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Stars: Jessi Burkette, Kimberly Atkinson, Jen Dede, Nick Holmes, Roma Maffia, Shelley Wenk, Casey Turner, Andrew Lyndaker, Dennis J. Healy, Steve Brewster, Brock Powell, Brad Meehan, Katherine McNamara, Andrea Strickler, Jennifer Plas, Suzanne Quast, Franco Castan, Johnny Lee, Kayla Madison, Sarah Agor, Tamara Glynn, Leslie Easterbrook, Renae Gererlings, Chris Lazzaro, Morgan Collar | Written by Michelle Davidson, Anthony Fanelli, J. Andrew Lee, Calvin Main, Corey Norman, Haley Norman, John Sylvain | Directed by Colin Campbell, John Edward Lee, Calvin Main, Corey Norman, Patrick Rea, April Wright

Essentially a selection of short films intertwined with a wraparound to add a frame of reference, a la Zombieworld and All Hallows Eve 2, Charlotte is a series a vignettes of vary lengths and quality, a number of which come from director Patrick Rea, whose shorts also appear in the recently-reviewed anthology Monster X. Given that the shorts were not made specifically for an anthology, there are...

By Seth Metoyer

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The trailer for Director Jill Gevargizian’s newest short film The Stylist has officially released.

Check it out below the official details.

From The Press Release

Sixx Tape and The Line Film Co. release the trailer to director Jill Gevargizian’s short film The Stylist starring Najarra Townsend (Contracted) and Jennifer Plas. This horror-drama follows Claire (Townsend), a hairstylist who is desperate for a departure from her disappointing reality – but how far is she willing to go?

The Stylist is set to have its world premiere at Etheria Film Night on June 11 at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, CA. Gevargizian will be there along with star Townsend, screenwriter Eric Havens, editor John Pata, and more! Etheria is a showcase of the best new horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, and thriller films made by emerging women directors. The Stylist is one of only 9 short films...

Jill "Sixx Tape" Gevargizian's fifth short film (following Grammy, Call Girl and the Soska Blood Drive PSAs The Luhrmanns and Police Brutality) The Sylist stars Najarra Townsend (Contracted, Substance) and Jennifer Plas (The unReal Housewives of Kansas City). They say to write what you know. As a real-life hairstylist, Gevargizian knows hair, and how clients act when they're in her chair. As a horror director, she puts some murderous thoughts she may have had during a particularly bad day at the salon (I'm guessing) to film. The Sylist will have its world premiere at Etheria Film Night on June 11 at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, CA. The short is one of only nine to show at festival's short film showcase. Here's the short...

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One stumbling block that a lot of indie filmmakers hit is trying to stretch what should be left as a short into a feature-length film. Fortunately, there's a writer/director out there who understands that longer doesn't always mean better: Kansas-based Patrick Rea. And apparently we're not the only people who feel that way about Patrick as his cup runneth over with numerous film festivals clamoring to show his wares ... and also rewarding him for his efforts!

He recently dropped us a line with an update on when and where some of his short films will be playing along with a status report on his next two full-length features, Nailbiter and The Mirror Watcher.

"Get Off My Porch", a short film about a man being terrorized by persistent girl scouts selling 'delicious' cookies screened recently at A Nightmare to Remember Film Festival in San Francisco; Fright Night Film Festival in Louisville,...

This past summer filmmaker Kendal Sinn first unveiled the details of his Shadow Falls Memorial feature film, and today he provided Dread Central with an update and a first look at the flick's red-band trailer. Read on for more!

Shadow Falls Memorial is ready for its next round of screenings, and the picture is locked. After premiering to a standing ovation at the Fright Night Film Festival in Louisville, Ky, director Kendal Sinn is ready to expand his feature film across the world. As Sinn says, "It's getting close to Halloween, so it seems like a good time to unleash this thing!"

Based on the acclaimed web series "Shadow Falls", the film concludes a story Sinn has been working on for over 10 years. As you may recall, the "Shadow Falls" series aired on various websites from 2004 to 2007 and was released on DVD by Elite Entertainment in January of 2007. "I wanted...

Our working relationship with writer/director Kendal Sinn and his frequent collaborator Patrick Rea goes back several years, just about to 2001, which is when Sinn first started conceptualizing Shadow Falls, an Internet horror/sci-fi serial about eerie goings-on in a creepy Kansas town. His end goal was to have 36 short films and then finish with a feature. Instead of working on the shorts, however, Sinn jumped ahead to the finale, and thus, we have Shadow Falls Memorial.

Why the change in plans? His first season of short films about “Shadow Falls, Kansas” was a critical and popular hit when it debuted online in 2003, and Season Two was supposed to go up in 2006. But things didn't work out that way, and Sinn decided to end the series to focus on other films. He explains, "I got married [to producer Sally Cummings] and we had a baby, and [while] we were shooting all of these other films,...

Patrick Rea of SenoReality Pictures sent along a couple of photos from his latest short genre film, a collaboration with fellow Lawrence, Kansas company Free State Studios called Mrs. Brumett’S Garden. The movie, which Rea compares to vintage Twilight Zone, focuses on an elderly woman (Shirley Wagner) who claims to be talking to fairies in her garden.

“The story seems innocent at first, but has a dark edge to it,” Rea says of Garden, which also stars T-Max Graham. Currently in the editing stages, the short will be scored by genre composer Harry (Friday The 13th) Manfedini. The busy SenoReality is also finishing up postproduction on another supernatural short, the comedically oriented Misfortune Smiles starring Jeff (Pumpkinhead) East, and has two more minimovies—Now That You’Re Dead, with Jennifer Plas from Rea’s feature The Empty Acre, and Next Caller, toplining Allan (Night Of The Creeps) Kayser—doing the festival circuit.

We're pleased to announce that Dread Central is home to the online premiere of one of our favorite indie filmmakers' new short, "Now That You're Dead!" Writer/director Patrick Rea was kind enough to provide DC with access to his latest venture, which he describes as "a dark-humored battle between a cheating husband, a mistress, and a murderous wife with a supernatural twist."

"Now That You're Dead" is a SenoReality / Free State Studios production that was shot in the Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, area. The cast includes Jennifer Plas, who also appeared in Rea's debut feature length film, The Empty Acre (review), Meagan Flynn, and Aaron Laue.

Currently Rea is working on getting the balance of funding together for his sophomore feature, Nail Biter, and promises more news on that front shortly. In the meantime, dig on "Now That You're Dead," and keep it here for updates.

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