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Indie filmmaker Jeff Chitty is hard at work doing post-production on his upcoming feature, The Taking of Savannah, but that's not stopping him from launching a few other ventures: exploitation/cult film download site Digital Grindhouse Retro and hardcore horror/splatterpunk short story download site Macabro Xtreme Publishing.

Here are the details:

Digital Grindhouse Retro:

Full-length movie downloads of classic exploitation/cult and grindhouse films. (Through Halloween All downloads are $1.99 or less!) Keep checking back as more films will be added soon!

MacAbro Xtreme Publishing:

Extreme Hardcore Horror and Splatterpunk short stories available for download with more coming soon. They are also accepting submissions for two anthology books:

"Slay Bells Ringing: A Killer X-Mas Anthology" - (Submissions open until November 15th) - Send your most extreme, frightening and disturbing X-Mas stories! Steer clear of killer Santa Claus stories unless you have a unique twist; otherwise all bets are off.

As we reported previously, the first trailer for producer/director Jeff Chitty's The Taking of Savannah had its world premiere a few weeks ago at the Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville, Kentucky. Missed it? We did, too, so Chitty has provided Dread Central with the trailer's exclusive online debut.

Synopsis:

Five thugs and an unknowing girlfriend make a Big mistake when they kidnap and hold young Hollywood "celebutante" Savannah Sondheim (heiress to the Sondheim tissue fortune) for a weekend to collect a ransom. When Savannah escapes, it becomes a brutal fight for survival where friends turn against one another and fight for their lives.

The film's cast and crew list is as follows: Savannah - Krystal Heib (Fetch), Ashley - Denise Carroll (Fetch), Scott - Antoinne Williams, Spencer - Mike Ducey, Finn - Jeremy Everts, Riff - Cameron Haines, and Torg - John D. Barnes. Dustin Adair penned...

Producer/director Jeff Chitty's The Taking of Savannah is now in post-production, which means it's time for some early artwork for the film, and we've got your first look at two different versions of the debut poster -- one "safe" and one that you may not want your co-workers or kids to see.

Principal photography for The Taking of Savannah has wrapped with only two scenes left to shoot. Its cast list is as follows: Savannah - Krystal Heib (Fetch), Ashley - Denise Carroll (Fetch), Scott - Antoinne Williams, Spencer - Mike Ducey, Finn - Jeremy Everts, Riff - Cameron Haines, and Torg - John D. Barnes. Dustin Adair penned the script from which Chitty is directing, the Dp is Robert P. Campbell, and the film's makeup and FX are being handled by Colleen May (Fetch, Nailbiter).

Synopsis:

Five thugs and an unknowing girlfriend make a Big mistake when...