PopHorror Let's Get Scared
Aleen Isley is knowing for co-writing Silver Spotlight Films CarousHell trilogy and Curtains for Christmas as well as starring in CarousHell 2, Curtains for Christmas, and Shingles. On set Aleen performs many duties including actress, script supervisor, storyboard artist, location scouter, costume designer, casting department, puppetry, set dressing, even boom operator. Aleen is preparing to add director to her resume with her upcoming film I:Scream, which has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign.
Charlie, our hopeless protagonist, is a scientist hopelessly in love with a childhood friend, Logainne. Their plans for an ice cream sundae date get shelved when Logainne heads to the town CCG competition, leaving Charlie behind at the lab. Through an innocent accident, some experimental DNA-altering chemicals fall into the mint chocolate chip treat, causing it to gain sentience. ‘Minty’ as it is referred to from this point on in the prose, has one desire: to eat everything it can.
When Charlie realizes what has happened, they take on the quest to cross the town and try to warn Logainne before the ice cream devours her. Along the way, Charlie teams up with their best friend, Sean, and the town’s retired ice cream man with a checkered past, Reggie.
Together the three must find a way to melt the minty menace all while Charlie is being pursued by the town’s nerd-hating cop, Barry Griswold. Will Charlie and the gang make it to the competition before Minty can destroy everything they hold dear? Only time will tell.
I:Scream is said to be a PG-13 friendly sci-fi movie that will homages 50’s films like The Blob and Tarantula but set in modern times. Isley hopes to hit some of the classic character tropes of this genre as well as show their love for the era through the use of practical puppets and cheesy miniature effects.
I:Scream is set to film this summer in the Pittsburgh area. Silver Spotlight Films Steve Rudzinski (CarousHell Trilogy, Curtains for Christmas) will be director of photography for the project. Mike Trebilcock (CarousHELL 3, Curtains for Christmas, Crabs!, Crackoon) is set to compose the score for the film and has already written an theme song reminiscent of Little Shop of Horrors. Minty will be achieved through a series of fabric puppets as well as practical slime and melt effects.
A Kickstarter campaign is running until May 4th to raise budget for actors, post-production and disk manufacturing costs. Rewards available include pre-orders on DVDs and Blu-rays, props from the film, and executive producer credits. You can find the campaign here.
