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NEVER A DULL MOMENT
Mom’s new lease on life may just wear her out
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
Josh Ochoa as Nazzrack wears very detailed makeup for his film scenes.
Cedar Falls student films sequel to horror movie WATERLOO — It was a grisly scene. Bodies littered the ground. Bloodied weapons were scattered about. A deadly battle had been waged. And in the middle of the massacre, stands Carrsan Morrissey. “Blood!” he yelled. “I need more blood!” Morrissey, who will be a senior at Cedar Falls High School this year, is in the throws of filming the horror movie “Horrible Things: End of Days,” a sequel to “Horrible Things,” completed earlier this year. Morrissey, his cast, crew and about 20 extras shot the movie’s climactic battle scene in a field adjacent to Heart of Darkness on Saturday. “Raise your hand if you’re willing to get blood,” he said, holding a milk jug full of a bright red concoction. The group has been shooting for about five hours, since 6 a.m. Later Saturday, the group gathered at Adrenaline X Laser Tag to film another pivotal scene,
the resurrection of the film’s villain, Nazzrack, played by Josh Ochoa. The film revolves around Nazzrack taking over the world and culminates in a battle between the Legion of Nazzrack and the rebellion, Morrissey said. “The legion is essentially a terrorist organization,” he said. It took Morrissey about two weeks to write the 65-page script for the movie. “I knew how I wanted it to end,” he said. Morrissey works closely with his actors, walking them through scenes, choreographing fights and often reworking things on the spot. He also is open to their suggestions on how to improve a scene. Morrissey shoots each scene a number of times from different angles, continuing until he gets what he wants. “Oh, that was good,” he said after a particularly satisfying sequence. Much of Morrissey’s attention is paid to his villain. Ochoa, as Nazzrack, is dressed in a long, hooded
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I think my mother is feeling better. After what she calls her “lost” year, which included a breast cancer diagnosis, s u r g e r y, chemotherapy and radiation, Mom has bounced back with a vengeance. Each day Holly Hudson I get a call is the Insider editor. from her Contact her at that begins holly.hudson@ with “I’ve wcfcourier.com. been thinking” or “I have an idea.” And she seems intent on involving me in her escapades. First, it was her plant sales. Mom has a green thumb like few people I know — which, by the way, she passed on to each of her children except me. She’s been spending weeks this summer digging up, separating and re-potting her
prized annuals and selling them for a little bit of spending money. She calls me periodically during these events to update me on her profits. As soon as I answer the phone she reels off a dollar amount, and that is the end of the conversation. I always hang up laughing. Though her sales take minimal effort on my part, I don’t think that’s going to be the case with the rest of her ever-growing to-do list. She also has started writing one of two books she’s been talking about. I know this because she called me the other day, flustered because she was on the computer and didn’t know how to open a new document. “Well, what are you working in?” I asked, referring to the software she was using.
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