Toronto-based Fatal Pictures is a independent production company founded by producer Zach Green and writer/director Richard Powell. This award-winning duo have unleashed three unsettling short films: Consumption (2008), Worm (2010), and their latest shocker, Familiar (2012), which was recently added to FEARnet's slate of horror shorts, and you can also watch it at the end of this interview. Both Powell and Green generously took some time to talk about Familiar, and shed some light on both the past and the future of Fatal Pictures. Producer Zach Green FEARnet: How did you meet collaborator Richard Powell? What made the two of you "click" in such a way that you could join forces on such uniquely disturbing films? Green: Richard and I met at film school in Toronto. I ended up editing a film for Richard and we became very close, and built a great rapport in the editing room. We came to realize...
- 7/31/2013
- by Eric Stanze
- FEARnet
Familiar was a great, short film in a lot of ways. It was most notable for its practical effects and 1st person narrative style. I wrote a little review on it, which you can read Here! Fatal Pictures, the production company behind both Familiar and Worm, is truly doing the right thing in the world of horror. They are bringing quality on low budgets and making films that are memorable.
I had a chance to interview Zach Green a few weeks ago about the company and where it was headed (read). A few days afterwards, in private, I mentioned that I never saw Worm, which came before Familiar, and Zach was kind enough to get me a screener of it. I sat down, watched the entire 20 minutes and had the same feeling of satisfaction that I got when I finished Familiar. Worm reinforced my trust in Fatal Pictures and I...
I had a chance to interview Zach Green a few weeks ago about the company and where it was headed (read). A few days afterwards, in private, I mentioned that I never saw Worm, which came before Familiar, and Zach was kind enough to get me a screener of it. I sat down, watched the entire 20 minutes and had the same feeling of satisfaction that I got when I finished Familiar. Worm reinforced my trust in Fatal Pictures and I...
- 5/31/2012
- by Jesse Bartel
- The Liberal Dead
I’ve now had the pleasure of screening two of Fatal Pictures’ short films, Worm and Familiar. As part of my ongoing commitment to highlight and support independent filmmaking, I seized the opportunity to speak with producer Zach Green and director Richard Powell of Fatal Pictures to talk about these and other films and filmmaking in general…
Travis Keune: Your primary role is as producer, but you’ve also done some editing. Making movies is no easy task and requires a team of people with a broad range of talents. Is there a particular part of the filmmaking process that you love the most? Is there one part that you absolutely hate?
Zach Green: I love producing which is my primary hat and what I do best I feel. Familiar is the first film I didn’t end up editing myself or with Richard. We hired an editor who...
Travis Keune: Your primary role is as producer, but you’ve also done some editing. Making movies is no easy task and requires a team of people with a broad range of talents. Is there a particular part of the filmmaking process that you love the most? Is there one part that you absolutely hate?
Zach Green: I love producing which is my primary hat and what I do best I feel. Familiar is the first film I didn’t end up editing myself or with Richard. We hired an editor who...
- 3/6/2012
- by Travis Keune
- Destroy the Brain
I’ve now had the pleasure of screening two of Fatal Pictures’ short films, Worm and Familiar. As part of my ongoing commitment to highlight and support independent filmmaking, I seized the opportunity to speak with producer Zach Green and director Richard Powell of Fatal Pictures to talk about these and other films and filmmaking in general…
Travis Keune: Your primary role is as producer, but you’ve also done some editing. Making movies is no easy task and requires a team of people with a broad range of talents. Is there a particular part of the filmmaking process that you love the most? Is there one part that you absolutely hate?
Zach Green: I love producing which is my primary hat and what I do best I feel. Familiar is the first film I didn’t end up editing myself or with Richard. We hired an editor who...
Travis Keune: Your primary role is as producer, but you’ve also done some editing. Making movies is no easy task and requires a team of people with a broad range of talents. Is there a particular part of the filmmaking process that you love the most? Is there one part that you absolutely hate?
Zach Green: I love producing which is my primary hat and what I do best I feel. Familiar is the first film I didn’t end up editing myself or with Richard. We hired an editor who...
- 3/5/2012
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We’re back with the latest installment of our Indie Spotlight. Each feature includes the latest independent horror news sent our way. If you want to be included in our next spotlight, send us an email.
Reboot: The first trailer the cyberpunk short film Reboot has just been released:
“Set within a dystopian world that is a collision between technology and humanity, ‘Reboot’ touches upon many of the current social and political concerns that arise from becoming more and more intertwined with the virtual. In contemporary Los Angeles, a young female hacker (Stat) awakens from unconsciousness to find an iPhone glued to her hand and a mysterious countdown ticking away on the display. Suffering from head trauma, and with little recollection of who she is or what is happening, Stat races against time to figure out what the code means, and what unknown event the pending zero-hour will bring.”
