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Polk County Living Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 16, 2016 7A By Jolene Guzman The Itemizer-Observer JOLENE GUZMAN /Itemizer-Observer The crew prepares to film a scene in the rain on March 9. JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer Patrick Magee “Primal Rage” director, right, goes over a scene with actor Jackey Ney- man Jones on March 9. Several scenes in the movie were filmed in Falls City. We’re on a hunt for local Easter Egg Hunt events! Send us an email with information about the event to: ionews@polkio.com by noon on Friday, March 18th. 147 SE Court St., Dallas 503-623-2373 • www.polkio.com movie magic on “Men in Black 3,” “Alien vs. Predator,” and “Jurassic Park 3.” Once Magee gave the monster a body and face, he began working on it as a character. Magee’s Oh-Mah is based on Native American legend and is all the more frightening because of his human-like intelligence. “By no means is he just a big slobbery kind of mon- ster,” Magee said. “He’s intel- ligent, stealthy, calculating. I consider him the missing link. … Not what we’ve seen in any other Bigfoot movie.” Magee’s horror movie found itself in Falls City by way of another — “Manos Returns.” Falls City resident Jackey Neyman Jones, the star and producer of the in- the-works sequel to “Manos: The Hands of Fate” also has a small role in Primal Rage. Jay Lee, the co-writer and director of cinematography for Primal Rage, also worked on a failed Manos sequel. While filming the doomed movie, Lee told Jones about Magee’s project. Years later, Magee asked Jones to con- sult on the scene that was shot at her home last week. “I feel really amazed and honored that they came all this way,” she said. Most of the film was shot in northern California. Her backyard is a scene of shift for the sheriff, a Native American played by Eloy Casados, who begins to see proof of what he’s long dis- missed as folklore. He’s talked into attending a peyote healing ceremony for Jones’ character, Verna Six Trees, who has cancer. Jones, with her ex-hus- band, participated in cere- monies marking their mar- riage and other occasions in real life. They agreed to help make that scene realistic, without giving away too much about the ritual. “I really liked that Patrick was so humble and coming at it with respect,” Jackey Jones said. The ceremony becomes a peyote-inspired vision quest for the sheriff. After years of being sheriff, he has to let go of the “structured and pro- grammed” part of his life, Magee said. “While he’s participating in the scene, he has his vi- sions and it gets really real to him,” Magee said. “The fan- tasy aspect of the movie be- comes real, believable.” Meanwhile, Oh-Mah con- tinues to inflict terror in the forest, but has become reck- less, Magee said. “He’s doing bad things. Like humans, when you start doing bad things that aren’t right, there’s conse- quences,” Magee said. Those wondering what Magee means by “doing bad things,” the wait won’t be long. The Falls City scenes were the last to be filmed with the premiere slated for the fall. “I don’t believe that it is almost done, but it’s close,” Magee said. 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He’s worked 99W FALLS CITY — A cool rain fell and the clouds closed in, creating a feeling of isola- tion. The local sheriff quietly ducked into the house, un- sure he wanted to see what he was about to see. He put away what he thought were superstitious beliefs years ago, but he may have to grasp onto them again as evidence mounts of a mysterious danger. The rain poured harder on the foothills town, the fog drifted in, and the sense of “something is out there” be- comes palpable. This is Oh-Mah’s domain, and the creature has been staking his claim. That is the set up for the scene in the feature-length film “Primal Rage: The Leg- end of Oh-Mah,” filmed on March 9 in Falls City. Oh-Mah is better known as Bigfoot. It seems fitting that the movie shot a few scenes in Falls City in the middle of the same forests the mythical creature would call home. 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