Project Detail

Headcleaner

Synopsis

A working class recluse who can control his environment through the power of sound holds the key to a Nazi era sonic weapons programme carried out in 1970s Scotland that has potentially catastrophic consequences for the world at large.

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 28 min 52 sec
Format: Digital video
Director: Nick Scott
Producer: Nick Scott
Co-Producer: Rob Ward
Executive Producer: Jackie Banks Brian Banks
Editor: Rob Ward
Screenwriter: Nick Scott
Director of Photography: Lorenzo Levrini
Production Designer: Mimi Windsor
Composer: Si Begg
Principal cast: Malcolm Shields, Adam Jackson-Smith, Effie Bryans

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Studio Hansa

Nick Scott

nick@studiohansa.com

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