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Black Metal Spoof Comedy's Internet Success

May 3, 2007

BBC News reports that a film first made as a podcast by three "bored" friends is about to be released on DVD for UK-wide distribution.

"Legalize Murder" (trailer) — a comedy about a "black metal" band — was made for £1,000 by Joseph Salerno, Nick Warden and Phillip Adams, from Pembrokeshire.

The film was initially a serialized podcast, but was made feature length and posted on a video sharing site where it received thousands of views.

After its unexpected success, the trio now plan to make a series of sequels.

The spoof documentary — described as a cross between "This Is Spinal Tap" and "The Office" — satirizes "black metal" music.

The plot follows a journalist who arrives in a small west Wales town to spend time with the band LEGALIZE MURDER.

Initially a serialized podcast, LEGALIZE MURDER was edited together to become a feature-length film and placed onto a video sharing website where it began to attract thousands of views.

Read the entire article at BBC News.

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