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Peter Marquardt, who played the white-suited drug lord Moco in Robert Rodriguez's 1992 classic El Mariachi and its first sequel, has died, a funeral home in Austin confirmed Sunday. He was 50. Marquardt died July 19, a spokeswoman at the Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Funeral Home and Memorial Park said. No cause of death was immediately available. In addition to showing up in flashback in Desperado (1995), the middle film in Rodriguez's stylishly violent "Mexico Trilogy," Marquardt appeared in the writer-director's 2003 film Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and in the 2011 film The Shadow People.

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Here's the full trailer for Conrad Faraj's directorial debut, The Shadow People releases in select theaters on May 13th, 2011. Head on over to The Shadow People Facebook page to see lots more stills and info!

The creepy film stars Joanne Wurm, Peter Marquardt, and Jim Strang.

Plot:

A teenage girl named Bethany Ryder becomes haunted by demonic visions and shadow-like beings during the night, after her wake from a 9-month coma. She soon finds out, through the means of a prophecy from the Book of Satan that she is carrying a baby to be condemned as the Antichrist. Bethany, along with the help of her friends, must find a way to prevent its birth, as well as the visions which soon become more real - in the form of Shadow People. From director Conrad Faraj, comes a story of light and darkness, and one girl's incredible story of salvation and damnation.

Here's the perfect way for you indie horror fans to kick off the week! We've nailed down the exclusive one-sheet, stills and full-length trailer debut for twenty-year-old filmmaker Conrad Faraj's feature film debut, The Shadow People.

The Shadow People was independently financed by Faraj and co-producer Meg Quisenberry. With a budget of just somewhere around $2,000, the film stars in her feature film debut Joanne Wurm and co-stars the great villain in Robert Rodriguez' El Mariachi, Peter Marquardt. Not too shabby!

The film will be premiering in select cities starting May 13th.

For more information visit The Shadow People Facebook fan page and Conrad Studios Online!

Enough talk! Dig on the goods after the break!

Synopsis

After waking from a 9-month coma, a teenage girl named Bethany Ryder becomes haunted by demonic visions and shadow-like beings during the night. She soon finds out, through the means of a prophecy from the Book of Satan,...

Yes. Shadow people. That's about as menacing as people being chased by killer wind, and no one in their right mind would dare to make a movie about that!

A1 Media Distribution released a new trailer and one-sheet for Anthony Fankhauser's Shadow People (not to be confused with Conrad Faraj's feature film The Shadow People), which stars a career floundering Judd Nelson, Danielle De Luca and Christian Grantt. The main difference between the two films? This one looks abysmal. See for yourself below.

Synopsis

Sylvain, an engineer cum vigilante inventor, has constructed a device. It is close to functional, but something isn't right. His wife, Mary Anne, is running out of patience. She loathes the woods in which they live and yearns for a return to the city. Problems arise when their already tense situation is exasperated by the appearance of shadow beings, which torment them during the night.

Here at DC we're always on the lookout for something cool for you guys to be made aware of, and such is the case with twenty-year-old filmmaker Conrad Faraj's feature film The Shadow People.

The flick has been in production since October, 2009, and like many young directors, Faraj is wearing many hats. In this case he serves as writer, executive producer, and director. That's a lot of work, but for Conrad it's a labor of love.

"I just turned 20 years old and have been making films since 2003, and since then I have produced over 120 shorts, documentaries, and music videos," Faraj tells us. "The Shadow People is my first feature film. I have a loving passion with horror films, and I gained a lot of inspiration from the classic masterful works of the New Hollywood filmmakers like Roman Polanski, William Friedkin, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and Steven Spielberg. The Shadow People...