Filmmaker Matthew Garrett announced recently that he’s begun work on transforming his hit horror short film Beating Hearts into a feature-length project. To help celebrate the news, please watch the unsettling short above, which will only be online until January 1st, 2012.
Plus, Garrett was gracious enough to grant Bad Lit an exclusive interview on his plans for his first feature-length narrative project, as well as describe the genesis of the short.
(Bad Lit previously reviewed Beating Hearts earlier this year, describing it as “an absolutely terrifying movie.” We also reviewed Garrett’s feature Morris County, which consists of a triptych of shorts: Ellie, The Family Rubin and Elmer & Iris.)
Bad Lit: Making a popular horror short film, then producing a feature film version of it seems to be a popular move these days — ala The Pact and Excision. How did making a feature version of your short Beating Hearts come up?...
Plus, Garrett was gracious enough to grant Bad Lit an exclusive interview on his plans for his first feature-length narrative project, as well as describe the genesis of the short.
(Bad Lit previously reviewed Beating Hearts earlier this year, describing it as “an absolutely terrifying movie.” We also reviewed Garrett’s feature Morris County, which consists of a triptych of shorts: Ellie, The Family Rubin and Elmer & Iris.)
Bad Lit: Making a popular horror short film, then producing a feature film version of it seems to be a popular move these days — ala The Pact and Excision. How did making a feature version of your short Beating Hearts come up?...
- 12/21/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Beating Hearts Short Film, Posters. Matthew Garret‘s Beating Hearts (2010) short film, short film posters star Peter Coriarty, Gianna Bruzzese, and Georgeanne Bruzzese. Beating Hearts‘ plot synopsis: “Beating Hearts chronicles the aftermath of a great horror committed by monsters. A harrowing take on family ties, true love and murder.”
The Beating Hearts short film posters:
Beating Hearts Short Film Poster
Beating Hearts Short Film Poster
I do not think I have seen a horror short film this well rounded since the Blinky (2010) Short Film was released. If you have seen that, Beating Hearts is on that level, maybe even past it.
*Spoiler* When the little girl leans in to kiss the grandfather and he quickly turns his head, I thought: “Ooohhh”. *Spoiler Ends* This short film has subtext and a lot of thought behind it.
A more critical look at Beating Hearts:
A quiet naturalism pulsates from the psycho-sexual abyss that is Beating Hearts…...
The Beating Hearts short film posters:
Beating Hearts Short Film Poster
Beating Hearts Short Film Poster
I do not think I have seen a horror short film this well rounded since the Blinky (2010) Short Film was released. If you have seen that, Beating Hearts is on that level, maybe even past it.
*Spoiler* When the little girl leans in to kiss the grandfather and he quickly turns his head, I thought: “Ooohhh”. *Spoiler Ends* This short film has subtext and a lot of thought behind it.
A more critical look at Beating Hearts:
A quiet naturalism pulsates from the psycho-sexual abyss that is Beating Hearts…...
- 12/20/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
I first saw Matthew Garret's Beating Hearts back in October for my preview of Peter Gutierrez's Daggers: The Short Festival of Short Horror, wherein I had this to say:a quiet naturalism pulsates from the psycho-sexual abyss that is Beating Hearts; a film that turned a lot of heads at this year's Boston Underground Film Fest. Garrett digs in all four corners of the storytelling sandbox, crafting a rich yet simple narrative that recalls the early works of Polanski and Craven just as much as it does a "headline of the week" tragedy or Stephen King story. With a deft hand he guides his leads, Peter Coriarty and Gianna Bruzzese into some very dark territory, proving that the dead eyes of youth can be a dangerously...
- 12/19/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Poster for Beating Hearts featuring Gianna Bruzzese
Two new, striking posters for Matthew Garrett‘s award-winning horror short film Beating Hearts have been uploaded to Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s image gallery. Click each one to embiggen.
Both posters smartly focus on the film’s very convincing young star, Gianna Bruzzese.
Bad Lit reviewed the film a few months ago. The film took home the Boston Underground Film Festival’s Director’s Choice Award this year.
Poster for Beating Hearts featuring Gianna Bruzzese and Georgeanne BruzzeseRead More:2011 Boston Underground Film Festival: Award Winners2011 Boston Underground Film Festival: Official LineupBeating Hearts2009 Arizona Underground Film Festival: Official Lineup...
Two new, striking posters for Matthew Garrett‘s award-winning horror short film Beating Hearts have been uploaded to Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s image gallery. Click each one to embiggen.
Both posters smartly focus on the film’s very convincing young star, Gianna Bruzzese.
Bad Lit reviewed the film a few months ago. The film took home the Boston Underground Film Festival’s Director’s Choice Award this year.
Poster for Beating Hearts featuring Gianna Bruzzese and Georgeanne BruzzeseRead More:2011 Boston Underground Film Festival: Award Winners2011 Boston Underground Film Festival: Official LineupBeating Hearts2009 Arizona Underground Film Festival: Official Lineup...
- 6/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Beating Hearts, a short film written and directed by Matthew Garrett, is like a horror movie in reverse. Instead of first establishing mood and tone and then getting to the gore, Garrett opens his film up with an act of horrific violence and then spends the rest of the 11-minute running time wallowing in the melancholic aftermath.
This is an absolutely terrifying movie, but not because killers are jumping out of shadows nor are there music stingers designed to make you jump. Even the violence is minimal. No, Beating Hearts is terrifying because in a very cold, matter-of-fact and low-key manner it puts a great evil on display and provides no answers for us to understand or cope with it.
Pure evil usually is incomprehensible. Yes, we can always figure out the logistics and the circumstances of a completely monstrous act, but the “why” of it all will remain outside of normal human understanding.
This is an absolutely terrifying movie, but not because killers are jumping out of shadows nor are there music stingers designed to make you jump. Even the violence is minimal. No, Beating Hearts is terrifying because in a very cold, matter-of-fact and low-key manner it puts a great evil on display and provides no answers for us to understand or cope with it.
Pure evil usually is incomprehensible. Yes, we can always figure out the logistics and the circumstances of a completely monstrous act, but the “why” of it all will remain outside of normal human understanding.
- 1/28/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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