Brace yourself for a movie that bites! (You can watch the first two scenes further down and you’ll know what I mean.)
Now, a little bit about the movie…
"DRUG HOTEL" will be shot in places you WON’T see on a travel brochure...
…The real, heroin-infested backstreets of a place that’s meaner…,
…dirtier, and grittier, than what you’ll ever see as a tourist.
…Run-down factories, filthy sidewalks and decrepit warehouses…,
…all in winter with moody skies and bare trees…
…dirty, crimey Big City…
And you’ll get to enjoy…
…a movie people don’t dare make nowadays because…
...they’re afraid of offending the Social Justice Warriors and… ...they’re afraid of getting CANCELLED!
But me, I don’t care about the Cancel Culture because very few film buffs know me.
You have to have a certain reputation that you’re afraid of losing, in order to worry about the Cancel Culture.
Me? What reputation should I worry about?
I’m not someone known and established. So I can…
…make the movie any which way I want without worrying...
...about offending the snowflakes-retards that play Social Justice on social media!
So, like I said before, brace yourself for a movie that bites! A movie as politically incorrect as it gets.
Actually, the tagline of the movie (that I’m gonna put on all the materials and Artworks of the movie) will be…
“A movie so sleazy, it almost stinks!”
So if you’re one of the easily offended…
…and you insist on political correctness, with these realistic no-nonsense mean badasses…, …then you'd better take your entertainment from somewhere else!
And, like I said…
…DRUG HOTEL is a movie we’ll shoot in places
no sane person sets their foot at night!
(If we can pull it off and get out of there alive!)
And let me tell you something: I hung around some really seedy places when I was writing the script…
...in order to give those characters grit and bite and TRUTH.
So if you enjoy watching real characters… …that look real and act real…
(instead of collagen-sculpted mannequins...
...that recite drivel written by screenwriters who are completely out of touch)…
…then this is gonna blow you away!
But sometimes bad things can happen, when you hang out in places you probably should be avoiding…
Because…
I almost got beat up by a junkie!
I was location scouting… in front of the Varvakeios Meat Market in the centre of Athens, Greece.
This is a building that started housing the central meat market of Athens in 1886…
I suppose it looked amazing back then but now…
…decay reigns!
So I was location scouting, minding my own business and…
…a junkie didn’t like what I was doing. Probably, he wasn’t happy I got his ugly mug in my video.
(I needed a video from that location with that wonderful burnt car abandonedthere… to show to the cinematographer).
So the junkie started creeping towards me muttering things about what he wanted to do to me.
He wanted to beat the crap out of me!
So once I turned around the corner …I RANASFASTASICOULD!
Hopefully, when we get there to shoot the scene, he’ll be somewhere else selling or buying drugs…
(Business must be booming around that place!)
This place is at Samouil Kalogirou St. (on the corner with Pireos St.) in Athens...
…and that grit isjustperfect for our movie. So I’ll definitely shoot there!
So, yeah, I hung around some weird and dangerous places in order to feel what the characters of “DRUG HOTEL” feel and experience.
(I approached it like a method actor.)
But you know what’s weird?
Would you believe I grew up in boring suburbia?
It’s true.
I grew up in an area of Athens with one of the highest concentrations of stuck-up jerks in the world…
…and obviously I didn’t fit.
I went to school with the kids of the nouveau riche who were looking down on me because my family was dead-broke.
(My father went bankrupt when I was 16 and he had to immigrate to Sydney, Australia to paint houses to repay his debts.)
(And repay his debts he did.)
So I was broke while the other kids in school were flaunting their wealth.
So those kids whose families were loaded…
…were looking down on me and I suppose that whole thing…
…turned me into someone who didn’t care what others thought.
I didn’t fit in that environment and there was no use to even try to fit.
And I suppose that’s how...
...my fascination with seedy, dirty places and the people who hang out around these places...
...got started.
(They were completely different to the boring cesspool where I grew up.)
I have a friend from the place I grew up and along with his brother, I got them to watch a theatre production a couple of years ago and…
…the place where the theatre was located is a real shithole!
So, I got my friend and his brother to watch “A Winter’s Tale” by Shakespeare.
They loved the play, they hated the place.
When we left, they were running away to get to the train and get back “to civilization” (their words, not mine).
They certainly didn’t like the serious, no-nonsense faces they saw around and the whole area smelled of trouble.
But me?
Those are the places I love exploring. Because…
…this is what real life looks like. There’s nothing embellished or fake about it.
