THE DAYS GOD SLEPT sound designer Roman Chimienti is part of an astonishing new documentary exploring the homo-erotic themes of NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST 2. Most of the cast (including Robert Englund) are participating. Like their Facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/jessesrevenge

New review of CRESTFALLEN from Hooray For Movies

"Crestfallen manages to guide you through a journey of love, betrayal, innocence lost and finally hope...I would love to see Kipp turn this into a low budget feature." - some praise from Hooray For Movies

http://hoorayformovies.com/2013/12/12/shorts-on-shorts-2-crestfallen-5-minutes/

The Rotting Zombie reviews CONTACT

"Shot in black and white (by Dominick Sivilli) CONTACT looks great, especially the special effects by Daniel J. Mazikowski (mouth tunnel!) ...creates a sense of a dream world...Zoë Daelman Chlanda is well cast and believable...I was a fly on the wall in the characters mind."
- The Rotting Zombie praises some of my key collaborators on CONTACT 

http://therottingzombie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/contact-horror-short-film-review.html

Alex Gavin, filmmaker

Frequent collaborator Alex Gavin directs his teaser trailer for ALISON DREARY this week.  Photography by Dominick Sivilli. Produced by Jason W. Short and Tara Millette.

Horror Happens Radio Interview

Luxuriate in your food coma and listen to my chat with Jay Horrorhappens Kay, of Horror Happens ("the Charlie Rose of horror"), where we talk about how I got in the business and how all roads lead to Rob Dimension's BAGGAGE. 

http://horrorhappens6.wix.com/show#!11-26-show-convos

New Review of CONTACT at Hooray For Movies

"Utilizing a mixture of stark monochrome textures, striking visual effects by Daniel J. Mazikowski and an industrial strength score by Tom Burns, CONTACT is as unsettling a 10 minutes of cinema as I have seen this year." - new review at Hooray for Movies

http://hoorayformovies.com/2013/11/16/shorts-on-shorts-1-contact-11-minutes/

Review of THE DAYS GOD SLEPT at Horror Cult Films

"Reminded me of Nicolas Roeg and his often elliptical storytelling...The Days God Slept, a short film is an expressionistic, even dreamlike piece as it seems to move back and forth in time, the lines often cryptic and questioning...very strong work!" - Horror Cult Films

http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/11/the-days-god-slept-2013-a-short-film-by-jeremiah-kipp/

Working on vignette for Greta Barkol

Just wrapped a vignette for actress/writer/producer Greta Barkol, going into post today.

"Blood, Sweat and Drool" - an interview at lit mag Shock Totem.

http://www.shocktotem.com/11/11/2013/blood-sweat-and-drool-an-conversation-with-director-jeremiah-kipp/

"I love horror movies and have found it to be a wonderfully flexible genre. What’s interesting to me is when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, they called it a romance, but not in the Hallmark sense of the word. Romance at that time meant it has sweeping elements of the fantastic. And how would you classify a movie like Don’t Look Now, the intensely dark story of a couple in Venice haunted by the death of their child and perhaps communicating with her beyond the grave? It feels like a drama and yet has a sense of tension and terror. I would call it a horror movie. I feel like the films I’m making might fall into that category. I’d be proud to have them called horror films, but am content if people find them to be beautiful and macabre." - "Blood, Sweat and Drool" - an interview with yours truly on Shock Totem.

Little Films made in collaboration with writer/actor Shannon Whalen

Here are a few little films I made from texts written by actress/writer Shannon Whalen. She is looking for other filmmakers to make short films based on her writing, so if you think you might know someone who'd be interested let me know!

