‘Born Again’ Horror-Comedy Short Available Online Now!

The clever masterminds at Hands Off Productions have released the horror-comedy short Born Again in its entirety. Just in time for Halloween! Moral of Born Again? Summoning the Devil can be hilarious! The short features Frankenstein Created Bikers star Ellie Church. Watch the full length short after the press release.

Born Again Press Release

Born Again features the “worst Satanists ever” and their hilariously misguided attempts to summon the Prince of Darkness.
The short has toured the world on the film festival circuit for the last year, including stops at Oscar-qualifying festivals Sitges, Rhode Island Vortex, and Cleveland International. During that time it has accumulated more than 60 awards and nominations and made several end-of-year lists. Including: Top Five Horror Short of 2016 (iHorror). Best Short Film of 2016 (Cinema Constant). Top 10 Short of 2016 (From Dusk Till Con). Top 20 Horror Short of 2016 (Fright Meter Awards).

Born Again features the “worst Satanists ever” and their hilariously misguided attempts to summon the Prince of Darkness.

The short has toured the world on the film festival circuit for the last year. Stops included the Oscar-qualifying festivals Sitges, Rhode Island Vortex, and Cleveland International. During that time it has accumulated more than 60 awards and nominations, and made several end-of-year lists, including: Best Short Film of 2016 (Cinema Constant). Top Five Horror Short of 2016 (iHorror). Top 10 Short of 2016 (From Dusk Till Con), and Top 20 Horror Short of 2016 (Fright Meter Awards).

Born Again was created under director/co-writer Jason Tostevin’s Hands Off Productions banner whose genre shorts have been screened and celebrated around the world. The team has never before released one of its shorts online but felt compelled to premiere Born Again because of “overwhelming audience response,” Tostevin said. “So many people have seen it at fests and asked to see it again, or heard from friends they had to see it, we just felt it was right to arrange an online premiere,” he explained.

The seven-minute film tells the story of “five amateur Satanists who have their summoning ceremony go terribly wrong and accidentally create the holiest ‘holy shit’ moment ever,” according to director/co-writer Tostevin. “We wanted to go back to our ‘80s horror roots, when you could get a laugh with your blood splatter. And we wanted to push some boundaries. I know for sure we were left out of some programs because of the ending.”

The short stars award-winning actor and indie horror icon Ellie Church (Frankenstein Created Bikers, Harvest Lake, Time to Kill) as the pregnant leader of the cabal, returns veteran Brian Spangler (Progeny) and introduces Randall Greenland as “Greg,” the affable screw-up who might just have ended the world.

As a bonus, the team is also making two of its top shorts public with the premiere of Born Again. Both ‘Til Death and I Owe You are available to view on the team’s Vimeo channel, beginning immediately.

Born Again Short Feature

Be sure to check this one out! Don’t forget to check out other Hands Off Productions shorts on their Vimeo channel. Check them out on Facebook as well.  This film is also featured as a Short of the Week. Be sure to check them out as well for more short films here.  Happy Halloween!