Automata, the latest horror from Scottish genre house Hex Studios, has obliterated its £80K ($108K) Kickstarter goal days before the campaign‘s end. Horror fans from all over the world have flocked to support the Gothic style Lovecraftian film, which has earned the film a place in Kickstarter history as the UK’s most funded narrative film EVER.
The film centers on the story of antique “expert Brendan Cole who is sent to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notorious history, known as ‘The Infernal Princess’. In the remote Scottish mansion where it has been discovered, Brendan soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse.”
Along with genre fans, the film has received support from horror heavy-hitters such as Doomsday actor Craig Conway, Fashionista director Simon Rumley, Ghost Stories actor-director Andy Nyman, and StudioADI, the Academy Award-winning creature effects company behind Starship Troopers, Tremors, and Stephen King’s It.
The team has announced a new set of stretch goals to their Kickstarter campaign which would allow more epic scenes to be added to the film, including battle scenes featuring phantom horsemen and a legion of ghost soldiers. There’s still time to get your hands on the Kickstarter-exclusive rewards including T-shirts, Collector’s Editions, Owlman plushes, and even a credit in the movie before the campaign ends on May 9, 2018.
The success of our campaign so far proves that there is a real hunger for original, independent horror, and crowdfunding really is the best option for these kinds of films. It lets the creator keep total control, so you don’t have some studio head forcing you to make the film more pleasing for a mainstream audience. We’re not interested in the mainstream, or following fads. We want to make strange, iconic, timeless films for true horror fans, and thanks to the incredible support we’ve received, we can continue to do just that!” Director Lawrie Brewster has stated.
The film stars Hex Studios’ regulars Jamie Scott Gordon (Bonejangles), Alexandra Nicole Hulme (The Black Gloves), Erich Redman (The Danish Girl), Jonathan Hansler (The Devil’s Business), and upcoming actress Victoria Lucie (Dartmoor Killing).
Automata is an international co-production between Hex Studios and partners Dark Dunes Productions, in association with Needle’s Eye Productions and 7 Toes Productions, and Executive Producers Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki, Charles Stiefel, Nick Ford, Greg Orsi, Bill Eikost and Richard Pate.
Automata is slated for release this December.
