Witch Hazel
How far would you go to scratch an itch?
After Mal is infected with an unstoppable itch, he undertakes extreme measures to stop his mind and body falling apart. A bloodsoaked gore-fest that will make your skin crawl and never let you look at steel wool the same way again.
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Alexander TromanDirector, Writer, ProducerCandles, Bear Hunt, This Is It and Nothing More, The Man With No Face
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Harry HudsonKey Cast"Mal"This is It and Nothing More, Sex Education
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Josh Kelly JonesDirector of Photography
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Harry NicholsonComposer
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Leanne WallaceMakeup and Special Effects
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Harriet MartinProduction Design
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Louis Fleury1st Assistant Director
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Reuben BenkelSound Recordist
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Miles HoldenSound Recordist
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Dermot FlemingGaffer
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Will RoweSound Design
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Joe WellsEditor
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Horror, Drama
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Runtime:8 minutes 33 seconds
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Completion Date:July 20, 2020
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Production Budget:200 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital, Sony A73
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
I came pretty late to the visual arts, but have been enamoured with writing as a form of escape since my early teens. The first script I ever wrote was a terrible 119 page western that's seen nothing but the back of my cupboard for a decade. I knew I'd never make the film, but from that point on I knew I wanted to entertain people with my stories. As a freelance Photographer and Filmmaker, I now put most of my creative energy into telling stories through both words and images. A picture is worth a thousand words, and I'd much rather be a photographer than a novelist because that sounds a lot harder. My dream is to work on the kind of fiction which replicates the excitement and imagination we all experienced when playing pretend as children.
Witch Hazel is a body horror centred around the intrinsic relationship between the body and the mind. Everyone knows what it's like to have an itch they can't quite scratch, so by pushing that to its extremes I hoped to create a sensory experience to which we can all relate.