Project Detail

The Puppet Asylum

Paul Kaye as The Master - photograph by Kevin Baker

Synopsis

This unpredictable allegorical biopic from a filmmaker with Down Syndrome charts the life of a horned baby through years in captivity and ultimate revenge. Fusing horror, dark comedy, an evocative soundtrack and a foul-mouthed monster, a macabre story of a misunderstood child on a path to controlling their own life.

Details

Year: 2022
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 32 min 13 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Otto Baxter
Producer: Daisy Allsop, Peter Beard, Bruce Fletcher
Executive Producer: Sally Phillips, Poppy Dixon, Hayley Reynolds
Editor: Richard Ketteridge
Screenwriter: Otto Baxter
Director of Photography: Lorenzo Levrini
Production Designer: Kit Falcke
Sound: Aris Anastassopoulos
Composer: Ed Harcourt
Principal cast: Paul Kaye, Myanna Buring, Rebecca Callard, Dexter Fletcher, Adeel Akhtar

Genre

Horror Comedy Disabilities Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Story Films / Archface Films

All3Media, Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, London WC1V 7AA

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Sales Company

Sky Studios / NBCUni

Contact via daisy@archface.co.uk

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