Photos: Tucson horror film hits big screen
After years of work, Tucson filmmakers premiere locally produced "The Z" at Fox Tucson Theatre in 2015.
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Tamara Mack files back in reaction to a "punch" by Robert Linden while cinematographer James Arnett captures the action.
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Actor and fight choreographer Robert Linden, left, limbers up while going over lines with actress Cat Reynolds before the start of the night's shooting of scenes from the locally produced horror move The Z.
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Cinematographer James Arnett, left, and director Scott Kenyon Barker look over the video of a scene during a cut.
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Cinematographer James Arnett lines up a shot while shooting in a downtown alley, capturing fight scenes from the horror movie The Z.
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Special make-up effects artist Francisco Guerra applies a "bite" wound to Cat Reynolds for a scene where her character is attacked by one of the Z.
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Robert Linden, left, Tamara Mack and cinematographer James Arnett film a confrontation scene in a downtown alley.
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Various body "parts" await the filming a scene.
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Special make-up effects artist Francisco Guerra applies even more blood to the severed neck of a "victim" as he and executive producer Clay Frey set up for filming a dismemberment scene.
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Director Scott Kenyon Barker mulls over what he wants from the next shot between takes during the shooting of a dismemberment scene.
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Special make-up effects artist Francisco Guerra and executive producer Clay Frey pick up the pieces of their "victim" as the night's filming wraps up.
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As one of the human hunting title creatures Tamara Mack takes a "bite" out of Jen Tashner's arm. Mack only sank her teeth as deep as the latex application simulating the wound.
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Mark Brown goes down in the arms, and teeth, of Tamara Mack, one of the predatory creatures hunting humans, during the filming for the movie The Z,.
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A "blood" spattered Tamara Mack after her "attack" on Mark Brown.
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in between takes, special make-up effects artist Francisco Guerra eaches in to make some minute adjustments to the application simulating the wound from a biting attack on "victim" Mark Brown.
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Cinematographer James Arnett, top, gets shots of victim Mark Brown and attacker Tamara Mack while filming her attack for The Z.
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Cinematographer James Arnett, handles a Canon 7D for the recording while director Scott Kenyon Barker monitors the audio being captured during the filming of a scene in the parking lot of the Historic Train Depot.
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Cinematographer James Arnett, lower left, and director Scott Kenyon Barker draw the stares of a group of diners leaving Maynards Market as the two look over a scene they just shot while filming in the parking lot of the Historic Train Depot.
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Director Scott Kenyon Barker monitors the sound as actresses Carol Cardenas and Tamara Mack perform a scene in the parking lot of the Historic Train Depot for the filming for the movie The Z.
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Francisco Guerra, make up effect artist for the film, gets a cell phone photo of the movie poster at the Fox Tucson Theatre for the red carpet premiere of the locally produced horror movie The Z. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Producer and Tamara Mack, who also played Sami, poses for photos outside the doors at the Fox Tucson Theatre for the premiere of the locally produced horror movie The Z. The Z was shot in various locations throughout the city by the production company Medrosa Film Productions. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Carol Cardenas, left, who played Babe, and Jaime Contreras who played Kevin Kennedy, walk the red carpet at the Fox Tucson Theatre for the premiere of The Z. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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The film finally hits the big screen at the Fox Tucson Theatre for the red carpet premiere of the locally produced horror movie The Z, Thursday Oct. 29, 2015. Local production company, Medrosa Film Productions used the city of Tucson as a backdrop for their flick about a pack of supernatural predators stalking humans as prey. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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