It’s truth. It’s real. Nothing sterile or being protected behind fences and green gardens.
And I want the same truth in “DRUG HOTEL”!
This is a street in that area of Athens where I intend to shoot a scene... ...where one of the heroes pulls a gun on another… …in the dead of night!
The street is called Kakourgodikiou St. (on the corner with Athinas St.)…
…and that dark, gritty aura serves the story perfectly!
(It fits like a dirty glove.)
Now let me shift gears and tell you a little about the story and how it came together.
It all started with the following idea:
(And it was an idea that left me breathless-)
“A Peeping Tom watches couples have sex in a hotel and he watches a gang pull guns on each other!”
…and that’s how the story evolved over time:
In a cheap hotel room a Peeping Tom has installed a micro-camera and along with his friend...
...who works as a receptionist, they record couples having sex.
And by accident he witnesses a gang who’re after a load of cocaine pulling guns on each other.
But he doesn’t run away because…
…he falls in love with a girl that’s part of the gang!
(Eventually I got rid of the Peeping Tom because –believe it or not-…
…he was making the story less gritty and more sugary with his incurable romanticism…
(Peeping Toms can be quite romantic!)
So, I removed him because he was making the story less gritty. And we don’t want that.
We want ruthless, hard-hitting and vile. And that’s what we got!
We’ve got a bunch of hardcore thugs who’re after a load of cocaine and each and every one of them...
...suspects the others of having the cocaine (because somebody has taken it).
We’ve got a girlfriend of one of the guys impersonating a streetwalker to help him with his ruse.
What is she trying to help him do? You’ll have to wait and see.
We’ve got another character that's a romantic but also has no qualms about killing brutally.
(Who said romantics can’t be ruthless killers?)
(And in the Grand Finale you’re getting an ending which is cynical and heartfelt at the same time.
And you’ll see that “DRUG HOTEL” is…
…a gangster film with heart.
(Contrary to the impression I might have given you, there’s a huge heart that pounds inside the movie.)
But I have to warn you.
In this movie there are no girl-bosses. This movie is NOT girl-boss friendly.
In fact, if there was a girl-boss…,
…she’d get her ass kicked by some guy (very low in the food chain)...
...who would be thoroughly pissed off with her.
So, if you want Mary-Sue female empowerment, you’ll have to get your dose from somewhere else.
Males are pretty tough cookies in this universe, they’re no clowns–laughing stocks...
...for the chicks of the movie to boss around.
Also, there’s another scene you might find problematic, if you’re a member of the…
…“Social Justice Warriors!” (With a lot of angry emojis in every comment...)
But first some context about that scene:
Two guys have to sneak into the hotel (the “Drug Hotel”) without raising suspicions. So, one guy suggests...
...they get a hooker off the street and go through the reception desk as...
...two guys who are gonna have sex with a professional (as a threesome).
And his reasoning is,...
...since it’s a love hotel and people go there to have sex,...
...nobody would believe these two are (male) lovers, if they go without a hooker –as two men-.
And he tells the other guy:
“Nobody will believe we two are together because…
…you look like a faggot but I don’t!”
(I know. A social media mob is preparing the torches and sharpening the pitchforks as we speak.)
A movie like that can’t possibly be politically correct.
(But if that’s what you’re after, there’s plenty of films to cover your needs.)
“DRUG HOTEL” will be bitingly offensive to people with “modern” sensitivities.
I mean…
Can you imagine the guys above (with the hooker) worrying about not getting someone’s pronouns right?
Me neither.
And obviously because it’s a story that is so ANTI-mainstream,it wouldn’t come to life with a multi-million dollar budget.
No, this story begs for low-budget, shot-in-shithole-places… …with actors that look real…
This movie literally has to be shot in seedy places!
But let me assure you…
…just because DRUG HOTEL is a movie on a tight budget…
…doesn’t mean the actors will be some useless good-for-nothing amateurs...
...who pretend to be actors…
…like the ones you so often see in low-budget movies...
...(and after you watch it, you feel bad for having wasted your precious time watching that drivel…)
Because the actors I'm getting on DRUG HOTEL… have YEARS of paid theatre experience… in front of paying audiences!
You see, the script of DRUG HOTEL is so much better than...
...the garbage they’re being offered to play on Greek TV…
…that they’ll do it for less money than… what they’d get from a TV series…
…that they’d do only for the money and hate every god damn minute they’re in it!
Actors are thirsty for juicy parts.
