After his latest film is met with horrible reviews, Able Whitman sets out to prove the critics wrong by finding inspiration in his cast and crew. Sometimes great art requires great sacrifice, and the director always gets final cut.

Frustrated with his most recent film doing poorly, film director Able Whitman finds himself at a strip club where he meets and takes home one of the strippers, Gigi Stops. They have an accident on the road which kills Gigi leaving Able to figure out what to do with the body. He conveniently decides to "disguise" the body parts as set pieces to his new horror film. When this new design style is met with much praise, Able decides he needs more parts to fulfill his new "project".—rivethead808

With a bitter taste in his mouth, finding it hard to believe that his latest film flopped on its release and was slated by critics, ridiculed, booze-addled horror filmmaker Able Whitman somehow manages to make things worse. And with his hands stained by innocent blood, Able has an epiphany: to breathe new life into his art and prove the reviewers wrong, the troubled director decides to put a fresh corpse to good use. However, as his new, shockingly realistic horror extravaganza receives rave reviews, pressing questions arise. How far is Able willing to go to keep positive reviews coming?—Nick Riganas

Smash Cut is a satire of the filmmaking industry and the challenges of independent filmmaking, with a story that draws on the filmmakers' real-life experiences. It follows the murderous exploits of Able Whitman, a horror-film director whose films are panned by critics and audiences alike - until he starts killing people and using their body parts as props in his new flick.—Ian Driscoll