In this horror short, five kidnapped strangers are forced to rhyme to their captor's funky beats - or die.
Winner: “Best Screenplay Short” BIFA Qualifying Manchester Film Festival, 2023 (UK)
Winner: “Best Horror Short” Atlanta Underground Film Festival, 2023 (USA)
Selected for Short of the Week, Staff Pick 2023
Selected for horror platform ALTER, garnering over 60k views in its first month, inspiring several reaction videos.
Press:
Killer Shorts "I haven't stopped thinking about it"
Directors Notes "meticulously written"
Cinema Crazed "I was grinning the entire time"
Festivals and Screenings:
Screamfest Horror Film Festival, 2021 (USA), MELIES D'ARGENT Qualifying Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival, 2022 (BE), BIFA QUALIFYING Manchester Film Festival, 2023 (UK), Boston Underground Film Festival, 2023 (USA), Genre Blast, 2023 (USA), Macabro: Mexican International Horror Film Festival, 2022 (MX), BIFA QUALIFYING Beeston Film Festival, 2023 (UK), FINALIST FilmQuest, 2022 (USA), Horror on Sea, 2024 (UK), INDIE-LINCS International Film Festival, 2023 (UK), SoHOME Horror Film Festival, 2024 (UK), Earl's Court International Film Festival, 2023 (UK), Frostbiter, 2024 (Iceland)
Rhyme or Die on IMDb
Cast:
Bethan Cullinane as Dynamo
Victor Alli as Colin
Mohammad Amiri as Nidal
Samuel Blenkin as Harry
Racheal Ofori as Kaye
Olumide Olorunfemi as Eve
Crew:
Exec Producer -Ed Sayers
Exec Producer - Rebecca Wolff
Producer - Rami Sarras Pantoja
Co-Producer - Pamela Pifferi
Director - Max r Lincoln
Writer - Alex Moran
Casting Director -Charlotte Chapman
1st AD: Jez Marshall
Cinematographer: Jonny Flint
Gaffer: Frank Hammond
Production Designer: Sarah Asmail
SFX & Collar Maker: Carl Ryan
Costume Designer: Emily Leaf Pond
Makeup & Hair Designer: Shani Mushington
SFX Make Up Artist: Rebecca Birch
Location Sound Recordist: Aris Anastassopoulos
Editor: Manuela Lupini
Music: Joe Farley @Father
Music: Sam McGrail
Sound Designer: Sound Disposition
Colourist: Carl Thompson @Molinare
Poster Designer: Creepy Duck Design
