In the Official Selections for the category BEST MUSIC of The Optical Festival 2017 fall four short films and one horror feature film. These are. Sleazy Pete, The Defiler, The Funhouse Waltz, Videotape and The Theta Girl.
Below is the detailed list of the above works competing for the award BEST MUSIC:
Sleazy Pete (Canada - 2017), un horror/splatter post apocalittico scritto e diretto da Frank Appache.
The story features Sleazy Pete (Jayy Ferst) who, together with his new colleague, will try to end crime through violence. Blood and death in the name of the Church.
In the cast: Jayy Ferst, Noah Coderre, Yannick Lemos, Buck Delaney, David Arbec, Sean Bexton, Sébastien Crête, Sergio Dos Santos, Vanessa Kneale, Camille Monette, Julien Sayegh, and Gabriel Gagnon St-Amand.
The music is by Maxime Fortin and Mathieu Lobry.
The board of Sleazy Pete on iHORRORdb.
The Defiler (Finland - 2016) by Artturi Olavi Rostén.
Trattasi di un omaggio al cinema action e horror anni ’80 in cui la protagonista è la pericolosa Greta "The Defiler" (Diana Ball), una donna che si fa strada nella malvagia città dove regna corruzione e squallore. Dietro di lei solo una lunga scia di sangue. Ciò che la spinge a smembrare e a dilaniare chiunque intralci il suo cammino è un sentimento prezioso che la eleva al di sopra di tutto e di tutti.
The screenplay for the film is by Aku Salminen.
The cast includes Diana Ball, Sara Koiranen, Sini Sandman, Tito Tuononen, Junani Pennala, Tomi Tuominen, Markus Harjula, Daniil Kozlov, Pyry Sopenlehto, Joonatan Järvinen, Toni Kandelin, Kristian Aho, and Petri Aulin.
The photography is by Esa Jussila.
Music, on the other hand, was made by Tatu Aittamaa, Anton Froloff, Teemu Kilkki, Asko Lintunen, Juuso Peltola, Kalle Rantakallio, and Karo von Rutenhjelm.
The Defiler è in concorso anche nella categoria "Best Cinematography".
The board of The Defiler on iHORRORdb.
The Funhouse Waltz (New Zealand-US).
The film was made entirely by Carvin Knowles, an American composer (he has written the music for many films including the music for "American Pie") who is making his directorial and screenwriting debut with this very short film (in concorso all'Optical anche nella categoria "Best Animation"). La musica orchestrale che avvolge l'intero film è a cura dello stesso Knowles.
Plot: In a dreary and dusty abandoned funhouse, the sins of a dark past have echoes in the present endlessly repeating themselves.
The board of The Funhouse Waltz on iHORRORdb.
Videotape (Italia - 2017), prodotto, scritto e diretto da Fabrizio Antonacci, Luna Saracino e Alberico Bartoccini.
Plot: Rome. Summer 1993. A group of four teen-agers spend summer afternoons in a shelter they built. One day, while on a bike ride, they find medieval structure into which they later sneak. From that moment, however, their lives will change forever.
The cast includes Beatrice Mancini, Claudio Cangialosi, Alessandro Rovai, Domiziano Toniolo, Alessandro Cangialosi, Antonio Ciarallo, Barbara Marcotulli, Michele Fianco, Alessandro Ibba, Valeria Mariniello and Igor Scopelliti.
The music is by Dance with the Dead, Kristine, Dario Felli and Roberto Incelli.
The board of Videotape on iHORRORdb.
- The Theta Girl (USA - 2017) di Christopher s Bickel
. Written by David Axe, The Theta Girl vede protagonista Gayce (Victoria Elizabeth Donofrio), la spacciatrice di una droga allucinogena chiamata "Theta". L'omicidio dei suoi amici spingerà la ragazza a indagare sugli assassini. Con stupore scoprirà che l'esistenza di un legame tra la droga da lei spacciata e gli assassini.
The cast includes: Victoria Elizabeth Donofrio, Shane Silman, Darrelle D. Dove, Mike Amason, Christopher Bickel, Aaron Blomberg, Kenneth Briere, Nick Dunn, Caley Fleming, Shawn Dell Corley, Quinn Deogracias, Stanford Gardner, Nikki Gonzalez, Brice Hall, Kenzie Hamilton, Rachel Horton, and Sarah Kelleher.
Music is by Matt Akers, Christopher Ashley, Thomas Barnwell, and Ian Deaton.
The board of The Theta Girl on iHORRORdb.
