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Alex J. Mann, the writer/director, behind the hit horror short film 3 Seconds, which has racked-up over 2.8 million views, is back with with his new Instagram short film ME2. ME2 (below) centers on a woman (Julia Kelly) obsessed with her favorite selfie on Instagram. The more she stares at the photo, the darker things become. Co-written by K. Adam Bloom, ME2 was produced by Alex J. Mann, K. Adam Bloom and Space Oddity Films, with Jen Kavanagh serving as executive producer. The film speaks volumes about society’s current obsession with beauty, perfection, likes, favorites and retweets. And how the addiction can take over our lives if we’re not careful. Follow Space Oddity Films on Facebook and see more videos by visiting their YouTube channel.
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Maybe it was all just bad acid?! I screened recently Bad Acid a short for HF and boy was I entertained! Bad Acid follows the tale of a bad illusionist trying to make a living. When he fights with a heckler, he runs to his friend for a loan. The loan his friend gives him is that of a box belonging to a dead heavy metal artist. The box contained a genie’s lamp which inside held an acid tablet . When the illusionist put the tablet to work, his reality became twisted and wildest dreams were revealed. The price? His soul! Per Press Pack “David Chaudoir, writer/director, has worked for 25 years in UK Broadcast Television and as- sociated crafts. He has directed award winning promotions for The Walking Dead and The Wire and music videos for bands such as Athlete and Starsailor. Sukey Richardson, producer, has produced / production-managed a range of features, documentaries, commercials and short films including
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Fresh off its film festival tour comes The Smiling Man, a frightening new award-winning short film written and directed by visual effects artist A.J. Briones. Briones is most recognized for his work on films such as Avatar, Star Wars: Episode VII and Iron Man 2. THE SMILING MAN for me was an exercise in tension building and whether we could use that to great effect to scare the crap out of audiences.” Blumhouse has quoted Briones as saying. “I wanted to tell a story purely with visuals, so I wrote it without any dialogue. I like to work in allegory with all my films, and THE SMILING MAN is about a woman’s introduction into the world of men, and how unfair and downright predatory it can be. It’s not meant to be overt, but those ideas are visually coded into the film. That said, it’s been really neat speaking to people at festivals who came away from watching it with
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Tonight I spoke with an up-and-coming writer and director Jonathan Patrick Hughes about his latest project, the 20 minute short horror film (S)aint Nick, which is being eyed for a Horror Christmas anthology titled The 12 Slays of Christmas by Body Bag Films . Hughes was kind enough to share never-before-seen behind the scenes photos from the set of (S)aint Nick, which is his first film out of Film school. Hughes graduated from “The Factory”, a program at The Douglas Education Center, the same school where Tom Savini’s School of Make Up Effects is located. (S)aint Nick , filmed in Canonsburg, Pittsburgh, stars Leeana Hergenreder, John Seese and Chaise Thompkins and follows a kid named Billy who asks Santa to kill his abusive stepfather. KM “How old were you when you realized you wanted to be a director?” JH “When I was four my mom bought me The Making Of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. By the age of 5, I was
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A Nightmare on Elm Street actress Amanda Wyss stars along side Amanda Parsons and Georgia McCorkle in the short horror film Oct 23rd. Written, directed and edited by Paul Santana, the film is based on a true story. Oct 23rd centers on Paige (Parsons), a mother that has just lost her husband, Frank. He was killed crossing the street while their daughter watched. She can not shake the feeling that Chelsea (McCorkle), her young daughter, is responsible. She can her daughter’s voice inside her head urging her to harm herself as her daughter sits watching on with a smile. Paige recounts the events of the past few weeks to her friend Karen, who is urging her to get help. When Karen (Wyss) checks on Chelsea the girl tells her that she is afraid of her mother and pleads for Karen to take her away. Karen grabs her coat and tells Paige that she is going to get Jim, who we
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Writer/director Jason Kupfer delivers the short horror-comedy Invaders, a spin on the home invasion genre that has become so popular as of late. The seven minute long short film stars Jordan Woods-Robinson and Ricky Wayne, both of The Walking Dead. Invaders centers on two men as clumsily plot a break-in, unaware that it will it go terribly wrong. The over the top blood and gore pairs nicely with the comedy in this short film. It brings to mind scenes from horror classics like Army of Darkness, with a dash of You’re Next. I wonder just how many gallons of blood they went through. Invaders is an entertaining short film that we wouldn’t want you to miss. We just happen to have it here (below) for you to enjoy. Larry Bukovey, Gianna Claudio, Olivia Claudio, Sherri Claudio, Barbara Farrell, Walter Farrell and Dexter, the family dog co-star. Invaders, produced by Tighe Arnold, has already made its rounds at film festivals, including
