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The Little Curse

Abby and Trent are an aging punk rock couple who inherit an eerie, old house from Abby’s eccentric aunt. While giving their friend Ratboy a tour, they discover a hidden trunk in the basement that harbors a sinister secret.

  • Nicholas Berger
    Director
    Nutkin's Last Stand
  • Dana Berry
    Director
    The Killdren Are Coming
  • Dana Berry
    Writer
    The Killdren Are Coming, The Killdren
  • Dana Berry
    Producer
    The Killdren Are Coming
  • Nicholas Berger
    Producer
    Nutkin's Last Stand
  • Ciera Eis
    Key Cast
    "Abby"
  • Adrian Honner
    Key Cast
    "Trent"
  • Charlie Lind
    Key Cast
    "Ratboy"
    Death To Metal
  • Audrina Miranda
    Key Cast
    "The Little Curse"
    The Killdren Are Coming, The Phoenix
  • Skip Howland
    Key Cast
    "The Detective"
    Stealing Pulp Fiction
  • Nicholas Berger
    Cinematographer/DP
  • Nicholas Berger
    Editor
  • William V. Malpede
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Horror
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 28, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 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
  • Another Hole in the Head
    San Francisco
    United States
    December 10, 2023
    Best Slasher/Splatter Short Film
  • Panic Fest
    Kansas City
    United States
    April 5, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Chattanooga Film Festival
    Chattanooga
    United States
    June 21, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Austin After Dark Film Festival
    Austin, Texas
    United States
    October 24, 2024
    Official Selection
  • ScareFest Weekend Film Festival
    Lexington, Kentucky
    United States
    October 19, 2024
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Nicholas Berger, Dana Berry

Nicholas Berger is a documentary and narrative filmmaker whose films have aired on PBS, been nominated for two Student Academy Awards, and have been shown in film festivals around the world including IDFA, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Silverdocs, Palm Springs Shorts Fest, and Ann Arbor Film Festival. Nicholas has worked on all aspects of filmmaking from producing and directing to shooting and editing and has worked on films for the History Channel, Discovery, CNN and PBS. He is also the co-author of two children's books on filmmaking for Klutz Press. Nicholas holds an MFA in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University.

A lifelong horror fan, Dana Berry has channeled years of “study” and written his first horror feature, The Killdren. In order to promote the screenplay, Dana wrote, directed and produced the short film teaser, The Killdren Are Coming. The short has screened at over a dozen genre film festivals and won several awards, including Best Horror Film Trailer (Oregon Screams Film Festival) and Best Directorial Debut (Adbhooture Film Festival). The feature screenplay won best Horror Comedy Feature Screenplay at Atlanta After Dark Film Festival. Dana has a background in film and television post-production and resides in Oakland, hailing from Boston with a stopover in LA.

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Director Statement

Dana and I met on the set of The Mummies Movie and got to know each other through our volunteer group "The Trash Falcons". Dana always has a few horror film scripts he's working on and I thought this one sounded great so we decided to make it together. We went from script to finished film over the next few months. Dana brought his creepy vision of a cursed doll and a haunted house and his encyclopedic knowledge of the horror genre and I brought my playful minimalist style developed through years of working in documentary and "The Little Curse" was born.