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Guns of El Chupacabra is a 1997
1997 in film

The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....
 martial arts
Martial arts

Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat....
 based cult film
Cult film

A 'cult film' is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fan . Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame amongst mainstream audiences, including Carnival of Souls , Easy Rider , 2001: A Space Odyssey...
 that was directed by Donald G. Jackson
Donald G. Jackson

Donald G. Jackson was an American filmmaker who is often referred to in the media as the Edward D. Wood, Jr. of the video age. This delination was given due to the bizarre nature, content, and lack of defined storyline prevalent in his film and because virtually all of his films were harshly criticized by film critics....
 and was produced by and stars Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw

Scott Shaw is an American author, journalist, actor, film director, film producer, musician, and a well-known martial arts....
. The co-stars of this film include: Julie Strain
Julie Strain

Julie Strain is an United States actor and model who was a Penthouse Pet of the Month in 1991 and later chosen as the magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993....
, Kevin Eastman
Kevin Eastman

For the Boston Celtics assistant, see Kevin Eastman Kevin Brooks Eastman is an United States American comic book artist. He is best known as the creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....
, Conrad Brooks
Conrad Brooks

Conrad Brooks is an United States actor. He moved to Hollywood, California in the early 1950s to pursue a career in acting. He got his start in movies appearing in Edward D....
, Joe Estevez
Joe Estevez

Joseph "Joe" Estevez is an United States actor, Film director, and Film producer. He is the younger brother of actor Martin Sheen and the uncle of Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Ren?e Estevez, and Ramon Estevez....
, and Robert Z'Dar
Robert Z'Dar

Robert Z?Dar is an United States actor of Lithuanians descent, who was born on June 3, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. His birth name is Robert J. Zdarsky, but after using several pseudonyms during his early acting career he settled on Robert Z?Dar....
.

films follows the lead character Jack B. Quick, Space Sheriff, played by Scott Shaw, who is sent to Earth by Queen Bee, Julie Strain and King Allmedia, Kevin Eastman to battle the Chupacabra
Chupacabra

The Chupacabra, also called el Chupacabra is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico , Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities....
.






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Guns of El Chupacabra is a 1997
1997 in film

The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....
 martial arts
Martial arts

Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. While they may be studied for various reasons, martial arts share a single objective: to physically defeat other persons and to defend oneself or others from physical threat....
 based cult film
Cult film

A 'cult film' is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fan . Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame amongst mainstream audiences, including Carnival of Souls , Easy Rider , 2001: A Space Odyssey...
 that was directed by Donald G. Jackson
Donald G. Jackson

Donald G. Jackson was an American filmmaker who is often referred to in the media as the Edward D. Wood, Jr. of the video age. This delination was given due to the bizarre nature, content, and lack of defined storyline prevalent in his film and because virtually all of his films were harshly criticized by film critics....
 and was produced by and stars Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw

Scott Shaw is an American author, journalist, actor, film director, film producer, musician, and a well-known martial arts....
. The co-stars of this film include: Julie Strain
Julie Strain

Julie Strain is an United States actor and model who was a Penthouse Pet of the Month in 1991 and later chosen as the magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993....
, Kevin Eastman
Kevin Eastman

For the Boston Celtics assistant, see Kevin Eastman Kevin Brooks Eastman is an United States American comic book artist. He is best known as the creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....
, Conrad Brooks
Conrad Brooks

Conrad Brooks is an United States actor. He moved to Hollywood, California in the early 1950s to pursue a career in acting. He got his start in movies appearing in Edward D....
, Joe Estevez
Joe Estevez

Joseph "Joe" Estevez is an United States actor, Film director, and Film producer. He is the younger brother of actor Martin Sheen and the uncle of Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Ren?e Estevez, and Ramon Estevez....
, and Robert Z'Dar
Robert Z'Dar

Robert Z?Dar is an United States actor of Lithuanians descent, who was born on June 3, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. His birth name is Robert J. Zdarsky, but after using several pseudonyms during his early acting career he settled on Robert Z?Dar....
.

Plot

This films follows the lead character Jack B. Quick, Space Sheriff, played by Scott Shaw, who is sent to Earth by Queen Bee, Julie Strain and King Allmedia, Kevin Eastman to battle the Chupacabra
Chupacabra

The Chupacabra, also called el Chupacabra is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico , Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities....
. He enters the earth driving a vintage Plymouth Belvedere
Plymouth Belvedere

The Plymouth Belvedere was an American automobile produced by Plymouth automobile from 1951 through 1970....
. Once here, he acquires several guns and goes on a mission to rid the earth of the Chupacabra. As it turns out, the Chupacabra are the wayward pets of Z-man, Lord Invader, played by Robert Z'Dar. After Shaw has defeated Z'dar and the Chupacabra, he returns to the planet of Strain and Eastman and is knighted, the Reverend, Doctor, Saint Francis Blade.

