Bad Blood
A masked figure enacts a brutal plan to sever the ties that bind.
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Travis DarkowDirectorThe Hammer, prettygirls.MOV, October Scout, Happy Father's Day, Synapse, Elizabeth, Silence in the Aftermath
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Travis DarkowWriterREZZUREKT, Caged, Silence in the Aftermath, Retail Therapy, Jakob's Cove, Synapse, Elizabeth, Servile(?), How Did We Get Here? October Scout, prettygirls.MOV, The Hammer, Happy Father's Day
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Travis DarkowProducerREZZUREKT, Deadcember, Season's Bleedings, October Scout, The Hammer, Synapse, Silence in the Aftermath, prettygirls.MOV, Elizabeth, Happy Father's Day
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Chris IsaacsonProducerThe Hammer, REZZUREKT, Deadcember, Season's Bleedings, Synapse, Silence in the Aftermath
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Leslie WaymireKey Cast"Killer"
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Chris IsaacsonKey Cast"Son in Law"The Hammer, Synapse, Silence in the Aftermath, Elizabeth
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Travis DarkowKey Cast"Son"REZZUREKT, Deadcember, Season's Bleedings, October Scout, The Hammer, Synapse, Silence in the Aftermath, prettygirls.MOV, Elizabeth, Happy Father's Day
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Linsey DarkowKey Cast"Daughter"
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Travis DarkowEditor
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Genres:Horror, Dark Comedy, Black Comedy, Disturbing, Twisted, New Years Eve, New Years, Blood, Guts, Brutal, Scary
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Runtime:4 minutes 2 seconds
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Completion Date:January 15, 2019
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Production Budget:20 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Creepy Tree Film Festival 2019 (CTFF)Salem, Oregon
United States
January 23, 2019
Official Selection -
Creepy Tree Film Festival 2019 (CTFF)Salem, Oregon
United States
February 28, 2019
Creepy Tree Exemplar Award Winner - Best Horror Film - Creepy Production Design -
Kraut Film Festival 2019
May 6, 2019
Award Winner -
Reels of the DeadLouisville, Kentucky
United States
June 13, 2019
Semi-Finalist -
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2019Hollywood, California
United States
June 28, 2019
Award Winner -
Horror Films in Hotlanta 2019Atlanta, Georgia
United States
September 27, 2019
Official Selection -
DreadFest Horror Film FestivalNorth Bend, Washington
United States
October 12, 2019
Screening at the historic North Bend Theatre in Washington
Official Selection -
Slash Night 2020Bremerton, Washington
United States
January 11, 2020
Screened at the Roxy Theatre in downtown Bremerton
My name is Travis Darkow, I was born in Bremerton, Washington, where I currently live with my wife and our two dogs, Jax and Laika. I have had a passion for writing and creating since I was very young. I was always writing stories, usually about aliens or monsters, or making my own little comic books. As I got older I never stopped writing, all through school I took as many writing courses as I could and my passion only grew over the years. I enjoy all aspects of writing. I write poetry, I love writing and playing music, and have written fifty to a hundred original songs. I have about a dozen or so children's books that I have written as well. My greatest passion though is film. I absolutely fell in love with movies when I was a kid, and found that my absolute favorite thing in the world is writing and directing films. I've written, directed and edited around two dozen short films since the seventh grade, and in June 2019 I completed my first feature length horror/sci-fi film called Goodbye Tomorrow. I am currently writing and directing short and feature length original films, as well as developing an ever expanding list of original pilots and feature length screenplays that I have been hard at work writing. Crafting stories and creating whole new worlds that didn't exist before has always brought me much joy. It is truly my favorite thing in the world and I will never stop creating.
Horror and science fiction has been my passion for as much of my life as I remember. I recall watching the original House on Haunted Hill and Humanoids From the Deep with my grandpa when I was about 7 years old, and something clicked in my young brain at that point. A feeling that I had found something that spoke to me on a different level than anything else has ever done since. Creating horror, to me, is creating a terrifying environment where you can run around this disturbing playground, and by the end of it, feel relieved. Maybe relieved to just be done with the creepy visuals and sounds of a horror film. But also relief from releasing fears you have built up inside yourself, in a safe and engaging way. My favorite horror films are the ones that straddle the line between horror/science fiction, and psychological thriller or mystery. I love nothing more than leaving a theater, or sitting through the credits of a movie at home, and not being able to get what you just saw out of your head. Movies that make you think deeply about the world, and our relationships to the horrors and tragedies that occur here I find to be absolutely fascinating. These are the types of films I hope to craft as I continue my journey of writing and directing horror based films. I put a lot of thought and energy into crafting worlds full of foreshadowing and blink and you'll miss it details, and I strive to keep growing and pushing forward in my pursuit of my true passion.