Sophia and Michael produce horror-comedy short, Half-Cocked – playing at festivals now!

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We had the pleasure of producing Aaron Barrocas's horror-comedy short, Half-Cocked!

Screenings:

Sick 'N' Wrong - Aug 10, 2019 - CityArts Orlando - Orlando, FL
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival - Aug 23, 2019 - Dipson Theatres Eastern Hills Cinema - Buffalo, NY
GenreBlast IV - Aug 31, 2019 - Alamo Drafthouse - Winchester, VA (Nominated: Best Actor - Pat Healy)
Filmquest - Sept 7, 2019 - Velour - Downtown Provo, Utah (Nominated: Best Comedy Short, Best Short Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor - Lundon Boyd)
Atlanta Horror Film Festival - Sept 12 - 14, 2019 - Synchronicity Theatre - Atlanta, GA (Winner: Best Horror Comedy Short)
Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival - Sept 25 - 29, 2019 - 2223 Theater - Philadelphia, PA (Winner: Best Short Film)
Shawna Shea Film Festival - Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 Starlite Gallery 129 Hamilton St., Southbridge, MA - 5 PM (w/Batraticus)
Fangoria Monster Fest - Oct 15, 2019 - Sydney, Australia
Sanford International Film Festival - Oct 16, 2019 - Sanford, ME (Nominated: Best Comedy Film, Audience Choice Award)
Horror Movie Freaks Film Festival - Oct 18 - 19, 2019 - Clemmons, NC (Winner: Best Short, Best Actress [Vanessa Benavente as Dr. Flores]; Nominated: Best Actor [Pat Healy as Dr. Kirby],  Best Writer, and Best Director)
Nightmares Film Festival - Oct 24 - 27, 2019 - Columbus, OH (Nominated: Best Horror Comedy Short)
HorrorHaus Film Festival - Oct 25 - 27, 2019 - Santa Clarita, CA
NYLA International Film Festival - Oct 27 -  Hollywood, CA 90038
Pennsylvania Indie Shorts Festival - Nov 2 - 3, 2019 - East Stroudsburg, PA (Nominated: Best Comedy, Best Writing)
Studio City Film Festival - Nov 10, 2019 - Studio City, CA - Winner: Best Horror Comedy Short
NYC Horror Film Festival - Dec 7, 2019 - NY (Chelsea), NY - w/ Star Light, Night Crawl, Pepper (Winner: Best Short)
Spotlight Film Awards - Jan 11, 2020 - Atlanta, GA - (Nominated: Best Comedy Film of 2019)
Scorpiusfest - Feb 3, 2020 - Park City, UT (Nominated: Best Director, Best Actor - Lundon Boyd)
NEVERMORE Film Festival - February 28 - March 1, 2020 - Durham, NC
Golden State Film Festival - February 29th, 2020 - Hollywood, CA 
Starburst International Film Festival - March 13 - 14, 2020 - Blue, Media City UK, Salford
International Horror Hotel 2020 (Winner: Best Horror-Comedy Short, Best Short Script)
Hollywood Horrorfest 2020 (Winner: Best Short, Best Director - Aaron Barrocas, Best Comedy Actress – Vanessa Benavente, Best Comedy Actor – Lundon Boyd)
Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival - Oct 1, 2020 - ​Virtual
Vancouver Horror Show 2020 - Oct 22, 2020 - Virtual (Nominated: Best Comedic Performance - Pat Healy, Vanessa Benavente)
Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival - Dec 12-19, 2020 - Virtual

Severed Limbs Film Festival 8: Happy New Fear! - January 8, 2022 - Facebook Event

Written, Produced, Directed, and Edited by Aaron Barrocas
Starring: Pat Healy, Vanessa Benavente, Lundon Boyd (with: Rakefet Abergel, Devi Veysey)
Produced by Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein
Director of Photography: Sophia Cacciola

 

 

 

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Half-Cocked, Short Film, Review and Interview

Supporting tabletop gaming of all types; including dice, board, card, and role-playing games.

Additional crew:

Camera Operators: Matt Stuertz, Paul Zurcher
Gaffer/Drone Operator: Bill Moldt
Assistant Camera / Production Photographer: AJ Cutler
Key Grip: Tyler Sage

Special Effects Supervisor: Joe Castro
Special Effects Assistant: Steven J. Escobar

Sound Mixer / Boom Operator: Winston Moore
Makeup Artists: Tffy DeJesus, Unique Chung
Composer: Catherine Capozzi
Visual Effects Editor: Rob Himebaugh

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