THE CRUEL TALE OF THE MEDICINE MAN Film to Debut This Friday

THE CRUEL TALE OF THE MEDICINE MAN is a dark, storybook fairy tale and a genre-defying mixture of comedy, horror, sex, fantasy, freak show, dream and cartoon. The film will be released nationwide this Friday, October 15.

On top of that, it's loaded with underground (and some mainstream) marquee names: Mat Fraser (from American Horror Story: Freak Show), his wife, the burlesque performer and choreographer Julie Atlas Muz, Slipper Room founder and Artistic Director James Habacker (who wrote and directed), Mistress of the New York School of Burlesque, Jo Weldon, and an impressive list of downtown New York performers, musicians, and artists such as Stormy Leather, Joe Coleman, and Bunny Love.

The film is an ensemble piece that showcases much of the talent that lives and works within the orbit of The Slipper Room, the New York City variety theatre that is the birthplace of neo-burlesque. The Cruel Tale of the Medicine Man has the delirious and free attitude that has been the linchpin in New York UNDERGROUND film since THE SIXTIES - sophisticated, daring, dirty, heroic, playful, defying category and the expectations of the "market," essentially giving the finger to anyone who thinks it's "weird," even as it entertains the hell out of those willing to go along for the ride.

THE CRUEL TALE OF THE MEDICINE MAN

Writer/Director: James Habacker

Asst. Director: John Goddard

Cinematography: Sergei Franklin

Cast: Mat Fraser, Joe Coleman, Julie Atlas Muz, Carla Rhodes, James Habacker, Stormy Leather, Cecil Sinclaire, Minx Arcana, Adam Krandle, Arthur Aulisi, Cara Brennan, Cherry Poppers, Matt Parker, Ula Uberbusen, Lincoln Habacker, Todd Beers, Veronica Habacker, Jillian McManemin, Camille Habacker, Lefty Lucy

Genres: Art, Horror, Dark Comedy

Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes

Availability: Worldwide

Official website: www.crueltale.com