Peter Dukes’ ‘Little Reaper’ Short Film Debuts

Those of you unfamiliar with indie filmmaker Peter Dukes, shame on you because you’re missing out on one great artist. Dukes and his Dream Seekers Productions Company have a long history of making some crazy good short films in the horror/thriller/sci-fi/fantasy genres, 15 shorts if I remember correctly. Many of you genre fans may remember Peter Dukes as the director of the incredibly good werewolf short, The Beast, starring Bill Oberst Jr. from a couple of years ago.

Dukes’ latest short is a horror/comedy hybrid entitled Little Reaper. It’s produced through Dream Seekers Productions, Danny Derakhshan was executive producer, Melissa Cottingham, Shane and Colin Mehigan and Justin Castillo are associate producers. As a special treat, we have Dukes’ latest short film Little Reaper in its entirety down below.

It stars up and comer Athena Baumeister and John Paul Ouvrier, with John Michael Herndon, Katharine Stapleton, Allisyn Ashley Arm (of Disney channel fame), Katy Townsend and Sorsha Morava.

Shot by Drew Moe, make-up by well known artist Jeong-Hwa Fonkalsrud, music composed by Giona Ostinelli. Also featuring songs from Rend, Pop Noir and Mad Planet.

Speaking with Dukes, he had this to say about Little Reaper:

“It’s this crazy horror film; it’s got a lot of comedy in it. I like to challenge myself; I haven’t really tackled comedy before, so it’s got a lot of crazy elements like that in there. It’s relatively light hearted; it’s something that’s all in fun. We’ve got a fantastic cast and great crew.”

Plot Synopsis

It’s a short crazy little film about the grim reaper’s difficult teenage daughter, who’s forced to take over her father’s duties for one day. Chaos ensues.

Dukes has been making short films for many years and is looking to break out of shorts and into the feature market. I recently spoke with Peter Dukes about what his future plans are, and this is what he had to say:

“On upcoming features I have two in play right now. First, I’m developing my short film “The Beast”, which starred Bill Oberst, Jr., into a feature. Second, I’m attached to direct a horror picture for Gothic Pictures International with Gabrielle Stone, Jessica Cameron and DJ Perry attached in the leads.

I love making short films, but I’m going to take a step back for a bit and focus on feature films for the time being. The time has come and I need to make that jump, both for myself and for my career (to open up more doors of opportunity/etc). “

Watch the film Little Reaper right here,