Halloween 1959, every porch dark, and a switchboard operator working the party line. A spoiler-light look at the six-minute black-and-white short now closing the drive-in triple feature.
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Two one-sheets and a 28-second trailer reel cut to the film's own synth score. Share them anywhere.
The video storeOn the shelf
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Pause · frame advanceStills
Freeze-frames from the whole film. Tap any frame to see it big. Everything past the warning is the final act.
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Lights off · headphones onAudiobooks
Coming soon · read an excerptThe Courtesy of the Door
Behind the tapeSaturnborn Films
Saturnborn Films is the home of director and composer Pharaoh Lovecraft. The films are found footage set on Halloween night in small-town Ohio. The score is his own piano and synth music.
Directed & scored by
Pharaoh Lovecraft
Written by
Pharaoh Lovecraft & Nelson J. Torres
The visitor created by
Pharaoh Lovecraft & Nelson J. Torres
The visitor played by
Nelson J. Torres
Special thanks to Nelson J. Torres, co-writer of the films and co-creator of VENDITOR's visitor, who also brings him to the door on screen.