7-5-10 Two new leads in the works...

7-2-10 Daniel Lamb, formerly playing Ray Stone, will be officially playing the role of Randy! Glad to have you back Dan!

6-25-10 New Trailer 3 and Conceptual Clip posted online today!

6-17-10 The actress playing the role"Renee" will be replaced in upcoming private auditions.
Sarah Hopp left the project for personal reasons and we wish her well. The role that has opened up is a
major role and private auditions will be held soon. Contact for more info if interested in auditioning.
Before doing so, make sure you fit the role description by clicking the role name "Renee" on the cast page.

6-17-10 A Co-Producer and team completely drop the ball and their investment event was a no-show.
Turns out they are not as connected as promised and the humiliating evening was rendered useless. However,
the private pitches will begin soon. Special thanks to all my cast & crew who were part of the presentation.

6-17-10 The new Conceptual Clip (3 min), Trailer (5min) and Video Business Plan (21min) are completed. Watch them.

5-11-10 Due out this summer is the film's new official website designed by Steven Stone!

5-10-10 Actor Daniel Lamb was replaced by actor Robert Maples today. Congrats Robert! (Worth noting: Daniel did not leave on
bad terms, but he was unable to continue with the project due to personal reasons. We will miss him!)

5-1-10 The new trailer and clip will feature a constructed set of an abandoned house which has began construction.

4-20-10 Morrow Road will be having an official presentation in front of over 150+ accredited investors June 17th!
For more info see the MySpace Reporter or Yahoo Group News Issue 33. See 6-17-10 update

4-15-10 Director Francis J. Sampier announces third full length trailer in the works for upcoming presentation.
Trailer will feature characters Ivy, Nathan, Ray, Coot and never before scene characters Olivia, Renee, Randy and Party Girl!

4-17-10 Director Francis J. Sampier announces new full-length scene to be filmed for upcoming presentation.
Scene will utilize characters Ivy, Nathan and Ray direct from the script: the "Painting Discovery" scene.

4-6-10 Director Francis J. Sampier announces new updated investor presentation video in the works for upcoming presentation.

2-24-10 Andrea Mellos (Morrow Road's star) landed a small role in the indie horror film "The Man Who Collected Food." Click for trailer."

2-22-10 Susan Frank (Morrow Road actress) announces she will have her photos in an upcoming John Carpenter horror film The Ward!

1-7-10 Morrow Road begins plans for new advanced flash-based website...coming May 2010.

12-29-09 Morrow Road's 5th birthday!

12-28-09 Morrow Road's Twitter page is complete! twitter.com/morrowroad (widget is above, on MySpace & Facebook)

12-21-09 Morrow Road discovers that investors can combine a Federal Incentive with Michigan's state incentives,
thereby insuring any investor of Morrow Road will receive at least 75% of their investment back. (Reduces risk 75%).

11-29-09 Francis Sampier has finished two new portfolios of the film and has began updating co-producers.

11-20-09 Morrow Road announces the 2010 Haunted Trail is officially a go! See you next year...

11-12-09 Morrow Road is a feature story in the "Great Lakes Pilot" aka "Great Lakes Mariner" Newspaper.
This regional paper is published around the Great Lakes primarily in gas stations and Meijer stores. Page 65.

11-9-09 Morrow Road now has an investor page online (investor eyes only) containing supplemental material
that goes along with the investor portfolio.

11-7-09 Francis Sampier assists "MIST" a paranormal research group on the real legend of Morrow Road.
The team stayed on the actual road after hours for five hours recording video, audio & taking photos.
The results should be posted on our website once they are received.

10-31-09 Morrow Road's 5th fundraiser (3rd Annual Haunted Trail) sparks a few more potential investment routes.
This along with two other options in pursuit...stay tuned.

10-31-09 Morrow Road's 3rd annual Haunted Trail wraps up! Four successful weekends were thanks to 137 volunteers
working their best to make each night a scarefest! The event included a new drive-in movie theatre sized screen
playing the film's trailers & more, an expansion of approx. 2,000 feet of the trail from last year's, and of course--
new scares each weekend. Steve Shipp (Michigan horror enthusiast) ranked the haunt the third best haunted trail
in the state and spoke of a potential possibility to be the best overall haunt (not just trail) in the state next year!

