Below the Line

Pete and Jasper are two horror-crazed special effects artists with big aspirations and a unique philosophy about their beloved genre: Horror needs special effects that are REAL. When they find themselves ostracized by the mainstream industry as a result of their unorthodox techniques, they set out to make their own film, starring themselves. Production is a bloodbath. Battered, bruised and slashed, Pete and Jasper cut together an excellent film and set forth on a quest for distribution. But they remain blacklisted. No one is willing to take a chance. Finally, they find one executive willing to take on their film, under one condition: They must find a climax that KILLS....

A psycho killer's diary is found at the scene of a gruesome crime, which groups filmmakers together to put those very pages into a sick but also hilarious movie.

Friends. Party. Death. As usual, friends get together in a rental house to celebrate new year's eve. Will Isa take advantage of this week in the county to finally get things started with Fred, her best friend? Will Kevin make a move on Gwendo, the goth girl? Will Marco, the amateur film maker and slasher fan, manage to convince his friends to play in his next short film? Things are running smoothly, until New Year's Eve, when one of them mysteriously disappears....

Mister Ricky lives in the basement of a woman he calls "Grammy," who may or may not be poisoning him, thereby creating delusional yearnings within Ricky to channel the spirit of the long-departed "Gramps."