…These theatre actors who have been playing all their lives…
...Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams (for the art)…
...and boring shitty stuff on Greek TV (to pay the bills)… …will now be playing gangsta!
(In fact, one of the actors… …was a key performer in the theatre production of “12 Angry Men” here in Athens!
The theatre play from the 1957 movie of Sidney Lumet!)
He was playing the role Lee J. Cobb had in the movie…
…and my man was simply astonishing when...
...he delivered that monologue in the end about his estranged son!
And these actors are eager to do it and can’t wait for the shoot to begin so they can become thosemean mofos…
I mean…
…compared to the characters ofDRUG HOTEL…
…Frank Booth (the character of Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet)… …is quite a decent human being!
So, by now I think you know what you’re getting into. If you haven’t yet run for the hills because of the movie’s subject matter, then here's…
…a couple last thoughts to bear in mind (7 things, to be precise. #6 is a video of the first two scenes of the movie!)
LAST THOUGHT #1:
Bottomline:
If you’ve been to places that look like a glitzy travel brochure…
…this movie will NOT be shot in one of those.
We’ll shoot it in… dirty, decaying, dangerous places in a failing city… in winter with moody skies and eerie, bare trees.
(I’m definitely shooting this movie in winter because…
…this story begs to take place in a City that is creepy,...
...with moody skies, trees that look like skeletons in the dark,...
...and people crawling around in the cold like ghosts from the dead.)
…Just so you know what you’re getting into.
LAST THOUGHT #2:
Just one more thing:
My screenplay contains a fair amount of profanity.
If you want that (the profanity) deleted from your subtitles, please say so and...
...you can have a version of more “sanitized” subtitles delivered to you where...
...thosescummy gangsters tear each other apart…
...but they do it in a polite, civilized manner.
(They won’t hold the fork and knife the correct way, though.)
Anyway, the choice is yours.
Just send me an email with either one of the following:
I don’t mind it, Zois. Giveme the whole filth. I wanna feel it with all my senses!
Or send me this email:
No, Zois! How reckless of you! I’ve devoted my life to celibacy and I’m generallya boring, pathetic amoeba.
So, Zois, give me the sanitized version of the subtitles where those scummy gangsters are as polite as members of the House of Lords!
And I'll deliver to you the subtitles you want.
LAST THOUGHT #3:
“DRUG HOTEL” is going to be a film around 45 minutes long…
There’s no fluff and that’s why it’s only 45 minutes.
(By the way, movies over 40 minutes long are considered feature films by...
...the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences –the Oscars-,...
...the American Film Institute –the AFI- and the British Film Institute –the BFI-).
So it's going to be a feature film. Not a short.
LAST THOUGHT #4:
I’m not a known director. I don’t have much of a following on social media or otherwise. So…
…this movie is bound to remain undergroundfor several years, I think.
But regardless of my social media following (which is minuscule),...
...there’s no way this film will go on to become mainstream anyway. Because…
“DRUG HOTEL” is a script the mainstream wouldn’t touch with a 10-feet pole!
So if you’re expecting another lifeless and tameoffering from a streaming giant or some other mainstream outlet…
…better think again!
When this movie gets made, it’s gonna be a movie...
...that horrifies most andturns ononlya few!
(It’s very politically incorrect!)
But believe it or not, “DRUG HOTEL” has become for me the most heartfeltgift I want to offer to the world!
And I will.
LAST THOUGHT #5:
In this movie there are no girl-bosses. This movie is NOT girl-boss friendly.
In fact, if there was a girl-boss, she’d get her ass kicked by some guy(very low in the food chain) who...
...would be thoroughly pissed off with her.
So, if you want Mary-Sue female empowerment, you’ll have to get your dose from somewhere else.
Males are pretty tough cookies in that universe, they’re...
...no clowns – laughing stocks for the chicks of the movie to boss around.
LAST THOUGHT #6:
Something last:
If you still haven’t watched the first two scenes of DRUG HOTEL that we shot to showcase what we can do,...
...here’s the video for your viewing pleasure:
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Also:
If you haven’t watched my second short film (I sent you the link when you gave me your email)…
…you can watch it here.
It’s an electrifying short thriller of RAWPOWER (with a certain scene thatdrips blood)…
…which shows what can happen when a guy has two lovers who also happen to be sisters...
...and they happen to have knives close by.
