sentences:  Cardone was working at a liquor store in Los Angeles while attempting to break into the film business, and pitched the idea for "The Slayer" to producer William R. Ewing.The International Picture Company, an independent film studio based in Atlanta, agreed to help produce the project on a budget of approximately $750,000.As a result of the studio's basis in Georgia, the crew scouted areas in the state to shoot the film, settling in Tybee Island, east of Savannah, Georgia.