Set
in an English woodland countryside, Debra and her best friends Jamie and Nancy
pick up Dan, Nancey's ex, to go out to the woods to score some weed. Unknown to
them a killer who resembles death is cleansing the countryside. With a wannabe
policeman and an assortment of the public out for some fresh air, the woods are
no place to go down today. In the vein of The Evil Dead and Bad Taste, The
Shadow of Death is a 81 minute Horror comedy throw back to the 70s and 80s
backwoods slasher genre picture, keeping in vein with those films but
incorporating new styles and ideas to the medium.
Stars: Dan Carter Hope, Sophia Disgrace, Corinna Jane,
Jane West, and Dan Bone
Written and directed by: Gav Chuckie Steel
BEHIND
THE STORY...
I
have been watching horror films since I was a child and have always wanted to
be part of creating films, that as a true fan of the genre, I would enjoy
watching. I always loved FX and thought I would get in to that side of film
making but as I grew older I started writing music and DJ'ing hip hop and using
horror films as inspiration for my new found musical passion. I then decided to
write scores for horror films and ended up writing my own film instead!
What started out as a 26 page script with a few friends and a camcorder at the
odd weekend turned into a much larger scale project, More people came on board.
I still shot with a camcorder (Panasonic sd60) but this was now an HD camera. I
wrote, shot, directed, edited and scored the film myself, but of course I had a
small very dedicated cast and crew with me to do all the other roles. My friend
Mark Kelly came on to do (in camera, no CGI) FX and funnily enough he started
working on making zombies for Brat Pitt's new film World War Z through the week
and then was spending weekends working with us, he learnt a massive amount from
all of this and I think the FX stand out in the film.
There
were a few challenges, I had no budget (the whole film was made for less
than an a holiday), no time (I have a full time night job and look after
my two kids in the day times) and no film school knowledge ( although I do know
horror!). I'm really proud of 'Shadow' and hope it inspires other people to get
an HD camcorder pick it up and make a movie, I edited and scored it all at home
when I had a chance (mainly given up sleep) and with today's resources and
technology anybody can create what ever they want....
This film is very personal to my Crew, Cast and I and we are very
pleased to let it out in to the world and we hope we can go on to work with
other projects. We have a zombie comedy scripted and three other horror
comedies being written at the moment and would love to be able to carry on making
films as Deadbolt Films.
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