Throughout pre-production of "Honeymoon", we have reached outside of our circle to include a diversity of voices in our community. We have assembled a team that is stronger with 40% women. The subtext of our film grapples with dangerous male delusions and their consequences.

Synopsis

Months ago, Vincent’s life was in a hopeless place. He was a man in his 30’s stuck caring for his ailing grandmother, her ceaseless demands and agonized groans depriving him of peace between his long shifts at a dead-end retail job. His only source of happiness was Camilla, a younger woman he coveted – but as long as he was stuck in this holding pattern, Camilla was unattainable. One night, Vincent reached his breaking point. He stepped into his grandmother’s bedroom, picked up a pillow, and took a decisive action that could never be taken back.

Today, Vincent and Camilla are newlyweds. Vincent, unburdened and newly wealthy, has pitched Camilla the possibility of a new life for both of them, and she’s just optimistic enough – or gullible enough – to believe him. They drive out to a lovely cabin in the woods for their honeymoon. But the past is creeping up on their peaceful getaway. A sinister apparition plagues Vincent’s dreams and waking hours, chipping away at his sanity. Camilla sees the cracks appearing in her new husband’s personality, and starts to wonder who she married. One Detective Moseley gives Vincent a call, asking for a quick follow-up statement about the night of his grandmother’s death. Nothing is certain anymore. But in any case, this will surely not be the honeymoon Vincent or Camilla expected.

 

We are Walking Distance Media. 

But we are so much more with the team we've assembled.

Since starting our video production company in 2016, we’ve created original short films, music videos, and promotional spots for local businesses and organizations like Aslan Brewing Co., The Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County, and the Bellingham Arts and Music Festival.

For this project, we reached outside of our normal circle to search for the most driven and talented filmmakers in Bellingham and beyond (all of whom you should read about in the team section). While a lack of paying jobs in the creative industry drives some away, we want to create opportunities for our community by paying all our crew a reasonable wage and put Bellingham on the map as one of the video production hotspots in Washington state. We hope to showcase talent in the Bellingham area, inspiring larger productions to film here and hire our locals. But, first, we need your help.

Stretch Goals

$7,000 will pay for the entirety of cast and crew along with production insurance but there are more expenses to be covered.

1. If we raise $10,000, we'll be able to pay for all Special Fx and cost of location
2. If we raise $12,000, we'll be able to cover costumes, additional set design, and catering for cast and crew.
3. If we raise $14,000, we'll be able to cover all unforeseeable expenses during production and some of our post-production costs.

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Meet the Characters

Luke Schuck stars as Vincent. The husband. Formerly a nobody stuck in a dead-end holding pattern, Vincent has transformed himself entirely since the fateful night he finally mustered the resolve to escape those suffocating circumstances. Now reinvigorated with newfound passion, energy, and a sizable inheritance, he devotes it all to his new bride Camilla. But underneath it all, Vincent still harbors a creeping sense of guilt and dread that threatens to eat him alive.

McKenna Ralston stars as Camilla. The wife. Camilla stopped believing in fairy tales long ago, but now she seems to be living in one. Since Vincent swept her off her feet and married her, she's been gradually rekindling hope in the possibility of a happy ending. But as a shadow of dread encroaches on their honeymoon, Camilla can't shake the feeling that saying “I do” might turn out to be the biggest mistake of her life.

Michael E. Bell stars as Detective Moseley. A policeman who's been bugging Vincent to follow up on some details related to an old case. Moseley is unerringly professional and easygoing, but he seems oddly insistent on taking Vincent's statement, and frustratingly evasive about the details of his inquiry.

Erin Kinzer stars as The Hag. She lives in your shadow and feeds on your mind. Corruption of the flesh and mockery of the soul. You will know no other dream, and you cannot look away.

A majority of the money we raise on Seed and Spark will go towards paying cast and crew because paying talented people for their work is a necessity that is too often brushed off in the arts community. For some cast and crew, this will be the first time that they will be payed for production work. You can help give these filmmakers a new opportunity to make their passion into a career.

Special Effects

No monster horror movie is complete without awesome special effects. We already have the "Hag" costume made but it wasn't free. For our monster to look real and be legitimately scary, we needed a convincing mask, fake hands, and slimy teeth. For our gory ending, we also needed fake guts, blood, and a head that can be ripped open. That's only gonna run us about $1,000 due to the awesomeness and generocity of Kris Carroll!

Location

We will be filming at a cabin off of the Mt. Baker Hwy in Glacier, WA. Since we will be shooting for four consecutive days, the cabin will work as lodging for crew and cast. We will check in on Wednesday, May 1st, spend the first night setting up the cabin and getting settled in with crew. Thursday through Sunday will be full-shoot days leaving Sunday night and Monday morning to clean up the cabin. We are renting this cabin through Air BNB and have permission to film there from the owner. For four days and five nights, the cabin will cost production about $2,000.

        

 

Statement from Writer/Director Alex Furnas

"The script for 'Honeymoon' is the result of my own experience with sleep paralysis. This hiccup in the sleep cycle causes the sleeper to wake up while their body remains immobilized and their brain still generates images from the dream state. In most cases of sleep paralysis, two types of 'visitors' are most often reported: 'Shadow People', or 'The Hag'. I saw a pale, stringy-haired, vaguely female creature would slowly push my bedroom door open and crawl onto my bed.

I hope the main characters of Vincent and Camilla speak to audiences as well. Vincent is a fairly despicable figure to be sure, but I want the horror of my script to emerge from trapping the audience in his headspace. I’m sure plenty of people have seen opportunities to improve their lives or escape lousy circumstances by doing something bad, in large and small ways, and there’s always a temptation. What’s the worst that could happen, right? And as for Camilla – how well do you really know the people you’re closest to? You could be one unearthed secret away from completely shattering your perceptions of them. I want to make a film about flawed but relatable characters, and force the audience to relate to them as they succumb to their flaws. That’s the real horror. In any case, we’ve got terrific actors lined up to play both roles, and I hope we get to put those performances on screen."

 

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