Awesome review!!!

Check out this awesome review from The Independent Critic. I am beyond thrilled with what they had to say, here are some of the highlights, but make sure you read the full review by clicking on the link above:

"...with its entertaining blend of humorous camp, touches of horror and enough originality to keep you wishing that you had a heck of a lot longer than the film's 21-minute run time."

"Unit 30 is a delightful blend of campy horror, character-driven hijinks and tongue-in-cheek thrills that will keep you laughing courtesy of rock solid performances from Hough and McCurdy along with supporting players Eric Pirooz..... and Jaclyn Carmichael"

"Unit 30 benefits from a spirited original score by Phillip McCollum that nicely companions Hough's dialogue."

"The entire cast seems to be having a good time here, an energy that plays nicely as our scenario goes from seemingly normal to anything but normal."

"Despite being a low-budget indie, tech credits are solid throughout the film."

Unit 30 screening on The Reel Show

We are happy to announce that Unit 30 is going to screen on the premiere episode of The Reel Show! How cool is that?

The show takes place Saturday January 8th an 2pm EASTERN TIME. I'll be in the chat room answering questions, so make sure to tune in a ask me something I don't know how to answer :-)

Click here to see the show's schedule and watch it

Unit 30 was accepted to the Hollywood Asylum 13

Good news everyone! Unit 30 was accepted to the Hollywood Asylum 13 Film Festival! More info coming soon

New Unit 30 DVD cover

The Unit 30 DVD cover was update to include awards, festival acceptances and quotes from reviews. We think it looks swell

Interview at the Terror Film Festival

I was lucky enough to be interviewed at the Terror Film Festival by filmmaker Nate Rulf. I was asked about Unit 30, what my favorite horror film was and why, etc....I had no idea I was such an animated talker!

Unit 30 in promo video for the Media Film Festival

Wow, that was quite the subject wasn't it? I feel like I have nothing else to add except the video itself

Unit 30 won a Claw award at the Terror Film Festival!!!

I just got back from the wonderful city of Philadelphia a few days ago after having attended the Terror Film Festival (run on sentences are fun!). As always, the amazing people of TFF put on another great festival. Unit 30 screened Friday night to a reception of 40 or so people, lots of laughs, great questions during the Q&A, etc....The awards ceremony was Saturday night and Unit 30 took home the coveted award for "Best Thriller for a Short Film"! Pictures of the award coming soon (it's being made). Below are some pictures from the festival. (all photos provided by Hamilton Photography)


Ethical Society building in Rittenhouse Square, where the festival took place

Schedule for the Unit 30 screening

Screening room

Looking at the schedule on the back of the pass



Writer Baron Craze



A list of some of the winners from the Terror Film Festival


Me winning the award for "Best Thriller of a Short Film". Can you tell I was happily surprised to win?

photos from the GIAA Film Festival

Eric Pirooz (the Real Estate Agent from Unit 30) was lucky enough attend the GIAA Film Festival in New York this past weekend. I can't thank the GIAA team enough for putting on such a wonderful festival, Eric had a great time and I'm bummed that I couldn't make it. Below are some pictures that Eric took at the screening:
The GIAA Film Festival sign
Eric Pirooz with the poster for Unit 30
A shot of the crowd
Eric Pirooz with Vincent Pastore , winner of the best actor award at the festival

Terror Film Festival trailer

A scene from Unit 30 was featured in the trailer for the Terror Film Festival! The scene from Unit 30 starts around 3:15

Unit 30 was accepted to the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival

I am happy to announce that Unit 30 was accepted to the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival. The festival takes place Oct.15-17 in Fargo, ND. The festival is part of Valleycon and the Fargo Entertainment Expo. Screening time coming soon. Feel free to check out their website here: http://www.valleycon.com/filmfest.html

Unit 30 was nominated for 3 awards at the Terror Film Festival

How awesome is that!? We were nominated for: Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Thriller Short Film. The awards ceremony takes place Saturday Oct. 23rd. Fingers crossed

Unit 30 lobby cards!!!

