Negating Fear (2014)
Just prior to starting my Master's Degree, I entered Hammer Horror's 24 hour film challenge.
I had an idea for a horror short involving a paranoid husband who ends up being killed by his long suffering wife. I contacted actor friends who said they were up for it.
That idea was revised several times & became something very different, Para-Hysteria (2017).
However, if any of the actors let me down, I would need a "Plan B", & this film was it!
Negating Fear (2014) was a fun idea I had which a homage to one of my directing influences, Stuart Gordon. OK, there's not enough blood & gore, but you should see the rest of the connections.
Ironically it didn't occur to me how much influence the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft had had on me, until it was pointed out by my university mentor, some 6 months later, that my idea for a feature film sounded a bit Lovecraftian. Although, this idea has still not been fully written up & remains just a collection of ideas on index cards.
The day after the UK went into lock-down in March 2020, Stuart Gordon sadly passed away.
As a tribute I decided to return to this amateur film & see if i could tighten it up & submit it to the Lovecraft Film Festival.
However, as the restrictions began to ease, I decided to update the script, re-shoot the whole film & give it a new title, Inadvertent (2020).
I had an idea for a horror short involving a paranoid husband who ends up being killed by his long suffering wife. I contacted actor friends who said they were up for it.
That idea was revised several times & became something very different, Para-Hysteria (2017).
However, if any of the actors let me down, I would need a "Plan B", & this film was it!
Negating Fear (2014) was a fun idea I had which a homage to one of my directing influences, Stuart Gordon. OK, there's not enough blood & gore, but you should see the rest of the connections.
Ironically it didn't occur to me how much influence the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft had had on me, until it was pointed out by my university mentor, some 6 months later, that my idea for a feature film sounded a bit Lovecraftian. Although, this idea has still not been fully written up & remains just a collection of ideas on index cards.
The day after the UK went into lock-down in March 2020, Stuart Gordon sadly passed away.
As a tribute I decided to return to this amateur film & see if i could tighten it up & submit it to the Lovecraft Film Festival.
However, as the restrictions began to ease, I decided to update the script, re-shoot the whole film & give it a new title, Inadvertent (2020).