Multi award-winning short film, Night of the Slasher,
written and directed by Shant
Hamassian, competes for Best Narrative Short at two Oscar®
qualifying festivals; the St. Louis International Film Festival in
Missouri, USA and the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland. If it wins, it
becomes eligible for an Oscar® nomination.
Henry
Selick (Director of Nightmare Before Christmas and
Coraline) saw the film at the Telluride Horror Show and said,
“I really loved ‘Night of the Slasher’! It's smart, clever, and
funny!”
Night of the
Slasher is a 'shot-in-one-take' film about a teenage girl who
must commit horror movie sins by drinking alcohol, doing drugs, and having sex
in order to lure a masked killer and exact
revenge.
“I wanted to write a
slasher film where on the surface, it is a self-referential genre film, however
there is a deeper meaning behind everything we see and how we are all connected
to this genre as a culture. I chose to write this film on a deep and personal
level because I personally had to deal with a traumatic moment in my life.
Making this film was an exploration on how to cope with those painful memories
and to tell a story on how to not let the past control our lives. In the end, a
great slasher film reflects the killer as a state of mind.”,
explains director Shant Hamassian.
After its successful world
premiere at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South
Korea, this highly stylized short has been programmed at 91 film festivals
including the prestigious Screamfest (Los Angeles) and
Frightfest (London). The short has been nominated for 28 awards and has
won 15 including Best Short, Best Actress, and
Best Cinematography.
America’s
reference site for horror movies, Dread
Central said that Night of the Slasher “is surprisingly both
funny and suspenseful in one small package.”
Starring
Lily Berlina (the
Slasher girl), Scott
Javore (the Bait), and Adam Lesar
(the Killer), Night of the Slasher is written and directed by Shant
Hamassian, produced by Adam Lesar, Eve Constance, and Shant
Hamassian. Cinematography by Eli Tahan, Visual FX by Alessandro
Schiassi & Michaelangelo Frisoni, and Music by Simon
Michel.
Shant Hamassian
(@ShantHamassian) grew
up in the rolling hills of Calabasas, California and attended Art Center College
of Design in Pasadena. He has directed several music videos, comedic sketches as
well various shorts that have won awards and played internationally in the film
festival circuit. Shant is currently working with NBA Champion and former Laker,
Rick Fox on a web series titled, Herman the
Monkey. Night of the Slasher is a
“proof-of-concept” based on one of many feature screenplays he has written,
including Neville which made the 2011
Bloodlist.
To find out more about
Night of the Slasher, full list of awards, and its tour calendar, please
check the official website www.nightoftheslasher.com
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