10-9-09 Morrow Road's 3rd annual Haunted Trail opens! Open remaining Fridays and Saturdays in October!

9-8-09 Morrow Road plans for a Twitter page. www.twitter.com/morrowroad (will be developed soon)

9-3-09 Morrow Road has new volunteer page for 2009 Haunted Trail fundraiser.

8-17-09 Morrow Road announces it will be at the second Michigan Movie Networking Event! Visit us!
UPDATE: Event postponed until first quarter 2010.

8-1-09 The third award-winning Morrow Road Haunted Trail is announced. Volunteer.
This year: Four weekends in October starting October 9th! More Information coming soon.

7-15-09 Morrow road announces it will be present at the 3rd annual People's Art Festival.
Its trailers will also be screened at the two-day event. Come see us!

7-30-09 Jeff Arwady, Morrow Road's composer, wins Best Original Score at Christopher Coppola's
2009 Project Accessable Hollywood (PAH) Film Festival!

7-3-09 Morrow Road updates its portfolio which includes latest cast photos and 3D map layouts of the road.
the latest investment options continue to develop and become stronger and stronger..

7-1-09 Morrow Road's producer has a meeting involving the new upcoming website and much more...

6-30-09 Morow Road is featured in the hard-copy edition and premiere issue of MMM
(Michigan Movie Magazine) July-August 2009. Click here to buy a copy.

6-6-09 Morrow Road's Cheyenne Petrovich dies at the age of twelve. She will always be missed.
Cheyenne was the child singer in the second trailer/third teaser, and she was in the first trailer/2nd teaser,
as well as helped with the third and fourth fundraiser by being involved and marketing her school.
Morrow Road's director (cousin to Cheyenne) left the following message on this site the night of the tradegy:

Her involvement with Morrow Road included:
- Being in the first trailer
- Singing her voice for the music in the third teaser and second trailer.
- Key helping volunteer for the latest haunted trail
- Helping prep the third fundraiser
- Advertising the Middle School for the 3rd & 4th Fundraisers
- Listening to her cousin's endless updates and more...

She was even in the film I made prior to this one, and its "Making-Of."

My thoughts and prayers are with her family, who has also extensively contributed to Morrow Road. Our family will never be the same.
--Francis J. Sampier

6-4-09 Morrow Road begins considering an incredibly unique strategy
that could be revealed to the public as early as July 31st '09.

6-1-09 Morrow Road is featured in the hardcopy & online debut issue of Michigan Movie Magazine! Click to read.

5-15-09 Morrow Road begins examining partnering with an executive producer.

5-7-09 The Morrow Road legend is featured on MichigansOtherSide.com . Click to read.

4-4-09 Morrow Road is a huge success at the Michigan Film Networking Event that was hosted at the Crofoot.
Many great contacts were met as around 1,000 people came to see our booth. Many visitors commented that we had the "best booth."
Our booth featured a life-size Morrow Road road street sign prop, our great lit display sign, storyboard & composition work by Josh Werner,
Fine Art work by Tobi Couture (digital printouts of all 8 of the film's paintings), Photography work by Jenny Moroschan, two 32" HD monitors
featuring the film's visuals & investment presentation, the film's portfolio and handouts of the highlights of the film's investment opportunity.

Connections were made with potential new cast & crew, marketing resources and investment options. Many, investment options are now
being explored. Special thanks to the film cast and crew who attended &represented the film...this included Hope Sampier, Jeff Arwady,
Josh Werner, Andrea Mellos, Adam DeLucia, Jenny Moroschan, Megan Hartig, Brittney Moscatello, Amanda Faust, Nick Rowland, Robbin Webb
and more helpers TBA. Other great things that happened at the event included an announcement made for the Morrow Road booth, donations
of services by incredibly kind and talented people including: A massive outdoor film screen for fundraiser use, freelance writer willing to do a
story on us, a possible follow-up on Michigan Marquee, talent offerings (including a celebrity from Bubba Ho-Tep) and much more.
In summary, the event was crucial to the film's investment development as well as served as the best marketing platform thus far.

4-4-09 Francis J Sampier is interviewed for the upcoming Michigan film-making TV Show "Michigan Marquee"
at Vanir's Michigan Film Networking Event! Episode should premiere channel 56 this month!