Here it is for your voyeuristic pleasure, called “THE KNIFE”:
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LAST THOUGHT #7:
“DRUG HOTEL” will be shot next winter in Athens, Greece. (In places you don’t see as a tourist…)
And we won’t even use film permits to shoot there because when I went to the city council...
...to ask for a film permit for the two scenes above that we shot in public places,…
…they quoted a fee so high, they probably thought I wanted to buy the Town Hall!
So we ended up shooting those scenes without a permit. And we’ll do the same again!
(Rest assured I’m gonna break the law again!)
So, if we bump into any cops who wanna know what we’re doing and they don’t happen to be film buffs…,
…they might arrest us! (Especially when they see the actors waving guns against each other.)
(My hope is that those particular cops who’ll stop by to see what we’re doing,…
..will have been members of the film club in the police academy and they’ll let us off the hook for not having a film permit.)
With all those things out of the way…
…here’s what you could be getting if you’re quick enough. (I’m letting only 100 people in!)
You’re gettinga FRAMED ARTWORK in 16x20 (inches) that shows…
…Two of the heroes soliciting the services of a hooker on the street and we see her from the back holding…
…a gun, hidden from them behind her back. And she wears a pair of fine red stockings that demonstrate her magnificent legs. Those bright red stockings… …have the only colour in the Artwork, apart from the title of the movie and the tagline.
(Otherwise it’s a B&W Artwork with a Comic feel and sensibility.)
And they all stand next to a wall which has a graffiti that says…
“Support your local sex worker”
(That graffiti actually exists -or existed- when I took the photograph below.)
(It was in the red light district of Athens, -a rundown, decrepit area- where...
...zombies crawl around trying to figure out which brothel to visit next and…
…I went there to take inspiration for the scene with the hooker.)
And at the bottom of the Artwork you’ll see the title of the movie…
DRUG HOTEL
(In NEON blue)
…and underneath you’ll see the tagline of the movie which is…
A movie so sleazy, it almost stinks!
(In orange)
Imagine having that framed on your wall…
And only 100 people are getting this and you will see a number on it...
...(the # you’re getting out of the 100 available in total).
And you’ll get it framed to your doorstep in late ’26...
...(a few days after I finish the shoot of “DRUG HOTEL”).
One tiny thought about it:
(Posters and artworks of obscure movies from 30-40 years ago… sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars!)
(The collectibles industry is booming!)
By the way, here’s the photograph I took of that graffiti in Athens that inspired me:
And here’s what else you’re getting:
You’ll also get the movie 72 HOURSbefore its release to the WORLD!
You’ll have a sort of WORLD PREMIERE.
(I’m calling it “sort of WORLD PREMIERE” because there’ll be another 99 people to have the same privilege!) (100 people in total and not one more!)
And here’s something more you’re getting:
DRUG HOTEL will be released to the market in 1080p, Stereo… forever…
But you’re getting it in 4K, Dolby Atmos!
So, this is the only chance for you to watch… this European gangster thrillerin 4K Dolby Atmos…
...without breaking into my place to steal the hard drives or…
...without sneaking into the cinema where I’ll show the movie to the actors and crew!
And you’re getting everything with 50% OFF!
(And the amount is already so low…)
…which means that the money you’re giving me will barely cover…
…the cost of framing and shipping the Artwork to you (when I send it to you after the shoot in late ’26)…
…and also the cost of printing which will be in giclée paper, the Rolls Royce of papers.
So you may be wondering…
…why am I giving this discount with the possibility that there won’t be any money left after I pay everything?
(I might even lose a little bit of money.)
Here’s your answer:
Because I’m willing to forgo all profit to give you the best possible price, so…
…you’re willing to take this leap of faith.
(Because yes, it is a leap of faith for you since you don’t know me and haven’t heard of me before.)
I won’t be offering such a low price in the future because I can’t afford it.
So it’s once in a lifetime!
So, with that said,
…jump on this (the price I’ll be charging after the shoot will be 297 euros, but...
...because you’re paying NOW, you’re getting 50% OFF!)… …and the price (for now) is just 148.50 euros (exactly 50% of 297 euros)!
And if you want your money back at any point, just let me know and I’ll refund it to you within 24 hours.
No hard feelings.No questions asked, no jumping through hoops to get your money back. You can’t lose.
You can call it my 24-HOUR GUARANTEE!
(Let me know with an email and you’re getting ALL your money back within 24 hours.)
(I check my email at least once every day, that’s why I have that timeframe.)
Here’s my email, in case you want to get in touch with me: