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As I write this, the new horror short film BLT is being edited.  I must admit that the titular sandwich has become something of an obsession; its image pervades my thoughts both sleeping and awake, and I find myself wondering if it is, to put it in rather blunt terms, something more than a mere food item.

I’ve done some research into the subject and found a brief mention of the BLT in the introduction of Madame Maria Slavatsky’s spiritualist tome The Unmasking of Osiris (1889), a hefty volume which served as an inspiration to many of the occult and “New Age” books of the 20th century:

Along with the pentagram, the number 666, and the inverted cross, the BLT is perhaps one of the most widely known iconic symbols of evil, crossing political, cultural, and even continental lines to become known worldwide as the “Devil’s Sandwich.”  Few dare broach the subject, though, even among aficionados of the strange and occult, as it is laced with such bracing controversy and shuddering innuendo that even seasoned veterans of Satanic lore are often reduced to little more than emasculated, whimpering puddles of flesh at the mere mention of the so-called “Lunch of Lucifer.”

None could argue that the mere mention of the “Sandwich of Satan” is enough to inspire, at the very least, utter and complete revulsion in the minds of the better part of sane and rational people, and wild flights of vile, phantasmagorical fancy in the minds of those who are even the least bit romantically inclined.   Many sober and accurate reports from the finest scientific minds of our day allege that prolonged exposure to the so-called “Breakfast of Beelzebub” (an obvious misnomer since the sandwich is normally consumed at lunchtime) itself can cause permanent alteration of both mental and, in some cases, physical characteristics, transforming stalwart men of reason into gibbering, horned, scaly-skinned subhumans in even less than an hour’s exposure.

Missionaries from as far afield as the deepest Amazon have reported whole villages transformed into raving orgies of violent destruction after introduction of the sandwich.  In their disregard for the welfare of the blessed heathens, many a fortune hunter has relied upon serving up “Mephistopheles’ Munchies” to strike fear into the hearts of potentially hostile local tribes.  But could even the most dangerous of brutes, we among the civilized must ask, truly deserve exposure to something so overpoweringly evil as the BLT?  The answer, of course, is a resounding negative.

Powerful words about a dangerous sandwich.  It’s not surprising that no horror film has been brave enough to tackle the subject – that is, until now.  Soon, the film will be complete; is it mere coincidence that so many prophets and soothsayers predict that the end of the world is nigh?  A warning to the public: prepare yourselves, and prepare yourselves well, for soon unleashed upon the world shall be the ultimate horror of BLT.  And it has a Facebook page!