Script Tease
Script Tease is an ongoing effort to archive the productions of Zahir Studios, home of B-movie legends Digidrome Cinema. Sadly, many of these Hollywood classics were lost forever when a warehouse owned by Zahir was destroyed in a fire of mysterious origin. Valuable negatives and prints were destroyed in the disaster that claimed thousands of film reels. Didgidrome’s releases, for the time being, have been relegated to exist only as treasured memories in the hearts and minds of cinephiles across the globe. Digidrome produced movies in a number of genres: horror, slasher, ghost story, murder, monster, zombie, supernatural, drama, mystery, crime, western, heist, caper, hard boiled, and comedy… including the occasional sex romp. Script Tease is a labor of love for the handful of dedicated individuals who wish to salvage as much as possible of Digidrome’s unique and beloved films. Though the movies themselves may be gone forever (unless lost reels begin to surface from private collections) several artifacts associated with them have survived—movie posters, scripts, productions notes, storyboards, and other materials. A fireproof cabinet housed a number of one sheet posters with stunning key art. A number of movie scripts survived in whole or, damaged by smoke, fire, and water, in pieces. Posters are restored and digitally archived. Script fragments are painstakingly transcribed before the originals are put into new, safer storage facilities—all of which we present to you as restoration work is completed. The website will be updated as we continue to sift through the wreckage of Digidrome and uncover more of cinema’s lost classics.
