On a worktable lies a skull-like mask. It has no mouth. Its eye holes are motes of blackness. Its mottled surface is a deep crimson, tattooed with black brush notes. From the right side of the scalp rise three narrow uneven spikes, like half a crown upon its infernal head.
Dark spirits are coming.
Not quite finished, but getting close...
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Against the grey glow of a clouding sky, the dark shape of a very large house looms, mostly visible only by it's brightly lit windows. It has a cone-shaped cupola, multiple peaked dormers with rounded windows. Other windows are a variety of shapes and patterns, only broken by the skeletal trees in the foreground. Even though it's walls might be yellow, it feels huge, dark, and sinister in the night.
This neighborhood mansion is Gothic AF.
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Working on a mask for the next episode of Beyond These Haunted Streets: BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. Coming along nicely, I think. 🙂
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Enjoy our new Horror Short: PRELUDE TO THE WITCH the first chapter in our new Urban Folk-Horror Anthology: BEYOND THIS HAUNTED CITY!
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New Project:
BEYOND THIS HAUNTED CITY – A Folk-Horror Anthology
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HOLY COW! Our short film, The Underpass, was featured in a news story about improvements to the location where it was filmed!
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Underneath an elevated train track at night, a corn-husk doll lies on the pavement. There is a scrap of colored fabric around its neck, and many dark and painful looking thorns stick out of it's body. In the background we can see the Arthur Mosby fleeing the scene. But is it too late to escape?
Arthur Mosby (DC Cathro) is pursued by an evil curse, and the darkest magic, in Sword & Cloak Productions' new short film: PRELUDE TO THE WITCH! On YouTube tomorrow, 10/20, Halloween Eve! Please Like & Share!
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Walter Mosby (DC Cathro) sees a cryptic message as he rides the train, in Sword & Clock Productions' new short film PRELUDE TO THE WITCH! Premiering on YT Thursday, 10/20, Halloween! Please Like and Share!
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DC Cathro as Walter Mosby, a greying academic with a grey beard stands on a shadowy subway platform talking to his phone with a worried brow.
In our new Short Film: PRELUDE TO THE WITCH, DC Cathro stars Walter Mosby, an academic who is forced to believe in a terrible evil. Premiering this Thursday, 10/20, Halloween Eve!
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The shadowy and majestic front entrance to The Chicago Public Library at night, lit only by the old-style streetlamps. Above it the words "PRELUDE TO THE WITCH"!
NEW MOVIE: PRELUDE TO THE WITCH, as well as the launch of a New Project! Coming this Thursday, 10/20, Halloween Eve! Can't wait for you see it. If you want to support, please Like & Share!
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Movie Trailer: The Bride!
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Hell yeah! We’re going to be showing at the Chicago Horror Film Festival! Congrats again to everyone involved, you killed it.
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Postcard image of the S.S> Eastland on it's side in the Chicago river as people scurry across it's hull, carrying the bodies out.
848 passengers and crew died when the SS Eastland capsized on the Chicago River - July 24, 1915. The largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
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It is a shiny black mask - has kind of an oil-like surface. Vaguely skull-shaped on top but no mouth, and narrowing to dripping lengths of what could be tendrils or tentacles or something liquefying and dripping downward. The nose hole and sockets are an even inkier black.
Working on a mask for a new project. More Folk Horror in Chicago!
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Long white mural with sweeping black brash strokes and blue and red accents. A jumble of horror imagery including giant snakes, a law crow, a dark wooded tunnel, a sinister dark figure, a cartoonish and blobby cyclops with a long red tongue, mushrooms, spiders, and more.
Love this new Roger's Park mural in my neighborhood underpass. Was this authorized? Or is it creepy street art?
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Huge thanks to the folks at Old Gods of Appalachia for bringing an amazing evening of laughs, thrills, and scares to Park West last Friday. A chilling delight that had us watching all the shadows on our trip home. Chicago loves you!
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When you hop on the train remember to check the destination. While not on the schedule, rumor has it there are lines that have only one stop, and it's the End of the Line.
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Finally arrived in Chicago. Tomorrow, a full day at the Chicago Horror Film Festival.
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With over 220 films screening the weekend of May 16-18 at the Logan Theater, the Chicago Horror Film Festival is now the largest horror fest in the world! We are so pleased to be nominated in the Best Horror Short-Chicago/Illinois category. Thank you, CHFF!
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Whaaaaat?! My script Psychomanteum was nominated for BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY at Chicago Horror Film Festival! 🖤❤️🖤❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 #ChicagoHorrorFilmFestival #ChicagoHorror #ChicagoHorrorFilmFest #WomenInHorror #LoganTheatre
No way! We’ve been nominated in a category at the Chicago Horror Film Festival with Little Deaths!!! So honored. This fest has been a. Dream to screen at for a long time and to be nominated… can’t wait to find out if we win! #chicagohorror #horror #chicagohorrorfilmfestival #nominated #indiehorror
so FUCKIN ready. 🧟♂️🔪👻🪓☠️👽👾
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Huzzah! My short psychological horror screenplay, "A Cure for Creativity," was selected for a fifth film festival. This time, it's ... #ChicagoHorrorFilmFest
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Yes!
My short film "The Quiet Hike" is an Official Selection of the Chicago Horror Film Festival . The event takes place May 16 -18th at The Logan Theatre in Chicago, IL. Very honored to be a part of another great indie festival.
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Super stoked to announce we’ve been accepted into the Chicago Horror Film Festival! May 16-18 #ChicagoHorrorFilmFest
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On a train station stairway, an academic looking man in a tweed coat and a bright red scarf stares at a corn doll poppet in his hand. Around the neck of the doll is fabric matching his red scar. His face is wrought with alarm...
It was a joy and a privilege to be filming with DC Cathro and Elise Lovella, as they brought their wonderful talents to a new tale of The Thorn Witch. Looking forward to more!
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A few years back I was lucky enough to direct this little nightmare with the help of a tiny but excellent cast and crew of collaborators. Use what you have! Tell your stories!
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The looming dark shape of interlaced tree branches against a foggy background, lit up at night by lights from the buildings. Taken form the Loyola Red Line stop - the station sign is visible in the foreground.
I *love* Chicago - a city of stories: history, mystery, and legend. I want to add to its mythology. I want to re-enchant its streets.
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He is watching.
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What do you think? I built this model of a Pepper's Ghost effect for our upcoming feature film, Hand of Thorns.
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