Thursday, June 10, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Movie rights purchased... film to be completed!
An update for the Old Changi Hospital film project HAUNTED CHANGI. A local production company has purchased all of our footage from the project. As part of the contractual agreements, the crew is handing all footage and materials for the project over to the production company and keeping all blogs online as they were during the production. When there are any updates, we will still post here and continue blogging about our experiences with the film. Thanks to everyone for all of the support.
News about the movie's theatrical release coming soon!
Meanwhile, there is a new Facebook Page for the movie here: facebook.com/hauntedchangi
Thanks for all of your support.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Amazing night footage captured at OCH!
Spent the week sorting through the OCH night footage captured by two infrared helmet cameras and the regular camera -- a lot of material.
Well, in our last post we were relieved to have survived the night shoot at Old Changi Hospital, but we probably sounded a bit disappointed that there were so many technical difficulties. It was a truly creepy experience in OCH, but we were really afraid that we didn't capture anything on camera.
But now after reviewing some of the night footage... we are afraid that we actually DID capture something on camera! Let there be no mistake... we've got some AMAZING footage of OCH at night. It will not disappoint. Believe us, we'd love to share and show you everything right now, but we do have the film to complete -- so it has to wait.
Whatever was in Changi that night, it was definitely not camera shy during our visit... unless of course you can somehow rationalize what is seen in the footage -- again and again. We'll leave it up to the viewers to decide when the movie is screened.
Why so spiritually active at OCH? We don't know, but it's been suggested that Feb. 15th is the anniversary of the Japanese invasion during World War Two, sixty-eight years ago... and that was close to the time of our night visit. Dunno, we're quite skeptical, but it's an interesting theory.
With that in mind, most of the crew are now vowing never to return to OCH. Can you blame them? But our ever skeptical director Andrew is planning to go back for some extra footage at some point and... well, that's all we can say right now.
Please be patient with us. We're soooo tempted to post more and show you everything right now... but we've got to save it for the film. However, there are a few more shots we can share below.
Stay tuned for more updates on the post-production end of things... and wish us luck!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Next stop - OCH at night...
Night exploration of OCH coming up! We've enlisted a Taoist Master to perform a cleansing ritual before the exploration to appease the wandering spirits and protect the crew. There is a bit of debate amongst the crew about whether this is really a good idea or not. We do want to capture some evidence of paranormal activity while we're there... don't we?
Anyhow, we're happy to announce that the official Ghost Hunters of Singapore will be joining us on the night exploration! They'll be bringing along their knowledge of the supernatural along with a bunch of scientific gadgets -- motion sensors, thermal cams, etc. In addition, they said they have a special surprise for us -- in the way of a "very young ghost hunter" that apparently has a special ability. Interested? We are too.
Okay, time for talk is over. Next stop... Old Changi Hospital... at night!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Hidden treasure found in OCH!
Okay, not really. But one of the crew found this old Japanese "banana" money during our daytime exploration of Old Changi Hospital... $1000. Part of a ceiling had fallen through and this was in a puddle in the rubbish. Maybe someone hid it up there a long time ago during the war? Is there more money there? Don't know... but apparently this war money has no real value anymore - even though it says "The Japanese Government PROMISES to pay the bearer on demand... One Thousand Dollars." Hmmm... ;)
Sunday, February 7, 2010
OCH Daytime Exploration = Creepy atmosphere!
Inside Old Changi... what an experience! That place is truly creepy and has quite an unsettling and dark atmosphere. Periodic rain made it even more spooky... dripping water, spine tingling tapping sounds. Not to mention, our friends told us it didn't rain anywhere else yesterday!??
There were a couple of very tense moments for the crew. Our producer, Sheena, was creeped out by a certain room. Audi, the cameraman, was a bit jumpy the whole day and had his share of chills. Even our soundman, Farid, got a fright... and supposedly recorded some very strange sounds in SAF ward. Of course, our fearless director Andrew brought plenty of skepticism along and always had a rational explanation handy. But it's safe to say, he's outnumbered by new believers in Old Changi Hospital's legendary creepiness.
You wouldn't believe some of the other things we found in there! Ah, but we can't tell you everything... must wait for the movie.
We'll be reviewing footage over the next couple of days, but it's safe to say, we've got some good content.
We still have to go back again... at night! Next weekend. Please start praying for us. ;)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Permission granted to explore!
Alright, we're goin' in! We've got official permission to enter and film inside Old Changi Hosptial for one day and one night. This weekend, we're heading into OCH for the day exploration. Should be very interesting.
Among other things, we'll be searching for the mortuary, the rumored torture chamber, and the secret underground tunnels. But who knows? This is the infamous, reputedly haunted Old Changi Hospital. We may also find other "things" and capture something good on camera.
Wish us luck. If we don't post about the experience in a couple of days... send for help! :)
Monday, February 1, 2010
We need YOU in our movie!
Next up for our film project... some interviews with real people about experiences in Old Changi Hospital. You know... the kids who constantly trespass, vandalize and graffiti the place. Stand up and show yourselves... we want to interview your punk ass.
But seriously, anyone with experiences in Changi, feel free to contact us. Or even better, post your experience in Old Changi Hospital below!
C'mon... there have been a LOT of people who have explored Changi over the years... don't be shy. We need your help!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Real life horror - Japanese invasion of Singapore, WW2, mass executions
Currently finishing up the intro montage to our film. Basically, it tackles the history of Old Changi Hospital... specifically it's use as military barracks early on during the Japanese invasion of Singapore in World War 2. So we used lots of old 16mm footage from the National Archives. Very cool images... but haunting as well. To think that the Japanese forces executed up to 10,000 civilians and POWs in Singapore is truly horrifying. No wonder Old Changi is considered to be so haunted.
We're not going to share any footage from the movie yet, since we're still in production, but here's some archival photos and a YouTube video about the Japanese invasion of Singapore in WW2. It will hopefully give some perspective on the negative forces at work in during the early phase of Old Changi Hospital's history.
Some archival photos:
Japanese troops marching through Singapore, Feb. 1942
