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🔥 This horror is scripted. Your goosebumps are not.
Outlawed in 1984, the paint known as "Death Red" was found to contain a serial killer’s victims. Legend warns that using it and uttering the phrase “open their eyes” awakens the souls within. Now, a young artist dares to use it for her magnum opus.
"Death Red" by Mitch Glass
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More About "Death Red":
Originally sold in the 1960s as Scarlet Secret, the paint later dubbed "Death Red" was outlawed in 1984 after it was discovered t o contain the pulverized remains of victims murdered by Richard Barkner, a respected paint manufacturer who used his company, Barkner Paints, to conceal his crimes. Legend warns that using it and uttering the phrase "open their eyes" will awaken the trapped souls within. When young artist Claire acquires a forgotten can, she believes it will fuel her next masterpiece. Instead, the pigment begins to bleed through her work and stir something unspeakable. What begins as inspiration soon spirals into terror, as Claire learns that to use the paint is to pay the price.
Director’s Statement:
I spent part of my childhood growing up in an old Victorian house in southern New Jersey, a place with a long history of strange happenings. My family and I, along with previous tenants, experienced things we could not quite explain. That early brush with the uncanny drew me to horror films, and directors like M. Night Shyamalan and John Carpenter became lifelong inspirations. I had always wanted to make a haunted house movie, but I struggled to find a fresh angle. With Death Red, the idea clicked: what if the house itself was not haunted? What if you could turn any house into a haunted house… with paint?
That thought led me to Richard Barkner, a character born from imagining what terrible act could curse a color forever. I have always loved stories where a simple action, whether a name, a ritual, or a phrase, summons something terrifying, like Candyman or The Ring. With Death Red, our version is simple: use the paint, say the phrase, pay the price. We shot the film in just two days with a crew of six and a shoestring budget. It was a true labor of love, and I speak for everyone when I say we are proud of what we created together. More than anything, we hope this is just the beginning of the Death Red story.
"Death Red" Credits:
Writer & Director: Mitch Glass
Producers: Mitch Glass, Ryan Sadler, Brad Rundblade, Jordan Tortorello
Director of Photography: Ryan Sadler
Composer: Dan Negovan
Sound Designer: Patrick Garcia
Visual Effects: Brian Skvarla
Executive Producers: Jordan Tortorello, Wesley Pryor, Robert Carlson
Associate Producers: Charles Spencer, Corey Bock, Cheryl Hewitt, Ted Hewitt, Karyn Konstantonis
Assistant Camera: Ryan Grosjean, Manny Singh
SFX Makeup: Stefania Koszti
Audio: Josiah Sickler
Gaffer: Gaffer: Elijah Garcia
Grip: Devansh Neekhra
Cast:
Kelsey Tuma
Jordan Tortorello
Joseph Lopez
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