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McCurdy Point a ghost story
M c CURDY POINT IS THE STORY OF A GUYS WEEKEND GONE WRONG... A found footage horror film about four friends who rent a cabin in the woods of Maine to celebrate a birthday. Their trip takes a terrifying turn when the spirit of the cabin’s original owner appears and starts picking them off – one by one.
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WHY WOULD COMEDIANS MAKE A HORROR FILM? THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP IN EXECUTING HORROR AND COMEDY. WITH BOTH, YOU'RE HOPING TO CREATE A SURPRISE FOR THE AUDIENCE -- WHETHER THAT SURPRISE IS A SCARE OR A LAUGH. We love horror -- specifically, films where a sense of impending dread is real. But... one of the
We wanted to create a movie where the characters actually liked each other. So when someone dies, it matters. We want our audience to get to know these characters, enjoy the relationships and, eventually, feel a sense of loss at what happens on this doomed trip.
recurring themes we saw in a lot of horror films — specifically in found footage — is that so many characters are unlikable. In fact, you kind of can't wait for some of them to bite it.
“THIS FILM SLAPS. A LEAN, MEAN SUPERNATURAL HORROR FILM, M c CURDY POINT TAKES THE “BUNCHA GUYS VISIT A HAUNTED CABIN” SETUP AND EXECUTES IT TO PERFECTION. AT 77 MINUTES, NOT A MOMENT FEELS EXTRANEOUS. EVERY LAUGH, EVERY SCARE, EVERY MOMENT OF SILENCE FEELS BRUTALLY DELIBERATE. MY GOD, DOES IT SLAP.” “” - UNNAMED FOOTAGE FESTIVAL
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“I WATCH A LOT OF HORROR FILMS. AND A LOT OF FOUND FOOTAGE. I THINK WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE... I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS MOVIE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT FOUND FOOTAGE.” “” - CHICAGO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
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C R E A T O R S
JEREMY BROTHERS
RYAN GAUL
KIEL KENNEDY
NICK PAONESSA
WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
WRITER, PERFORMER, PRODUCER
PERFORMER, PRODUCER
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
Improv Asylum, The Moth, Sonja In Your City
The Groundlings, The Last O.G., Superstore, Comedy Bang Bang
The Groundlings, Don't Tell Larry, Good Girls, It's A Wonderful Binge
Grimsburg, Fired on Mars, Unscripted, The Howard Stern Show
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CAST STARR I NG
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F EATUR I NG
Ryan Gaul The Last O.G., Superstore, Between Two Ferns: The Movie Kiel Kennedy Don't Tell Larry, River Wild, Mike Tyson Mysteries Joey Krulock Character Flaws, Momma's Boy, Thinking Too Much Christian Roberts Drunk Shakespeare, Bull, Godfather of Harlem, Random Acts of Flyness
Allison Dunbar For All Mankind, Yellowstone, Quick Draw, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Patty Guggenheim Twisted Metal, She-Hulk, The Spiderwick Chronicles
Laird Macintosh The Mick, Shameless, Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan
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