Sometimes being alone for too long is not okay...

Lupita Nyong'o in "Us" (2019) dir. Jordan Peele

Rita, a young bookish girl is spending the evening alone, waiting for her mum.

A quiet dinner and a late movie are all the peace this restless  girl needs until a late night knock on the door shatters it and a presence outside threatens to break in. Insidiously enveloping      the one place she feels safe at as every sound and every shadow seems to conspire against her. 

Expectant of her mum’s arrival and unable to tell if she’s played for a fool or not Rita is faced with a choice; brave the outdoors or quietly go insane waiting for the police to arrive.

• "Unspeakable" is a film full of secrets and twists that may not be evident at first and to get you more involved we've developed a some unique challenges with special rewards as perks!

"Unspeakable" is a carefully crafted story that takes you through terror to anger to catharsis. With a script written by horror connoisseurs for horror enthusiasts, a genre so rife with tropes that we as filmmakers felt obligated to dispel with all that you believe is safe and bring a you a new cinematic experience.

"Les Diaboliques" (1955), "Audition" (1999), "Scream" (1996), "Suspiria "(1977) and "A tale of two sisters" (2003).

The film’s message is simple yet it goes beyond a social impact tale or a tail of one girl's empowerment, but rather it wishes to subtly reflect on the portrayal of women in entertainment today both those who won’t allow themselves to be bullied or put down and the ones still seeking to carve their place in it.

Jamie Lee Curtis in "Halloween" (1978) dir. John Carpenter

Many know the visceral fear of walking alone at night and staying alert but when it happens in a place where you're supposed to feel safe and protected, when it happens at home where can you seek protection? For fear can become a prison of horrors like the paranoia that lingers long after the danger passes. 

     "Halloween" (1978) dir. John Carpenter

Before terror and confusion seep in, however, “Unspeakable” aims to give space to the visuals and create an atmosphere of dread to give you the high quality entertainment you would wish for and tell a story to reflect on.

Our film builds on the decades old relationship films have had with concept art and suggestive imagery to expand-not only its own colour palette, but create and add its own unique twists to legendary films like Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques (1955), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) and Wes Craven’s Scream (1996). 

Currently in pre production "Unspeakable" aims to start principal photography in early January and wrap soon after. Our budget will be allocated for:  

Production:  

Insurance and equipment rentals, stunt work (to allow us to film safely), travel expense fees,  location permits, production design, food and lodging for the cast and crew  

Post-production:    

Editing, colour grading, sound mixing, scoring, festival submission fees, digital cinema packages and perks!  

Throughout the first quarter of the new year, the film will go through its post-production period with a completion date targeting April 2020. 

As an independent production with commitment to high quality entertainment the project comes with its fair share of challenges. For the film to come to life and raise the funds necessary we appeal to you the Indiegogo community and your support!

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) dir. Stanley Kubrick

As is the case with any short form content, there are financial challenges involved in backing a work of fiction. Short films often do not earn returns on investment either through festival or Video on Demand screenings therefore we can only take on non-recoupable funding in exchange for perks and credits in “Unspeakable”.  In the interim, most of our team has put up their share into funding our film by taking on jobs either within or outside the industry.

Lili Taylor in The Conjuring (2013) dir. James Wan

This has allowed us to navigate through development and casting successfully but we still need your help to raise an additional £8500 to shoot, edit and deliver our film to you! 

Mindhunter (Netflix) dir. David Fincher

Instead of putting the fate of our project in the hands of a few decision-makers, we have decided to appeal to our community of friends, filmmakers, and activists at Indiegogo to fundraise the additional funds we need to bring “Unspeakable” to you and in the process invite you to be part of something much larger still to come.

As we continue to narrow down the cast and crew for some of the other major parts in the production below you can find a list of some of our key figures already on board: 

Stars:

Elizabeth Schenk is best known for the TV series “The Royals”, “Nightmuse”(2018) and “Love, Will” (2020). Graduated from LAMDA in 2017 and trained at NYT in 2015. Before that Elizabeth worked as an apprentice to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; studied Education with English & Drama at University of Cambridge and Art at University College Falmouth.

Emmaline Hartley is a dedicated actress and her time is currently split between London and Derby/Nottingham. Her experience lies in screen work and is best known for “Outlawed” (2018) and “Keep Breathing” (2019).

