Pop Skull
| Pop Skull | |
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| File:PopSkull2007.jpg Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Adam Wingard |
| Written by | Lane Hughes E. L. Katz Adam Wingard |
| Produced by | Lane Hughes E. L. Katz Peter Katz Adam Wingard |
| Starring | Lane Hughes E. L. Katz Adam Wingard |
| Cinematography | Adam Wingard |
| Edited by | Adam Wingard |
| Music by | Jasper Lee Kyle McKinnon |
| Distributed by | HALO 8 Entertainment |
Release dates | |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,000 |
Pop Skull is a 2007 American film directed, co-produced, and edited by Adam Wingard, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lane Hughes and E. L. Katz. It stars Hughes, Katz, and Wingard. It is primarily regarded as a horror film but has been noted for incorporating elements of genres such as drama, psychedelic, romance, and thriller.
Premise
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Daniel, a young Mexican-American pill addict living in Alabama, finds that his attempts to cope with his day-to-day trials collide with the increasing influence of the murderous and displaced spirits that inhabit his home.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Lane Hughes as Daniel
- E. L. Katz as Eddie
- Adam Wingard as Raymond
- Jeff Dylan Graham as Matt Tepper
- Maggie Henry as Natalie
- Hannah Hughes as Morgan
- Brandon Carroll as Jeff
- L. C. Holt as Victor
- Jennifer Price as Mom
- Benjamin Riley as Himself (credited as Ben Schmitt)
- Debbie Stefanov as Abby
Production
[edit | edit source]In 2003, Wingard approached Hughes with the idea of making a semi-autobiographical film about a recent breakup.[1] They conceived the film as "one-part psychedelic, one-part horror, and one-part romance" and made it on an extremely low budget of $2,000.[2]
Release
[edit | edit source]Pop Skull screened at the Rome Film Festival, American Film Institute's AFI Fest,[2][3] and the New Zealand International Film Festival.[1][4]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Reviews were generally mixed to positive. LA Splash said Hughes gave "a truly magnetic Manson vibe the entire time" which allowed Wingard "to make great use of the extreme close-up". Filmmaker Stephen Susco remarked that it was "unlike any horror film you've ever seen—or will ever see", while Variety called it "powerful" and suggested it created a new genre called "acid horror".[5] The film won the jury award at the Boston Underground Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at the Indianapolis International Film Festival.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Pop Skull at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 2007 films
- 2007 horror films
- 2000s ghost films
- American haunted house films
- American romantic horror films
- Films directed by Adam Wingard
- Films with screenplays by Adam Wingard
- Films set in Alabama
- Films about substance abuse in the United States
- Films produced by Adam Wingard
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s American films
- English-language horror films