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Indie Horror Film Shows What You Can Do (And Get) For Free

Posted by timothy on from the very-few-academy-awards-so-far dept.

Wescotte writes "The Amateur Monster Movie is the first feature length film by King's Tower Productions and writer/director Kyle Richards, all filmed within an hour of Milwaukee, WI over the course of 57 days during the summers of 2009 and 2010. It was shot as a 'no-budget' film and the entire cast and crew worked for free on owned or borrowed equipment. After a few film festival appearances, highlighted by the Wisconsin Film Festival, and — a cast and crew favorite — the Oshkosh Horror Film Festival, Richards decided to release the film for free online, a move intended to encourage more movies and media to do the same and allow free media access to everyone online. The film can be streamed from Vimeo and YouTube or downloaded via torrent at Pirate Bay, KAT, and magnet link. More information and production stills can be found at the Facebook Page, and IMDB." The acting is straightforwardly campy, but (promise or warning) the gory, zero-budget special effects start about four minutes in.

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  1. Vodo by arnodf · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'll leave this here: Vodo
    Great stuff there

  2. Magnet link broken by emj · · Score: 4, Informative

    So the magnet link was broken, but tinyurl supports magnets , because slashdot mangles magnetlinks.

  3. Is it a low-budget, Filipino horror movie? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Preferably one set in NYC. I hear there is a *huge* demand for that genre.

    Maybe I should start advertising for it in my sig...

  4. Re:The makers are on slashdot by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're thinking of circletimessquare. I think he changed it a while back. Dunno what ever happened with the film he was supposedly making.

    --
    Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
  5. I am the filmmaker by Johnny+Mason · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hey everybody, I made this movie. I was the writer, director, producer, co-editor, and an actor, and I did a bunch of other shit too such as remove hiss from over 900 individual audio clips! It was awesome. If anyone is interested in knowing anything about this great film please ask me and I will be happy to try and answer. Thanks for giving the movie a watch, I'm happy to have your support!

  6. The Haters by DaMattster · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't know why "the haters"are coming out lock, stock, and fold. For one, this is an attempt at reclaiming the art of movie making from the big budget, mafiaa studios. Instead of judging the movie by comparison to these big budget studios, watch it for what it is and enjoy the fact that it was made by some everyday, above-average joes. I'm going to watch it now.