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Psycho Path

Laurel Rhodes is a backpacking vlogger who specializes in hidden trails and hard-to-reach hikes. After taking a wrong turn on her latest expedition, she stumbles upon an eerie, deserted cabin with strange markings on the wall. Trapped in the dark and rain, Laurel reluctantly decides to spend the night, unaware that a madman is coming with murder on his mind.

  • Daniel Robinette
    Director
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Cooper Thornton
    Writer
    Nervous Breakdown
  • Jeff Cox
    Producer
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Kayla Stuhr
    Producer
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Abigail Wilson
    Key Cast
    "Laurel Rhodes"
  • Jack Pearson
    Key Cast
    "Adam"
  • Michael Smith
    Key Cast
    "Jacob"
  • Kayla Stuhr
    Key Cast
    "Creature"
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Aaron Sorgius
    CInematographer
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Daniel Robinette
    Story
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Jeff Cox
    Story
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Jeremy Tassone
    Story
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Aaron Sorgius
    Story
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Michael Scott
    Story
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Kayla Stuhr
    Story
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Cooper Thornton
    Story
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Jeremy Tassone
    Editor
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Michael Scott
    Sound Engineer
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Kayla Stuhr
    Storyboard Artist
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Matt Vucic
    Composer
    Tethered, Galmi, The Time Will Come
  • Kayla Stuhr
    Co-Producer
    Tethered, Drawn to Fear, Galmi
  • Caleb Sholtis
    Production Assistant
    The Beekeeper
  • Griffin Robinette
    Production Assistant
    Galmi, The Beekeeper
  • Jason Ofsanko
    Executive Producer
  • Jeremy Tassone
    Creature Design / Practical Effects
    Nervous Breakdown, Tethered, Galmi
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Suspense, Thriller
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 17, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Daniel Robinette

Daniel Robinette is a film director, writer and producer with a background in advertising and marketing. He is known for directing award winning short films Tethered (2017), Drawn to Fear (2016), Galmi (2018) and most recently Nervous Breakdown (2018).

Previously, Daniel worked in the advertising industry for 20+ years, serving as Creative Director for several agencies while amassing a range of industry creative awards in both broadcast and print advertising.

He is a founding member of 4 Leagues Media, LLC - a group formed to create and produce films. He serves as Director for the group, as well as a source for story development, creative development, writing and producing.

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Director Statement

The original idea is dead. Flatlined. A doornail. Kaput. All the great themes have been dissected and resurrected countless times over. Love and Loss. Life and Death. Good vs. Evil. Power and Corruption. Betrayal. Revenge. Survival. And on and on and on....

Fortunately for movie lovers, original stories are alive and well! How we tell them and the characters who inhabit them enable us to find different truths within the same archetype.

With that in mind, and in honor of our five-year anniversary, 4 Leagues Media set out to tell a classic horror story, utterly familiar to fans of the genre, but with new twists on old tropes. On the one hand, it’s a film straight from our playbook ― tightly plotted and meticulously paced ― but on the other hand, it’s brand new territory for us. From the lighting to the special effects to the prominent role of technology in the film, we took some new and calculated risks on this one, much like our hero resigns to do.

Speaking of Laurel Rhodes, I think audiences are going to love her! As a popular hiking vlogger bent on exploring remote wilderness areas, we realized that she had to be brave, engaging, and authentic in order to captivate her online followers and moviegoers alike. Her personality and behavior are essential to the story and justification for any decisions she makes along the way. That old chestnut is as true as ever ― if your audience doesn’t care about your characters, they won’t care what happens to them either.

So, here we sit by the campfire, ready to share another ghost story in the dark. While every 4 Leagues film is uniquely special to us, each one a valentine to this medium we love so dearly, Psycho Path is the most important one yet in our canon. It displays advancement on every level of our tradecraft, and explores topics and tropes we think core audiences will find deeply satisfying. The original idea is dead, but our passion for telling fresh and inventive stories is not. I hope this one scares the living daylights out of you. We like it when you’re afraid.