Following its premiere in Paris at the 24th L’Etrange
Festival in September 2018. Faster Productions have now made their
latest short film Knock Knock Knock Knock available to the wider
public….if they’re interested enough to lift a finger!
Knock
Knock Knock Knock is an unashamed homage to the Italian horror/ giallo
films, with specific nods to the work of Dario Argento, Mario Bava and
Lucio Fulci…but with a healthy dollop of the anything goes madness of
Toho’s classic 70s horror Hausu also added to the mix.
In this short film – the 2nd in the Sincerely, Psychopath: Disposable Screams series (but not the 2nd to
be made!) - Freya, a woman who has suffered from a nervous breakdown
resulting in horrific self harm finds herself plagued by a knocking at
her door – is there a genuine reason for this interruption or a result
of the demons still loitering in her head?
Admittedly
a wafer thin plot, but taking inspiration from Fulci’s quote regarding
his masterpiece The Beyond (“It’s a plotless film…just a series of
images”) this premise is the jumping off point for a succession of
visually arresting moments.
Complementing
these images and providing a similar experience for the ear is the
exclusively composed soundtrack by rising musician Umberto, already a
name on the synthwave/ darkwave circuit with his albums Prophecy Of the
Black Widow, Confrontations as well as Night Has A Thousands Screams,
his own score to the notorious trash horror classic Pieces.
However,
in a reaction to today’s culture of being available to view everything
instantly, Faster Productions has made the decision that anyone
interested in viewing the film must email fasterproductions@yahoo.co.uk with the subject line 4KANDLES (a daft nod to the classic Two Ronnie’s sketch) to be sent a link to download the film.
Writer/
Director Luther Bhogal-Jones explains “We live in a wonderful world
where a film can be available to view by a worldwide audience instantly,
but with that as a film maker it feels like there’s a distinct loss of
engagement with the viewer. Although I will inevitably lose viewing
figures with this approach, I’m hoping it will be a result of quality of
viewings over quantity.”
He
will have to wait and see how successful this approach is and whether
today’s internet audiences can, if not get off their arses, at least
lift a finger to type. In the meantime, Faster Productions will be
sending their recently completed puppet splatstick horror short Snore to
festivals, as well as following a similar email-to-view approach to
their fantasy/ thriller Goodnight, Halloween…before concentrating on
their planned feature film about a legendary figure from the UK video
game industry.
View the trailer on Vimeo
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