MURDERCYCLE | NARRATIVE SHORT
SYNOPSIS
David scores a killer deal on an old motorcycle at a gas station; the old man selling it tells him it's been collecting rust for years and offers it to David if he can start it. David successfully starts the bike and rides off into the night, stopping by the bar where his girlfriend Tonya works to surprise her. However, she is less than thrilled, recalling his bad accident on his last bike, and wants him to get rid of it. Their conversation is interrupted by Tonya’s ex-boyfriend and bar manager, Robbie, who tells her to get back to work. A fight breaks out between David and Robbie, which Tonya breaks up, sending David home.
Later, while working on his bike in the garage, the headlight flashes him in the face, possessing him. David returns to the bar, finds Robbie locking up, and attacks him with a wrench. The next morning, he wakes up with blood on his hands and a message from the police on his answering machine. He rushes outside to his bike, which won’t start, and walks into his garage, only to find severed limbs hanging from the ceiling, dripping blood into a gas can. His motorcycle confronts him, revealing it runs on human blood and demands that David do its bidding, giving him the ultimatum to ride or die.
Director | Tyler Turner
Cinematographer | Xander Veguilla
Producers | Stephen Freitas & Louis Brown
SPECS
Camera | Sony F-65
Lenses | Sony CineAlta Primes
Aspect Ratio | 2:35 Cinemascope
Sound | 5.1 Dolby Digital
Language | English
Run Time | 10:21
Genre | Sci-fi/Horror
AWARDS
2019 Hollywood Blood Horror Festival | Best Cinematography
2019 Hollywood Blood Horror Festival | Best Horror Short
2019 The Vault of Horror Film Festival | Best 80’s Retro
2019 Miami Fear Fest | Best Horror Short 2nd Place
2019 IndieX Film Fest LA | Best Student Horror Short
2019 Upstate NY Horror Film Festival | Best Student Film
2020 Suncoast Emmy Awards | Best Audio/Sound
2020 Orlando Edge Film Festival | Best of Fest