Little Wolf 4: https://vimeo.com/68308131

Little Wolf 8: https://vimeo.com/68315414

Little Wolf 9: https://vimeo.com/68617361

Rave review of CONTACT from UK genre publication Horror Cult Films

"CONTACT explores the excitement and dangers of drug use but also comments on the security and control of the family unit. Jeremiah Kipp is an extremely skilled and talented filmmaker...Zoë Daelman Chlanda is great as the female protagonist...CONTACT is an exemplary piece of art." - a rave review from UK genre publication Horror Cult Films

http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/11/contact-a-short-film-by-jeremiah-kipp/

BAGGAGE interview with me & Rob Dimension at WGON Helicopter

"The film unveils itself like a puzzle, falling into place as the story reveals more and more. Rob Dimension is great as the mousy, tentative office worker who is a magnet for jeers and pitying glances. Pulling double-duty as the screenwriter, Dimension's script melds perfectly with Kipp's direction, and Kipp is no stranger to bringing visceral and emotional images to the screen..." - from review of BAGGAGE with interviews of me and Rob at WGON Helicopter 

http://wgonhelicopter.blogspot.com/2013/10/baggage-2013-including-interviews-with.html?m=1

Interview at You've Got Red On You

"Above all else, enjoy the journey. There are days when this profession can grind your body and soul into paste; only total commitment and passion can see you through those dark hours and persevere, because it’s all worth it when you can create work that you can stand behind and share it with an audience. It’s a selfless act, ultimately, because the movie no longer belongs to you; it belongs to them." - from a passionate interview I gave to You've Got Red On You 

http://www.youvegotredonyou.com/#!jeremiah-kipp/cpp2

Apocalypse Later reviews CRESTFALLEN

"I knew Kipp as a writer, from insightful interviews he did for Shock Cinema with people like Ron Perlman, but he has a substantial body of work behind him to discover. I took a trip through his short films and discovered that 'trip' was a particularly good choice of word to use. He doesn't tend to give us stories, he asks us to find them within visuals that are often both nightmarish and beautiful at the same time. From the performance art of Drool to the 'cinematic prayer' that is The Days God Slept to the playful music video, Fate, he's both sacred and profane."

- from wonderful review of CRESTFALLEN by Hal C.F. Astell from Apocalypse Later

http://www.apocalypselaterfilm.com/2013/10/crestfallen-2011.html

ScreamFest 2013

One of my feature horror scripts was a finalist at ScreamFest 2013.

Interview with Search My Trash about THE MINIONS

"It’s a dark urban fable about a man’s walk home one autumn night, and he decides to walk down The Witch’s Path. He almost makes it past safely, but then two drunken girls appear…and they’re the minions. What happens next is not very nice…"

- from a new interview with Search My Trash

http://www.searchmytrash.com/articles/jeremiahkippjoefiorillo(10-13).shtml

Horror Cult Films reviews CRESTFALLEN

Many thanks to Horror Cult Films for their review. 

"Jeremiah Kipp delivers another visually stunning feature with this sombre short film...the lighting (by Dominick Sivilli) and the haunting, beautiful soundtrack (by Harry Manfredini) is expertly handled as it switches back and forth from past to present. Actress Deneen Melody does well in a demanding role that she performs with subtlety and grace. Jeremiah Steel’s career up until now would appear to have consisted of assistant directorial duties but there is more than enough evidence to suggest that he has more than enough style and talent to create something quite extraordinary should he undertake a full length project." 

http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/10/crestfallen-2011-a-short-film-by-jeremiah-kipp/

New review of THE DAYS GOD SLEPT

"Talented up-and-coming director Jeremiah Kipp sent us another one of his short flicks. Would someone give this cat a feature film already?  THE DAYS GOD SLEPT is an experimental film filled with beautiful imagery and a wonderful score by Harry Manfredini. That's right, THE same Harry Manfredini who scored FRIDAY THE 13th..."  

http://filmreviewsfromthebasement.blogspot.ca/2013/10/a-lot-going-on-in-days-god-slept.html

We Came From The Basement reviews BAGGAGE

"Baggage -- a groovy 14-minute throwback to the tales found on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, only bloodier and a titch more disturbing. Rob Dimension is great as Benjamin, and Jeremiah Kipp once again shows he's an accomplished filmmaker. Baggage is more of a straight-up genre piece than CRESTFALLEN, and plays within the conventions of what we expect. It's expertly made. As with any good Hitchcock tale, nothing is quite as it seems."

