“If you get this message – don’t send help!” Umbrella Ent. has revealed an official trailer for an indie action horror film titled The Waves of Madness, from filmmaker Jason Trost. This trailer originally debuted a few months ago, but we’re just catching up with it now (thanks to a tip from Live for Film). It’s described as the first side-scrolling film ever, using the old video game side-scroller style to tell this B&W story. A special agent is dispatched to investigate a distress call from a round-the-world cruise, only to find the ship eerily abandoned and haunted by a malevolent force that twists sanity into terror. Starring Jason Trost, Tallay Wickham, Ryan Gibson. The indie film was made “for just $20,000 in a single studio apartment with a crew of three… Trost also [did] the entire post-production himself in Final Cut Pro, using practical effects, in-camera trickery, and hand-built digital matte backgrounds to evoke a dreamlike, side-on horror world.” Awesome. The film is barely 68 minutes and looks like it might just be a totally entertaining indie creation. // Continue Reading ›

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