The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008)

Directed by

Richard Gale

Genre

comedy horror, slasher film

Country

United States

Runtime

10 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 154 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is relentlessly pursued by a mysterious figure who attacks him with a spoon. The chase continues for years across the globe.

absurdistdarkly comicslow-pacedrepetitivedeadpanfrustratinggory in conceptquirky

What happens

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon is a 10-minute short film released in 2008. It was filmed entirely in California over the course of 22 days. It was written, directed, and narrated by Richard Gale. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Fantastic Fest, the Best Short Film award at the Fantasia International Film Festival, and the Citizen's Choice Award and the Grand Prize for Short Film at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, and was named the Best Short Film of 2009 by Rue Morgue. It was shot on a budget of $600 on a Panasonic HVX200 digital video camera with special effects created in Adobe After Effects and edited on Final Cut Pro. It was not stated if the budget included equipment, software costs, or salaries for the 30-day shoot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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