Knock

Knock fundraiser hits 23 percent in first week

The first week of our crowdfunding fundraising campaign for Knock is complete and we’re at 23 percent of our goal of $6,000.00!

This campaign is to help fund the production of Knock and coincides with the release of our last project, Murder Creek.

A short update on Knock’s progress: We’ve started the process of casting our female lead, Sophie. We put out a casting call for video submissions on Friday and have already received over a dozen actresses interested in auditioning!

We’ll be going through their video auditions starting this week, and hope to have an actress cast by early April. Once we have our Sophie, we will introduce her to everyone.

As previously announced, this actress will join Akron native, actor Kevin Gay to round out our cast. Knock is a much smaller cast than Murder Creek’s full cast of 14, but the script is a bit more complicated. Mainly because we’ve decided to attempt to do the majority of the film in one take. It’s a lofty goal but I’m excited about the prospect of it.

If you’re interested in helping fund Knock, we’d love to have your support. We have several perks to offer you in exchange for your contribution, including signed copies of the DVD of Murder Creek. There are also some add-on perks available too.

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed and everybody who will. A huge thanks to everyone who has been sharing our posts on social media too! Those shares are invaluable as they help spread the word for us.

Murder Creek released on DVD

Murder Creek is now available on DVD!

I made the decision to release the Murder Creek DVD at the same time that we launched our crowdfunding campaign for our next project, a short film called Knock.

A sleep-deprived woman battles a ruthless visitor while suffering through a night of crippling insomnia.


Many of the same crew members are returning from Murder Creek to help produce Knock. Our lead actor Kevin Gay is also returning, so it felt right to have these two events coincide.



Along with the DVD, we've got some other great Murder Creek merchandise like our poster, as well as some exciting Knock items. There are also a couple of chances to join us on set during the shooting of Knock, and one chance to snag an exclusive night out with the filmmakers!

Get your copy of Murder Creek, learn more about Knock, watch our crowdfunding video pitch, and check out the other perks we are offering by following this link to our Indiegogo page: https://igg.me/at/knock-film

As always, thank you so much for your encouragement and support. It’s so greatly appreciated!

Knock: A short film

From the team that brought you Murder Creek

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I’m super excited about this next project, a short film called Knock.

I wrote Knock around the same time I wrote Murder Creek. It’s a much simpler script than Murder Creek — it’s currently only eight pages and features only two characters and one location — but it wouldn’t be a project of mine if I didn’t immediately decide to make it more complicated than necessary.

Inspired by a scene from episode six of the Netflix show, The Haunting of Hill House, I’ve decided to shoot the whole film as one long take.

This means no cutaways and no resetting in between scenes because there is only one scene. With an eight page script, the scene/film will be about eight minutes long. That means for eight minutes, everybody - cast and crew - must be perfectly in sync or we start over from the beginning.

This is a lofty goal that will take a great deal of planning and even more rehearsal time, but I’m super excited about the prospect of pulling it off. It will make for a unique film experience not only for our cast and crew but also our audience.

We’re scheduled to shoot Knock in April 2020.

Director: Kristen Skeet

Producers: Sherry McCutcheon, Anita Harmon, Kristen Skeet

Director of Photography: Ty Cheman.

Sound Production Design: Adam Bloch

Script Supervisor: Molly Farber

Lead Actor: Kevin Gay

More cast and crew announcements coming soon!

Mike Flanagan walks us through the making of the critically acclaimed "Haunting of Hill House" Episode Six, titled "Two Storms," and why he decided to do long, unedited shots and cinematography.