Meth to Madness
Meth to Madness
An impressionable young woman travels a downwards spiral from ‘Meth to Madness’.
Released: June 2011
Running time: 07:15
Format: Short Horror, HD 16:9
Featuring: Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell, Jeremy Bliss, Ru C.L
Writer/Director: Christopher HF Mitchell
Executive Producer: Lee Matthews
Cinematographer: Marcus Dineen
Production Designer: Sally Addinsall
Score by: Michael Lira
Sound Designer: Leon East
Editors: Christopher HF Mitchell, Brendan Krotz
Meth to Madness follows the fast descent of a naïve young woman down a spiral of experimental methamphetamine use and wholesale slaughter. Enter Zoe, a pretty young woman on a first date eager to impress. When offered the chance to try methamphetamine for the first time by her date at a drug dealer’s house, she simply replies “why not?”.
This fast paced romp through the world of crystal meth, crack pipes and gore tackles the issue of drug addiction and the consequential moral abandonment of the addict through the genre of Zombie Horror.
Featuring some of Australia’s premier emerging young actors including Bella Heathcote (Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows), and Penelope Mitchell (Eli Roth’s Hemlock Drive) Meth to Madness pays homage to horror classics including Evil Dead alongside drug exploitation propaganda original Reefer Madness.
ShockerFest Intl Film Festival USA, 2012
– Awarded Best PSA
Official Selection: Eerie Horror Film Festival USA 2012
Bloodfest Fantastique, Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2011
– Awarded Best Short Film and Best Short Film Director
Cast
Jules – Bella Heathcote
Zoe – Penelope Mitchell
Alex – Jeremy Bliss
Jimbo – Rueben Campbell (aka Ru C.L)
Crew
Writer / Director – Christopher HF Mitchell
Producers – Brendan Coghlan, Christopher HF Mitchell
Executive Producer – Lee Matthews
Director of Photography – Marcus Dineen
Camera Assistants – Edward Goldner, Emily Jade Barr
On-Set Sound Recordist – Dane Cody
Production Designer – Sally Addinsall
Wardrobe Supervisor – Kalinda Wills
Make-up Artist – Samantha Coles SFX
Make-up Artists – Samantha Coles Symon Geanellos
1st Assistant Director – Josh Janssen
Script Supervisor – Sally Addinsall
Catering – James Robson
Editors – Christopher HF Mitchell, Brendan Krotz
Montage Editor – Edward Housden
Original Score Composer – Michael Lira
Original Songs by 16bit Music
Sound Designer – Leon East
ADR / Foley (studio) – John Kassab
Titles – Callan Woolcock
Special Thanks
Richard Walker
Belinda Gilmore