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The Legend of Beaver Dam (2010)

The Legend of Beaver Dam poster
Directed by
Jérôme Sable
Genre
short film, horror film, musical film
Country
Canada
Runtime
12 min
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A nerdy boy at summer camp has to save his friends when a campfire song wakes up a bloodthirsty monster. This is a short film that mixes horror, comedy, and music.

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What happens

The Legend of Beaver Dam is a Canadian musical comedy horror short film, directed by Jerome Sable and released in 2010. The film stars L. J. Benet as Danny Zigwitz, a nerdy young boy at summer camp who is called on to save his friends when the camp counsellor's (Seán Cullen) campfire song about a monster named Stumpy Sam awakens the eponymous bloodthirsty beast (Rick Miller). The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2010. It was subsequently screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention in the short films category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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