychotronic Video Magazine Issue #24

Here's Scott Shaw and Kenneth H. Kim on the cover of the magazine, Backyard Cinema Issue #1 in association with this film.

PRODUCTION AND PUBLICITY STILLS:

Scott Shaw in the Director's Chair

FLASH BACK:

Here was my business card from back in the days of Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell.


Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell Theater Card


Here is a Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell Theatre Card and Magazine One-Sheet.


Here's one of the original posters for Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell.


Here's a poster from one of the films international release titles, Hellzone Rangers.


Here is the poster for the Japan release of Samurai Vampire Bikers form Hell.


Here is the original VHS box for Samurai Vampire Bikers from Hell.
Video Tapes, remember those?


If only we could look as good as our anime characters.