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'Haywire' begins second season filming at Haunted Barn Movie Museum

| 20 Jul 2012 | 11:01
    Some cast and crew from the dayís shoot with the location hosts. Back row, from the left: Jason Kalmanowitz, grip; Dee Wassell, key grip; Jillian Phipps, script supervisor; Scott Klein, creator/director; Arlene So, audio tech; Colleen Conroy, actor; and Stavros Adamides, actor. Front row: Jessica Vento, Diane Vento and Joey Vento of the Haunted Barn Movie Museum in Monroe.
    Some cast and crew from the dayís shoot with the location hosts. Back row, from the left: Jason Kalmanowitz, grip; Dee Wassell, key grip; Jillian Phipps, script supervisor; Scott Klein, creator/director; Arlene So, audio tech; Colleen Conroy, actor; and Stavros Adamides, actor. Front row: Jessica Vento, Diane Vento and Joey Vento of the Haunted Barn Movie Museum in Monroe.
    Cast of the dayís shoot: Colleen Conroy, left, Rob Sullivan and Stavros Adamides.
    Cast of the dayís shoot: Colleen Conroy, left, Rob Sullivan and Stavros Adamides.
    A shot about to roll with actor Colleen Conroy and cinematographer Luis Martinez.
    A shot about to roll with actor Colleen Conroy and cinematographer Luis Martinez.

MONROE — The Monroe-based Lights Out! Film Group, which produces the horror/sci-fi Web series 'Haywire,' broadcast on KoldCast TV, completed the shooting of the first episode of its second season on July 15 in the backyard of Joey Vento, owner and operator on the Haunted Barn Movie Museum in Monroe.

The back of the grounds were transformed into a graveyard for the first episode’s shooting, with production officials saying “the set was dressed just beyond the permanent fake graveyard that already exists on the property.”

Vento’s backyard is set up like a faux graveyard and he has a horse-drawn hearse in the front of his house. His mini-movie theater features memorabilia from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Creator/director Scott Klein added the Haywire graveyard “is now a permanent addition to the haunted backyard of the Vento family,” who screen classic horror and sci-fi films in their backyard for fans of the genres when the weather permits and “brings the fun inside to the Haunted Barn when it doesn’t.”

Story line The Haywire series focuses on the effects of a strange light on Monroe. The story line deals with what happens when a burst of light affects those in Monroe within its line-of-sight, short- circuiting their minds and scrambling their thought processes into a never-ending loop.

Klein said Monroe is tied into the series and has actually become a character in the story line, with all filming taking place locally.

Klein continues to seek local businesses looking for exposure and wanting to be part of the series, noting the development of relationships would be mutually beneficial. One of the first responses he received was from Vento, who also operates of “Movies To Go,” a Monroe-based business on Boyles Court specializing in classic movie screenings.

Contact Haywire’s second season is expected to launch later this year, but the first season’s 12 episodes are available for viewing online at www.haywireseries.com.

Klein encouraged business owners, actors or technical crew interested in Haywire to e-mail him at haywireseries@gmail.com.