THE ONLY THING I LOVE MORE THAN YOU IS RANCH DRESSING
RANCH. DIPPED. CHICKEN. FINGERS.
WRITER - SYDNEY CLARA BRAFMAN
DIRECTOR - SYDNEY CLARA BRAFMAN
PRODUCER - NIKKI NEENAN
CAMERA - NICK SHULTZ
STARRING - MADISON MCGHEE, JAMES SOLLER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - MATT KLEINE, MONTANA MASBACK, BILL MCGOVERN
SOUND RECORDIST - KRISTI GATTO
PAS - EMILEE BAE, AMY CONNERLEY
BG - GABRIELLA VOLL, EMILEE BAE, AMY CONNERLEY
HMU/SFX - NIKKI NEENAN
EDITOR - SYDNEY CLARA BRAFMAN
COLORIST - JUAN SALVO
MUSIC - NEAL KELLY
VOCALS - SCOTT WOLFE
SPECIAL THANKS - DARYL ORELLANA
FILMED ON LOCATION AT HARD TIMES CHRISTMAS LIQUORS AT THE SUNSET BAR
PRESS
“IT’S AN INCREDIBLE MOVIE! SYDNEY MAKES INCREDIBLE, HILARIOUS, AND FUCKED UP SHORTS”
- ALTER“A MINUTE LONG, THRASH METAL GUITAR SOLO OF A MOVIE. IT’S AN ASSAULT ON THE SENSES WITH GREASY WINGS, WET, SQUELCHING SOUND DESIGN, AND A SCRIPT THAT TAKES NO PRISONERS.
…THERE’S ANOTHER LAYER OF FLAVOR WITH NOTES OF MISCHIEF AND A PROUDLY FEMINISTIC MIDDLE FINGER TO WHAT SOCIETY EXPECTS OF WOMEN. …THERE’S ALWAYS AN INHERENT DANGER WHEN A WOMAN GOES ON A DATE WITH A MAN. HORROR FANS SEE A GUY AND A GIRL GETTING ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY START WRITING THE WOMAN’S OBITUARY. BRAFMAN SEEMS TO TAKE THAT EXPECTATION AND BEAT IT TO DEATH WITH A FILM CAMERA, REVERSING THE AUDIENCE’S PERCEPTION OF WHO’S TRULY IN DANGER, RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
THERE’S ALSO A PERPETUALLY WAGGING FINGER WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN AND FOOD. WOMEN, SOCIETY TELLS US, ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT LIKE BIRDS, IF THEY EAT AT ALL. BRAFMAN CENTERS HER SHORT AROUND A WOMAN’S HUNGER AND REFUSAL TO STOP, MAKING FOR A BADASS, HILARIOUS, AND VINDICATING RIDE. EVEN THE TITLE SLAPS THE PATRIARCHY’S EXPECTATIONS FOR WOMEN IN THE FACE.
WHEN A SEXIST ASSHOLE TELLS YOU TO PUT HIM ABOVE ALL ELSE, YOU CAN RESPOND WITH BRAFMAN’S BATTLE CRY: “THE ONLY THING I LOVE MORE THAN YOU IS RANCH DRESSING!”"
- POPHORROR.COM“PUTS A NEW TWIST ON THE TERM “MANEATER”…IT’S A SEXY, METAL-FUELED, DARKLY COMEDIC BIT OF BITE-SIZED HORROR.
- MORBIDLY BEAUTIFUL 2019“SOMETIMES IT’S ENOUGH JUST TO PROVIDE A FUN BIT OF HORROR THAT PACKS A BITE, AND IN THAT THIS SHORT VERY MUCH DELIVERS.”
- RUE MORGUE 2021“THIS 60-SECOND HORROR SHORT CANNIBALIZED THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT, SCREENING AT OVER 30 FILM FESTIVALS ACROSS 7 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL, AND EVEN WINNING THE AWARD FOR BEST EDITING AT CINEPOCALYPSE. BEHIND THE DRIED STAGE BLOOD AND BODEGA CATS, SYDNEY IS TRULY A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH… SYDNEY AND HER ROWDY BUNCH OF COLLABORATORS CREATED A HORROR FILM THAT LASTS THE BLINK OF AN EYE YET RESONATES WITH OUR UNDENIABLE LOVE FOR RANCH DRESSING, BLOOD, AND GORE.”
- THE HORRORCULTURIST“I’VE SEEN SKETCHES ABOUT RANCH DRESSING. AND I’VE SEEN SKETCHES ABOUT CANNIBALISM. BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN THOSE TWO IDEAS COMBINED IN QUITE SUCH A WAY. ”
- NIGHTMAREISH CONJURINGS 2019“ANOTHER SHORT AND SWEET HORROR FILM THAT LEAVES YOU KIND OF HUNGRY. I’M NOT EVEN SAYING THIS AS A PUN. I WAS REALLY HUNGRY AFTER WATCHING THIS. ”
- DIS/MEMBER 2019“THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HIDDEN GEMS YOU FIND AND AS SOON AS YOU HAVE WATCHED IT, YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS SO THEY CAN WATCH IT, THEN SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY GOING “MATE, WTF DID I JUST WATCH”!”
- LESTAT HORROR 2018 “THE ONLY THING I LOVE MORE THAN YOU IS THE KINO THE ONLY THING I LOVE MORE THAN YOU IS RANCH DRESSING (2018). AS BOTH A FRENCH NEW WAVE AND RANCH DRESSING MOTION PICTURE THIS IS THE FIRST FRANCH NEW WAVE DRESSING MOTION PICTURE, AND IT SHOWS.”
-COLINKLINE, LETTERBOXD REVIEW“THE SHORT IS A TOSSED SALAD OF GRINDHOUSE STYLE FILMING AS IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS MADE IN THE EARLY 1980'S, BUT HAS INSANE SCREAM METAL WHICH BRINGS IT TO THE MODERN AGE… THIS WAS SUCH A NICE SHORT THAT I DOUBLE DIPPED BY WATCHING A SECOND TIME. THE MAKEUP EFFECTS WERE EVEN BETTER ON THE SECOND WATCH. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT SYDNEY CLARA BRAFMAN COULD DO WITH A FEATURE FILM AS SHE SEEMS TO HAVE AN EYE FOR DIRECTING.”
- CREEPY KINGDOM“KELLY SAT DOWN WITH 3/5 DIRECTORS TO DISCUSS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS ONE OF A KIND PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE GENRE OF EXTREME CINEMA. THESE WOMEN WERE AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO TALK TO AND THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE ONE HELL OF A FILM.”
- SPINSTERS OF HORROR PODCAST
SCREENING
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