From Writer/Director Janine Pipe comes the short horror film FOOTSTEPS, adapted from Pipe’s own short story published in 2020 and brought to the screen by Pipe Screams Productions in collaboration with Alt View Productions.
Executive Produced by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent), the film will follow the story of a group of young women that head into Marshall Woods, intending to blow off steam and find inspiration for their book about local ‘missing person’ lore and legends. There, they soon discover they are not alone and unwittingly begin a bloody fight for survival against a terrifying and unnatural antagonist.
Currently heading into its second week of the crowdfunding campaign and already earning just shy of 50% of its target (at the time of writing), this is a project that you are going to want to get involved in.
And we here at STARBURST have received the right to an exclusive announcement of the casting of the two lead characters.
Firstly, Annabella Rich (Eating Miss Campbell, Video Shop Tales of Terror) will be bringing the character of Felicity Wells to life. Bella previously worked with Pipe on her debut short film, HER.
Joining Bella in the film is Nicole Riddell (Mask of the Devil, White Sky). Janine hand-picked both Bella and Nicole for the film stating that both actresses are perfect for the way she envisioned them when writing the original story.
The following paragraphs are taken from the official press release:
Footsteps boasts a women only cast and will showcase practical effects and a creature design worthy of a low budget homage EP Marshall. Other crew members so far include:
James L Perkins – Producer
Rebecca Wilcox – First AD
Sam Mason Bell – DoP
Georgie Kerrsenbrock – SFX
Christian Francis – Graphic DesignFilming will take place in Pipe’s hometown of Swindon in September 2023 with the dream goal to premiere at London’s FrightFest in August 2024.
Pipe and her team are hoping to fund the majority of the short via Indiegogo. Perks include a Special Thanks IMDb credit, an exclusive poster signed by Pipe and Marshall and various producer status levels along with one very special edition perk – an original Dog Soldiers quad poster signed by Marshall along with Sean Pertwee, Darren Morfitt and Craig Conway.
Pipe adds, ‘Times are hard right now for many people and you may find that although you’d like to support a British women-driven indie genre production oozing with blood, you just can’t financially. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t be hugely beneficial in helping us by spreading the word and sharing the campaign wherever you can. And for that we will be massively grateful.’
You can support the crowdfunding campaign for FOOTSTEPS here