Why did we ever stop making and displaying lobby cards? They were such a great way to get to know the cast and characters of a movie and were very easy to steal,- not like those big posters behind "glass" at the theater! Have you ever tried to open one of those "boxes"!?!? Trust me, they are hard to open and it turns out you can be arrested for tampering with one. Well no need to spend a night in jail! Below are you very own Unit 30 lobby cards!!!

Screening time at the Terror Film Festival

Unit 30 will screen at the Terror Film Festival on Friday October 22nd during the 5:45pm block. The festival takes places at the Ethical Society Building located at 1906 South Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA. 19103. To learn more, visit the festival website at: www.terrorfilmfestival.net

Unit 30 was accepted to the Terror Film festival!

Good news everyone! We were accepted to the Terror Film Festival. The fest takes place Oct. 21-23 in Philadelphia, PA. I don't have the screening time yet, stay tuned

Screening time at the GIAA Film Festival

Unit 30 will screen at the GIAA Film Festival on Saturday Oct. 2nd during the 7pm block. The screenings take place at the Anthology Film Archive which is located at Second Ave and Second St. in New York. I'm not going to be able to make it to the festival, but Eric Pirooz will! Make sure to say hi if you see him :-) To learn more, visit the festival website at: http://www.giaafilmfest.com/GIAA_Film_Fest/GIAA_Fest_2010.html

"Play with Death" review of Unit 30

While attending the Media Film Festival in Media, PA earlier this year I had the pleasure of meeting the multi-talented Jeremiah Cress. Jeremiah not only makes awesomely gruesome horror movies, but he also runs a great movie review website called "Play with Death". I was lucky enough to have him want to review Unit 30. Click here to read Jeremiah's kind words :-)

Updates and pictures from The Indie Gathering Film Festival

I just got back from The Indie Gathering Film Festival last week and I had a blast! The festival takes place in Cleveland, OH over the weekend of Aug 6-8. I met so many great filmmakers, saw a lot of wonderful shorts and had an overall great time at the festival and all of the events they had planned. I really can't say enough good things about this festival or the people who run it,- the IG Family knows how to put on an event!

The screening of Unit 30 couldn't have gone better: we received lots of laughs throughout, had a large crowd and my Q&A lasted so long that I was asked to sit down so they could show the next short!

AWARDS!!!!! Did I get your attention? As most of you know, I attended the festival knowing that Unit 30 won the award of "Best Horror-Comedy for a short film", what I didn't know is that Unit 30 also won the award of "Best Overall short film"!!!!! I'm still in a state of shock :-) Below are some photos I took at the event:

Actor/Film maker Carlo Fiorletta, Film maker Mara Lesemann, and Film maker Steve Karageanes
One of the screening rooms before the festival started up
Me accepting the award for Best overall short film
Festival Director Ray Szuch and myself
The medal and plaque we won for "best horror-comedy for a short film" and the award we won for "best overall short film"

We were accepted to the GIAA Film Festival!

I am happy to announce that Unit 30 was accepted to the GIAA Film Festival! The fest takes place in the Manhattan/Greenwich Village area of New York, Oct. 1st-3rd. Unit 30 will screen Saturday night Oct. 2nd. We are thrilled to be a part of the festival, more info coming soon. In the meantime feel free to check out the Monkey site

Pictures from the Action On Film Festival

Unit 30 screened at AOF last week and we had an AMAZING time! We can not thank the AOF Team enough for putting on a great film festival and making the night so memorable. As soon as we arrived we were greeted with a poster for Unit 30 prominently displayed right by the red carpet! We took some pictures and than picked up our tickets and AOF Program, that's when we received our second surprise, -the poster for Unit 30 was on the cover of the program!!! Below are some pictures we took, again, we can not thank the AOF Team enough!

Screening time at Action on Film Festival

Update! Update! Update! So nice I said it twice!,- oh, wait.....

Here is the screening info for Unit 30 at AOF

Date: Wednesday July 28th at 6pm (Academy 3).

Ticket price: Tickets are $8 online or $10 at the door. They recommend buying tickets online because it's common for the movies to sell out. If you choose to order tickets online, you can pick them up at the theater before the screening. Click here to order your tickets online and follow the directions at the top of the page

Where: The screening will take place at the Regency Academy Theater located at 1003 E. Colorado Blvd in Pasadena.