Johnny Daggers

Johnny Daggers is a Neo-Noir, Horror filmmaker, or "Noirror", as Mr. Daggers has penned it. And, he is also an author of the macabre, releasing his debut illustrated horror novel "Neverlasting" in 2016 through Burning Bulb Publishing. As a filmmaker, Johnny Daggers first made a name for himself in 2010, when his 20 minute short, "Samhain: Night Feast" won the Bastards Of Horror Film Fest. In 2011, Johnny Daggers began work on his first feature film, "Caustic Zombies", which had a successful, sold-out, red-carpet premiere at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont, PA. Despite the films successful screening, the film would never officially be released due to internal issues among the crew. Issues which resulted in Daggers losing much of the original footage, preventing an "Official" directors cut release. To appease the fans, Daggers decided to release a limited edition, "official" bootleg version of the film in 2012. The trials & tribulations over the woes of Caustic Zombies filled Daggers with disdain for the indie film world, and it left him questioning whether or not he should continue. It was during this time in 2012, when Daggers decided to take a break from film and focus his attention on his modeling career, which up until this point, had been more of a hobby. With all of his energy directed at his modeling, Daggers began appearing in countless magazines. Most notably, the world famous "ALT" publication, Bizarre Magazine. To this date, Daggers has appeared as a model in well over 20 publications, gracing the cover of a handful, and was selected as an official 'spokes-model' for Savage Beauty Magazine, Lindsey Lowe Custom Eye-wear and Freakware Clothing. 2013, while at the height of his modeling profession, Daggers was presented with the opportunity to act as an extra in two episodes of the A&E television series, "Those Who Kill", where he was fittingly cast to play the role of a "punk-rocker". The experience was one which provided Daggers with great insight in seeing how "Hollywood" productions were run. He realized that his sets operated just as efficiently, and he realized that he still had a longing passion for film. 2014 saw Johnny Daggers returning to the world of film, refreshed, focused, and more determined than ever. He began work on what would become his next release, a documentary entitled "Blood On The Reel: The Guts Behind Indie Horror". As inspiration for the film, Daggers drew from his previous personal hardships, but he also decided to share a lot of his personal success stories, not at an attempt to self-boast, but in an attempt to show aspiring filmmakers that success can be had, even if it is accompanied by times of hardship. At the time of conceptually creating the film, Daggers had no inclination that "Blood On The Reel: The Guts Behind Indie Horror" would be his first film to land him his first major distribution deal. In late 2014, he signed on with SGL Entertainment, who released the film world-wide on DVD, Bluray and VOD in the Summer of 2016. Immediately after the completion of "Blood On The Reel: The Guts Behind Indie Horror", Daggers embarked on what we would later refer to as his 'dream film'. The film was entitled 'Noctambulist'. A 1920s inspired, black and white silent thriller. And a homage to the early German Expressionist Films which had inspired Daggers so greatly. "Nocambulist" would become the film which slowly moved Johnny Daggers out of the world of horror and into the world of film Noir. A direction which as both a writer and a director, he had longed desired to go. 'Noctambulist'" completed filming in December of 2016, and the editing was completed by mid 2017. In September of 2017, "Noctambulist" was named as an "official selection" at the Worldcon 75 International Film Festival, where it screened to a sold out room. Although the film was complete, it was lacking one thing that Daggers desired, and that was an all original soundtrack to accompany it. Being that Daggers is also a musician, he composed two tracks, accompanied by vocalist Jeannie Goodwitch of the band, "Curse In The Woods", but simply did not have the time to score an entire soundtrack Daggers decided to reach out to famed multi-instrumentalist, Paris Sadonis of Christian Death, Shadow Project, EXP, Heltir, and Eva O Halo Experience, to name a few. Upon seeing the film, Paris was eager to take on the task at scoring the soundtrack, and suggested bringing in a self-taught, experimental jazz musician by the name of Ace Farren Ford of Smegma, Heltir, EXP, L.A.F.M.S, to aid in scoring some of the dream sequences. Sequences which led for the need of more darkly abstract soundscapes. At this moment, we are waiting on the finished soundtrack, and then off to the distribution company, where it will wait a release in 2018. Until then, stay tuned.