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Most of you have heard of CryptTV by now. CryptTV specializes in creating short horror films and promoting the mantra “Weird is Good” . Today they announced their rebrand that includes a new look and logo with the same great content and more. CryptTV, born in April 2015, was co-founded by director Eli Roth and CEO Jack Davis. Not only to they create and share short horror films through their website, you can find them on pretty much every form of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Fans can also sign up for their newsletter on their website. Crypt TV prides itself on bringing exciting new stories and characters into the genre world through original video,” Jack Davis Said. “We wanted a new logo with a little more color, style and passion that is indicative of the passion we have for scares and the radically new types of scary stories we want to tell. From the Press Release:
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Betsy, a small-town waitress, offers a war meal to an drifter in the rundown diner where she works. She’s unwittingly let a vicious and calculating werewolf loose on the diner’s colorful customers and staff. Unmanned Media presents the short horror film End of the Road, written and directed by J. Spencer and starring Tatum Langton, Dmitrious Bistrevsky, Charles David Brettner, Travis Coles, Lisa Kay Jennings, Elester Lathum, Sheena Sachdev, Sharron Shayne, and Daniel Van Thomas as the drifter. End of the Road is a great short film. I loved the play on the story of Red Riding Hood, complete with Langton’s red hood. Both she and Thomas did a fantastic job in their roles and you can really sense his panic as he realizes he’s about to turn. The mix of shots from normal to POV was a great idea on the part of Spencer. I truly enjoyed the film and I think you will too. Visit the Unmanned Media
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We are all scared of something, it’s natural. For me it’s rats, I’ve have been scared of rats since I was a kid, when my Gerbil bit my hand so hard I had to get stitches. What are you afraid of ? George James Fraser’s new short horror film We All Dread explores what people’s fears. And we just happen to have the full short film for you to enjoy. From the Press Release: We All Dread is a 17 minute found footage style short film. It was conceived out of the idea that different people fear different things but the scariest thing of all is that you never quite know what is going to happen at any given moment. You control nothing. So, the story goes, myself and my PA Kevin Whittier set out to interview the masses about what scares them. After a few drinks my friends and I approach a man who is upset by our questions.
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Writer-Director George J. Fraser’s short horror film Happenstance is now making its rounds at film festivals. On March 15, Happenstance premiered at Chunky’s Cinema in Haverhill, Massachusetts to a sold out crowd along with Patrick Rea’s Pillow Fright, Andy Stewart’s Ink and other short films. The 12-minute short stars Kevin Whittier as a serial killer trying to fill the whole in his heart and his stomach with his victims. On a night out the killer stumbles across a damsel in distress (Christina Kostoulakos). Will she be his next victim or will she be much more? Charmaine Jossick, Michael Nelson, Sophia Nazzaro and Stabatha La Thrills co-star along side Whittier and Kostoulakos Happenstance is a uniquely twisted love story filled with gore. The short film’s emphasis is on happenstance: something that happens by chance; a series of random and coincidental events that brings to strangers together. I had the opportunity to watch an advance screening of Happenstance. It’s creative, interesting and
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Alex J. Mann, the writer/director, behind the hit horror short film 3 Seconds, which has racked-up over 2.8 million views, is back with with his new Instagram short film ME2. ME2 (below) centers on a woman (Julia Kelly) obsessed with her favorite selfie on Instagram. The more she stares at the photo, the darker things become. Co-written by K. Adam Bloom, ME2 was produced by Alex J. Mann, K. Adam Bloom and Space Oddity Films, with Jen Kavanagh serving as executive producer. The film speaks volumes about society’s current obsession with beauty, perfection, likes, favorites and retweets. And how the addiction can take over our lives if we’re not careful. Follow Space Oddity Films on Facebook and see more videos by visiting their YouTube channel.
