Private Project

Michael Malott's Bed of Nails

"Definitely heading for horror cult status"
- Scream Magazine

Filmed deep in Central Florida’s Green Swamp, Bed of Nails is the story of three Atlanta Goth kids who cut through rural Florida on their way to the Keys. Camping overnight off road in a secluded woods they are confronted by four good 'ole Florida rednecks who plan to just harass and intimidate the kids. After a gun accidentally goes off and kills one of the kids, the rednecks must kill the remaining two. But unbeknownst to them that one of the kids is a practicing witch and returns from the grave to enact a brutal revenge. Starring Deanna Marine and Mark Francis (Killer of the Flower Moon, Mutilator II, Cherry, Judas and the Black Messiah)

A first time film from writer/producer/director Michael Malott which is bound to be the most controversial independent film of the year.

UNRATED: contains graphic violence, nudity, rape and language
Presented in Dolby Atmos

This project is exclusively represented by Alexander Nohe, Blood Sweat Honey, Beverly Hills, CA

Bed of Nails is also the subject of a reality TV show being filmed about our project which spotlights the journey of our project in post production and release through the upcoming months and being produced by one of the producers of Celebrity Wife Swap.

  • Michael Malott
    Director
  • Michael Malott
    Writer
  • Michael Malott
    Producer
  • Deanna Marine
    Key Cast
    "Sky"
  • Mark Francis
    Key Cast
    "Bobby Lee"
    Judas & the Black Messiah, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mutilator II, Cherry,
  • Erik Sizemore
    Key Cast
    "Leroy"
  • Wesley Moniaci
    Key Cast
    "Skeeter"
  • Erin Pearl
    Key Cast
    "Lisa"
  • Carson Carollo
    Key Cast
    "Jason"
  • Ken Vathauer
    Key Cast
    "Bufort"
  • Lauren Michaels
    Key Cast
    "Hooker"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Horror
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 4 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 31, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Michael Malott

Michael Malott is a decades long music industry veteran. His work in the entertainment field includes managing Grammy Award winning artists and over 30 years working and touring with some of the biggest names in music. He has a long history in law and holds a degree in law with honors and in 2004 created the Instruments for the Youth Children's Charity which provides free musical instruments to needy children, arranges celebrity visits to children's hospitals and other charitable work. The charity has enjoyed the support of over 100 top name entertainers including such names as KISS, Keith Richards, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, Velvet Revolver and on. The charity and its work have received praise worldwide including the Prime Ministers of Canada and Trinidad and even Nelson Mandela. His work over the years has included 13 gold and platinum awards, two Grammy and an MTV Award credit. He was the creator and producer of the Peter Tosh Tribute Project featuring Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, Slash, Sean Paul and others.

In the mid 90's, he was the creator and screenwriter of the Corporate Vacation film project with Bon Jovi's Tico Torres, Frank Bello from Anthrax, Junior Marvin from the Wailers, Emo Philips, Judy Tenuta, Arlo Guthrie and others.

His 2005 benefit album for his Instruments for the Youth Children's Charity featured members of the Police, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship, Testament, Steve Vai and others all performing a jazz composition. The track, AFRICA by Pat Martino won the nomination for Grammy for "Best Jazz Instrumental".

Malott left actively touring in the music industry in 2005 to be a full time parent to his autistic son. His son is a well known child celebrity working to raise money for St Jude Children's Hospital through a children's travel book series. His child's efforts have been commended by two U.S. Presidents and he even did a homework project with President Obama who declared his son "An inspiration for special needs children and families everywhere".
Mike's interest in filmmaking lies in creating dark, artsy primarily low budget horror themed films.

As a film director he credits inspiration from such films as Rob Zombie's 31, the 1981 release, Southern Comfort, Falling Down and in particular the 1980's film release, Cruising, a lesser known dark film starring Al Pacino centered on the hardcore gay S&M scene.

Mike's interest in filmmaking lies in creating dark, artsy primarily low budget horror themed films.

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Director Statement

CAN A PUBLIC FILM FESTIVAL DISCRIMINATE AND BAN PARTICIPATION OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF TWO U.S. STATES BASED ON THE FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS OPPOSITION TO THE STATES POLICIES?? A QUESTION FOR THE COURTS

On December 17, 2022, we filed for a mandatory injunction with the United States District Court for Massachusetts on behalf of the filmmakers of Florida & Texas seeking a judge to review whether the events policy of banning submissions from filmmakers in the states of Florida and Texas because of those state's political, racial & LGBT viewpoints was legal. The action was filed against Kevin Lynch, which is the real legal name of festival director Kay Lynch and SalemHorror, LLC.
We were not seeking damages, just an administrative ruling. Pursuant to, and citing the United States Civil Right Act and Massachusetts General Laws 272, section 92a supporting our grounds that such encroachment was illegal. In my case, I was being openly discriminated against because of my sexual orientation as I was residing in one of these two states and not a gay filmmaker.

I allege that we are considered a class and the law clearly defines that discrimination against a class based on sexual orientation is illegal and prohibited by law. This both at a state and federal level. This event was openly stating that they are banning the participation of over 50 Million Florida and Texas residents from the event including us, unless we were gay. The event organizer instead of being professional and seeing what a judge decided instead decided to attack us as opposed to communicating, understanding and accepting that the law and courts have the power to review policies pertaining to public events, this event is a public event not private. The event organizer, Kevin (Kay) Lynch publicly posts "as a queer survivor of rape, [our film] triggered a rage like I've never felt before". It is an awesome quote for us now, only problem is there was no way this person could have seen the film? It hadn't been released yet at the time and they even admitted it was never submitted. So, our film is so scary and badass that it can make the organizer of a horror festival state a comment like that without even seeing it!

This is not about the movie and the name of the movie has never been disclosed to the press or in any pleadings filed with the court. This is about right and wrong and punishing over 50 million residents in those two states in a way which violates federal and state law. Clearly people could do this if this were not a "public" event in a public "accommodation". We'll keep you updated on what the court rules on this, but just because somebody lives in Florida doesn't mean they support the "don't say gay" bill. If this organizer of this event would have bothered reading or returning one of our four emails we sent him over a two month period prior to this then they would have found out that this film was done by the same person that did a documentary film on the Florida governor's mishandling of the Covid pandemic, or pursued prior litigation on behalf of LGBT rights and assisted Dennis Peron in drafting California Proposition 215, this countries first medical marijuana laws drafted to benefit AIDS patients in his Castro community and the State of California, we all are on the same page, as lots of residents of Florida and Texas actually are. Florida has 886,000 LGBTQ residents. We assumed the organizer of this event would be professional and mature enough to understand that this was merely a questioning of law and not a personal attack on either him personally or the festival.