Toby Meakins has an inventive genre mind, and he deserves a dozen phone calls from Relativity and Alliance and any other production company churning out low-budget, quality horror stories. We featured his short LOT254 last year — wherein an antique becomes a thing of real terror — and now his latest, Breathe, is available online. It’s a seductive short film, perfectly confident that the stage its setting will raise your curiosity enough to keep you around for the hammer blow. Instead of quick cuts and jump scares, this ghost story relies on a beautifully ruinous setting, a dare from a good friend and a gorgeous dead thing. Like most great horror, it features characters who make a trade — they push the limits of their power over something they don’t understand while sacrificing the safety of a dull world. As they push farther, the danger increases. Like gambling without knowing the stakes. What...
- 2/23/2015
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Why Watch? Killer sharks, haunted houses and antique auctions. The classic triumvirate of horror stories. Maybe that last one sticks out like a bleeding thumb, but this short from Toby Meakins is a good argument for its inclusion on our list of fears. In it, a collector starts tinkering with a forgotten camera and finds something delightfully pants-wetting inside. Brief but bursting with atmosphere (built both by an eerie score and the constant clock-reminiscent click of a film reel), LOT254 is a “punchline” style horror short that angles up toward a beautiful jump scare without relying on it. Everything snaps into place here — from design to photography to acting — to create a fun nerve-tester that feels like it could be the pre-credit sequence for something much bigger. What Will It Cost? About 3 minutes. A New Short Film Every Weekday...
- 2/10/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I've got a fantastically creepy horror short film for you to watch today called "LOT254." It was directed by Toby Meakins, and it tells the story of a collector who repairs a vintage cine camera "unlocking the hidden terror of LOT254." It's really kind of just a tease of what could be a fun horror film. I really liked the style and tone. ...
- 2/6/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The British Horror Film Festival have announced their fantastic line-up for this year’s genre festival. Features include the UK chiller Entity starring Dervla Kirwan, Charlotte Riley and Branko Tomovic directed by Steve Stone, Canadian thriller Fortune Cookie Prophecies starring Emily Alatalo directed by Henry Li and In the House of Flies from director Gabriel Carrer. The British Horror Film Festival is in its fourth year and will take place Friday 18th & Saturday 19th October 2013 at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square in London.
Here is the full Official Selection:
Fortune Cookie Prophecies, dir. Henry Li Spira, dir. John James Smith Tumbling After, dir. Nicholas Humphries Left Hand Billy In The Second Solution, dir. Gabriele Zuccarini 82, dir. Calum Macdiarmid Honey Moon Suite, dir. Zao Wang The Meeting, dir. Karen Lam Moment Of Clarity, dir. James Fisher In The House Of The Flies, dir. Gabriel Carrer Belly Of The Wolf, dir. Mark Fisher Dia De Los Muertos,...
Here is the full Official Selection:
Fortune Cookie Prophecies, dir. Henry Li Spira, dir. John James Smith Tumbling After, dir. Nicholas Humphries Left Hand Billy In The Second Solution, dir. Gabriele Zuccarini 82, dir. Calum Macdiarmid Honey Moon Suite, dir. Zao Wang The Meeting, dir. Karen Lam Moment Of Clarity, dir. James Fisher In The House Of The Flies, dir. Gabriel Carrer Belly Of The Wolf, dir. Mark Fisher Dia De Los Muertos,...
- 9/23/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a trailer for Devil in My Ride, an announcement of The British Horror Film Festival lineup, details on Circus of the Dead, an excerpt from Ground Zero, Five Things You Need For the Zombie Apocalypse from Michael Garza, a Q&A with Rachel and Simon Light, and much more:
Devil in My Ride Trailer and Premiere Details: “Red Band Films, the specialty genre label of L.A. based production and finance company Unified Pictures, announced today that its debut feature “Devil in My Ride,” starring Sid Haig (“Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” “Jackie Brown,” “The Devil’s Rejects”), will make its much anticipated World Premiere at the Shriekfest International Film Festival, taking place October 3rd to 6th in Los Angeles.
“Devil in My Ride” is a horror comedy directed by...
Devil in My Ride Trailer and Premiere Details: “Red Band Films, the specialty genre label of L.A. based production and finance company Unified Pictures, announced today that its debut feature “Devil in My Ride,” starring Sid Haig (“Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” “Jackie Brown,” “The Devil’s Rejects”), will make its much anticipated World Premiere at the Shriekfest International Film Festival, taking place October 3rd to 6th in Los Angeles.
“Devil in My Ride” is a horror comedy directed by...
- 9/22/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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