New Short Film, Grummy, Tackles A Sensitive Subject with Beautiful Imagery and Amazing Storytelling: "Married writer/director team Micheline Pitt and R.H. Norman combine forces in the dark fantasy short film, Grummy, an autobiographic tale of Pitt’s childhood.
Inspired by the imagination that she escaped to during her own abusive childhood, Pitt and her filmmaker husband Norman share a heartbreaking yet poetic tale of a young girl whose stuffed creature, “Grummy,” brings a new world to life during her most vulnerable moments. This dark fairy tale is an expression of Pitt’s own sexual abuse survival story and a love note to the monsters and fantastic worlds that helped her survive.
According to Pitt, “This story is very personal, because I was this little girl. I used my imagination to escape from an abusive childhood; I used books, movies and toys to get away. If I didn't have my imagination-if didn't have these things-I don't think I would be here today. Grummyis a story of how fantasy saved my life.”
Pitt is a multi-disciplinary artist renowned for her work as a fashion designer, artist, animator, and advocate for sexual assault survivors as a member of RAINN’s National Leadership Council. Pitt was recognized as an LA Weekly Person of the Year in 2020. Norman, a former mentee of Werner Herzog, is best known for his Afghanistan War short, Hajji, starring Ross Marquand (The Walking Dead) and Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games). The Normans’ short films have screened in Academy Award-qualifying film festivals and their feature scripts have placed in the finals of high-profile competitions including Final Draft’s Big Break Contest, Shore Scripts, Screencraft, and others.
Violet McGraw (The Haunting of Hillhouse, Black Widow) stars in Grummy alongside actor Tom Degnan (King Richard, Limitless) and Alex Ward (Annabelle, Westworld).
Rounding out the production team are legendary Producer and Effects Artist, Kevin Yagher (Sleepy Hollow, Child’s Play, Nightmare on Elm Street II), who brought Grummy to life with full animatronics and a life-sized creature suit, Producers Gary Deocampo and Anthony DiBlasi (The Midnight Meat Train, Last Shift),Production Designers Nicole Balzarini and Doug Williams, Composer Jason Turbin, and Director of Photography Sean McDaniel. The film is one of the highest funded short films in Kickstarter history, raising over $116,000.00."
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BROOKLYN HORROR FEST WILL RETURN FOR SEVENTH EDITION OCTOBER 13-20, 2022!: "Thank you all for making 2021 such a great year for the festival despite all of the challenges we faced putting together this year's edition. With that same excitement we are thrilled to announce our dates for 2022!
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival will return in 2022 for its seventh edition and run for another full eight days from October 13th to the 20th. Since 2016, when the festival was launched, it has continued to expand and offer an unparalleled horror-centric event, and we are planning to offer our largest event yet this coming October.
Submissions are now open via FilmFreeway. For short and feature films, and badges are on sale on the official website, making for the perfect stocking stuffer!
The festival is also thrilled to share that prices on our 12-ticket Horror Buff badges have been reduced by $25 so make sure to jump on the earlybird discount while you still can!"
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Horror Music Legend Simon Boswell Live in Concert: "For one night only, Simon Boswell and his band Caduta Massi will perform an expanded set of his film music from Dario Argento’s Phenomena, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre, Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions, Shallow Grave, Demons 2, StageFright, Perdita Durango, Hackers, and many others. The concert will be at EartH Theatre, London on Saturday 11th December 2021. Doors open at 7pm.
This evening of instrumental terror will also be accompanied by stunning visuals from these iconic movies, featuring cameo video performances by Dario Argento and Alejandro Jodorowsky. Presented by Born Again Concerts, this celebration of horror and Giallo promises to be an early Christmas treat for both music and film fans.
Simon Boswell and Caduta Massi will perform at EartH Theatre, 11-17 Stoke Newington Road. London N16 8BH on Saturday 11th December 2021. Doors open at 7pm. Profondo Mondo will play Cult movie music, euro horror and synthwave mixes, complete with live VJ cult visuals. Tickets: £20 advance (S.T.B.F.)
A related Indiegogo campaign is currently live now until Christmas Day. Funds raised from this Indiegogo will go towards the production of a new feature length documentary titled Horror Music Legends: Simon Boswell all about his career as an iconic composer of Horror fan favorites and other genre cinema. Backers of this project will get their name in the credits of the final film as well as exclusive VIP rewards."
The Indiegogo campaign for Horror Music Legends: Simon Boswell can be found here:
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WARHUNT: "1945. A US military cargo plane loses control and violently crashes behind enemy lines in the middle of the German black forest. Immediately ruthless Major Johnson (Mickey Rourke) sends a squad of his bravest soldiers on a rescue mission to retrieve the top secret material the plane was carrying. Led by Sergeant Brewer (Robert Knepper) and Walsh (Jackson Rathbone), the soldiers venture deep into the forest near the crash site. They soon discover hanged Nazi soldiers and other dead bodies bearing ancient, magical symbols. Suddenly their compasses fail, their perceptions twist and straying from the group leads to profound horror as they are attacked by a powerful, supernatural force. Fighting for the dainty and struggling to survive they must uncover the shocking truth behind the force before the Nazis and do everything they can to remove all evidence it ever existed, even at the cost of their own lives."
Starring: Robert Knepper, Jackson Rathbone and Mickey Rourke
Directed and Written By: Mauro Borrelli
Written By: Reggie Keyohara III, Scott Svatos
In Theaters, On Demand and Digital – January 21, 2022
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