Most everyone loves Halloween traditions. That is of course unless you are a man, handcuffed and tied to a chair in the basement of a home inhabited by a psychotic family. This happens to be one of their happy traditions in Director Patricia Chica’s latest short film A Tricky Treat.
Screening at this year’s Days of the Dead which invades Los Angeles, CA from April 1st to the 3rd, A Tricky Treat takes a sharp left turn at the beginning of its lean 3 minute running time and never looks back. Not for the squeamish, this short film takes pleasure in being gleefully disgusting. Close-up shots of gore, brains squishing through fingers, eyeballs being worked out of sockets, this is some ghoulish stuff. The humor comes in the delivery. Like a well-told joke, the film plays out at a brisk pace and a clever slight of hand.
I am speaking in generalities because the power of this short is its punchline. Chica, also known for her award-winning horror and fantasy films Ceramic Tango, Serpent’s Lullaby will be in attendance at Days of the Dead screening her short on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 at 2pm. The screening will be followed by a Female Directors panel discussing the creative process and the craft of making scary movies.
| A Tricky Treat (2016) | ||
| RATING: | UR | A TRICKY TREAT, a film by Patricia Chica (trailer)  |
| Genre: | Horror | |
| Runtime: | 3 mins. 7 seconds | |
| Directed By: | Patricia Chica | |
| Written By: | Kamal John Iskander | |
Garb your tickets to Days of the Dead below and plan on catching this clever, nasty little short film. Then get a chance to speak with the director, Patricia Chica. HorrorBuzz will be on hand too. Come say hi!
Days of the Dead Horror Convention
Los Angeles Burbank Hotel
2500 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA (USA)
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