Director

Graduating from East 15 Acting School 2014, Lucy has directed three short films and released her first feature length film “Scareycrows” in 2017. 

Her short film “Samara” picked up the audience award at the Torbay Film Festival 2018. Lucy is currently working on an untitled documentary project and has partnered with Amazon Prime to deliver some of her past projects to the platform. 

Writers

Anette is a Finnish born screenwriter, and she hails from a family of morticians.  Having graduated from Central Film School London with first class honours and The Best Screenwriter award in 2018. She has since worked on a series of projects in both long and short form, which are all currently in different stages of development and production. One of them is an international 60-minute fantasy-thriller miniseries.

Before moving to London in 2016, Anette studied Audio-Visual Communication, Media, Filmmaking and Creative Writing and worked on music videos, short films and commercials in the production, camera and lighting departments. 

Anette’s aspirations are to widen and enriching the Finnish film culture with international co-productions and introducing a new kind of storytelling to the world by combining the best of both Nordic and British film in her work. 

Daniel is a horror fan who loves the cold and “straightforward” approach of slasher films like “Halloween”, the paranormal aspects of “Poltergeist” and he believes that the real reason the lights go out in an abandoned house is because the ghost is conscious of the production’s budget. 

Originally from Portugal he started acting in theatre at a very young age and this, of course, led him to get a bachelor's degree in acting and whilst living in Spain he got complimentary training to his acting cv; street performing, dancing and physical theatre. His inspiration as a screenwriter comes from his memories as child and experiences on the stage.

Producer

George is a producer having most recently delivered “Carer” a short drama on the life of a disability carer  geared for release  early next year. 

He is currently in full production of an anthology series centred around competitive sports and dance with a central theme of mentorship and its impact on the lives of competitors and coaches. 

In addition to running the campaign for "Unspeakable" he is developing a sleuth of dramatic and comedy shorts like "Mithridates, the Poison King" collating and backlogging a catalogue of content for the launch of his own production company The Wave Titles in Q1 2020. 

Director of Photography

Areesha is a graduate of Central Film School, having specialised in cinematography during her time there. With an innate affinity for all things mysterious and suspenseful, her fellow graduate Anette showed her the script.  

Previously, Areesha was the Director of Photography for a short thriller film called 'Overcome' about dealing with grief in a most obsessive and dangerous way. She has also been a 1st AC on horror projects such as 'In Front Of You' and the segment 'Bad Santa’ of the upcoming “Deathcember” 2019. Aside from film projects, she was a gaffer for a 'Carrie' inspired music video for the song 'Emily' by Clean Cut Kid. 

As visual inspiration for Unspeakable, the general cinematographic style of David Fincher films is drawn upon, as well as films such as: Requiem for a Dream, There Will be Blood, The Machinist, and Prisoners. 

Composer

Having gotten the first price in the most prestigious national award for young composers in Finland (II Lasten ja nuorten Uuno Klami) in 2012, she has since studied classical and film composition as well as sound engineering in Sibelius Academy (Helsinki) and Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London). 

Saara’s music has been involved in many successful film productions, and films have reached several esteemed festivals, such as Cannes Film Festival (2018), Docpoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (2019) and Tampere Film Festival (2019). Documentary ‘The Blackouts’ (2018) has been distributed internationally on tv.

In addition to film, her music has been played around Europe: in Nordic Music Days (2016), Turku Music Festival (2017) and Finland 100 concert series (2017). She has also featured on multiple radio shows.   See more @ saaralindahl.com 

Designer

Currently in the last year of her Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Interactive Design, Cornelia specializes in poster, brochure and logo design. Her Photoshop and Illustrator skills were originally self taught, but studying graphic design has only helped to push those skills further. She has previously interned for a beauty company by the name of Latest in Beauty, as well as having worked on side projects similar to "Unspeakable". 

 If you can't contribute monetarily, no worries! First thank    you for looking us up, we hope you enjoyed scrolling through   the campaign but if you still want to get involved you can           still help by:

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• Have a bored but enterprising aunt and uncle!

Veronica Lario, bts of Tenebre (1982)

And that's all there is to it. See you on the other side!