SQUIB

THE SHORT FILM

FILMMAKERS SHAUN AND MAC SPIRAL INTO MADNESS AFTER STUMBLING UPON A WAY TO CUT PRODUCTION COSTS BY KIDNAPPING AND KILLING PEOPLE FOR THEIR INDIE SLASHER FILM.

What are you willing to do for your art?

Shaun and Mac aren’t the two brightest filmmakers in the world, but they have an idea, and they have the drive to make it happen. They’re just trying to cut corners to make their low-budget slasher. They didn’t plan on kidnapping and killing people instead of buying expensive special effects. But now that they’ve figured it out, why would they stop? This is fantastic. They only kill people who deserve it, anyway. There’s nothing wrong with that. And their movie looks incredible, so why would they stop? 

They’ve got a great system going here: Mac, the writer and director, creates beautifully grotesque scenes for Shaun, the actor, to thrive in. Maybe they even start to enjoy it a little. Maybe a little too much. Maybe this is actually something they wanted to do all along, but never realized it until just now. Could Shaun and Mac be psychotic? Did Ashley, that suicide survivor Shaun brought in, really want to die? Was that a bad idea to kill her? Mac might be having a little too much fun writing these scenes. Shaun’s not actually acting anymore. But, who cares right? All that matters is what that producer thinks when they show him their film. What if he doesn’t like it? Well, Mac hasn’t thought that through yet. What if someone catches them? Well, Shaun hasn’t thought about that either. 

And then Claire shows up. Who the fuck is she?

"There is a great chemistry between the two filmmakers [Shaun and Mac], and one that comes with a smidge of charm, clever & quick-witted humor, and of course, a fantastic and macabre dedication to the art. Squib was smart, captivating, chuckle-inducing…and bloody to boot!"

- BRUCE Reel Bloody Horror

"It was the premise that hooked me when I saw it on kickstarter. Fucking brilliant if I may say so."

- JOSH Kickstarter backer

"What I liked the most is that it has a lightness, a sense of humor, that most student movies, which are full of existential angst, unfortunately lack."

-JACOB Filmmaker

"Fucking surreal and bizarre, the writing was really sharp throughout the whole film... it makes you think, what if nice little filmmakers like Sydney were actually doing this kind of shit"

- ELI Filmmaker

"THE GIRL'S DEATH SCENE IS FUCKING QUALITY FILMMAKING. IM IN LOVE WITH THAT SCENE. And that composer is fucking phenomenal... My one criticism is that this needs to be longer, much longer. This needs to be a feature."

- JAMES Filmmaker

SCREENING

• the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Select and Juried Screening Brooklyn 2015

• Wherever It Takes You Pratt Institute Screening and Reception Brooklyn 2015

• Home is Where the House Is Pratt Institute Film/Video and Photography Thesis Exhibition Manhattan 2015

PRESS

Reviewed by Reel Bloody Horror

Featured in print 2015-2016 issue of UNDERGRAD BULLETIN

Featured on Pratt Institute's Instagram and Facebook

Featured on F*ck Yeah Women Film Directors

Featured in print Spring 2015 issue of Ubiquitous Magazine.

Featured in print 2015 issue of Pratt Show NYC X Design Magazine

Selected as a staff pick on Kickstarter, a featured pick on the Horror Discover page, and Project of the Day

Featured on Film Pulse

Featured on Hallow-Holics Anonymous

Featured on Pratt Kickstarter