Comprised of an 8mm look and silent atmosphere, director Nick Phillips Primrose Lane is a 5 minute creeper, perhaps more true to the found footage concept than most of its brethren. Shock Till You Drop presents the debut of the eerie, voyeuristic short film about two sisters and that creepy house just down the street.
In Primrose Lane, two teenage sisters in 1970’s suburbia take an 8mm camera into the long abandoned house at the end of their block. The idea of that creepy abandoned house in your neighborhood. The one in which someone tragically died, the one with some horrible story attached. That was the jumping off point for the story, says director Phillips. After that it unfolded very naturally, and it went onto the page in a quick and effortless way. Making a short is almost like telling a joke. There needs to be good characters, a clear setup, and finally a great punch line. Hopefully we accomplished that.
Though its 8mm look was later added, what feels authentic about Primrose Lane is its largely silent unfolding, in opposition to many POV horror films that add sound to older footage. The raw material adds a palpable layer of dread and the air of a dream. Thats not to mention contributions from FX artist Gary J. Tunnicliffe.
Produced by Bobbi Sue Luther, Nick Phillips and Kelly Martin Wagner, Primrose Lane is the first Revolver Short Cut, a series of shorts from Phillips and Wagner’s Revolver Picture Company (Beneath). Find its online debut, below. For more, visit Revolver Picture Co. on Facebook here.
