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Mommy's Little Monster

A mother and son on the run, escape to an isolated mountain cabin where their fears catch up with them.

  • Patrick Green
    Director
    TAG, For Your Consideration
  • Patrick Green
    Writer
    TAG, For Your Consideration, YouTube Pilot Fails,
  • Vanessa Perez
    Producer
    Cesar Chavez
  • Jenny Pellicer
    Key Cast
    "Kim"
    Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, Cocaine Godmother. The Bridge
  • Tate Birchmore
    Key Cast
    "Philip"
    American Princess
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Family Drama
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 52 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 15, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Red
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Patrick Green

Patrick is an LA-based filmmaker who has written for TV, film and video games for Tony Scott (True Romance), Tom Pellegrini (Jiro Dreams of Sushi), and Vincent Ngo (Hancock). He's written and directed branded content shorts for the ID Agency, a digital sketch comedy series for Mandatory, and three short films. "TAG" premiered at the 35th Annual CAAMFest 2017, played at two dozen film festivals around the world and is now streaming on Amazon Prime. He just completed "For Your Consideration," a documentary on the Harvey Weinstein statue that shook up the 90th Academy Awards, and "Mommy's Little Monster", a horror-thriller short shot in Big Bear, CA starring Jenny Pellicer (Puppetmaster: Littlest Reich). He has a Masters in Film/TV Screenwriting from Cal State Northridge and a BA in Journalism from San Diego State.

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Director Statement

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
As a storyteller, I often revisit issues of my past. As someone who grew up on Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and John Carpenter movies, I believe that there is no better way to tell personal stories than through genre films. They allow you to take on subjects that are hard to talk about and present them in a form of entertainment that thrills, chills, and often ends with the monster being vanquished by an unlikely hero. Order is restored. Everyone lives happily ever after. The end.



As a kid, I was scared of everything. Swimming pools. Elevators. Spinach. Like most kids my greatest fear was monsters. Unfortunately, the scary creature who terrorized me at night wasn’t hiding under my bed or outside my window… he was living inside my house.


“Mommy’s Little Monster” is a psychological horror-thriller about a mother and son on the run from an abusive relationship, but it’s also a cathartic journey into my unconscious. As a child, it was hard for me to comprehend that my dad was abusive to my mom. He was a larger-than-life character — a good man with a bad drinking problem and an ugly temper. As the years have passed, I’ve realized that the only way to overcome your fears is to revisit the things that scare you until they don’t scare you anymore. “Mommy’s Little Monster” is my way of facing my father, whom I both loved and feared. I wanted to tell a story where the victims of domestic violence could help each other face their “monster” once and for all.

-- Patrick Green