Continue reading →
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Maybe it was all just bad acid?! I screened recently Bad Acid a short for HF and boy was I entertained! Bad Acid follows the tale of a bad illusionist trying to make a living. When he fights with a heckler, he runs to his friend for a loan. The loan his friend gives him is that of a box belonging to a dead heavy metal artist. The box contained a genie’s lamp which inside held an acid tablet . When the illusionist put the tablet to work, his reality became twisted and wildest dreams were revealed. The price? His soul! Per Press Pack “David Chaudoir, writer/director, has worked for 25 years in UK Broadcast Television and as- sociated crafts. He has directed award winning promotions for The Walking Dead and The Wire and music videos for bands such as Athlete and Starsailor. Sukey Richardson, producer, has produced / production-managed a range of features, documentaries, commercials and short films including
Continue reading →
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Fresh off its film festival tour comes The Smiling Man, a frightening new award-winning short film written and directed by visual effects artist A.J. Briones. Briones is most recognized for his work on films such as Avatar, Star Wars: Episode VII and Iron Man 2. THE SMILING MAN for me was an exercise in tension building and whether we could use that to great effect to scare the crap out of audiences.” Blumhouse has quoted Briones as saying. “I wanted to tell a story purely with visuals, so I wrote it without any dialogue. I like to work in allegory with all my films, and THE SMILING MAN is about a woman’s introduction into the world of men, and how unfair and downright predatory it can be. It’s not meant to be overt, but those ideas are visually coded into the film. That said, it’s been really neat speaking to people at festivals who came away from watching it with
Continue reading →
Interviews
Tonight I spoke with an up-and-coming writer and director Jonathan Patrick Hughes about his latest project, the 20 minute short horror film (S)aint Nick, which is being eyed for a Horror Christmas anthology titled The 12 Slays of Christmas by Body Bag Films . Hughes was kind enough to share never-before-seen behind the scenes photos from the set of (S)aint Nick, which is his first film out of Film school. Hughes graduated from “The Factory”, a program at The Douglas Education Center, the same school where Tom Savini’s School of Make Up Effects is located. (S)aint Nick , filmed in Canonsburg, Pittsburgh, stars Leeana Hergenreder, John Seese and Chaise Thompkins and follows a kid named Billy who asks Santa to kill his abusive stepfather. KM “How old were you when you realized you wanted to be a director?” JH “When I was four my mom bought me The Making Of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. By the age of 5, I was
Continue reading →
Reviews
A Nightmare on Elm Street actress Amanda Wyss stars along side Amanda Parsons and Georgia McCorkle in the short horror film Oct 23rd. Written, directed and edited by Paul Santana, the film is based on a true story. Oct 23rd centers on Paige (Parsons), a mother that has just lost her husband, Frank. He was killed crossing the street while their daughter watched. She can not shake the feeling that Chelsea (McCorkle), her young daughter, is responsible. She can her daughter’s voice inside her head urging her to harm herself as her daughter sits watching on with a smile. Paige recounts the events of the past few weeks to her friend Karen, who is urging her to get help. When Karen (Wyss) checks on Chelsea the girl tells her that she is afraid of her mother and pleads for Karen to take her away. Karen grabs her coat and tells Paige that she is going to get Jim, who we
Continue reading →
News
