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Shadows in the Garden
21 minutes Art Film / Cult / Horror / Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A re-coming of age story...
Intended Audience: Family
A murderer stalking rainy Cthulhu Gardens is stalked himself by a botanical creature.
Wayne Spitzer Interview
Buried.com: Everything that is horror, October 2003.
http://www.buried.com/interviews/horror.php?id=107
Wayne Spitzer & Andy Kumpon Interview
Unspeakable Magazine.com, April 2004.
http://unspeakablemag.com/site/print.php?sid=67
More reviews
"The filmmakers … dare to tell this story in a non-traditional manner, providing exposition through dictionary definitions, newspaper clippings, talk radio voices, and even a motivational speaker that seems to mirror Sylkk's inner thoughts. Balancing the literate ideas are various intriguing images representing Sylkk's fantasies and psychic visions, often mated together in complex visual compositions…."
- Micro-Film Magazine
"… stumbles through its technological road blocks to deliver an atmospheric, kitschy cult potential … genre bending …."
- Horrordiva
"… the surreal imagery and steady downpour of rain really create a creepy and lonely atmosphere … Note to aspiring filmmakers: There's a lesson to be learned here."
- Cinema Eye
"All film students or people interested in seeking out filmmaking as a career should buy this film and study it …."
- The Horror Review
"… bring [s] to the table exactly what I've always found lacking in Lovecraft's work, humor and pathos."
- b-independent
"… original … atmospheric … surpasses in story and emotion over typical monster films. Highly recommended!"
- CultCuts Magazine
- Directed by: Wayne Spitzer
- Written by: Wayne Spitzer
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Produced by:
Wayne Spitzer
Eric Gollinger
Andy Kumpon - Run Time: 21 minutes
- Release Date: 2002
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Country:
United States of America
- Intended Audience: family
- Website Shadows in the Garden
Written by Wayne Spitzer
Produced by Wayne Spitzer
Eric Gollinger
Andy Kumpon
Cast
Cutthroat Cthulhu...Eric Gollinger:
Sebastion Green's Widow...Diana Kneff-Spitzer:
Man in Car...Andy Kumpon:
The Monster, Sylkk...Wayne Spitzer:
Dog in the Rain..."Bear":
Creature Effects: Wayne Spitzer:
Additional Effects: Eric Gollinger:
Art Design: Wayne Spitzer:
Sound Design: Eric Gollinger:
Music: Andy Kumpon:
Songs: The Creepers:
DP: Wayne Spitzer:
Camera 2: Andy Kumpon:
Camera 3: Eric Gollinger:
Camera 4: David Voltz:
Key Grip: William Self:
“It’s films like Wayne’s that made me fall in love with indy films in the first place.”
- Scifilm
“Atmospheric, thoughtful, and captivating … Spitzer has put together 20 minutes of film that are easily as good or better than a fair percentage of the stuff that used to air on The Outer Limits every week."
- Ziggy’s Video Realm
“The film packs a lot of emotion and cohesive visual storytelling into its trim running time, not wasting a minute on forced narrative or expository imagery. Lean, mean, and effective, Shadows in the Garden delivers.”
- Horrorview
"Told with a touching fairytale simplicity matched with a flair for grand guignol … it makes for a spooky little fable that, at the climax, reveals itself as being well intentioned and effectively Capra sentimental."
- Film Festival Today
"The big difference here is that Wayne has obvious talent and a vision all his own, not one he's borrowing from someone else and then shredding it for all to wince at."
- Film Threat