- a fun review from Jason & Shawn at We Came From the Basement

http://filmreviewsfromthebasement.blogspot.ca/2013/10/scream-queen-contest-winner-comes-with.html

Upcoming Baggage Screenings

BAGGAGE has been announced as Official Selections at Blood Bath 5 Film Festival in Texas. Also screening at NJ Horrorfest on November 2. Congratulations to Rob Dimension and our team.

http://www.njhorrorfest.com/official-selections.html

http://www.doabloodbath.com/

The Independent Critic reviews DROOL

Richard Propes at The Independent Critic reviews DROOL.  "There are moments in the film when the intimacy is interrupted by something jarring and disturbing yet horrifyingly familiar. It is as if we are looking at life, the creation of it or the birthing of it or the disrupting of it or the destroying of it, but still life..." 

http://www.theindependentcritic.com/drool

Diabolique Magazine references CONTACT

Honored to be mentioned alongside Adam ("You're Next") Wingard and Eduardo ("The Blair Witch Project") Sanchez in Diabolique Magazine's review of British filmmaker Ian Clark's THE FACILITY.

"Some of the most fascinating films in the horror genre explore the use and abuse of psychotropic drugs. Effective recent examples include Adam Wingard’s nightmarish Pop Skull (2007), Eduardo Sanchez’s chilling Lovely Molly (2011), and Jeremiah Kipp’s haunting short film Contact (2009). These directors present wholly frightening explorations of the effects of mind-altering substances on the minds of fragile people who have chosen the hallucinatory world of drugs over the cruelty of sober life."

http://diaboliquemagazine.com/facility-film-review/

DGS Producer Lauren Rayner attends Coney Island Film Festival

Thanks to producer Lauren Rayner and writer/producer Joseph Fiorillo and actor Lukas Hassel for representing THE DAYS GOD SLEPT at the 2013 Coney Island Film Festival.

Joe brought his mother and father.  I'm sure they all went to group therapy afterwards...

Dominick Sivilli directs MMPR Episode 1

My frequent collaborator Dominick Sivilli just wrapped principal photography of directing episode 1 of MMPR.  Congratulations, Dom!

Humbled by comparisons to Nicolas Roeg and the great Chris Marker

"This darkly poetic short has managed to capture the spirit of Nicholas Roeg and distil it down to 24 frames per second. Kipp’s use of lighting flares, shadow and comparable framing within the editing process flirts outrageously with the idea of past and present, of cause and effect ...There’s a richness to the film’s colour palette that must seriously defy budget...reminiscent of Chris Marker at his very best." 

- from Knifed in Venice review of CRESTFALLEN

http://www.knifedinvenice.com/2013/09/jeremiah-kipp-first-look.html?m=1

Great review of THE DAYS GOD SLEPT and other films at Knifed in Venice

Knifed in Venice covers THE DAYS GOD SLEPT, CRESTFALLEN, CONTACT and DROOL. Honored by the coverage...

"Set in a strip club, THE DAYS GOD SLEPT tells the tale of a blossoming relationship between a dancer (Lauren Fox from "Pi") and a client (Malcolm Madera) as the two come to grips with their unspoken past in a landscape abandoned by all things pure. 

The conversation leaps through time and location yet remains unbroken creating a general feeling of memory.  A feeling that the events are not necessarily occurring on screen but are being remembered, and remembered ever so slightly inaccurately. 

One can’t help but feel that Jeremiah Kipp has the nucleus for a feature film -- as everything and everyone involved in the production seem to scream to the audience creating the kind of emotional connection that’s usually incredibly difficult in such a short time." 

http://www.knifedinvenice.com/2013/09/jeremiah-kipp-first-look.html?m=1

The Days God Slept, a short film is an Official Selection at the 2013 Coney Island Film Festival!

Congratulations to the cast & crew! Our screening is Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 4pm @ Sideshows by the Seashore, 1208 Surf Ave.

Tickets are $7 and available here:
http://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com/programs13/program14.htm

Be careful to avoid a few spoilers (though he doesn't discuss the climax) in the opening paragraphs before the interview. I talk with intense Jason Thorson of Ravenous Monster about the making of BAGGAGE. "If you approach the work with hard-driving force, the camera responds and moves with a nervous energy. The actors are ready for combat." 

http://www.ravenousmonster.com/movies-tv/interview-baggage-director-jeremiah-kipp/

Interview at B Movie Nation

Here's a fun and lively interview I did with Keith Makenas from B Movie Nation. We talk about Crestfallen (movie), Rob Dimension, Lauren Rayner, BAGGAGE, DROOL, IN FEAR OF and Tom Savini. 
http://www.bmovienation.com/?p=8139

