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WORLD OF DEATH Ep. 200 – TESTEment
Hola, amigos. Happy 200th installment of World of Death! I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya, but luckily my rotation came up just in time for the big anniversary. Two hundred episodes, can you believe that? That’s more than Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, Cupid, and Low Winter Sun combined. Kinda amazing when you think about it. Everyone give Tony, Jim, Ben, Alex and all the other WOD organizers a big round of applause. Yay!
This week’s installment comes to us from Vancouver, Canada by way of Mexican filmmaker Gigi Saul Guerrero. Variety called Miss Guerrero, “One of Latin America’s best-established female voices in horror” and her short film TESTEment is a shining example of NAFTA at work.
The film is called TESTEment and not Testament because it centers around a trio of witches that totally castrate some poor guy and inject his ball stuff into their mom for some vaguely religious reasons. The whole thing is less that 7 minutes long so there’s not a lot of backstory there. It was mildly erotic though. Maybe it was justified? Don’t all dudes deserve to have their balls mashed up with a mortar and pestle and injected into the elderly for one reason or another? I leave that up to minds greater than my own. The film is expertly shot and produced though. Really high quality stuff.
Keep an eye on Gigi Saul Guerrero in the future. She’s one of the filmmakers involved in the upcoming 28 horror anthology, which features 5 stories all centered around the “female cycle”. They got my money already. And also stay tuned right here of whatever comes next to the World of Death. We should take this moment to not only celebrate all that has come before, but all that lies ahead as well.
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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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