An office stiff wakes up in an alley mysteriously covered in blood. In the aftermath, he attracts the attention of his beautiful coworker, granting him a new lease on life …but something strange is afoot.
•••WINNER••• CANAL + GRAND PRIX - COURT-MÉTRAGE - L'ETRANGE FESTIVAL 2015
Check out our brand new Staff Picked sci-fi short THEREFORE I AM - https://vimeo.com/129969087
TRAILER: vimeo.com/88676234
OPENING CREDITS (Deleted Scene): vimeo.com/86454868
Original Soundtrack by Ron Patane - itun.es/us/yz6-4
Film Festivals:
L'ETRANGE FESTIVAL - Paris, France - September, 2015 - •••WINNER••• CANAL + GRAND PRIX - COURT-MÉTRAGE
MOTELX - Lisbon, Portugal - September, 2015
BONEBAT COMEDY OF HORRORS - Seattle, WA April, 2015
LITTLE HORRORS - Toronto, Canada - January, 2015
NITEHAWK SHORTS FESTIVAL - Brooklyn, NY - November, 2014
SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL - Auckland, NZ - November, 2014
SIDEWALK FILM FESTIVAL - Birmingham, AL - August, 2014
SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL - San Antonio, TX - July, 2014
BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL - Brooklyn, NY - May, 2014
Starring:
EBON MOSS-BACHRACH (Girls, John Adams)
LUCY WALTERS (Shame, Power)
CARTER ROY (Found Footage 3D)
JASON GRIFFITH
DEBRA ZANE
THOM WOODLEY
Directed by - THE MCCOUBREY BROTHERS http://mccoubreybrothers.com
Written by - PETER MCCOUBREY
Director of Photography - LUKE MCCOUBREY www.lukemccoubrey.com
Editor & Composer - RON PATANE (A Most Violent Year, Blue Valentine) http://www.ronpatane.com
Produced by - ASHLEA HARTZ
Co-Producer - IRENE FITZSIMMONS
Costume Designer - MALGOSIA TURZANSKA (Ain't Them Bodies Saints, In a Valley of Violence) http://turzanska.com
Production Designer : STEPHANIE BARKLEY http://barkley.prosite.com
Executive Produced by - LUKE MCCOUBREY, PETER MCCOUBREY, & EMILY WIEDEMANN
Creature & Make Up FX - TATE STEINSIEK (SyFy's Face Off, The Amazing Spider-Man) http://www.illwilled.com
VFX - PHOSPHENE FX (Boardwalk Empire, True Detective) http://phosphenefx.com
Re-Recording Mixer - DAN FLOSDORF (Blue Ruin, The Place Beyond the Pines) http://heardcity.com
Colorist - TOM POOLE (12 Years a Slave, Drive) http://company3.com/#/commercials-&-music-videos/tom-poole/
INTERVIEWS:
CINEPHILIA & BEYOND - http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/the-mccoubrey-brothers-the-grey-matter/
INDIE WIRE - http://www.indiewire.com/article/questions-to-ask-before-making-a-short-film-20141227
NIGHTHAWK CINEMA - http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/2014/11/shorts-fest-midnite-qa-the-grey-matter-director-peter-mccoubrey/
PROCREATE - http://teamprocreate.com/blog/reviews-short-film/grey-matter/
PRESS:
SHORT OF THE WEEK - http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2014/12/15/the-grey-matter/
FILM SHORTAGE - http://filmshortage.com/shorts/the-grey-matter
FIRST SHOWING - http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/watch-the-grey-matter-short-film-by-the-mccoubrey-brothers/
SLASH FILM - http://www.slashfilm.com/grey-matter-short-film-will-get-head/
AIN'T IT COOL - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69848
io9 - http://io9.com/guy-wakes-up-with-a-hole-in-his-skull-and-finds-somethi-1671991791
GEEK TYRANT - http://geektyrant.com/news/1980s-inspired-dark-horror-comedy-short-the-grey-matter
SHOCK TILL YOU DROP - http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/371577-watch-fantastic-horror-comedy-short-the-grey-matter/
AWESOME ROBO - http://www.awesome-robo.com/2014/12/the-grey-matter-is-dark-gruesome-and.html
IT'S ART - http://www.itsartmag.com/features/the-grey-matter/
MOVIE PILOT - http://bit.ly/1t9dIx0
DISINFORMATION - http://disinfo.com/2014/12/grey-matter-5am-film-series/
FLAVOR PILL - http://bit.ly/1wSvgCG
SPAGHETTI RED - http://spaghettired.co.uk/try-and-get-your-head-around-new-short-the-grey-matter/
FILM BOOK - http://film-book.com/the-grey-matter-2014-short-film-a-beneficial-serious-head-injury-head/
LIVE FOR FILMS - http://www.liveforfilms.com/2014/12/28/cool-short-the-grey-matter/
GIGAZINE (Japanese) - http://gigazine.net/news/20141230-the-grey-matter/
THE DAILY DEAD - http://dailydead.com/watch-short-film-grey-matter/
HELL HORROR - http://www.hellhorror.com/article/8634/New-Horror-Short-Film-The-Grey-Matter.html
IGN (Germany) - http://de.ign.com/film/103125/news/wenn-die-grauen-zellen-verruckt-spielen
GEEK ART GALLERY - http://geekartgallery.blogspot.com/2015/01/short-film-grey-matter.html
SHORT FIL.MS - http://shortfil.ms/film/the-grey-matter-2014
STRANGE KIDS CLUB - http://www.strangekidsclub.com/2015/01/19/monday-morning-videomania-115/
LIVE NEWS NEW ZEALAND - http://livenews.co.nz/2015/02/01/torturing-your-characters/
SHOW ME SHORTS - http://www.showmeshorts.co.nz/torturing-your-characters/
ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE- http://bit.ly/1B2Jdjv
KALTBLUT MAGAZINE - http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/friday-the-13th-horror-shorts-night/