Special Screening of “Lightning Strikes” starring SCARE Director Jarrett Crippen
SCARE for a CURE is proud to announce that their director, Jarrett Crippen, aka “The Defuser,” stars in an original SyFy Movie Lightning Strikes which premieres Saturday, September 12, on the SyFy Channel at 8 pm Central Standard Time (CST). A special screening to benefit SCARE for a CURE will be held this Saturday at La Zona Rosa at 612 W. 4th Street, in Austin, Texas. Doors open at 7 pm, with a recommended donation of five dollars. La Zona Rosa is an all-ages venue, but the recommended rating is PG-13 for this film.
Lightning Strikes was filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria and directed by Gary Jones, who also directed Boogeyman 3 as well as episodes of Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Incredible Journeys. Jones also contributed his special effects services to Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) stars in this horror film, and Jarrett Crippen plays Deputy Johnson. In regards to working with Kevin Sorbo, Jarrett stated in his blog, “Kevin was a great mentor and made me feel relaxed.”
Austin Police Department's Detective Crippen as the Defuser was winner of the second season of the Sci Fi channel's Who Wants to Be a Superhero? In 2008, Det. Crippen was provided the opportunity to travel to Bulgaria and work with Kevin Sorbo in this horror film about a small Indiana town plagued by a creature of living lightning. He did so immediately after wrapping a successful 2008 haunt season for SCARE, raising $10,000 towards scholarships for local high school students affected by cancer.