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2. THE EEL (2004)
1 year ago
Directed by Dominic Hailstone
Music by Robert Clunne

A short horror film about an Eel who gets bored and comes out for a party.

The film was made in response to hearing the track 'where what' by Robert Clunne, who became a friend of mine whilst I was living in Australia.

It was produced over a six month period and cost three hundred pounds to make.
Apart from the Eel puppet, all the fx were made using selotape, bamboo, condoms and stockings. It was made deliberately low tech and low budget to see how far I could push myself.

If anybody wants more info, please contact me here or on my relevant Myspace or Facebook pages.

Thanks,

Dominic.

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  • Jon Yeo plus 1 year ago
    Always been a fan of this. It's possibly even more awesome than the most awesome bits in The Thing.
    I salute you.
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  • Dominic Hailstone 1 year ago
    Cheers man,
    The Thing's better. How dare you!!
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  • Jesús Olmo plus 1 year ago
    amazing
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  • Christopher Jon 11 months ago
    Still one of my favorites! Glad to see you on Vimeo.
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  • MetalAlien plus 11 months ago
    awesome!
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  • Fingercuff 9 months ago
    Absolutely love this film!
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  • Daz Spencer Lovesey 9 months ago
    Holy shit that was scary
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  • elias ressegatti 8 months ago
    wow. wow.
    the new cunningham?
    the world's at your feet.
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  • James Sharpe plus 8 months ago
    That was scarier than most horror films made these days, and it takes a lot to scare me!

    Again, amazing work Dominic!
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  • makemassair 8 months ago
    FUCKING SUPERB! I love it. :D Amazing. Great feel to it.
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  • Jason Lapeyre 8 months ago
    Brilliant and atmospheric. The biggest shock is reading that it cost 300 pounds!

    I've always been curious about how that strobing effect is done - how the head moves at 4:15 and the long neck at 4:21. It's in a lot of Cunningham's work as well. Could you explain it for us? Thanks!
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  • Dominic Hailstone 8 months ago
    Hi Jason,
    It's just sped up footage.
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  • grzegorz jonkajtys plus 1 month ago
    Great lighting and editing. Very scary stuff :)
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  • Dominic Hailstone 1 month ago
    Thanks Grzegorz!

    I have seen Legacy before - I think we shared a bill at a film festival once. It's a great short, very impressive character design and mood.
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