Contessa & Maggie on the Devil’s Carnival Set
Credit: Darren Lynn Bousman’s Blog
“I can explain.
Really.
So…it was a time where we were on tour for a long time. You start to go a little crazy. Maybe perhaps making bad decisions.
The good decision: Me, Contessa and Maggot decided that we were going to make use of the running water in the hotel and do facials.
What happened: We got bored.
Then what happened was….: We looked out the window. Saw amazing historical, billion year old cemetery.
Did I happen to mention it had really high 10 foot gates around it and a huge chain lock?
We had one hour until we had to be back on the tour bus and moving to the next country. So we didn’t have much time to think. We are always down for an adventure.
In decisions of “to adventure or not to adventure” - the answer is ALWAYS to adventure.
We started humming the theme to Mission Impossible.
I put on all black and put my hoodie on.
We raced out of the hotel room, humming Mission Impossible and sliding down the hallways as if we were going to encounter enemies at any moment that we might have to shoot.
We saw ourselves in the mirror waiting for the elevator and that’s when I decided this moment needed to be captured.
“Only for us,” I promised. ”For memories.” What I really meant was - “For every single person who has internet access. Just those few people.”
That’s why I had to get this pic approved by the girls before posting and why you’ve never seen it before.
I mean, we are all wearing no makeup, green facial masks, and we’re pretending we’re secret spy gangsters in a hotel lobby in Poland.
This is the part where you click “Like”.
So we race through the lobby, hiding behind couches, tables, lamps, sliding around on our knees. Occasionally yelling “GO - GO - GO!!!!!!” for no reason.
And there we are. In front of the cemetery. Maggot and Contessa heave me over the wall and then they climb up and over.
We are now officially trespassing.
It was beautiful. And quiet. We wandered around just looking at the old tombs and graves. We heard something and saw a creature moving nearby one of the graves. We all got really still. And there it was….a tiny mole. I’ve never seen one in my life. So we all stood there. Barely breathing. Three girls in green face masks, trespassing in the Polish cemetery, trying not to make a move so the mole will not be scared off.
The little mole walked right towards us. A magic old creature coming to welcome us to the cemetery.
And that’s when the police sirens went off, screaming through the silence of the night.
“RUN!!!!”
In mere seconds, Maggot and Contessa were hurling themselves over the 10 foot cemetery gates and were on the other side, waiting for me.
Did I mention they have years of circus training and amazing upper body strength?
…….and I on the other hand…… do not.
So here I am. On the wrong side of the cemetery gates. Trying to pull myself over the gate. Failing miserably. I’m trespassing. The police siren is going off and I’m trying to imagine how I’m going to deal with being in a Polish prison.
“COME ON! You can do it!”
I thought about prison again and threw my body at the wall with as much force as I could muster.
I somehow got my left leg up on the gate and managed very clumsily to yank sideways, the rest of my body over the gate and drop to the side.
And then the three of us turned around to make a run for the hotel.
And there was a man standing there with a gigantic dog. Looking at us with his eyes wide. Looking at three green faced witchy girls escaping from the cemetery five minutes until midnight (which was our bus call).
We stood staring at him. He stared at us. His dog stared at us. None of us moved for about two full minutes.
“RUN!”
And then we took off again. Me, covered in bruises just forming under my skin from my extremely graceful tango with the wall, once again following behind Contessa and Maggot running towards the hotel.
We got to the hotel and collapsed in the elevator. Laughing.
Then we grabbed our stuff, washed off the masks, and raced to the bus before it left us behind.
We made our bus call AND didn’t get arrested. Not to mention we had beautiful skin from the facial masks afterward.
It was an awesome night.
Hope you enjoyed the story and the photographic evidence. xoxoxo”
~Veronica Varlow
(categorized as an interview so it wouldn’t get lost in the blog…)
My photos from the Emilie Autumn concert are finally up! Please check them out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexcowles/sets/72157629472240393/
Emilie Autumn @ Gramercy Theatre Feb. 18th, 2012 (Knightmare6 Photography)
i.e. What I did last night. It was unbelievable. Her stage show is STILL godly. My friend Phil took these and they perfectly capture the evening.
Updated TDC Information - 2/17/2012
Confirmed Cast
- Alexa Vega - Wick, Mistress of the Maidens of Woe
- The Clown (aka Shawn Crahan) - The Tamer
- J. Larose - The Major
- Ivan Moody - The Hobo Clown
- Marc Senter - The Scorpion
- Bill Moseley - The Magician
- Emilie Autumn - The Painted Doll, (2)
- Paul Sorvino - God [unconfirmed role]
- Nick Ogre
- Briana Evigan
- Sean Patrick Flanery
- Terrance Zdunich
- Dayton Callie
- Jessica Lowndes - Tamara
- Mighty Mike
- Hannah Minx
- Maggie “Captain Maggots” Lally - Maiden of Woe [unconfirmed role]
- Contessa [Montebello] - Maiden of Woe [unconfirmed role]
Known “Uncasted” Roles
- Lucifer
- The Twins
- The Ticket Keeper
- The Fool
Lyrics to the new mini-teaser trailer
Sung by Terrance Zdunich and Jessica Lowndes.
The ship is swaying,
heave ho, heave ho,
On the dark and stormy blue.
And I held tight to the captain’s might
as he pulled up his trews*.
“And you haven’t slept,”
heave ho, he said,
“In many suns and moons.”
Oh, I will sleep when we reach shore,
and pray we get there soon.
He said, “Now hush, love,
here’s your gown,
there’s the bed,
lanterns down.”
But I don’t want to go to sleep,
in all my dreams I drown.
The sky, it flashed,
heave ho, heave ho,
his pillow towed the brink.
The curtains ran between my legs
as we began to sink.
I closed my eyes,
heave ho, heave ho,
as the ship was rent and felled.
Eddies* in the water headed to the mouth of hell.
Other Information
- The Devil’s Carnival will be 45-55 minutes long, but it is suspected to be a multi-episode project, as M Shawn Crahan said on Twitter: “As you probably heard by now I got asked to partake in episode 1 of the devils carnival. Directed by Darren Lynn…” (source)
- The full teaser will be released on 3/16/2012.
- The mini-teaser can be found here on and the TDC Website.
- Posters are for purchase here.
- The Teaser video is 12 minutes long and features Emilie Autumn, which can be found here.
- Directed by Darren Bousman.
- Written by Darren Bousman and Terrance Zdunich.
- Emilie Autumn may have worked on the costumes for the TDC, as she spoke of transporting “priceless” costumes in suitcases around the time she was filming for the Devil’s Carnival on Twitter.
*trews: men’s clothing for the legs and lower abdomen
*Eddies: whirlpools
