Switronix Short Horror Film Contest Finalists

FINALISTS

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FILM: PIN
Synopsis: A young woman reads a passage from an ancient book which summons an evil creature. This film was part of a class project where each student was assigned a job. It was made for under $500 and shot in two days.

Equipment Used: HVX200 with a Letus Extreme, fluid head tripod, doorway dolly, Marantz recorder, field mixer, boom microphone, lavalier microphones, Kino Flow lights, 1000 watt HMI, C-stands.

Filmmaker: Edward Vilderman

Bio: Edward Vilderman is a recent college graduate with a Bachelor's degree in film. He enjoys writing and directing sketch comedy, documentaries and music videos, and also has a passion for horror. He has over 20 million views on his YouTube videos and has had his content featured multiple times on Funny or Die, Tosh.0, G4, and many other sites around the world. In addition to writing and directing, he also enjoys editing, visual effects, and sound editing.

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FILM: SLEEPER

Synopsis: A business man learns the strange prank calls he is receiving have a sinister purpose.

Equipment Used: Canon hfs-10, handy35 35mm adapter with Nikon lenses.

Filmmaker: Chris Keaton

Bio: Chris Keaton is an aspiring screenwriter living in sunny Arizona. He writes screenplays short and feature length in most genres, but horror is his favorite. Chris also delves into prose and has a young adult fantasy novel soon to be released. You can learn more about his projects at 'http://chris-keaton.com' and more about his novel at 'http://TheMosaicNovel.com'.
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FILM: THE BOATSHED

Synopsis: Mike Mannis has lived in fear of the very boatshed that claimed his twin brothers death. In this astonishing documentary, Mike faces his fear and returns to the boatshed to confront his innermost demons.

Equipment Used: Canon 550D T2i Rebel and a Tokina 12-24 lens.

Filmmaker: Matt Harris

Bio: Matt Harris is a horror and science fiction filmmaker residing in West Hollywood, California.Matt writes, directs, edits and scores his own films in his production facility Soul Studio 7.He is currently working on his debut feature length film, a science fiction horror story that takes place in a post apocalyptic America.
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FILM: GLOOMY SUNDAY

Synopsis: I made this song for the short film "Belated by Valentine's Lover". It's a Trip Hop remix of Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday. I wanted to put the track on youtube and decided to lay down some footage from the film as the video. But then on a whim I decided it would be cooler if I altered the footage and made it really trippy. So I ate a bunch of pot cookies and then said "let's see what happens!" Then things started getting out of control (as you might notice) and I ended up using highly altered footage from various short films I had worked on and ended with this mind melting black and white video that will either make you smile or freak you out. Either way you're welcome/sorry.

Equipment Used: DVX100A, HVX200, PC Computer, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Adobe Premiere, Fl Studio

Filmmaker: Jimmy ScreamerClauz

Bio: Jimmy ScreamerClauz is a filmmaker, graphic artist and musician from the back woods of Pennsylvanian. He has released two full-length albums and a plethora of films.
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FILM: EAT ME

Synopsis: EAT ME is the story of two people so madly in love they take it past the grave, continuing their everlasting love as zombies.

Equipment Used: Bolex 16mm silent fim camera. It was shot on Black & White reversal 16mm film and i originally edited it on a Steenbeck, phycically cutting and splicing every little edit. It was later cut down and edited digitally by Jimmy ScreamerClauz.

Filmmaker: Victor Bonacore

Bio: Victor Bonacore started making films as a kid. His older sisters raised him on the likes of GG Allin, Richard Kern and other outlaw art that influenced him to began making his epic, backyard, camcorder horror films. Continuing to make little movies throughout high school, he decided to go to college to study film further. He attended and graduated from Adelphi University in New York with a degree in film and an award for creativity in film & video.

Victor then worked for Media Blasters, a NYC DVD distribution and film Production Company, where he was a casting director, script editor, and associate producer on the films "The Pick-Up" Damnation and "Late Fee." First and foremost Bonacore puts his time behind "Chainsaw Kiss," an underground art collective focusing on creating dangerous film & music. Some of Victor's films include "Pretty" a short with Linnea Quigley, "Eat Me," a 16mm Silent Zombie Love Story, and "Ice Cream Sunday" a 16mm controversial short being distributed with Unearthed films. His short "They Made Me" was distributed by Alternative Cinema as part of there Shock Festival DVD release. His films have been accepted and screened at "The Coney Island Film Festival," "Rock & Shock Festival," "The Boston Underground" and "Fantasia International" in Montreal, Canada. Victor also directed the retrospective documentary "The Legend Still Lives: 30 Years of Madman." Currently in distribution from Code Red DVD. He has done all the music video's for Long Island recording artist Johnnie Lee Jordan, and most recently for the Boston's Sexcrement. Bonacore even directed a few commercials most notable the "Crystal Lake Wines" commercial with Adrienne King.

Currently resides in the mountains of Pennsylvania where he continues to run Chainsaw Kiss & work on his many upcoming projects:

The 16mm feature film "Blood Wings: A Satanic Fantasy," currently in production. He is wrapping up his documentary "Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim Vanbebber", and is about to start pre-production on "Shitfucked: A Vile Love Story" a Super 8mm, punk rock, lesbian, gang film, written by feminist author Hanna Neurotica.

He promises that Chainsaw Kiss will deliver a plethora of music videos, film and other visual oddities in the near apocalyptic future.

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