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KILLIN' KEVIN

The love story between a regular college girl and the axe swinging murderer, "Killin' Kevin".

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KILLIN' KEVIN

KILLIN' KEVIN

KILLIN' KEVIN

KILLIN' KEVIN

KILLIN' KEVIN

The love story between a regular college girl and the axe swinging murderer, "Killin' Kevin".

The love story between a regular college girl and the axe swinging murderer, "Killin' Kevin".

The love story between a regular college girl and the axe swinging murderer, "Killin' Kevin".

The love story between a regular college girl and the axe swinging murderer, "Killin' Kevin".

Ryan Stella
Ryan Stella
Ryan Stella
Ryan Stella
1 Campaign |
Toronto, Canada
$269 USD $269 USD 8 backers
11% of $2,444 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

KILLIN' KEVIN

Short Summary

Hello everyone, we're CATS ON THE MOON PRODUCTIONS. We're a team of filmmakers that all met during our time at the Toronto Film School. Recently graduated and experienced in film production, we have banded together to develop our own take on the slasher genre with our new short film, KILLIN' KEVIN.

This horror comedy follows the story of an axe swinging slasher named, "Killin' Kevin". After tracking down a group of college kids to an old cottage, Kevin ends up falling love with the last girl he's supposed to kill.

Thematically, it's a story of love, deep affection, connection, hardship...and murder :)

Being avid enthusiasts of film and video games, we have all found that the horror genre holds a special place in our hearts, with stories like Friday the 13th (especially Jason Lives), Halloween, The Evil Dead (a personal favourite of the director), Scream, Alien, Child's Play, Darkstalkers, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Resident Evil 7, Manhunt, Splatterhouse, and Ti West's X trilogy. We are very excited to bring our own unique style to the genre. With a project co-written and directed by Ryan Stella, produced by Nicholas Monteiro, Co-Written by Andrew “Azow” Herendeen, Co-Written and 1st AD work by Xander Kennedy, and cinematography by Vivian Chifor.

Any help we would receive will help us achieve our dreams, since we were all young kids watching these films, come true. Words cannot express the magnitude of what making this film means to a lot of us, and what we could do with YOUR help.

What We Need & What You Get

We are confident that we can make this film happen with a budget of $2,500 CAD with dream budget of $3,500 CAD which would allow us to make this film the best it can possibly be.  

The funds we are asking for will be broken down into a few main categories:

  • Locations (being our largest expense) 
  • Special Effects (SPFX) Makeup 
  • Props 
  • Food for our crew 
  • permits 
  • transportation 
  • and luckily our lowest expense will be equipment   

If you choose to help fund us, we have some fun perks including but not limited to:

  1. The film on DVD
  2. Cineplex Gift Card give away for Canadian patrons
  3. The film on Blu-Ray with special features
  4. The script of the film signed by the director and producer
  5. A poster of the film signed by the director and producer
  6. The film's original soundtrack composed by Josh Aguas on CD
  7. A personalized thank you video
  8. AND an Associate producer credit

The Impact

The primary goal of this film is to make everyone scared and laugh at the same time. We seek to have the first half of the film to feel like a true slasher film with lots of slasher horror violence, blood, and gore and at the centre of it all is this "monster" who's an unstoppable force of nature that does his dirty work with a fireaxe. Then the second half comes around and becomes a romantic comedy...plus the jokes really wrote themselves.

The Key Team

Our producer, Nicholas Monteiro (a graduate from Toronto Film School and producer of Last Summer and Melancholia), has already had experience with IndieGoGo before but this is most ambitious film we've done. Despite that, we are confident in our skills through our experience and learned lessons.

Our director, Ryan Stella, previous experience as a director includes directing the short film, Guitar Down - A Story of Perseverance, which was entered into the 48 Film Festival and premiered on the big screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Killin' Kevin marks the beginning of a potential anthology series of short films directed and written by Ryan, and produced by Nicholas Monteiro with each short film being it's own story unrelated to the last.

Our composer, Josh Aguas, is a firm believer that a great soundtrack can make or break a film, Josh brings in his unique, energetic flair to all of his projects to create a sound that will have audiences hooked by the first note. From a young age, he grew up having an intense passion for music; from childhood dreams of becoming a rockstar, to currently striving to make an impact in the Canadian film industry as a composer. He cites composers such as Ludwig Gorranson, Michael Giacchino, and Hans Zimmer as influences; drawn by their “energetic” and “attention-grabbing” scores. Josh has achieved his Bachelor’s of Music at Humber College, one of Canada’s most prestigious music programs, and studied under some of Canada’s industry-leading professionals. Discovering a passion for film music, he then furthered his education at Sheridan College in the Music Scoring for Screen and Stage program, learning composition for all forms of media, to which he then joined the Screen Composer’s Guild of Canada Mentorship Program where he mentored under the tutelage of renowned composer Erica Procunier. A firm believer that a great soundtrack can make or break a film, Josh brings in his unique, energetic flair to all of his projects to create a sound that will have audiences hooked by the first note.

Risks & Challenges

Filmmaking is always a challenge, a huge part of it is simply problem solving and learning from mistakes. Every production we've been on has been a learning experience and we will continue to learn new things the more films we work on. That being said this is not our first song and dance, as a team, we believe we are qualified to handle these challenges as the entire crew have all experienced working of film/television before and we are confident that we can overcome every hurdle with the support of the amazing people that are backing this campaign.

Our main hurdle is simply the location we have it locked down, we just need to wait for the days that it is available. 

