Scary flicks for Halloween film night
Locally-produced short film to headline set
Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
Thursday, October 27, 2016
INUVIK
If regular Halloween activities have become too tame, people will have a chance to view a selection of scary short films at the Midnight Sun Complex Oct. 29.
Dez Loreen's film The Mad Trapper will be headlined during a set of short horror films at the Midnight Sun Complex Oct. 29. From left to right are actors
Kolin Murray, Danny Swainson and Weronika Murray. - photo courtesy of Dez Loreen
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The show will feature films from Yellowknife's Dead North Film Festival, plus a locally made film by Dez Loreen called The Mad Trapper. The event is a partnership between Loreen, the Town of Inuvik and Artless Collective, the Yellowknife based film and multimedia production studio.
"We're showing seven Dead North films that haven't been shown in Inuvik yet," said Loreen, who operates under the Neverlow Studios brand which he started in 2010.
"These are all new. These are scary Dead North films. Some of them are kind of weird, some of them are funny, eclectic, but these are just scary."
His short film, shot in Inuvik, will highlight the package, which is set to run for just over an hour. Though it's called The Mad Trapper, it's not the infamous Albert Johnson story.
"It's a fictional work," said Loreen, who wrote the script earlier this year.
"It's a story about a couple. They're new to the North and they go out on the land to see the beauty of the delta and things take a turn from there."
It's a short film, under seven minutes long, so he won't spoil it any further.
"We had a lot of fun with it," said Loreen. "Definitely it's my biggest endeavour to date."
He got local talent to help and was able to use Glenn Colton's bush camp for two weekends to shoot the movie this September, which he appreciated.
Loreen hopes to raise the profile of filmmaking in town.
"There's stuff happening in Inuvik and it's time to raise that profile," he said. "It's not just Yellowknife. Yellowknife's got a great pool of talent, but there are also a lot of talented people here in Inuvik."
He's got cameras and equipment, he said, just looking for people to pitch him film ideas. The Mad Trapper cost him only about $500 out of pocket, he added.
The films shown will be intended for mature audiences, people 16 and over, said Loreen. There's not a lot of profane language, but there is blood and violence.
Admission is free, though food bank donations will be accepted, and there will be popcorn and drinks for sale. The event is taking place 8 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Midnight Sun Complex, so people can still attend the dance or other activities later in the night.
"It's just a night at the movies," said Loreen.
