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Film-makers Ace Allgood and James Stanger talk about their film, The Chromium Hook.
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| Jim |
I first heard the story when I was about 10 years old, at
summer camp. The cousin of a fellow camper's neighbor was
attacked by a madman with a hook. It scared the hell out of me.
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| Ace |
What's really weird is that I ended up buying the actual car
that it happened in. I got this incredible deal on a 1969 Ford
Galaxy Convertible. There was only one problem with it, there
was this smell that was impossible to get rid of.
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| J. |
Yeah, you had to replace the Naugahyde to finally eliminate
it didn't you?
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| A. |
I still have to hang those little trees all over the place
unless I'm driving with the top down.
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| J. |
Anyway, we tracked down the original owner and got the story.
This teenage couple were making out at lover's lane.
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| A. |
His folks were on vacation in Acapulco and he took the car
without permission.
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| J. |
A news bulletin on the radio warned them of a one armed
lunatic that just escaped from the insane asylum.
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| A. |
His mom was bringing home a Mexican hairless dog as a surprise,
he had allergies.
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| J. |
They ignored the radio and went about their business.
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| A. |
Noises outside the car scared them back into their clothes.
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| J. |
Meanwhile Mom and Dad had cut their trip short. Someone had
broken into their hotel room and taken everything but the dog,
their tooth brushes and a camera.
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| A. |
They screeched out of there like there was no tomorrow.
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| J. |
When he finally got home, the boy met his parents in the
driveway, their cab was just leaving.
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| A. |
Dad was fuming. "What in the hell are you doing with the car?"
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| J. |
Mom, wide eyed and trembling used the dog to point at the
prosthetic hanging from the door handle. "What's that?"
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| A. |
"It looks like a shaved rat," answered her son.
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| J. |
We used the same car in our film, of course we had to change
the story a bit.
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| A. |
To protect the innocent.
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