1980s Inspired Dark Horror Comedy Short - THE GREY MATTER

I've got an amazing short film for you to watch today called "The Grey Matter." It's a morbidly funny horror comedy that was directed by Peter McCoubrey and Luke McCoubrey

The story follows "an office stiff who, after suffering a mysterious injury, finds himself stumbling through a courtship with a coworker… but something strange is afoot. With the romantic guidance of a creature unearthed from his head wound, he finds himself stumbling through an absurd, increasingly unorthodox, and potentially fatal attraction."

The movie was inspired by the genre movies of the 1980s. Peter has this to say in a statement regarding the film:

"We’ve always loved the way they [80s films] often bounced around from horror — to comedy — to enigmatic — to just flat out weird… as well as their inventive use of practical FX. Films like An American Werewolf in London, Return of the Living Dead, Big Trouble in Little China, The Fly, Brain Damage and Brazil all had a level of influence over the film’s initial conception. We wanted to honor the wild, inventive, and playful spirit of those films but at the same time create a film that felt modern, cinematic, and hopefully leave the audience wanting more."

This was such a fun and entertaining movie to watch and I really hope you all enjoy it! Thanks to the directors for sending this in to us! 

An office stiff wakes up in an alley mysteriously covered in blood. In the aftermath, he attracts the attention of his beautiful coworker, granting him a new lease on life …but something strange is afoot. Website: www.thegreymattermovie.com Facebook: facebook.com/TheGreyMatterMovie Trailer: vimeo.com/88676234 Opening Credits (Deleted Scene): vimeo.com/86454868 Featured on: SHORT OF THE WEEK FILM SHORTAGE Film Festivals: NITEHAWK SHORTS FESTIVAL - Brooklyn, NY - November, 2014 SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - Auckland, NZ - November, 2014 SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL - Birmingham, AL - August, 2014 SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL - San Antonio, TX - July, 2014 BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL - Brooklyn, NY - May, 2014 Starring: EBON MOSS-BACHRACH (Girls, John Adams) LUCY WALTERS (Shame, Power) CARTER ROY (Found Footage 3D) JASON GRIFFITH DEBRA ZANE THOM WOODLEY Directed by - THE MCCOUBREY BROTHERS http://mccoubreybrothers.com Written by - PETER MCCOUBREY Director of Photography - LUKE MCCOUBREY www.lukemccoubrey.com Editor & Composer - RON PATANE (A Most Violent Year, Blue Valentine) http://www.ronpatane.com Produced by - ASHLEA HARTZ Co-Producer - IRENE FITZSIMMONS Costume Designer - MALGOSIA TURZANSKA (Ain't Them Bodies Saints, In a Valley of Violence) http://turzanska.com Production Designer : STEPHANIE BARKLEY http://barkley.prosite.com Executive Produced by - LUKE MCCOUBREY, PETER MCCOUBREY, & EMILY WIEDEMANN Creature & Make Up FX - TATE STEINSIEK (SyFy's Face Off, The Amazing Spider-Man) http://www.illwilled.com VFX - PHOSPHENE FX (Boardwalk Empire, True Detective) http://phosphenefx.com Re-Recording Mixer - DAN FLOSDORF (Blue Ruin, The Place Beyond the Pines) http://heardcity.com Colorist - TOM POOLE (12 Years a Slave, Drive) http://company3.com/#/commercials-&-music-videos/tom-poole/ ©MMXIV All Rights Reserved Title: THE GREY MATTER Running Time: 18mins Country of Production: USA Date of Completion: February 2014 Language: English Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Sound: 5.1 Surround CONTACT: Director - Peter McCoubrey - pete@mccoubreybrothers.com Director - Luke McCoubrey - luke@mccoubreybrothers.com PRESS: Nighthawk Cinema HATCHED: http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/2014/11/shorts-fest-midnite-qa-the-grey-matter-director-peter-mccoubrey/ SHORT OF THE WEEK - http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/12/15/the-grey-matter/ FILM SHORTAGE - http://filmshortage.com/shorts/the-grey-matter AWESOME ROBO - http://www.awesome-robo.com/2014/12/the-grey-matter-is-dark-gruesome-and.html IT'S ART - http://www.itsartmag.com/features/the-grey-matter/ FIRST SHOWING - http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/watch-the-grey-matter-short-film-by-the-mccoubrey-brothers/ io9 - http://io9.com/guy-wakes-up-with-a-hole-in-his-skull-and-finds-somethi-1671991791

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