Fever

I can still remember getting sick often as a child. Recurring ear infections, strep throat... high fevers became something of a routine. And with them, just as often, would come paralyzing hallucinations once the lights went out-- shadows that seemed to take on lives of their own. THINGS I could see and hear that nobody else could, perhaps because they weren't sick, I would reason.

Hearkening back to my own childhood fears, FEVER was born of a desire to pull away from the stigma of YouTube and social media filmmaking, while maintaining my love of horror and popcorn cinema. The goal was to create something original with a totally unique hook, drenched in atmosphere, and universal in its ability to terrify-- all on a shoestring budget of less than $2,000 (affording us just a single day of production). I would have to bring all my tools to bare

The setting, it was decided, had to be familiar... accessible... safe-- the house next door archetype. The script was also intentionally unburdened with depth or complexity-- simplicity and economy of storytelling was key-- FEVER is a proof of concept, and conveying that concept clearly within the production's limitations of time and budget was paramount.

With inspiration drawn from genre classics such as A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and THE RING, FEVER begs a simple question: What if pure evil was contagious, just like the common cold?

Turn down the lights. Turn up the sound. Hope you dig it.
-Brian Karl Rosenthal