Grinder Plot Synopsis:

After their final exams, eleven college students plan a road trip to Miami, Florida to blow off some steam. When one of the cars in the convoy
is run off the road by a speeding maniac, the group is forced to spend the night in the small Smokey Mountain town of Chapman awaiting the necessary repairs to their car.

Upon their arrival in Chapman, the stranded students learn that the town is occupied by one lone family. This family is the town’s name-sake. The town of Chapman has a deserted silence and its stench emanates from a mysterious mill. The town is the self- proclaimed road kill capital of the world.

This title is their claim to fame.

The students find a place to stay in Chapman’s only motel. The stranded group begin to disappear one by one. The group begins to realize that the smell might not be the only thing rotten about the town…..

Director Richard Clark, Jr. states, “Horror films these days aren’t like they used to be mainly due to the amounts of special effects they have. That to me isn’t what makes a good horror movie. Horror to me is believable events, events that people believe could actually happen. Horror films like Nightmare on Elm Street , Halloween, and Friday The 13th are supernatural “scary” movies. Grinder is nothing like that. Grinder is true HORROR . Sure, Grinder has its amazing special effects but its not over-used. The gore isn’t what makes this film; it’s simply the characters.

We want to go back to the old school horror flicks; back to the time when the original 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre created nightmares in millions”, says Director Kent Allen.

“We decided to shoot in a digital 24p high def format for the simple fact that we wanted a real to life look. We wanted to take our audience on a journey, as if they were really there living the moment. Many films try to do that, but viewers can tell what looks super “movie-ish” and which do not. Take 2005’s Wolf Creek. To me that is a real life, raw, and live look which was very effective in creating a real life vantage point for the audience”, says Director Kent Allen.

“We feel that Grinder will be the next signature horror classic. Enough of this Hollywood film style “filmmaking”, which don’t get us wrong, for the most part we are major fans. But we just think it is time independent filmmakers, like ourselves, to shine with our new creative views on how horror films should be.”

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