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The Tormenting of Jones

Jones awakens over and over again into a nightmarish reality full of twisted creatures; each one feverishly bent on tearing him to shreds.

  • Chase Weston
    Director
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  • Chase Weston
    Writer
  • Chase Weston
    Producer
  • Andrew Reinaga
    Producer
  • Dennis Record
    Key Cast
    "Jones"
  • Chelsea Jurkiewicz
    Key Cast
    "Nora"
  • Cherie Julander
    Key Cast
    "The Detective"
  • Carlos Nobleza Posas
    Key Cast
    "The Programmer"
  • Yoah Kristine
    Key Cast
    "The Reporter"
  • Robert L Hunter
    Cinematography
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Thriller, Sci-fi
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 3, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Black Magic 2K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Five Wives Film Festival
    Salt Lake City
    United States
    September 20, 2018
    U.S. Premiere
    Official Selection
  • HORROR-RAMA 2019 International Short Film Festival
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada
    November 3, 2018
    International Premiere
    Best Scare Factor
  • Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival
    Milford
    United States
    April 26, 2019
    Finalist
  • End of Days Film Festival
    Orlando
    United States
    May 4, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Film Quest 2019 Film Festival
    Provo
    United States
    September 6, 2019
    Nominated Best Utah Short
Director Biography - Chase Weston

Chase Weston has been making films for more than 15 years. He is an accomplished, award-winning director and producer. He has run film-festivals and built companies; but his passion has always been producing movies and his favorite genre is, by far, horror (creature-features particularly).

"I love creating monsters. I have always been obsessed with monsters and horror movies. My art teachers used to think I was strange, but well, look at me now! (still strange, I know) But there is something about creating beautiful beasties that look like they have crawled right out of a nightmare. I just love it."

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Director Statement

The world we experience is largely created in our own minds. This film is a meditation on the concept of 'as above, so below' - and that what we hold in our mind (good/bad, positive/negative) ultimately manifests into our experienced reality.

I wanted to take a character and represent both of their worlds. The internal and the external. I wanted to take the twisted inner dark of Jones and give it a physical form.

What we hold in our mind we bring into our reality, and as Jones finds out: 'There is no hell so horrible, as the one we create for ourselves.'