Wasp-Men From Mars! is
a sci-fi short film inspired by the monster invasion flicks of the 1950’s but
with the more modern sensibility of today’s sci-fi and horror.
It
starts in 1959 with three teenagers on a stargazing trip that turns into an
evening of heartbreak, jealousy, and sexual confusion — and then giant wasps
from outer space invade Earth and make things even worse. The teens need to put
their feelings aside if they're going to survive the night. (These are teenagers we’re
talking about.)
Written and directed by: Gerrit Thompson
Directors
Statement
Wasp-Men
From Mars! is my love letter to creature features.
My
first exposure to these movies, like many people my age, was through Mystery
Science Theater 3000. Yes, they were lampooned for their writing, acting,
costumes, etc., but I admired them for trying to do something big on very
little money and tackling important subjects like Communism and nuclear war by
using rubber monsters. Plus, they were fun to watch, even without Joel, Mike,
and the robots.
Sci-fi
and horror have matured since then, but a lot of my favorite films and TV
shows, likeTremors, Buffy, and The World's End, have been influenced
by those earlier films. One of my favorite shows, Doctor Who, started as
the BBC equivalent of those creature features, and carries on the rubber
monster tradition to this day.
With Wasp-Men
From Mars!, I hope to honor those earlier films and merge them with the
sensibility of modern sci-fi/horror, where the monsters are used as a way to
explore characters and their relationships in addition to giving them something
to fight. My hope is that audiences will not only identify with our main
characters, Suzie, James, and Timmy, but that the fun and spectacle of the film
will encourage them to seek out the original creature features, like Invaders
From Mars and THEM!
In
the end I hope to create a short film that's fun, scary, overdramatic, and at
its heart, very sincere. And with really cool Wasp-Men.
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