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The first part of a trilogy

Ulli Lommel's ABSOLUTE EVIL - FINAL EXIT is a film noir full of unexpecetd twists about love, revenge, ghosts, waterboarding and David Carradine, whose reflective performance as a retired gangster, holding court in a

wheelchair next to a fire he keeps burning to chase off the chill of mortality, is a requiem for all the outlaws he played in his memorable career.

Bill Krohn
Cahiers du Cinema,
Paris, France

"I only want that you love me" - is what Carradine's character in ABSOLUTE EVIL seems to be saying to us.
It's also the title of a famous Fassbiinder movie. Sushi, torture and love. FINAL EXIT is all of that, and more.

Frank Arnold
Tip, Berlin

ABSOLUTE EVIL - FINAL EXIT

David Carradine's legacy on film.

In 1980 I made BOOGEYMAN, starring David Carradine's father JOHN CARRADINE as the psychiatrist. It became John's last successful film in a long and luminous career that spanned many decades and included such master pieces as John Ford's STAGE COACH.

Almost 30 years later I had the pleasure to work with David as on of the lead characters in the first part of a trilogy about evil entitled ABSOLUTE EVIL - FINAL EXIT. The experience on the set with David was for both of us so important and satisfying, that we were looking very much forward to the next two installments of the trilogy: ABSOLUTE EVIL - LIFE AFTER DEATH and ABSOLUTE EVIL - RETURN FROM THE DEAD. David was supposed to play the lead in each one of them. Of course that was not meant to be. The trilogy will be made, but without David in parts II and III. Who will play his part is unclear at this point, but one thing is certain: David cannot be replaced.

ABSOLUTE EVIL - FINAL EXIT was selected as an official entry at the Berlin Film Festival and had its world premiere at the Zoo Palace in front of 1,200 people in February of this year. At the same venue LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH, a film by German cult film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in which I played the lead role, had played at the festival in 1969. The reviews for ABSOLUTE EVIL have been outstanding (see imdb, and reviews link on this page). David was so awesome in this film, that some reviewers actually thought he had deserved an Academy Award for his performance. But what I find most startling is the legacy David leaves, because this film is about death, forgiveness, sex, guilt, torture and the desire to see the light of God through extreme experiences, both spiritually and sexually. David and I had a lot in common. We both have been meditating for many years and sought an East-West connection within the spirit world. Bruce Lee, who also died a mysterious death, was our hero. And we both believe that love, peace and forgiveness are stronger than evil and all its dark agents, and that nonjudgmental love reigns supreme.

Nobody knows as of this date how David died in Thailand. First we were told it was suicide. Then the FBI got involved and rumors have it that David belonged to a secret society which rues he may have broken. Or even a sex thrill gone wrong.

Before we started shooting ABSOLUTE EVIL - FINAL EXIT. David and I spent several hours in his trailer to not only discuss the film and his role, but also issues concerning death, suicide, torture, sex and God. And he repeatedly mentioned the fact that he was searching for the meaning of life and his desire to know more about the mystery of death. He also stated that in moments of intense sexual activities one could get a glimpse of God and the aftermath. We decided to make that the main focus of the ABSOLUTE EVIL trilogy.

Whatever happened in Thailand, I know that David crossed over in peace. He was and is a spiritual warrior and one of the greatest visionaries and actors the world has seen.

Ulli Lommel
Writer/Director
Los Angeles, June 7, 2009

IMDB REVIEWS
Absolute Evil - Final Exit (2009)

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Frankenstein in 3D

THE MOVIE
A 2010 update of the classic novel: "FRANKENSTEIN IN 3D".

THE PLOT
MONSTERMAN is an out-of-luck WRESTLER with a tiny, but dedicated following, a group of teenage geeks. During his last performance, his final fight, Monsterman suddenly dies in the ring. Young Dr. Frankenstein's
hour of truth has arrived. A member of the fan club, this 19-year old "brain surgeon", a freaky kid who at the tender age of 10 rescued his guinea pig from death through mad intervention, now brings back Monsterman from the dead in classic Frankenstein fashion, only to see his experiment get out of control, destroying everything in sight. In a furious finale, the damned creature returns to the ring, turning all his opponents into mincemeat, and becoming the most unlikely and powerful hero of the wrestling world.

THE NEW FRANCHISE
Frankenstein is ripe for the taking, as long as it is hip and happening. Taking the classic novel into the 21st century with a teenage Dr. Frankenstein and into the wrestling world in 3D, it is destined to create a new and lasting franchise.

PRESENTED TO YOU BY THE MAKER OF "THE BOOGEYMAN"
Ulli Lommel, one of the world's busiest, most inventive and radical masters of horror, is the creator of "FRANKENSTEIN IN 3D".

He will be directing the film on a $10 million budget, with a delivery date of March 2010.

2009 Thriller Slate

MANSON CULT KILLINGS

D.C. SNIPER

BIGFOOT

UNABOMBER

HOUSE OF HORROR

"COCAINE COWBOYS"

Ulli Lommel's Andy Warhol Production starring Jack Palance

The Cult Classic from 1978 now digitally restored