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Watch the Original ‘Baskin’ Short That Preluded the Film’s Trip to Hell!
Before Can Evrenol‘s horrific Baskin world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (here’s our review), he directed a short film by the same name that hit the festival circuit in 2013. After several years, it’s made its way online in all of its glory!
The short is an absolute nightmare and pulls all sorts of imagery from Clive Barker’s Hellraiser books and films.
Co-directed by Ogulcan Eren Akay, “Baskin” follows a group of Turkish police who are called to a desolate area and stumble upon a squalid and blood-soaked den of a satanic ritual.
“During the pre-production of “Baskin” the short, Gezi riots kicked off,” Evrenol exclusively tells Bloody Disgusting. “At the time we were pretty shocked and thought the civil war is about to erupt any day. We had to postpone our shoot which involved cops – at a time when the tensions between my generation and the police couldn’t be any more tense! Every single crew member on our set had a story to tell during Gezi riots. It was like Romain Gavras’ ‘No Church in the Wild’ music video at the very heart of Istanbul. It was surreal, which made the whole project (coincidentally) even more meaningful.
“After my previous short film, ‘To My Mother and Father’, I thought I was ready to do a feature film with tentacles, kinky sex, parental issues and kids dying but I couldn’t get any sponsors. So I said scratch that, I’ll do another short film where I’ll bring on the rage with basically no plastic make-up fx.”
“Baskin” is a visceral trip into the darkest pits of a very palpable evil. Enjoy this gift from the horror gods and worship it for years to come.
Her House of Horrors, the horror division of Independent Production House WOMXNOGRAPHY, has launched its Bite Size Short Grant Program, ahead of its film festival Dollhouse of Horror, which will take place in March 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
The Bite Size Short Grant Program awards $2,000 film grants to female-identifying and queer horror filmmakers. Shorts must be able to be made for $2,000, with a minimum runtime of 8 minutes. Submissions are now open on Filmfreeway, and are being judged by a panel of horror lovers and content creators.
The 2024 Bite Size Short Grant Program judge lineup is as follows:
“James H. Carter II- A documentary director, film producer, podcaster, marketing specialist, and writer. James is the founder and co-owner of Creepy Kingdom. Creepy Kingdom was founded in 2011 and is a multimedia website, and production studio specializing in creepy content. Their primary focus lies at the intersection of childlike fantasy and the macabre, covering horror films, theme parks, haunts, and much more. Beyond their extensive media coverage, Creepy Kingdom hosts events, offers original merchandise, and engages in film production under the Creepy Kingdom Studios brand producing original films like “Foolish Mortals”, exploring Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” fan culture, and “Georgie”, featuring Tony Dakota from the original “It” miniseries.
“In addition to founding Creepy Kingdom, James has won awards for his documentary work, including the award-winning “Foolish Mortals,” which has earned him recognition. He has been featured on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween special.
“Ashleeta Beauchamp is the editor-in-chief of Peek-A-Boo! Magazine, a cheeky horror magazine created to uplift marginalized writers, artists, models and other creators within the horror community. She also runs The Halloween Coalition, a community group to provide support and marketing for horror and Halloween events around the Southern California area.
“Titeanya Rodríguez is a multi-hyphenate creative, and the founder and owner of HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, home of DOLLHOUSE OF HORROR and the horror division of WOMXNOGRAPHY. As a fellow storyteller and a self-proclaimed artivist, Titeanya’s mission is to create opportunities for women of color and queer women, across film, tv, sports, music, and beyond. She is also the creator of the BITE SIZE SHORT grant program.”
Winners will have a one-night theatrical screening at Regal Cinemas. Submissions Close April 8 at Midnight. Winners will be announced on May 27, 2024. Shorts must be shot and through post-production by June 30, 2024. The screening will take place on July 8, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA.
WOMXNOGRAPHY, HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, and Rodriguez are represented by Azhar PR, Granderson Des Rochers, and Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.
To submit your short to the Bite Size Short Grant Program, go to the FilmFreeway link here.
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