To watch the teaser trailer,...
Reboot: The first trailer the cyberpunk short film Reboot has just been released:
“Set within a dystopian world that is a collision between technology and humanity, ‘Reboot’ touches upon many of the current social and political concerns that arise from becoming more and more intertwined with the virtual. In contemporary Los Angeles, a young female hacker (Stat) awakens from unconsciousness to find an iPhone glued to her hand and a mysterious countdown ticking away on the display. Suffering from head trauma, and with little recollection of who she is or what is happening, Stat races against time to figure out what the code means, and what unknown event the pending zero-hour will bring.”
To watch the teaser trailer,...
- 2/12/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Worm is a very dark little drama that starts out innocently enough. Geoffrey Oswald Dodd is an average high school teacher, going through the motions with his students, secretly disgusted with the apathetic state of the young minds filling his classroom. What becomes increasingly apparent however is that Dodd.s true colors are far more sinister.
Dodd, played by Robert Nolan, rarely speaks outwardly in this 20-minute short. Instead, the audience is forced into his twisted mind through his thoughts, made audible by way of voice over. Normally, this is a tricky technique to employ, especially for the entire length of a film, but writer/director Richard Powell pulls it off with disturbing effect.
Initially, Dodd is presented simply as a disgruntled teacher who has lost his ability to inspire his students. then we sink a little deeper into his misanthropic thoughts and discover just how unsettling the situation has become.
Dodd, played by Robert Nolan, rarely speaks outwardly in this 20-minute short. Instead, the audience is forced into his twisted mind through his thoughts, made audible by way of voice over. Normally, this is a tricky technique to employ, especially for the entire length of a film, but writer/director Richard Powell pulls it off with disturbing effect.
Initially, Dodd is presented simply as a disgruntled teacher who has lost his ability to inspire his students. then we sink a little deeper into his misanthropic thoughts and discover just how unsettling the situation has become.
- 2/16/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Fatal Pictures is proud to announce "Familiar", a new horror short starring Robert Nolan as Johnathan Dodd, twin brother to Worm's Geoffrey Dodd. Worm is a critically acclaimed short film that has been making the film circuit rounds. In Worm, viewers are given access to the very thoughts of a high school teacher (Robert Nolan) who is on the edge of murder and destruction. Will he unleash those violent feelings upon his students and fellow staff members? Both Worm and Familiar are directed by Richard Powell with Zach Green producing.
In Familiar, Johnathan Dodd (Robert Nolan) learns through a series of tragic events that the negative impulses plaguing his mind may not be his own.
Familiar will be lensed by Michael Jari Davidson and shot on Red Digital Cinema. Special FX for the film will be provided by Ryan Louagie and The Butcher Shop. Familiar is set to go...
In Familiar, Johnathan Dodd (Robert Nolan) learns through a series of tragic events that the negative impulses plaguing his mind may not be his own.
Familiar will be lensed by Michael Jari Davidson and shot on Red Digital Cinema. Special FX for the film will be provided by Ryan Louagie and The Butcher Shop. Familiar is set to go...
- 2/12/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Directed by: Richard Powell
Produced by: Zach Green
Starring: Robert Nolan, Samantha Nemeth, Dustin Foxman,
We all know that in the career world, teachers tend to get the short end of the stick. They make very little money yet do one of the most important jobs in society--educating those little assholes. Just kidding not all kids are assholes, but lots are. So what happens when those teachers really start cracking? What happens when the person who is suppose to make a difference in our childrens lives, is slowly decaying on the inside? Richard Powell’s independent short film Worm dares to bring us into the mind of one of the most disturbing characters you will ever meet. It is a film that will make you feel truly unsettled, terrified, and secretly thankful that you are no longer in high school.
Worm is the story of an utterly unhappy teacher, Geoffrey Dodd...
Produced by: Zach Green
Starring: Robert Nolan, Samantha Nemeth, Dustin Foxman,
We all know that in the career world, teachers tend to get the short end of the stick. They make very little money yet do one of the most important jobs in society--educating those little assholes. Just kidding not all kids are assholes, but lots are. So what happens when those teachers really start cracking? What happens when the person who is suppose to make a difference in our childrens lives, is slowly decaying on the inside? Richard Powell’s independent short film Worm dares to bring us into the mind of one of the most disturbing characters you will ever meet. It is a film that will make you feel truly unsettled, terrified, and secretly thankful that you are no longer in high school.
