MASSACHUSETTS (March 24, 2013) - The independent short film horror “Microcinema” was selected as Best Short Film at the 2013 Jersey Gore Film Festival (http://jerseygorefilmfestival.com) this weekend at the historic Darress Theatre in Boonton, NJ. Written and directed by Harvest Tide Productions co-founder Skip Shea, “Microcinema” has received wide acclaim including the fan-based 2012 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award Honorable Mention for Best Short Film. (http://www.rondoaward.com)
“Harvest Tide and the cast and crew
of “Microcinema” are very honored and grateful to be recognized by Geraldine
Winters and the Jersey Gore Film Festival,” said Shea. “This might be a
spoiler but with this film, I wanted to change the formula of the revenge film
after countless movies where we see a woman become a victim before she fights
back and either gets away or gets her revenge. It’s a good formula, but I
wanted to turn those tables. As a survivor of clergy sexual abuse I wanted to
see the predator pay his karmic debt for even thinking about and planning to
commit such a crime.”
Shea,
whose abuse occurred in the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts, is an activist
and his films often serve to raise awareness through horror and satire of the
ongoing issues around clergy sexual abuse.
Starring Alex
Lewis and Aurora Grabill, “Microcinema” (www.watchmicrocinema.com) is the story of Peter Martell, a highly educated,
well-to-do young man with too much free time on his hands. He spends it
watching snuff films. One day he makes the bold decision to cross the line from
observer to participant, aspiring to bring a philosophical element to his own
kind of snuff films. Ready to go to work, he tracks his first victim into a haunted
New England wood, where the boundary between participant and observer takes a
different turn.
“Microcinema” is Harvest Tide’s
first online and internationally self-distributed short horror film which scored
on several best-of lists and gained momentum as a cult favorite and a hit with
horror reviewers. Danielle Holman writing for Truly Disturbing Horror, www.trulydisturbing.com listed “Microcinema” as one of the five best horror
films saying, “Skip Shea’s seven-minute short film is deserving in the ranks of
the big films as it’s able to accomplish more in less than ten minutes than an
hour and a half feature length film.” In her Bleeding Dead, http://bleedingdeadfilmreviews.blogspot.com/ she has called “Microcinema” "…one of the most
important horror films of our time."
Chris Conduit of The Conduit
Speaks, www.theconduitspeaks.com put “Microcinema” as the best horror short of the year
giving it his Conduit Award.
“Microcinema” wowed critics and
audiences last year at several horror film festivals and screenings within the
few short months of its release. Screenings in 2011 included the 1st
Annual Danish Horror Film Festival: THE TURBINE at Spinderihallerne, Vejle,
Denmark; All Things Horror Shudder Fest at the Somerville Theater in
Somerville, MA; Short Horror Films at AS220 in Providence, RI;
the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival; and before Canadian
horror film fans at Fright Night Theater presents: ABSENTIA &
Microcinema at the Staircase Cafe Theater in Hamilton, Ontario.
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What the critics are saying about
“Microcinema”
"This is a 6
minute experience genre fans owe themselves. It’s rare these days to find full length
Hollywood feature films that feel fresh, let alone 6 minute shorts made on tiny
budgets." - Life After Undeath Blog.
"The film is brave and
unrelenting. It is a breath of fresh air to a lot of the common horror tricks
that are being trotted out time and again." -Alexandra West, Scare Tactics
Blog.
"Skip Shea is an adept director
with equal ability to write, his short film gets more across than most full
length films. 4 out of 5 Stars" - The Bleeding Dead Film
Reviews.
"You will not be expecting to
see the events that unfold in this shocking short film." - The Horror
Spot
"The script itself deserves
kudos for completely drawing your attention to the one aspect we would expect
every horror film to contain and then suddenly shocks you with an element you
rarely see in this genre." The Scariest Movies Online
"I figured I was in for one of
three things: a really solid work, a bite size film that left me feeling
nothing, or one of those that makes me want to substitute rat poison for the
salt on my dinner table. Those are the three categories all art falls
into for me, always. Yet, when it was all said and done, Shea's vignette carved
a whole new icky slot out just for itself. 9 out of 10 Stars" - The
Conduit Speaks
"Brilliant. 8.5 out of 10
Stars" - The Gruesome Hurtzogg Horror Movie Review Podcast.
"4 out of 5 Stars" - Char
Hardin
"What I find particularly
interesting about Microcinema is its plot and how it seems to blend
together torture, voyeurism, and a lot of other really weird horrific topics
like snuff films." - Horror Society
"Microcinema Doesn't
Disappoint" - Victor Infante, Worcester Telergram & Gazette
"The new indie horror romp
Microcinema and it is a doozy." - Truly Disturbing Horror
"Interesting short that starts as
your usual slasher/serial killer fare before taking a wicked little
turn." -Shaun Sjolin Cenobiteme Blog
"Unicornsblud Horror Review
Stamp of Majestic Approval" - Unicronsblud's Horror Reviews
“Twisted and sick but with a new
vision.” - The Dr. Chris Radio of Horror
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