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1. THE EEL (2004)
3 years 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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  • MINE // Jon Yeo plus 3 years 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 plus 3 years ago
    Cheers man,
    The Thing's better. How dare you!!
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  • jesús olmo plus 3 years ago
    amazing
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  • Christopher Jon 3 years ago
    Still one of my favorites! Glad to see you on Vimeo.
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  • MetalAlien plus 3 years ago
    awesome!
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  • Fingercuff plus 2 years ago
    Absolutely love this film!
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  • Daz Spencer Lovesey 2 years ago
    Holy shit that was scary
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  • elias ressegatti plus 2 years ago
    wow. wow.
    the new cunningham?
    the world's at your feet.
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  • James Sharpe plus 2 years 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 2 years ago
    FUCKING SUPERB! I love it. :D Amazing. Great feel to it.
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  • Jason Lapeyre 2 years 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 plus 2 years ago
    Hi Jason,
    It's just sped up footage.
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  • grzegorz jonkajtys plus 2 years ago
    Great lighting and editing. Very scary stuff :)
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  • Dominic Hailstone plus 2 years 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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  • Sam Shiryaykin 2 years ago
    cool!!! i like it!
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  • incredible work Dominic, but this vimeo compression is really not doing justice to your work, is there any other link for a better quality version.
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  • Dominic Hailstone plus 2 years ago
    It does look pretty bad. Unless Im very much mistaken they've recompressed this since I uploaded it so thanks for drawing it to my attention as it actually looks better on SD on my myspace page. I'll reupload when I get the time.
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  • Zachary Eglinton plus 2 years ago
    i want to know why you aren't involved in the new thing prequel. because you should be. insane.
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  • This blew my mind. Absolutely incredible!

    I'm confident this inspired "Rubber Johnny".

    I'm very interested in the puppet's movement. What were some of the challenges when working with it?
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  • Gökhan Tekin 1 year ago
    Freaking awesome!
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  • Kory 1 year ago
    I remember the first time I saw this on IFC, it blew me away! You are my hero!
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  • AraS AceR 10 months ago
    so great...
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  • Matija Pekić 9 months ago
    Very interesting.. Good job.. It would be nice to see making of..
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  • Dominic Hailstone plus 9 months ago
    That would be me crying in front of my computer for six months. If you've got any specific questions send me a message.
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  • MykV 8 months ago
    I love this piece! It gives me a vague sense of nostalgia. The look and feel of this conjures up some deep repressed memories of horror films I maybe watched (or thought I watched) in my youth. Even the intro titles jog foggy memories. Hope to see more work in the near future!
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  • Dominic Hailstone plus 8 months ago
    Hah! Great compliment.
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  • Alessandro Bavari 8 months ago
    Beautiful style, sober and suddenly shocking, and above all, always elegant. I would love if you could watch my video Metachaos and tell me what you think about-
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  • Mark Rigler plus 6 months ago
    cool
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  • Max Winston 4 months ago
    I would love to see a higher quality version of this! Pretty crazy...
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  • darko 2 months ago
    brillante!
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  • André Martins 1 week ago
    very very interesting .
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