Director hopes for horror run

By Jade Lawton
BUDDING film director Glenn Triggs may just be Beaconsfield’s answer to Steven Spielberg.
Mr Triggs, 26, will fly to Los Angeles next to week to promote his feature film ‘Cinemaphobia’.
The 90-minute movie is a horror extravaganza set in a cinema, where 12 characters have settled for the night to watch an all-night horror-movie marathon.
“It’s about a guy called Joshua – he sets out to make a film during the movie marathon but he’s oblivious that a real life killer will exploit, inspire and dramatically alter its outcome,” Mr Triggs said.
“The majority of the film takes place in a cinema, where an ensemble cast are picked off one by one.”
Most of the action takes place inside the Metro Cinema in Boronia, but the opening and closing sequences were filmed in Berwick.
Mr Triggs said the plot was dramatic, with the occasional comedic moment.
“At the start the characters don’t know each other, but by the time the movie gets under way they have little connections. They are all different people, thrown together – kind of like The Breakfast Club,” he said.
The film was completed on a relatively tiny budget of $10,000.
Mr Triggs is hopeful that it will be picked up by an international DVD distribution company and he has entered the movie, which took two years to complete, in about 15 film festivals across Australia and the US.
Mr Trigg, who funds his projects through his wedding video business, said he loved the horror genre.
“I love horror films. I actually collect VHS horror films, even though most are on DVD now – just like the artwork,” he said.
Copies of Cinemaphobia can be ordered online at www.darkepic.net.