A Bit of Bad Luck

This bleak satire is an examination of reality television from voyeurism to exploitation. The plot centers around three reality TV show contestants, on 'Sublease' ,who are isolated from the outside world and each other within a house of twisted realities and fantasies. Selling off the furniture to a host who is both detached and seemingly malevolent, the film displays how three individuals attempt to build a community while they, themselves fall apart.

There's radiation in them hills... What will happen if it gets stronger? Who will stop it? The challenge is met by four intrepid scientists. Dr. Mitch Mitchell (Dave Deshler), his wife Rosalee (Deanna Nairns), their foreign colleague Dr. Goran (F.M. Turner) and the mysterious Dr. Frank Peter (Jack Bennett). Along with some reluctant grad students, the empirical quartet hikes deep into the mountains to confront the threat at the source...but they are unprepared for the horrors that await them. Invisible skeletons! An alien robot! Theoretical giant monkeys! This is just the beginning of the lunacy in River of Dread, a tongue-in-cheek homage to science fiction films of the 1950's and the feature debut of writer-director Seneca Haynes.

Deep in the dark and mysterious jungles of New Jersey The Evil Faces Mega Corporation dumps toxic waste in the beautiful and pristine rivers. Creating the abomination of the Angry Gigantic Hippo Head Monster that begins terrorizing and slaughtering the hapless natives and tourists. To deal with this monstrous threat Dr. Abba Palindrome is called in to deal with this situation. Teaming up with three female native guides Sussex, Bergan, and Ocean as well as seeking the services of big game hunter Nigel Billingscourt Van Pelt Fromage the fate of the state of New Jersey and perhaps the world lies with this intrepid group.

This all-digital feature film was directed by its cast, all equipped with cameras and given the story outline. They improvised most of the movie, using the concept of film students seeking out the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock, which had been spotted in L.A. The ghost may also have been involved in a series of bizarre murders. The protagonist also investigates sightings of a strange psychotic woman who lives in a shopping cart and wears a white sheet over her head.

Young violin prodigy Julia is dealing with an abusive boyfriend and the pressure of a chance to join the Baltimore Symphony. When botched surgery to remove a cyst from her left hand leaves it paralyzed, she and her father sue the doctor and hospital. They lose in court, and the father learns of collusion and corruption. Pushed over the edge and still fighting old demons of his own, he retreats to his work shop. He builds unique metal hands containing deadly weapons!