Director's Statement (written by Ryan)

About a year ago, this movie was just a joke between Xander and I, we came up with the concept of a love-driven slasher to make each other laugh...but then we made it a script.

Killin' Kevin is a story of mad love. It's complex, intense, and the film explores themes of love, obsession, and the destructive power of emotions. Will Kevin get the girl by the end of the movie? Will she turn it down because he's a murderer who smells like s**t? Will Kevin's lust for murder end their relationship before it even begins? We shall see. You can see Killin' Kevin as a simple horror comedy or a profound exploration of the complexity of love and its deafening effects on the human psyche. I like to see this short film as kind of a mix between Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Friday the 13th: Part 6 - Jason Lives.

Other Ways You Can Help

Even $1 helps but if some of you are unable to contribute, but that doesn't mean you CAN'T help:

  • Ask friends, family, or even strangers to get the word out and make some noise about our campaign.

  • Remind them to use the IndieGoGo share tools!

Spread the word of Killin' Kevin's craving for love (and murder).

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Special Thanks

Currency Conversion $14 USD
$20 CAD
This means the world to us and will award you with a Special Thanks credit during the end credits of the movie.
Included Items
  • Special Thanks
2 claimed

Killin' Kevin on DVD

Currency Conversion $17 USD
$25 CAD
Receive a DVD copy of the film, signed by the director and producer of the project as well as having your name in the Special Thanks credits. The DVD only includes the short film itself. We will provide delivery dates once we finish distribution of the film in festivals.
Included Items
  • Special Thanks
  • Killin' Kevin on DVD
1 out of 45 of claimed
Ships to United States of America, Canada

$100 Cineplex Gift Card Raffle

Currency Conversion $21 USD
$30 CAD
THIS IS FOR CANADIANS ONLY. DO NOT BUY THIS PERK IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN CANADA. By donating $30 CAD, you will be entered to win a $100 Cineplex gift card. Your name will be thrown into a raffle and will be emailed if you had win or not. You will also be added to the Special Thanks credits because we like you a lot.
Included Items
  • $100 Cineplex Gift Card
Estimated Shipping
December 2024
1 claimed
Ships to Canada

Signed Script & Special Poster

Currency Conversion $35 USD
$50 CAD
Receive a script signed by the director and producer of the project as well as having your name in the Special Thanks credits. We will provide delivery dates once we move from pre-production to production which will be around Early to Mid December.
Included Items
  • Signed Script by Director
  • Signed Poster by Director
  • Special Thanks
Estimated Shipping
December 2024
1 out of 30 of claimed
Ships to United States of America, Canada

Soundtrack CD + Special Thanks

Currency Conversion $45 USD
$65 CAD
You'll get a CD of the full soundtrack of the film, plus a Special Thanks credit! We will provide delivery dates once we move from pre-production to production which will be around Early to Mid Dcember.
Included Items
  • Special Thanks
  • Killin' Kevin - OST on CD
Estimated Shipping
December 2024
0 out of 30 of claimed
Ships to United States of America, Canada

Killin' Kevin on Blu-Ray

Currency Conversion $56 USD
$80 CAD
Receive a Blu-Ray copy of the film, signed by the director and producer of the project as well as having your name in the Special Thanks credits. The Blu-Ray includes: the short film itself, behind the scenes, interviews with crew and actors, and more. We will provide delivery dates once we finish distribution of the film in festivals.
Included Items
  • Special Thanks
  • Killin' Kevin on Blu-Ray
0 out of 30 of claimed
Ships to United States of America, Canada

Personalized Thank You

Currency Conversion $70 USD
$100 CAD
You'll get a personalized thank you video from the cast/crew + a Special Thanks credit during the credits.
Included Items
  • Special Thanks
  • Personalized Thank You video
0 claimed

Full Set of Items

Currency Conversion $105 USD
$150 CAD
You'll get of the perks from the personalized thank you video, Blu-Ray copy, DVD copy, signed poster, signed script, and special thanks in the credits! We will provide delivery dates (except for the DVDs and Blu-Rays) once we move from pre-production to production which will be around Early to Mid December.
Included Items
  • Signed Script by Director
  • Signed Poster by Director
  • Special Thanks
  • Killin' Kevin - OST on CD
  • Personalized Thank You video
  • Killin' Kevin on Blu-Ray
  • Killin' Kevin on DVD
Estimated Shipping
December 2024
0 out of 15 of claimed
Ships to United States of America, Canada

Associate Producer Credit

Currency Conversion $140 USD
$200 CAD
Obtain the Associate Producer credit in the ending credits as well as all of perks above.
Included Items
  • Signed Script by Director
  • Signed Poster by Director
  • Killin' Kevin - OST on CD
  • Associate Producer role
  • Killin' Kevin on Blu-Ray
1 claimed

Heroic Producer Credit

Currency Conversion $349 USD
$500 CAD
Obtain a very special credit in the ending credits as well as all of perks above.
Included Items
  • Signed Script by Director
  • Signed Poster by Director
  • Killin' Kevin - OST on CD
  • Personalized Thank You video
  • Killin' Kevin on Blu-Ray
  • Heroic Producer Credit
0 claimed

God-Like Producer Credit

Currency Conversion $698 USD
$1,000 CAD
Obtain an EVEN MORE special credit in the ending credits as well as all of perks above.
Included Items
  • Signed Script by Director
  • Signed Poster by Director
  • Killin' Kevin - OST on CD
  • Personalized Thank You video
  • Killin' Kevin on Blu-Ray
  • God-Like Producer Credit
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