The Moroii film page
The Moroii short film has been completed with the help of a excllent crew and
cast. We at Monsters in the Closet Productions couldn't be happier. We are
currently submitting the short film to a number of film festivals. We are also
seeking funding to expand the short into a feature film.
cast. We at Monsters in the Closet Productions couldn't be happier. We are
currently submitting the short film to a number of film festivals. We are also
seeking funding to expand the short into a feature film.
Director's Notes
I blame my mother! As a divorced single parent short on reliable
babysitters, she took a pre-adolescent me to see R-rated horror movies, where I
sat on torn theater cushions in second-hand movie theaters and watched
celluloid nightmares taunt me through my interlaced fingers. This early exposure
to the dark demented dreams of middle aged - auteurs had an effect on me that
cannot fully be understood, except to say that I am now compelled to make
horror films. Somewhere in the depths of my unconscious I am determined to
examine the gulf between the supernatural and the natural world.
I never thought that I would make this film. It was just a germ of an idea to
make a short film that had all the trappings of a modern day gothic horror. As
I showed my script to more people I found that more people were drawn to my
aid. The fear I wanted to show on the screen was suddenly manifesting in me
with a real world anxiety and dread. Now, I would have to transfer my thoughts
safely ensconced on the scripted page to DVD where it could be viewed,
dissected and judged. I promise you that never a more frightening thought has
ever plagued a filmmaker.
In assembling my crew I had to be sure that the people who were helping me create
this vision of unsettling creeping terror were fans of the genre. I needed to make
sure that the cast and crew would both understand what my vision was - and that was
to scare audiences on a more sub dermal level. This film serves as a counterpoint to
the bloody gory splatter-fest, not to supplant it in the minds of horror enthusiasts, but to
offer an alternative.
This film ponders the question: What would we do
if the impossible confronted us and bore its fangs? My hope is that audiences
will see this film and enjoy our efforts.
-Jeanean Eldridge
babysitters, she took a pre-adolescent me to see R-rated horror movies, where I
sat on torn theater cushions in second-hand movie theaters and watched
celluloid nightmares taunt me through my interlaced fingers. This early exposure
to the dark demented dreams of middle aged - auteurs had an effect on me that
cannot fully be understood, except to say that I am now compelled to make
horror films. Somewhere in the depths of my unconscious I am determined to
examine the gulf between the supernatural and the natural world.
I never thought that I would make this film. It was just a germ of an idea to
make a short film that had all the trappings of a modern day gothic horror. As
I showed my script to more people I found that more people were drawn to my
aid. The fear I wanted to show on the screen was suddenly manifesting in me
with a real world anxiety and dread. Now, I would have to transfer my thoughts
safely ensconced on the scripted page to DVD where it could be viewed,
dissected and judged. I promise you that never a more frightening thought has
ever plagued a filmmaker.
In assembling my crew I had to be sure that the people who were helping me create
this vision of unsettling creeping terror were fans of the genre. I needed to make
sure that the cast and crew would both understand what my vision was - and that was
to scare audiences on a more sub dermal level. This film serves as a counterpoint to
the bloody gory splatter-fest, not to supplant it in the minds of horror enthusiasts, but to
offer an alternative.
This film ponders the question: What would we do
if the impossible confronted us and bore its fangs? My hope is that audiences
will see this film and enjoy our efforts.
-Jeanean Eldridge
Set Photos for The Moroii
Night Shot for The Moroii
Bedroom Scene
Makeup Artist Chelo, her assistant and actress Jacqueline Sisczlowski
Actors from left to right Elliot Fredland, Jacqueline Sisczlowski and Cece Hagen
Another shot of Actors from left to right Elliot Fredland, Jacqueline Sisczlowski and Cece Hagen
