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Sauna the Dead: A Fairy Tale

Synopsis

A fable in the vein of 'A Christmas Carol', set in a gay sauna, with zombies. A jaded narcissist stalks the bathhouse looking for his next hookup. When he finds himself amid a zombie outbreak, his survival may depend on the one thing he didn’t come for: a human connection.
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Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 mins
Format
Digital 2K
Director
Tom Frederic
Producer
Tom Frederic, Lucia Giannecchini
Editor
Tom Frederic
Screenwriter
Tom Frederic
Director of Photography
Beatriz Delgado Mena
Production Designer
Makeup: Demi Amat
Sound
Jules Woods, Luke Harris
Composer
Andrew Gerlicher, Per QX
Principal cast
Tom Frederic, Kumar Muniandy, Jonathan Pryke, Dannie Pye
Assistant Director
Paul Christopher Mollitt

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Horror Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Deer Hill Pictures

45A Mornington Crescent
London
NW1 7RB

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