Approximately half way through this film, Joe Estevez enters, playing the character, Rocket Ranger Dan Danger. This character is a narrator who is reminiscent of the science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 television show narrators from the 1940s and 1950s. Once this character is introduced, he goes about adding information to the ever-developing storyline.

Chupacabra

The legend of the Chupacabra
Chupacabra

The Chupacabra, also called el Chupacabra is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico , Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities....
 was first born in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
 and has since spread through out Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
. The term "Chupacabra" literally means "Goat Sucker", as these mythical creatures are believed to be a vampire
Vampire

Vampires are mythology or folklore Revenant who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living. In folkloric tales, the undead vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive....
-like creature who prey upon farm animals.

Interviews

In 1998 Shaw and Jackson were interviewed, regarding this film, on the syndicated television series Strange Universe
Strange Universe

Strange Universe was a broadcast syndication daily half-hour program about paranormal phenomena. It was hosted by Emmitt Miller, and later had a co-host, Dana Adams....
. In this episode Shaw detailed that while scouting film locations in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 Jackson and Shaw actually witnessed the attack of a Chupacabra.

Zen Filmmaking

This film is an ideal example of the new style of filmmaking developed by Scott Shaw and Donald G. Jackson, known as Zen Filmmaking
Zen Filmmaking

Zen Filmmaking is a formalized style of filmmaking that was developed in 1991 by Scott Shaw in association with Donald G. Jackson. The primary premise behind Zen Filmmaking is that no screenplay should be used in the creation of a film....
. Zen Filmmaking is a distinct style of filmmaking where the primary concept is that no script
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing works....
s are used in the creation of a film.

Perhaps one of the most distinctive elements of this film, in regard to Zen Filmmaking, is that the film begins by presenting its characters in a traditional storyline fashion. Approximately thirty minutes into the film, a documentary film
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 crew is introduced into the plot. From this point forward, the film shifts between storyline and documentary; until the two plot lines collide and the film becomes part theatrical presentation and part documentary. From this, the audience is left questioning where one style of filmmaking begins and the other leaves off. In addition, much of this film is shot using the hand-held camera technique.

As is the case with all of the films created by Donald G. Jackson and Scott Shaw, this film follows a non-linear storyline. Another unique element of this film, and a technique used in many Jackson/Shaw productions, is that the various segments of this film are preceded by full screen, white on black, screen credits announcing an upcoming plot twist.

Locations

Traditional to Jackson/Shaw productions, Guns of El Chupacabra was filmed in many spectacular locations. These locations include the desert of Mexico, Vasquez Rocks
Vasquez Rocks

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a 905 acre northern Los Angeles County, California, California United States park acquired by LA County government in the 1970s....
, Bronson Canyon
Bronson Canyon

Bronson Canyon is a section of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California that has become famous as a filming location for a very large number of Films and TV shows, especially westerns and science fiction, from the early days of motion pictures to the present....
, and Hollywood, California. Using Hollywood as a cinematic backdrop is a common element to both the films of Jackson and Shaw. Hollywood landmarks such as the Hollywood Sign
Hollywood Sign

The Hollywood Sign is a famous landmark in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California, spelling out the name of the area in high white letters....
 and images of Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out and runs due west to Laurel Canyon Boulevard....
 are seen in this film.

This film also presents scenes filmed at Los Angeles Union Station. This railway hub was built in 1939 and is considered to be "The last of America's great rail stations.” It was created in an art deco
Art Deco

Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film....
 style of architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
 and is a very visual location that has been featured in many films and music videos. Union Station is a commonly presented location in the films of Scott Shaw and Donald G. Jackson.

Filmmaking process

This feature was filmed in on 35mm film, using the Panavision
Panavision

Panavision is a motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and photographic lens, based in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California....
 anamorphic film process.

Distribution

This film received a theatrical release in several Latin American countries from 1998 forward, but was limited to video and cable television
Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
 release in the West and Asia.

According to the interview that was presented on the episode of Strange Universe, this film is the first segment of the Guns of El Chupacabra Trilogy. The second feature of this trilogy is Guns of El Chupacabra 2: The Unseen. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Shaw will be filming a the third film in the series.

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