Writer/director Jason Kupfer delivers the short horror-comedy Invaders, a spin on the home invasion genre that has become so popular as of late. The seven minute long short film stars Jordan Woods-Robinson and Ricky Wayne, both of The Walking Dead. Invaders centers on two men as clumsily plot a break-in, unaware that it will it go terribly wrong. The over the top blood and gore pairs nicely with the comedy in this short film. It brings to mind scenes from horror classics like Army of Darkness, with a dash of You’re Next. I wonder just how many gallons of blood they went through. Invaders is an entertaining short film that we wouldn’t want you to miss. We just happen to have it here (below) for you to enjoy. Larry Bukovey, Gianna Claudio, Olivia Claudio, Sherri Claudio, Barbara Farrell, Walter Farrell and Dexter, the family dog co-star. Invaders, produced by Tighe Arnold, has already made its rounds at film festivals, including
Continue reading →
News
Most of you have heard of CryptTV by now. CryptTV specializes in creating short horror films and promoting the mantra “Weird is Good” . Today they announced their rebrand that includes a new look and logo with the same great content and more. CryptTV, born in April 2015, was co-founded by director Eli Roth and CEO Jack Davis. Not only to they create and share short horror films through their website, you can find them on pretty much every form of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Fans can also sign up for their newsletter on their website. Crypt TV prides itself on bringing exciting new stories and characters into the genre world through original video,” Jack Davis Said. “We wanted a new logo with a little more color, style and passion that is indicative of the passion we have for scares and the radically new types of scary stories we want to tell. From the Press Release:
Continue reading →
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Betsy, a small-town waitress, offers a war meal to an drifter in the rundown diner where she works. She’s unwittingly let a vicious and calculating werewolf loose on the diner’s colorful customers and staff. Unmanned Media presents the short horror film End of the Road, written and directed by J. Spencer and starring Tatum Langton, Dmitrious Bistrevsky, Charles David Brettner, Travis Coles, Lisa Kay Jennings, Elester Lathum, Sheena Sachdev, Sharron Shayne, and Daniel Van Thomas as the drifter. End of the Road is a great short film. I loved the play on the story of Red Riding Hood, complete with Langton’s red hood. Both she and Thomas did a fantastic job in their roles and you can really sense his panic as he realizes he’s about to turn. The mix of shots from normal to POV was a great idea on the part of Spencer. I truly enjoyed the film and I think you will too. Visit the Unmanned Media
Continue reading →
News
We are all scared of something, it’s natural. For me it’s rats, I’ve have been scared of rats since I was a kid, when my Gerbil bit my hand so hard I had to get stitches. What are you afraid of ? George James Fraser’s new short horror film We All Dread explores what people’s fears. And we just happen to have the full short film for you to enjoy. From the Press Release: We All Dread is a 17 minute found footage style short film. It was conceived out of the idea that different people fear different things but the scariest thing of all is that you never quite know what is going to happen at any given moment. You control nothing. So, the story goes, myself and my PA Kevin Whittier set out to interview the masses about what scares them. After a few drinks my friends and I approach a man who is upset by our questions.
Continue reading →
News
Writer-Director George J. Fraser’s short horror film Happenstance is now making its rounds at film festivals. On March 15, Happenstance premiered at Chunky’s Cinema in Haverhill, Massachusetts to a sold out crowd along with Patrick Rea’s Pillow Fright, Andy Stewart’s Ink and other short films. The 12-minute short stars Kevin Whittier as a serial killer trying to fill the whole in his heart and his stomach with his victims. On a night out the killer stumbles across a damsel in distress (Christina Kostoulakos). Will she be his next victim or will she be much more? Charmaine Jossick, Michael Nelson, Sophia Nazzaro and Stabatha La Thrills co-star along side Whittier and Kostoulakos Happenstance is a uniquely twisted love story filled with gore. The short film’s emphasis is on happenstance: something that happens by chance; a series of random and coincidental events that brings to strangers together. I had the opportunity to watch an advance screening of Happenstance. It’s creative, interesting and
Continue reading →
