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Smear

Synopsis

Chloe thinks she's just going in for a routine test. Things do not go as planned.
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Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
4 mins 9 secs
Director
Kate Herron
Producer
Douglas Cox
Editor
Robbie Gibbon
Screenwriter
Kate Herron, Briony Redman
Director of Photography
Nicola Daley ACS
Production Designer
Sets Appeal; Costume Designer: Alexi Kotkowska
Sound
Howard Bargroff
Composer
Patrick Jonnson
Principal cast
Sophia Di Martino, Nick Mohammed, Isabella Laughland
Tentacle SFX
Dan Martin

Genre

Horror Woman Director Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Shadowhouse Films

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