This is my second go at a short home-made folk horror film readers!
Like Field Rite, my initial stab last week, its inspired by those creepy TV plays and BBC Christmas ghost stories that scared us witless in the early Seventies. Stuff like The Stalls of Barchester and Children of the Stones.
This short includes a sinister song I downloaded from the net. I think its called Creepy Child Singing online but its taken from the masterly film The Innocents. The lyrics were so apt I even named my film after a line in it.
Once again I realise just how hard it is to make a film in this sub-genre and my clumsy attempt at blood-letting using ketchup looks like just that, ketchup!
Still, it was a lot of fun trying to get to the 'sauce' of the story, which is essentially about a key to the devil's house.
I wish I'd have started doing stuff like this during childhood Super 8 style. If only I'd been given a cine camera along with my monster models and Project SWORD toys! Ah well, here I am nearly 60 trying it!
Let me know what you think!
No Moonbase Mutt?I guess He's an A-List celebrity now,too famous to be in these Bohemian art house productions...
ReplyDeleteYep, Blue was busy getting his equity card. He's back on screen for my third short coming up soon!
DeleteA good creative piece of experimental film making. A nice mix of eerie music, and images. Such a beautifully haunting song choice as well. I think the songs called 'O Willow Waly'. One of my faves from the genre. Well done, Woodsy :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tone. Despite having seen The Innocents I don't remember the song. I heard it really for the first time last week when I googled Creepy Child Singing free Mp3 to see what came up! O Willow Waly is a strange name. What's a Waly?
DeleteCecil B.DeWoodie strikes again! So that's where my misplaced keys went!
ReplyDeleteThanks Terra. I wish I had Cecil B. Deville's skill. I was always fascinated by the story that there is still a huge lot from one of his films buried under the desert sands somewhere. Not sure which film.
DeleteNever too late to start a promising career, Woodsy. The sound of sudden rattling wind squeezed the ketchup out of me! Very powerful with the song!
ReplyDeleteYes, never work with animals, kids or ketchup! I have yet to get to grips with special effects Arto, especially gore! Thanks for the thumbs up.
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