"Hallucinogenic, disturbing, and thought-provoking. Kipp’s brilliant sense of direction keeps this complex short from straying too far from relevance and descending into chaos. Starring Lauren Fox and scored by Harry Manfredini, who you might know as the composer of the “Friday the 13th” soundtrack, THE DAYS GOD SLEPT is a hidden gem. A superbly thought-out, intricate, and controversial experience..." - The Cinema Monster

http://thecinemamonster.com/2013/08/21/jeremiah-kipps-short-films/

An interview with me at Critique Collective talking about the arts.

"If they push the gore to the most extreme and grotesque, a la Lucio Fulci, I find it commendable. It becomes an act of morbid excess, where everything is permitted. That is total freedom. I also admire the films of Val Lewton, which depend on a subtle tone of lingering menace lurking just beyond the edge of the frame. It all depends on what is appropriate for the movie, and if it is told with integrity. It’s middle-of-the-road stuff that just doesn’t fly, or if the gore is there because the filmmaker lacks imagination or is clearly going for a cheap thrill; it feels compromised or timid. The good movies know what they are and are uncompromising in that intent."

http://critiquecollective.com/2013/08/20/jeremiah-kipp/

"There's a group of very talented filmmakers living and working in New York City. I’m talking about passionate, dedicated visionaries who only take on passion projects where they can bare their souls and and really push the envelope of both their own skills and the genre. Filmmakers like Alan Rowe Kelly (GALLERY OF FEAR), Bart Mastronardi (VINDICATION), and Jeremiah Kipp (CRESTFALLEN). Lucky for us (and the genre), these three talented filmmakers keep moving forward making films and helping each other. Jeremiah Kipp is up next with his new short film, BAGGAGE." - from Anything Horror review of BAGGAGE. 

http://anythinghorror.com/2013/08/12/baggage-2013/

Podcast Interview that covers many films...

I enjoyed doing this interview with John Horrordude Ginder where we talk about THE DAYS GOD SLEPT, BAGGAGE and my collaboration with Rob Dimension, the travel diaries of Bart Mastronardi, the IN FEAR OF Web series and how sometimes you can watch a film with the sound off to view the pictures or listen to a movie without looking at the picture to experience the soundscape. That all ties in with my fear of going blind...

http://valor23.blogspot.com/2013/08/jeremiah-kipp-visionary-is-back.html?spref=fb

new review of DROOL

"...This is one strange piece of film. It has a droning, unsettling score creating a sense of demonic works going on, the woman, almost witch like seems to have some sinister power over the man who looks almost new born in his actions, as if she created him and then absorbed his essence into herself, or he himself consumed her. The actors (Brian Uhrich and Laura Lona) convey meaning just from their movements, impressive what you can get out of a silent film...bizarre, unsettling and weird, it is something I would watch again." - The Rotting Zombie covers DROOL

http://therottingzombie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/drool-2011-short-horror-film-review.html

Baggage Interview with Rob Dimension and Jeffrey Scott Gould

An in-depth interview with my BAGGAGE colleagues Rob Dimension andJeffrey Scott Gould by Michael Haberfelner. "I've been a fan of The Twilight Zone ever since seeing it as a child and really remember week to week, wondering what was next. I wanted to create beauty even though what you were seeing was disturbing." 

http://www.searchmytrash.com/articles/baggage(8-13).shtml

Rogue Cinema Interview

Thanks Misty Layne for the interview over at Rogue Cinema. "I’d love to do a car movie like MAD MAX or VANISHING POINT or DUEL. Something terse and tense that’s about the intensity of the road. My guilty pleasure is THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS; the first one, not the sequels. It’s 90 minutes of high-octane adrenaline; and then once the race is over, there’s nothing else. The movie immediately ends and cuts to the credits without a dénouement. I found this so refreshing!" 

http://www.roguecinema.com/article3948.html

Interview with Zoe Daelman Chlanda

One of my favorite articles. An interview by Sheila O'Malley with actress Zoë Daelman Chlanda about her work.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/23/the-hell-she-knows-an-interview-with-contacts-zo-daelman-chlanda