"Gumdrop", a short horror (2020, 49mins)
"Gumdrop", a short horror - multi-award winner including the prestigious Cult Critic Movie Awards TCCC award (see below).
This short noir horror film explores the dark and twisted mind of Sampson, a mysterious armorer who supplies weapons to a criminal organization. Sampson suffers from occasional delusions and flashbacks of his traumatic past, which affect his work and his sanity. When he receives an order that is unsanctioned, he is forced to confront his demons and face the consequences of his actions. A film from JZ Murdock, with soundtrack by Andrea Fioravanti and songs by Alex Dewell. It has won multiple awards, including Best Noir Film, Best Horror Film of the Season, and Best Thriller. For more on Sampson's story see the true-crime short horror story, "Gumdrop City" (2012) by JZ Murdock.
It has won 16 international film festival awards including best noir, best horror thriller and the Outstanding Achievement award at the 2020 Cult Critic Movie Awards with their impressive, "TCCC: Cult Film / Underground Film / Exploitation Movie / Midnight Film / Para Cinema".
What that is:
"TCCC stands for Transgressive Cinema and Culture. It is a category of the Cult Critic Movie Awards that recognizes films that challenge the norms and conventions of mainstream cinema and society. TCCC films are often experimental, provocative, controversial, or subversive in their content and style. Some examples of TCCC films are Eraserhead, Pink Flamingos, [El Topo], and [The Rocky Horror Picture Show]. TCCC films are also known as cult films, underground films, exploitation films, midnight films, or para cinema."
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"Gumdrop", a short horror
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"Gumdrop", a short horror - is a short film noir/horror film that explores the dark and twisted mind of Sampson, a mysterious armorer who supplies weapons to a criminal organization. Sampson suffers from occasional delusions and flashbacks of his traumatic past, which affect his work and his sani...
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"Gumdrop", a short horror (2020, 49mins)
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"Gumdrop", a short horror - multi-award winner including the prestigious Cult Critic Movie Awards TCCC award (see below).
This short noir horror film explores the dark and twisted mind of Sampson, a mysterious armorer who supplies weapons to a criminal organization. Sampson suffers from occasiona... -
Pvt. Ravel's Bolero (2022, 28mins)
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Winner of over 60 international film festivals, "Pvt. Ravel's Bolero" is a short filmic poem and WWI historical documentary.
Currently available only in the United States.
Directed by JZ Murdock, "Pvt. Ravel's Bolero" is an antiwar historical documentary and filmic poem that explores Maurice Ra...