He created some of the most iconic horror genre images from the 1980s with his work on the Nightmare on Elm Street posters, and now artist Matthew Peak has channeled his creativity into the key art for a new thriller, Itsy Bitsy.
Directed by Micah Gallo, executive produced by Cory Neal, and co-written by Daily Dead contributor Jason Alvino, Itsy Bitsy has surpassed its $40,000 goal, but you still have until October 11th if you want to add your name to the list of supporters behind the Kickstarter for the character-centric creature feature. You can view the new key art below, and in case you missed it, check out our in-depth interview with Gallo.
From the Press Release: "To increase awareness and help fund the film before its upcoming crowd funding deadline, the producers are unveiling the official original key art, created by Matthew Peak of Nightmare on Elm Street fame and introducing the official tagline “Fear Spins its Web.”
“The response to our campaign by the media has been really great,” said Gallo. “People especially love that our film is a female-driven character drama first and a suspense film second.”
Itsy Bitsy marries the high concept fun of a film reminiscent of Jaws with the edgy character drama of a film like The Exorcist and features a woman in the center scorned by her past. Her physical fight is with the creature while her battle inside is ambivalence versus pure love.
The film tells the story of single mother “Kara” (Elizabeth Roberts) who moves from New York to the quiet countryside with her two children for a job opportunity she can’t afford to turn down. The family moves into their humble new guesthouse. Kara begins her work as a private nurse to “Walter,” (Bruce Davison) a man stricken with multiple sclerosis and an appraiser of rare antiquities with a secretive past.
Her teenage son, Jesse, (Arman Darbo) is unhappy about this most of all. Losing his friends and moving to the middle of nowhere hasn’t made his job of looking after his little sister, “Cambria,” (Chloe Perrin) any easier.
Doom precedes them. “Akiba,” (Treva Etienne) a shady international associate of Walter’s, brings with him a mysterious relic of ancient origin. “Kara” encounters run in with a local sheriff played by genre veteran actor Denise Crosby.
All too quickly they discover the relic contains more than just legends. Inside, waits a terrifying creature born of ancient darkness and pure instinct…a pre-historic cave Spider unlike the modern world has ever seen.
Contributors to the Itsy Bitsy Kickstarter Campaign will receive unique, amazing, thrilling, one-of-a-kind incentives for supporting the project. This week the producers promised all backers of the crowd funding campaign a special “crew T-shirt,” exclusively for those who have donated at the discount of $15 (instead of 20) for anyone sharing the Kickstarter with friends and family.
More details about the project can be found on the Itsy Bitsy website:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/803978397/2129324161?ref=330502&token=e8feb985For more information please visit:
Facebook:
https://web.facebook.com/itsybitsythemovie
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AndsyDicksy
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https://www.instagram.com/itsybitsythemovie/"
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To learn more about Itsy Bitsy, visit the film's Kickstarter page and check it out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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