Massachusetts (June 7, 2012) Harvest
Tide Productions is giving indie horror fans a treat today with two weeks of
free streaming of it's online cult hit horror short "Microcinema." Log onto www.watchmicrocinema.com and
watch this well received short.
“Microcinema”
wowed critics and audiences last year at several horror film festivals and
screenings within the few short months of its release. Screenings in 2011
included the 1st Annual Danish Horror Film Festival: THE
TURBINE at Spinderihallerne, Vejle, Denmark; All Things Horror
Shudder Fest at the Somerville Theater in Somerville, MA; Short Horror
Films at AS220 in Providence, RI; the Massachusetts Independent
Film Festival; and before Canadian horror film fans at Fright Night
Theater presents: ABSENTIA & Microcinema at the Staircase Cafe Theater
in Hamilton, Ontario and at the 2012 Shock Stock Convention at
Centennial Hall in London, Ontario.
It
has also won the 2012 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Honorable Mention Award for
Best Horror Short.
Written
and directed by Skip Shea and starring Alex Lewis and Aurora Grabillis "Microcinema" tells the story
of Peter Martell, a highly educated well-to-do young man with a lot of free
time on his hands. He spends this time watching snuff films. One day he makes
the bold decision to cross the line from observer to participant, aspiring to
bring a philosophical element to his own kind of snuff films. Ready to go to
work, he tracks his first victim into a haunted New England wood, where the
line between participant and observer takes a different turn.
Shea
said "We wanted to thank everyone for their continued support and thought
this would be the best way to do it. Especially with Summer Solstice
approaching, because after that, we slip back towards darkness."
In
2011, “Microcinema” scored on several best-of lists and gained momentum as a
cult favorite and a hit with horror reviewers. Chris Conduit of The Conduit
Speaks, www.theconduitspeaks.com put
"Microcinema" as the best horror short of the year giving it his
Conduit Award.
Danielle
Holman writing for Truly Disturbing Horror, www.trulydisturbing.com listed
"Microcinema" as one of the five best horror films saying, "Skip
Shea’s seven-minute short film is deserving in the ranks of the big films as
it’s able to accomplish more in less than ten minutes than an hour and a half
feature length film." In her Bleeding Dead, http://bleedingdeadfilmreviews.blogspot.com/ she
has called “Microcinema” "…one of the most important horror films of our
time."
Here
is what others are saying:
"In
what stands out as a giddy teenager spitting in the face of authority, Harvest
Tide Productions and Uxbridge, MA’s own Skip Shea have crafted a short film
that solidly runs all the lines of horror while establishing its own
"unique and disturbing storyline that scares (pun intended) away from the
genre’s usual archaic tropes." - Josh Lyford, Pulse Magazine.
"This
is a 6 minute experience genre fans owe themselves. It’s rare these days to
find full length Hollywood feature films that feel fresh, let alone 6 minute
shorts made on tiny budgets." - Life After Undeath Blog.
"The
film is brave and unrelenting. It is a breath of fresh air to a lot of the
common horror tricks that are being trotted out time and again." -Alexandra West, Scare
Tactics Blog.
"Skip
Shea is an adept director with equal ability to write, his short film gets more
across than most full length films. 4 out of 5 Stars" - The Bleeding Dead
Film Reviews.
"You
will not be expecting to see the events that unfold in this shocking short
film."
- The Horror Spot
"The
script itself deserves kudos for completely drawing your attention to
the one aspect we would expect every horror film to contain and then suddenly
shocks you with an element you rarely see in this genre." - The Scariest Movies
Online
"I
figured I was in for one of three things: a really solid work,
a bite size film that left me feeling nothing, or one of those that makes me
want to substitute rat poison for the salt on my dinner table.
Those are the three categories all art falls into for me, always.
Yet, when it was all said and done, Shea's vignette carved a whole new icky
slot out just for itself. 9 out of 10 Stars" - The Conduit Speaks
"Brilliant.
8.5 out of 10 Stars" - The Gruesome Hurtzogg Horror Movie Review Podcast.
"4
out of 5 Stars"
- Char Hardin
"What
I find particularly interesting about Microcinema is its plot and how
it seems to blend together torture, voyeurism, and a lot of other really weird
horrific topics like snuff films." - Horror Society
"Like
Cracker Jacks, Microcinema, a short film by Skip Shea, ends with a
surprise in the bottom. The good news is that it's better than a plastic
ring." - Chris
Hallock, All Things Horror
"Microcinema
Doesn't Disappoint" - Victor Infante, Worcester Telergram &
Gazette
"The
new indie horror romp Microcinema and it is a doozy." - Truly Disturbing
Horror
"Interesting
short that starts as your usual slasher/serial killer fare before taking a
wicked little turn." -Shaun Sjolin Cenobiteme Blog
"Unicornsblud
Horror Review Stamp of Majestic Approval" - Unicronsblud's
Horror Reviews
“Twisted
and sick but with a new vision.” - The Dr. Chris Radio of Horror
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