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A garage sale sculpture turns a struggling novelist into an overnight success.

Feed Your Muse

17 minutes · Horror

Directed by Brendan Beachman

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The Muse is real. Someone had to wear it.

Brendan wanted the film’s most gruesome shot done in camera, with no budget to do it. So the creature was built by hand, from scratch.

80% blindKyleigh Hoye, inside the creature mask. Brendan had to lead her by the hand so she wouldn’t trip.

Koji OhmuraThe Emmy-winning makeup effects artist who designed and built the creature.

The statueChicken wire, papier-mâché and plaster. Brendan made it himself, “completely and utterly winging it.”

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The story

Andrew is an aspiring novelist, plagued by writer’s block. Desperate for a solution, he buys a macabre sculpture that his favorite, recently deceased writer referred to as his “Muse.” Inspiration soon hits, but so too does nightly sleep paralysis, and terrifying visions of a creature that comes to life in order to feed on Andrew’s blood.

You are what it eats.

Brendan’s logline, and the film’s poster

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Full cast and crew 25 credits

Directed and co-produced byBrendan Beachman

Written and produced byMatt Sweeney

Executive producerJeremy Pinckert

In association withExplore-Media

AndrewZachary Ray Sherman

NickScott Kuza

CarolineJocelyn Hall

JaniceAvital Ash

Muse CreatureKyleigh Hoye

DoctorJason Kaye

Yard sale patronsKevin McKernan, Matt Grossman and Matt Sweeney

Director of photographyColin Arndt

Creature effects designerKoji Ohmura

Special effects makeup artistShelby Smith

Creature effectsKOFX LLC

Makeup artistJohnna Justine

1st AC and gafferYonathan Wezeli

Sound mixerTom Hopper

Production assistantAvital Ash

Editor and post producerTodd Sandler

Original compositionsBlair Borland

Sound designLukas Arbogast

Re-recording mixerScott A. Jennings

Visual effectsJordan Allen

FestivalsScreamfest 2020: World Premiere. Tucson Film & Music Festival 2021: Arizona Premiere.

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