Private Project

House of Masks

In hope of an encounter with his co-worker/crush Dekard, awkward college student Jim braves his childhood friend Owen's Halloween house party. Rather than the rendezvous of his dreams, Jim experiences mostly excruciating bouts with personally invasive, costumed attendees. The evening unfolds with an escalating series of altercations between Jim and enemies real, fake, and inanimate, including two-faced Owen. Jim's personal nightmare culminates in bloody conflict with a relentless antagonist, a trip to the ER, and the long overdue unmasking of a bully.

  • Jason Weissbrod
    Director
    Boys Don't Wear Dresses; The Benchwarmers-Nerds
  • Atticus Jackson
    Director
    The Odd Taste, The Benchwarm-Nerds! Spectrum League
  • Jason Weissbrod
    Writer
    Boys Don't Wear Dresses; The Benchwarm-Nerds
  • Garth Herberg
    Producer
    Boys Don't Wear Dresses; The Benchwarmers-Nerds
  • Jon Rothstein
    Producer
    Westworld
  • Atticus Jackson
    Key Cast
    "Jim"
  • Atticus Baldwin
    Key Cast
    "Kyle"
    Brian, The Forgetful Wizard; The Wright Turn
  • Caroline Corry
    Key Cast
    "Jennifer"
  • Domonique Brown
    Key Cast
    "Owen"
    Atypical
  • Josh Rose
    Key Cast
    "Deckard"
  • Ann Postlewaite
    Key Cast
    "Paulet"
  • Ian Gallagher
    Key Cast
    "Chad"
  • Amos Stills
    Key Cast
    "Biff"
  • Micah Stumbaugh
    Key Cast
    "Woody"
  • Shane McKaskle
    Key Cast
    "The Ghost"
  • Lucas Salusky
    Key Cast
    "DJ Index"
  • Nick Brode
    Key Cast
    "The Wolf"
  • Marlene Sharp
    Consulting Producer
    Mongly Syndrome: K-Pop Odd Couple; Sonic Boom; Snack World
  • Lillian Carrier
    Autism Consultant
    Everything's Gonna Be Okay; As We See It; NCIS: New Orleans
  • Garth Herberg
    Sound
  • Samara Wolpe
    Script Supervisor/1st AD
  • Sam Morgan
    Writer
  • Jason Weissbrod
    Story Editor
    Amos
  • Amos Stillwell
    Story Editor
  • Kiel Ulberg
    Director of Photography/Steadicam
  • Ian Gallagher
    Assistant Camera
  • Elena Levchuk
    1st AC
  • Jacob Anderson
    2nd AC
  • Ann Postlewaite
    Make-up/PA
  • Ash Sutton
    Audio
  • Michael Ware
    Associate Producer
  • Crager Cougar
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 30, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Los Angeles Premiere
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 21, 2024
    LA Premiere
  • Nassau Film Fest
    Nassau
    United States
    December 7, 2024
    Honorable Mention
  • Diabolical Horror Film Festival

    October 30, 2024
    Nominee: Best Short Film
  • Marvels of Media at the Museum of the Moving Image
    NY, NY
    United States
    March 28, 2025
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Spectrum Laboratory
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Jason Weissbrod, Atticus Jackson

Atticus Jackson
Atticus Jackson is an autistic actor, musician, and filmmaker with a passion for advocacy. His main goal in life is to use his art to make a difference, and loves to make people laugh and make people think with his movies.

Jason Weissbrod
Jason Weissbrod has been an independent filmmaker for 30 years in Los Angeles. His Directing credits include the award winning short film "Boys Don't Wear Dresses" about a transgender autistic individual's search to find love. Other credits include "Fuzzy Connections", "Spectrum League", "Hands", "The Benchwarm-Nerds!" and more! Jason co-founded Spectrum Laboratory in 2015, a nonprofit that creates original works of film, music and animation with autistic, neurodiverse and disabled artists. (www.speclabs.org).

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Director Statement

From Jason Weissbrod:

About 15 years ago I started volunteering for a program called the “Miracle Project.” That was my introduction to the awesome autism community. I quickly bonded with the autistic and neurodivergent actors, writers, and storytellers. I worked at the “Miracle Project” for 10 years and co-wrote, directed, and even starred in these amazing productions for the stage. It was a blast, creating with this group of talented autistic and neurodiverse performers, but after 10 years, I missed my true passion, the art of filmmaking. I realized that many of the autistic and neurodiverse actors, singers, musicians, writers that I had become friends and worked with wanted to work in the entertainment industry and they didn’t know how. A lightbulb went off, “What if there was a place where all these actors, writers, filmmakers could go to teach them how to audition, create a demo reel, get an agent and most importantly create their own stories and works of film!” The spark of Spec Labs ignited. It wasn’t until I worked with a longtime friend of mine, Garth Herberg, who also had a similar dream, of creating music and recording songs and launching a record label with autistic and neurodiverse talent, that this dream would become a reality!