Horror Short PYOTR495 Launches Indiegogo Campaign
One thing I absolutely adore about the indie horror scene is its love of practical effects. Filmmakers who don’t have a lot of cash to throw around are making sure to use their funds in the best way possible, and that includes keeping things old school. It’s what separates indie productions from most modern Hollywood endeavors. Who knows — maybe we’ll see a full-on practical effects resurgence in mainstream horror cinema. I think it’s time, and some fans are clearly ready.
The upcoming horror short PYOTR495, which explores what happens when a 16-year-old with dangerous secrets is targeted by an “ultranationalist group” strengthened by LGBT propaganda laws in Russia, plans to incorporate practical effects into the finished product. In order for that to happen, they’ll need a little help from horror fans via a recently launched Indiegogo campaign.
Here’s how writer/director Blake Mawson describes the flick:
PYOTR495 is a short film set in Russia in the year 2014. The country has invaded the Crimea region of the Ukraine, the newly instated LGBT propaganda law makes it illegal to present gay life as normal, while Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating is at a 6-year high. We begin in the run-down, white Soviet-era tower blocks in the Cheryomushki district of Moscow, and follow our character, Pyotr, as he leaves his friends and ventures out into the night on his scooter and under the passing lights of the city streets as he is baited into a dangerous scenario at the sprawling apartment of a member of one of Moscow’s financial elite.
If you’re still not completely sold on Blake Mawson’s PYOTR495, then have a look at the embedded trailer. You’ll also find a handful of promotional images from the flick below.
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