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‘Sam & Mattie Make A Zombie Movie’ Documentary Centers On Filmmakers With Down Syndrome

What do you get when two best friends with Down Syndrome rally their hometown of Providence to make their dreams of making a horror movie come true? You get the inspiring documentary Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie! The two inspiring guys convinced Sam’s older brother Jesse and his band of filmmaking friends to join them in bringing their film to life. The only rule: the duo’s original artistic vision must remain intact. This meant Sam and Mattie would storyboard, script, produce, cast, and star in their dream project: 2016’s Spring Break Zombie Massacre. This is just one of those magical stories,” says co-director and director of Spring Break Zombie Massacre, Bobby Carnevale. “We started out thinking we’d be filming their movie with iPhones and ketchup, but Sam and Mattie’s big dreams were infectious, so everyone offered to pitch in. The fact that we ended up with such an incredible film proves that when you bring the right people

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A Woman Struggles To Protect Her Patient From Evil In ‘Dementer’ (Trailer)

From writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle (Jug Face) comes a new tale of terror years in the making, Dementer starring Larry Fessenden (Stake Land). The film follows Katie (Katie Groshong), a young woman who flees a backwoods cult and takes a job at a care center for special needs adults in her determination to do some good with her life. But despite her best intentions, Katie can’t escape the signs that “the devils” are coming for Stephanie (Stephanie Kinkle), a woman with Down syndrome she cares for, who keeps getting sicker despite Katie’s rituals to ward off evil spirits. Brandy Edmiston and Eller Hall also star in the film, which is an official selection at both the Nashville Film Festival and the Chattanooga Film Festival. In a statement, the director explains how the film came to be and why it means so much to him. A year ago, my mother mentioned that she had a dream that I made a film

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‘Sam & Mattie Make A Zombie Movie’ Documentary Centers On Filmmakers With Down Syndrome

What do you get when two best friends with Down Syndrome rally their hometown of Providence to make their dreams of making a horror movie come true? You get the inspiring documentary Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie! The two inspiring guys convinced Sam’s older brother Jesse and his band of filmmaking friends to join them in bringing their film to life. The only rule: the duo’s original artistic vision must remain intact. This meant Sam and Mattie would storyboard, script, produce, cast, and star in their dream project: 2016’s Spring Break Zombie Massacre. This is just one of those magical stories,” says co-director and director of Spring Break Zombie Massacre, Bobby Carnevale. “We started out thinking we’d be filming their movie with iPhones and ketchup, but Sam and Mattie’s big dreams were infectious, so everyone offered to pitch in. The fact that we ended up with such an incredible film proves that when you bring the right people

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A Woman Struggles To Protect Her Patient From Evil In ‘Dementer’ (Trailer)

From writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle (Jug Face) comes a new tale of terror years in the making, Dementer starring Larry Fessenden (Stake Land). The film follows Katie (Katie Groshong), a young woman who flees a backwoods cult and takes a job at a care center for special needs adults in her determination to do some good with her life. But despite her best intentions, Katie can’t escape the signs that “the devils” are coming for Stephanie (Stephanie Kinkle), a woman with Down syndrome she cares for, who keeps getting sicker despite Katie’s rituals to ward off evil spirits. Brandy Edmiston and Eller Hall also star in the film, which is an official selection at both the Nashville Film Festival and the Chattanooga Film Festival. In a statement, the director explains how the film came to be and why it means so much to him. A year ago, my mother mentioned that she had a dream that I made a film

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