Worm is the story of an utterly unhappy teacher, Geoffrey Dodd...
- 1/21/2011
- by Andre Dumas
- Planet Fury
Worm-A is a new short film from Fatal Pictures. Producer/Editor Zach Green and Writer/Director Richard Powell, based just outside of Toronto, are responsible for creating this unique 20-minute dark drama.
Synopsis: A day in the mind of Geoffrey Dodd, a seemingly kind, gentle and sane High School teacher. As we follow Geoffrey through the course of a typical school day we gain an eerie insight into the darkest corners of his soul and beyond. Beneath the carefully constructed veneer of Geoffrey Dodd lies something wretched, insidious and foul rotting him from the inside out.
Check out Worm-A online at Facebook.
Synopsis: A day in the mind of Geoffrey Dodd, a seemingly kind, gentle and sane High School teacher. As we follow Geoffrey through the course of a typical school day we gain an eerie insight into the darkest corners of his soul and beyond. Beneath the carefully constructed veneer of Geoffrey Dodd lies something wretched, insidious and foul rotting him from the inside out.
Check out Worm-A online at Facebook.
- 12/23/2010
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Go back and try to remember the first time you watched Psycho. Yes, it featured the legendary shower scene. And yes, it was scary, but it wasn't the most frightening aspect of the film. You know what was? The inner workings of Norman Bates's mind. The darker recesses of what he was thinking. You know why this can be so frightening? We truly never know what is going on inside of the head of the person next to us? Are they checking us out? Are they thinking of a happy time we shared together? Or is it possible that they could be plotting out our death? In director Richard Powell's Worm starring esteemed character actor Robert Nolan and produced by Zach Green, the thoughts of a seemingly normal teacher over the course of a seemingly normal day are laid bare for the viewer to hear and to partake in.
- 11/19/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
The one, the only, Robert Nolan is the ultimate chameleon slipping in and out of roles with such ease. He has appeared in dozens of short films including some genre fare like Richard Powell's "Worm", Ryan M. Andrews's "The Devil Walks Among You", and Daniel Reininghaus's "Eyes Beyond" to name a few. We got the chance to ask this incredibly talented actor a few questions. Here is what he had to say.
So for those unfamiliar with you, who is Robert Nolan and what are you all about?
Aside from knowing my own name and that I exist on this planet right now, exactly who I am remains as mysterious a world to me as you are to you. Does anyone really know exactly who they are and what they are all about?The depths of the interior human are as infinite as the universe our bodies inhabit.
So for those unfamiliar with you, who is Robert Nolan and what are you all about?
Aside from knowing my own name and that I exist on this planet right now, exactly who I am remains as mysterious a world to me as you are to you. Does anyone really know exactly who they are and what they are all about?The depths of the interior human are as infinite as the universe our bodies inhabit.
- 9/14/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Director/writer: Richard Powell.
Fatal Pictures has created two horror shorts, Consumption and Worm, with the latter making an appearance at the Wildsound Film Festival May 29th. Worm is a dramatic thriller of about fifteen minutes that follows English teacher Geoffrey Dodd (Robert Nolan) through an average working day. Except this character's day is less than average as he suffers from inner conflict, negativity, and passive aggressive behaviour each of which is delivered through a limited omniscient narrative.
The title Worm from the poster art seems to signify a person rotting from the inside out, but the title could also be an adjective describing the central character, Dodd. Dodd silently internalizes his anger instead of expressing his feelings to students or co-workers to a detriment to both himself and those around him. Simply, he does not stand up for himself. The resolution of the film does not offer much hope...
Fatal Pictures has created two horror shorts, Consumption and Worm, with the latter making an appearance at the Wildsound Film Festival May 29th. Worm is a dramatic thriller of about fifteen minutes that follows English teacher Geoffrey Dodd (Robert Nolan) through an average working day. Except this character's day is less than average as he suffers from inner conflict, negativity, and passive aggressive behaviour each of which is delivered through a limited omniscient narrative.
The title Worm from the poster art seems to signify a person rotting from the inside out, but the title could also be an adjective describing the central character, Dodd. Dodd silently internalizes his anger instead of expressing his feelings to students or co-workers to a detriment to both himself and those around him. Simply, he does not stand up for himself. The resolution of the film does not offer much hope...
- 5/22/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Both Worm and Remote will show at the Wildsound Toronto Film Festival with the short program beginning May 29, 2010. In the short film Worm, character Geoffrey Dodd (Robert Nolan) takes self-loathing and hatred to new levels as the "darkest corners of his soul" are revealed" (Worm) through careful narration. Dodd, more a festering wound than anything else, rips in to one of his students...
- 5/4/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.