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Real life horrors tackled in Words Like Knives

 At the end of 2011 I did a series of articles where our favorite scream queens highlighted their year and what their hopes were for 2012. The always amazing Kelsey Zukowski was one of our featured women in horror and she talked about an upcoming project called Words Like Knives. Now Kelsey was kind enough to send us a press release so you can learn all about this interesting project. Words Like Knives is described as a dark thriller and will deal with the real life trouble with rumors, but I’m still hoping it will have one or two of Kelsey’s sick and sinister twists. Check out the press release below that includes the Facebook and Twitter page, and a link to the funding campaign which you can donate too. You can also click here to view a teaser trailer for Words Like Knives.

““Words Like Knives deals with very disturbing material, but that’s part of the point. I like tackling uncomfortable material. I find it far more interesting. It’s a delicate balance between seeming exploitative and meaningfully bringing out the darker side of humanity.” — Kelsey Zukowski.

 

Emma has a loving family, caring boyfriend, and loyal best friend. One rumor might rip this all away from her though. She fights to hold on to her old life as one mean-spirited rumor becomes so real she can’t find the light through the encompassing darkness. Emma tries to run from it, but it becomes so real and takes on a life of its own. She finds herself powerless to it and unable to distinguish rumor from reality.  What if she can’t escape it and hold on to her dwindling sanity?

Words Like Knives is a short dark drama written and starring Kelsey Zukowski and directed by Travis Legge. It also features Jeff Scaduto, Valerie Meachum, Myke Wilson, Melissa Revels, and Aley Kreinz. Shooting is scheduled for April 2012 in Rockford, IL.

Legge and Zukowski first worked together in March of 2011 on a Grindhouse trailer entitled, Monster Mash, which also starred Revels and Kitsie Duncan. Legge was a producer on the dark short, What They Say, which Zukowski wrote and acted in. The film was nominated for Best Short at The Chicago Horror Film Festival in September of 2011.

Legge has worked with the entire primary cast before, being well aware of their abilities and how they work best. Valerie Meachum appeared in Legge’s twisted Christmas short, Holiday Carvings, as well as Legge’s first feature film, Raymond Did It. Myke Wilson directed one of Travis’ scripts, Event Invitation, which wrapped filming in October of 2011. Legge worked with Melissa Revels both in Monster Mash and Windershins along with a number of projects they have in the works.

“Words Like Knives deals with very disturbing material, but that’s part of the point. I like tackling uncomfortable material. I find it far more interesting. It’s a delicate balance between seeming exploitative and meaningfully bringing out the darker side of humanity. I’m thrilled with the team that has signed on for the project. Everyone involved really believes in what the film is trying to accomplish and will be a part in bringing this disquieting vision to life”, Zukowski says.

Although, it tackles very taboo material it also deals with the universal themes of a rumor spinning out of control and how damaging idle gossip can be.  It simply takes this to a more severe level and examines the possibility of the horrors that can be locked deep inside any one of us when pushed far enough.

IndieGoGo: https://www.indiegogo.com/Words-Like-Knives?a=323841

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Words-Like-Knives/318375378185553?sk=wall

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/RumorsCanKill

 

Michael DeFellipo

(Senior Editor)

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