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Brendan Muldowney (written by)
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A young girl baby-sits in an old house . . .
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Set in Ireland, a family moves to a new city neighborhood, taking residence in a large, old house that is rumored to have a dodgy past...
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Eave Selects McCann, Barry and Lyons for Producer's Workshop
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jill Harding | ... | Katie | |
| William O'Sullivan | ... | Steven | |
| Paula Lee | ... | Ciara | |
| Gerard Lee | ... | Brian | |
| Frank Coughlan | ... | John | |
| Nuala Kelly | ... | Lisa | |
| Stephen Fitzgibbon | ... | Waiter | |
| Kerry O'Sullivan | ... | Jenny | |
| Ann Mac Farlane | ... | Diner | |
| Carole Ward | ... | Diner | |
| Noel Keegan | ... | Diner | |
| Eileen Cahill | ... | Diner | |
| Peter Loonam | ... | Diner | |
| Danielle O'Connell | ... | Diner | |
| Ciaran Durkan | ... | Diner |
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If film making is an analogy for food then horror movies are the ready meals you stick into a microwave . This probably explains why horror isn't all that well regarded in the cinematic world because any idiot can make a horror movie , all you have to do is stick someone in a remote location and if it's a dark location all the better , have some creepy sounds in the background that will have both the protagonists and audience gasping " what was that ? " and if that's not enough have some scary music . See any idiot can supposedly make a horror movie so why do most directors and screenwriters in the genre come up with movies that clichéd , stupid and most of all not scary in the slightest ?
THE TEN STEPS by writer/director Bredan Muldowney contains every single cliché you have ever seen in every single horror movie . It's set in a remote country house where Katie a young teenager is babysitting on her younger brother Stephen because her parents are networking the father's new boss . There's scenes set in the dark with a mood enhancing soundtrack but within one minute of the running time I'd already jumped out of my skin and as Stephen McKeon's musical score increased the tension I felt my heart beat increase until the shock ending when my jaw hit the floor
I can not praise this short film enough . BBC 2 are having a series of short films on The learning Zone slot and this is the best one they've shown . In fact this is almost certainly the most memorable short film I have ever seen in my entire life . It's brilliantly effective and isn't it obscene that absolute garbage like THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and THE EXORCIST are hyped while no one has ever heard of THE TEN STEPS ? If I have any criticism it's that this is maybe too effective and I will have a problem sleeping , but apart from that I salute you Brendan Muldowney and I hope that your obvious talent leads to the rewards you deserve