Winner of best horror comedy short at the dragoncon independent film festival and atlanta horror film. Dark humor a grisly twist in lunch ladies does little to dampen the film s humor. Logan triumphs in the delivery, making dark and morbid humor work at its finest. Two burnt out high school lunch ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their. Johnny depp is behind the madness of killer short lunch. Hastings natives lunch ladies to show at renowned horror.
The film will also show at the hollyshorts film festival in hollywood and tulsa american film festival, where jacobson said she hopes to gain interest in funding a featurelength film. A turn for the worse calgary underground film festival. Logan deliver a hysterically dark story that should resonate with anyone whos ever had the displeasure of digesting mystery meat, or experience the mania associated with extreme fa. Clarissa jacobson and jm logans lunch ladies eligible for. For the past twenty years, obsessed johnny depp fans and fraternal twin sisters, seretta and louanne burr, have shared a miserable existence as high school. On the final day one pair of filmmakers will receive full. Logans short film, lunch ladies simplifies his characters and dramatizes their emotions, in what seems to be an effort to prevent viewers. Jan 05, 2018 written by clarissa jacobson and directed by j. After premiering at this years hollyshorts film festival, the black comedy short lunch ladies has been garnering rave. Jan 25, 2018 the lunch ladies killing and feeding students to other students is almost a parody of sweeney todd.
Seretta donna pieroni and louanne mary manofsky are put upon lunch ladies, both of whom are absurdly obsessed with johnny depp. Lunch ladies is a short film about two burnt out high school lunch ladies who do whatever it bloody. Best short film 2018 silver scream festival best director 2018 oregon scream week jury award winner, best north american short 2018 nevermore film fest best horror comedy short 2017 nightmares film festival best horror comedy short 2017 atlanta horror film festival best horror comedy short 2017 south african horrorfest. With a scene of soomeone plunged to death and the two lunch ladies scared of getting caught with a dead body.
An awardwinning femaleled short film making waves in the festivals around the world, lunch ladies tells the story of two burnt out high school lunch ladies. And now, you can watch this hilariously entertaining film for yourself on amazon prime for free. Lunch ladies takes scores best editing honor at the rhode. Many times that means the product skimps on the blood and gore absolutely not the case here.
The harvard crimson sat down with clarissa jacobson to discuss her short film, lunch ladies, and the process of combining comedy and horror. Two burnt out high school lunch ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become johnny. Two burnt out high school lunch ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become johnny depps personal chefs. A short film starring louise peterhoff, caroline lagerfelt, dragomir mrsic. Lunch ladies just premiered at the hollyshorts film festival and i couldnt be happier to be one continue reading. This is known throughout the film and even acknowledged at one point which was fantastic. We were there premiering im dreaming of a white doomsday and of course had to attend the horror comedy shorts block, a decision that paid off tremendously. Oct 30, 2018 lunch ladies is a short film about two burnt out high school lunch ladies who do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become johnny depps personal chefs. In the heart of the school kitchen, where two lunch ladies, seretta donna pieroni and louanne mary manofsky bust a gut to serve the hungry horde with a crap amount of decent food and very little recognition to go along with it. Once the lunch ladies have all they can take from the smart mouth kids an accident occurs. Lunch ladies served best comedic horror at nightmares film. Horror comedy lunch ladies is now available on amazon prime. And this is where this fantastic short feature places us. Logans new horrorcomedy lunch ladies is a hilarious bloodsoaked journey that is the exact right length.
At the time of this posting, lunch ladies has no less than 20 awards and accolades to its credit, including the coveted best editing award at this years rhode island film festival, best director at hollywood horrorfest, and best north american short at nevermore film festival. Two burnt out high school lunch ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become johnny depps. Dec 6, 2017 two burnt out high school lunch ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become johnny depps personal chefs. Some movies are too short, some are too long, and some are just right. The film shows the hair net wearing career of the ever under appreciated lunch ladies.
Nov 08, 2017 lunch ladies, a dark and crude film that becomes bright and comical. Trailer for the film, lunch ladies, which was submitted to the 7th annual horrorquest film festival. Due in large part to its effortless blend of horror and humor no mean feat, clarissa jacobson and joshua m. For more information on horrorquest, or to submit your own film, please visit our website below. She will talk about her experience with short film distribu. Jul 03, 2018 a comedyhorror short film, if done well, is a certain hit at film festivals, and thats proving to be the case for this fun little gem from director j. Lunch ladies 2017 airfare not included scaretissue. Not only is the film a short only 19 minutes long but also, its not currently available for everyone to watch. Program 2018 clermontferrand international short film festival official selection 2018 flickerfest international short film festival best short film 2018 silver scream festival best director 2018 oregon scream week jury award winner, best north american short 2018 nevermore film fest. I thought that the way of filming has a result to make me interested. The five women have grown old coming together, every other month or so for the last thirty or more years, around one anothers table. In this video, we discuss the short film lunch ladies, which we got to see an awesome sneak peak of.
Johnny depp is behind the madness of killer short lunch ladies sort of. Sep 26, 2017 two burnt out high school lunch ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become johnny depps personal chefs. As i said in the intro lunch ladies is a horror comedy that runs just shy of 20 minutes. Nidhi does not like the home made lunch box but gouris nomadic life circles back in nidhis dream. Logan deliver a hysterically dark story that should resonate with anyone whos ever had the displeasure of digesting mystery meat, or experience the. An awardwinning femaleled short film making waves in the festivals around the world, lunch ladies tells the story of two burnt out high school lunch ladies who do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become johnny depps personal chefs. The film has dialogue and it is a black and white film. Lunch ladies 2017 horror short what would johnny depp do. Short horror comedy lunch ladies is on amazon prime. Lunch ladies serves up a bland helping arts the harvard. Lunch ladies is the best short film ive seen all year, and easily one of the best to come across my sites team since its inception. Even with the dingy world of the lunch room serving as its backdrop, lunch ladies is a wellpolished short that sports a high and glossy production value honorable mention to the depp memorabilia. Writer clarissa jacobson excels with the story and characters. The new indie horror short lunch ladies is making the rounds at the film festivals, and one viewing will convince you that it needs to be a.
So, it is easy to understand the story in ten minutes. With a runtime just over 18 minutes, lunch ladies is hands down one of the best horror comedies ive seen this year. Ladies powerlunched in boucle at the tribeca chanel womens. Gianni di gregorios midaugust lunch is a slight but charming tale of a cash strapped man played by and not altogether unrelated to di gregorio who finds himself as a character also called gianni entertaining four elderly, eccentric and often wilful ladies and making them lunch in order to repay favours done by friends who want to find ways. Logans short film, lunch ladies simplifies his characters and. Nov 05, 2019 ladies powerlunched in boucle at the tribeca chanel womens filmmaker program luncheon.
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