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What is Dr. Bonesaw?
"Dr. Bonesaw" is the first horror feature that will be produced by the movie villain's victims (that's you guys!). It's Grey's Anatomy with a serial murderer on the loose. As a sexy and promiscuous young medical staff begin falling victim to Bonesaw's blade, the body count will include plenty of great deaths throughout the hospital, and those victims will be played by Kickstarters. The movie will be 90 minutes of gross-you-out gore, golden one-liners and a hot murderous maniac with a bonesaw hand, and we want you to be more than just someone who gives us money - we want you to be part of the movie.
Who are we?
We're Lead Balloon: filmmakers and lifelong horror junkies who just completed a microbudget supernatural horror feature called The Echo Game (http://www.echogamemovie.com), and we want to make an honest-to-god super gorey slasher movie like the ones that terrified us when we were too young to be watching them. We love Roger Corman, Wes Craven, and the great splatterhouse flicks from the 70s and 80s. We think making movies is incredible fun, we want to make a feature, and we want to involve the people who help us make it in any way we can.
Like to know more? Check out the Dr. Bonesaw website (http://www.drbonesaw.com) and find out more about us and our previous work at Lead Balloon (http://www.madeoflead.com). If you're interested in the project please feel free to contact us at 310-862-4262 (ask for Asa) or info@madeoflead.com.

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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on November 1, 2009.

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5 Backers

FRIEND OF DR. BONESAW: Your own copy of the film upon completion; Credit as a "Friend of the Doctor" in the credits

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2 Backers

RAFFLE! - Don't have the $2000 to pledge at the Victim level but still want a chance to be part of the carnage? Pledge $50, receive a copy of the film when it's released, and be entered into a raffle to win one of the victim slots. Every additional $50 you pledge adds your name into the raffle again for even more chance to win.

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4 Backers

FRIEND OF THE MURDEROUSLY INSANE: Same as Friend of Dr. Bonesaw, plus your very own Dr. Bonesaw crew t-shirt.

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2 Backers

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Copy of the film and a Dr. Bonesaw crew t-shirt; Credit as a Kickstarter Producer; Invitation to the wrap party; Invitation to the premiere/afterparty

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0 Backers

MAD SCIENTIST: Copy of the film and a Dr. Bonesaw t-shirt; Credit as a Kickstarter Producer; Invitation to the wrap party; Invitation to the premiere/afterparty; plus we'll send you three behind the scenes Special Gore Effects featurettes/tutorials that won't be available on the regular DVD (or anywhere else for that matter) and your very own gore prop from the film. Severed fingers make great Christmas presents!

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1 Backer • Limited Reward (11 of 12 remaining)

SOUNDTRACKER: Your band's song will be featured in the film. Producers reserve the right to determine the best place for your song to fit into the film. It must be professionally-produced and an original song you are able to assign the film the rights to; Copy of the film; Invites to the premiere and afterparty.

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1 Backer • Limited Reward (4 of 5 remaining)

VICTIM (FIRST 5): A role in the film. Your character will die onscreen, a victim of Dr. Bonesaw's murderous rampage; Your own "test session" with a Hollywood FX artist as he works out the gory details of your big scene; A set pass good for one additional day allowing you to observe the filmmaking process and probably a fellow kickstarter's death; A day on set to film your scene for the movie; Photos of you in makeup and shooting your scene Invitation to the wrap party; Invitation to the premiere and after-party; Credit in the film as an actor and also a kickstarter producer; The first 5 Victims additionally receive: Invitation to be on the commentary track for the DVD; Invitation to attend the table read with the film's stars and key creative crew; you will also appear as one of the 20 variant posters for the film each showcasing Dr. Bonesaw with a different victim, that victim's name included on the poster. (PLEASE NOTE: All Victim rewards depend on you getting to Los Angeles during the shoot. You are responsible for travel and accommodations, and we will work closely with you to schedule the film so that you can be on set for your big death, but ideally your schedule will be flexible as well.)

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0 Backers • Limited Reward (15 of 15 remaining)

VICTIM (FIRST 20): A role in the film. Your character will die onscreen, a victim of Dr. Bonesaw's murderous rampage; Your own "test session" with a Hollywood FX artist as he works out the gory details of your big scene; A set pass good for one additional day allowing you to observe the filmmaking process and probably a fellow kickstarter's death; A day on set to film your scene for the movie; Photos of you in makeup and shooting your scene Invitation to the wrap party; Invitation to the premiere and after-party; Credit in the film as an actor and also a kickstarter producer. As one of the first 20 victims, you will also appear as one of the 20 variant posters for the film each showcasing Dr. Bonesaw with a different victim, that victim's name included on the poster.

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0 Backers • Limited Reward (20 of 20 remaining)

VICTIM: A role in the film. Your character will die onscreen, a victim of Dr. Bonesaw's murderous rampage; Your own "test session" with a Hollywood FX artist as he works out the gory details of your big scene; A set pass good for one additional day allowing you to observe the filmmaking process and probably a fellow kickstarter's death; A day on set to film your scene for the movie; Photos of you in makeup and shooting your scene Invitation to the wrap party; Invitation to the premiere and after-party; Credit in the film as an actor and also a kickstarter producer.

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1 Backer • Limited Reward (3 of 4 remaining)

ICONIC VICTIM: Everything in the standard package, but also a guaranteed slot on the commentary track, invite to the table read, and variant poster. All of Bonesaw's victims will go out in style, but the Iconic Victims will get truly elaborate and creatively sticky ends, on par with Johnny Depp being eaten by the bed in Nightmare on Elm Street. The creative team is going to pull out all the stops to ensure it's the kind of thing that makes it to Youtube.

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1 Backer SOLD OUT (0 of 1 remaining)

SOLE SURVIVOR: Everything the first 5 Victims get but with one key exception: In the final scenes of the film, your character, thought-to-be-dead, will be pronounced "Still alive!" by someone and carried off on a stretcher, giving you bragging rights as the only kickstarter to taste Bonesaw's blade and live to tell the tale... until the sequel?

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