4-3-09 Producer Francis J Sampier talks about Morrow Road on "Fear the Dead" Internet Radio show. Click to Listen. Starts at 01:54:00:00

3-1-09 Morrow Road announces it will have a booth at the Michigan Film Networking Event by Vanir.

12-29-08 The Morrow Road film Project is turns 4 years old!.

12-26-08 The Special Thanks page is updated to include the 4th fundraiser!

11-30-08 The second script reading was held & recorded. Thank you cast & others who could attend! This was the first time the finalized
screenplay (draft 5.0) was read. Special thanks to Dan Glass who did a great job standing in reading the role of Ryan!

11-26-08 Finally, investment pitches are on the horizon... as many as 13!

11-26-08 A private meeting took place, setting up a potential partnership with Shooter Entertainment..
more on this exciting option in time as news develops...

11-25-08 An alternate high-end budget is designed for specific investors in a specific investment point, expanding our funding options.

11-8-08 An underground meeting is held involving talks of guerrilla style shooting while still attempting to pitch the LLC project to investors.
Arwady released a 13-page summary of the meeting which listed all of the hurdles to achieve guerrilla-style filming, the purpose & all involved.

10-4-08 The project mutually disengages with a 'private-capital seeking group' due to poor economy and the fact that many investors are not
investing into starter capital at this point in time. The good news: Disengaging from this entity reduces the budget for investors! The bad news:
We have to find investors ourselves as this group did everything they could to help us, but the economy has hurt starter-capital investments.

9-15-08 Ryan Lauer is officially on board as a P.A.!

10-24-08 - 10-26-08 Another Haunted Trail & Hayride was pulled off, this time Steve Shipp, illustrator from Michigan's Fear Finder, came and
ranked the trail "Best Haunted Trail EVER!" Good job 90 volunteers!! (See Special Thanks Page) See you again next year!

7-1-08 Sampier updates film insurance policy for '08 through the George B. Ford Agency (part of the FDI Group). Special thanks to Edie Derusha.

6-15-08 Potential co-producers expand their options & begin introducing Sampier to investors...

6-8-08 The LiveJournal page is updated & introduces how people became involved with the film.

5-28-08 Groovy Monster changes its name to Elemental Design & F/X Group.

5-4-08 Larry Laverty is cast role the supporting role of Hunter 1!

5-2-08 The About Page is added to the official site by demand. Learn about the legend & film here.

4-26-08 Cameron Scott is cast for the role of Randy Phelps!

4-15-08 Sampier signs on with a private capital group to get the project in front of capable investors. Special thanks to Dan Lamb for his help.

3-12-08 Bob Weinstein, well-known Executive Producer (Lord of the Rings) read our screenplay & commented:
"...it was very well written and [Inverted House Productions] definitely will be successful with it."

2-28-08 Michigan's newest cash rebate (40%) is in preparation for our portfolio.

1-30-08 Our potential co-producers keep up the work as a few leads become stronger.

12-29-07 The film marks three years! A private DVD compilation containing every Morrow Road feature is created.

11-01-07 The film signs on more co-producers. Contact to find out how to invest!

10-31-07 The Voice does an article on The Legend of Morrow Road & the film. Click to read.

10-26-07 through 10-28-2007 The third fundraiser is a success! Thanks to all whom helped!

10-24-07 The Voice does an article on the film updates & the haunted trail & hayride. Click to read. By Jim Bloch

10-21-07 The Times Herald does an article on the film updates & the haunted trail & hayride. Click to read. By Bill Chapin

10-4-07 5th Street Magazine in Port Huron does a story on the Legend of Morrow Road. Click to read.

9-21-07 The best fundraiser yet has been announced. Click here to find out how you can attend the Morrow Road Haunted Trail
& Hayride 2007! We need volunteers too, please sign up--all ages! At the three day event, you can meet people from the film as it premieres
its fourth trailer live along with something else very special that will kept secret and revealed at the event itself. Be there to find out!

9-12-07 An awesome fundraiser is in the works for the film...many volunteers needed to assist in helping
the Morrow Road Haunted Trail & Hayride on the real road and woods! Oct. 26, 27, 28 2007.

9-7-07 Studios begin to hint interest in the film. More on this soon...

8-15-07 Morrow Road begins new phase for seeking funding & distribution.

6-28-07 Investor packets are all shipped.

5-19-07: Investors take the spotlight! Investor Portfolios begin shipping. Film fans & members await their response...

5-15-07: Stephen Millen, Vice President & General Manager of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, informs us that the DSO will be
available for the score of Morrow Road! And listen to this: It would be the DSO's FIRST feature-length film in history!
We're excited & proud to potentially help support the DSO.

5-14-07: Doug Coleman hops on board the film as Second Unit Director! Who is he? Check him out!

5-1-07: The Detroit News writes a story on us! Click to read. "Horror on the Horizon"

4-24-07: Morrow Road is on the radar to the Michigan Film Production Community!

4-20-07: Morrow Road gains many more professional crew, including Scarlett Jade for costumes!

3-14-07: Morrow Road heavily begins legal paperwork, adding a PLLC firm that specializes in PPMs to its repertoire!

3-1-07: Morrow Road is again listed in Variety & The Hollywood Reporter, as well as Production Weekly.

2-23-07: The Morrow Road Dinner Party #2 is a success! Thank you Marvin Kelsey, event manager.

2-23-07: The Times Herald again covers the latest news on Morrow Road! Click to read.

2-1-07: Horrormoviesandstuff.com has done an interview with Actress Susan Frank! Click to read. More cast interviews soon.

1-15-07: Horrormoviesandstuff.com has done an interview with Actress Andrea Smith! Click to read.

1-6-07: Horrormoviesandstuff.com has done an interview with Director Francis J Sampier! Click to read.

12-29-06: Morrow Road's two-year birthday!

12-21-06: Fangoria has finally does a bit on the film that made top story of their website 12-21-06! Click to read.

12-20-06: DVDHouseofHorror.net phenomenally interviewed Associate Producer & Poster Designer Robbin Webb! Click to read.

12-16-06: Groovy Monster FX Group has signed on to do the Special Make-Up & Visual FX for Morrow Road!
This is the same company has worked on Underworld Evolution, X-Men 3 & Spielberg's War of the Worlds.
They will be doing all the film's special make-up FX & the majority of the Visual FX!

12-10-06: Lori Baker-Weiss (originally going to be our ghost) has healed, and will play a supporting role!

12-7-06: Hal Delrich of The Evil Dead and Tom Sullivan (special FX make-up of The Evil Dead)
will be playing a role in Morrow Road! We now have 4 of the 5 cast members from...you guessed, The Evil Dead!

11-20-06: The other two ladies of The Evil Dead will be playing a role in Morrow Road!! With Theresa Tilly (then Sarah York) & Betsy Baker
combining with Ellen Sandweiss, who plays the Morrow Road ghost, this means ALL the Ladies of the Evil Dead are in the film!

11-17 - 11-19, 2006 Josh Werner featured Morrow Road at the Horror Hotel Weekend in Ohio.

11-17-06: Noel Balaker has created a LiveJournal for Morrow Road!

11-15-06: Celebrity Richard Riehle (Office Space, Lethal Weapon 4) will be playing the role of COOT in Morrow Road!
Below are photos of Richard Riehle:


11-05-06: Morrow Road's 3rd teaser is released on the Internet along with a full trailer that combines teasers 2 & 3.

11-04-06: Josh Casey's short (winner of the Film Exposure Festival, IL) is released on the SciFi channel & its homepage!

10-16-06: Dan Shafer features Morrow Road at the Michigan Journalism & Broadcasting Conference in Lansing.

9-19-06: Francis Sampier announces an extended teaser is in the making, to be released soon. This one packs quite a surprise...

11-17-06 to 11-19-06 (Announced 9-19-06) Josh Werner gets Morrow Road at the Horror Hotel Convention!

8-26-06: Josh Werner again features Morrow Road at Monster Mania.

8-4-06 to 8-6-06: Morrow Road is featured at the Twisted Nightmare Weekend horror convention by Josh Werner.

7-5-06: Investor Videos begin distribution as legal materials develop.

6-30-06: The Cast Party is a success! Over 100 people attend & support our great cast. Also merchandise becomes available:
Morrow Road Jones Soda bottles, autographed storyboards & T-Shirts available upon request. Click Here & read for how to order.

6-03-06: Horror Star Ellen Sandweiss hops on-board to play the role of the ghost of Morrow Road!

5-30-06: The Morrow Road Investment video is completed and legal work begins on forming the companies.