Creature designer sits in the director’s chair
Aaron Sims, the creature designer behind many blockbusters, is branching out and stepping behind the camera to direct. Two projects worthy of your attention: Paralyzed and the sci-fi thriller Archetype, which showcases some stellar FX. Robert Joy is featured in the latter, you might remember him from Alex Aja’s The Hills Have Eyes.
Paralyzed is a short film, directed by Aaron Sims, and written by Jeffrey Reddick about a horrific experience with sleep paralysis. It stars Brit Morgan, Jay Rodan, and Mark Steger.
Sleep paralysis is a bizarre phenomenon in which victims awake and find they can’t move, and in many cases, they also sense that an evil presence is in the room with them. Many of those who have experienced this also report a frightening figure sitting on their chest, sometimes choking them. It is a world-wide phenomenon that has been documented since ancient times.
RL7 is an eight foot tall combat robot. Only problem is he’s starting to remember once being human. Now on the run from an all powerful corporation that will stop at nothing to destroy him RL7 desperately searches for the truth behind his mysterious memories before it’s too late.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
