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Karmic_Crimewave
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Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 139 Location: The Village
[POSSIBLE ARG?] Unholymovie.com I hate to be that guy , but while surfing I found a website for the upcoming "The Unholy".
The Press releases give a synopsis on Eworldwire Press Release:
Quote:
The film deals with a grieving mother, Martha (Barbeau), trying to uncover the terrifying secret that is jeopardizing her family. Along with her son (Brendon), Martha becomes entwined in a conspiracy involving a fabled witch, Nazi occultists and the U.S. government. The film is inspired by an actual military document found discussing elements of Nazi witchcraft that were smuggled into small town Pennsylvania following World War II by the U.S. administration.
As of Jan. 30th, the movie's site, http://www.unholymovie.com/ has been shut down "due to a class D cease and desist order by level 2, Department of Defense. No other information is available at this time."
I dunno, gang...Possible ARG, or crafty marketing?
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:52 pm
urthstripe
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Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 1113 Location: Atlanta, GA
It's entirely possible, seeing that it's an indie film, they'll do anything to get some good advertising.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:27 pm
Soup4Brains
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Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 29
No way it's an actual DoD cease and desist.
That seal is wayyy pixelated.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:11 pm
jshall
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Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 193
Yea, its just too bad theres no leads/ activity.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:25 pm
Soup4Brains
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Checking the html source code shows that the DoD seal is hosted on unholymovie.com's webspace.
Looks like this is something the film creators are doing for publicity. Doesn't look like an ARG though, at least thus far.
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:52 pm
Karmic_Crimewave
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Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 139 Location: The Village
Well...Being the good ARGer (and steadfast-bordering-on-spooky-stalkerguy-Whedonite) that I am, I went ahead and rifled off a couple of e-mails to the movies producers. We'll see if anything pans out.
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:17 am
misery_of_pain
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Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 407 Location: The beach, UK
Might wanna check out that site again. Possibly not an ARG
Movies sposed to be out 2006
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:22 pm
green ice queen
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theres a link on the page which gives you an email address. i emailed them saying something like "what experiment should we beware of. i am ready to know". i got an email back -
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"Mtownsend07@aol.com wrote:
Please don't believe what they tell you. It's all true. All of it. They just don't want you to know. They don't want you to see this movie.
i will email them again.
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:30 pm
misery_of_pain
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I was going to mail but i didnt know what to say.
good call
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:32 pm
green ice queen
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i emailed again - "what have they been saying? who are they? what is all true? i have many questions for you." i just got a reply -
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I can't tell you at this moment. But please tell everyone you know that it is important that they do not keep you from seeing this movie. They tried to shut us down. But people will soon know about the experiment and the world's current issues will seem meaningless.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:50 pm
misery_of_pain
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damn quick turn-around on the ol' emails
think i might have a go
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:55 pm
green ice queen
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lol. well ive emailed again, no reply as of yet... maybe im not flavor of the month any more!!
any luck for u?
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:06 pm
misery_of_pain
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Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 407 Location: The beach, UK
not yet... *waits*
ok i got the same email you got first time, so i'm gonna send a reply which just says "cheese" and see what happens
in response to cheese i got "Please believe me. Please"
gonna try again... i think it's like an auto responder thing
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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:09 pm
Axys Denyed
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 456 Location: Houston, TX, USA
This has a definite ARG feel to it. First, there's the title of the page:
(haven't tried ciphering this yet)twhaetycsheienygoyuou
Also, there are these in the source:
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<!--cing yoou watchinn youu help mme caalll mmmee-->
<!--shouldnott b be heere sshould not bee heereee reading tihss-->
<!-- canatt bey trreeeaal -->
So we might have something going here
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:18 am
Russell
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Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1571 Location: London
If you take every other letter you get:
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they see you watching you
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:25 am
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