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Escalation

Escalation

2021Short⏱️ 28m
ShortComedyHorror
8.5
IMDB Rating
21 votes

Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, is happily avoiding all human contact, preferring to escape from reality in whatever's on TV. When a friend reaches out to him to confront him about his past promises, Chris has to decide w...

Director
Christian 'Kang' Bachini
Writers
Christian 'Kang' Bachini, Charlie Cooper
Stars
Christian 'Kang' Bachini, Derek Blakely, Charlie Cooper
Release Date
November 4, 2021
Language
English
Country
China, Italy
🏆 81
Wins
🎯 79
Nominations
💬 3
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Christian 'Kang' Bachini
Christian 'Kang' Bachini
as Chris
👤
Derek Blakely
as The Entity
👤
Charlie Cooper
as Mike
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Giulia Serafini
as Tv Movie's first victim
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Lucy Chun Yan
as Tv Movie's final girl

🎬 Technical Specs

Filming Location
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Production
KangXploitation Studios

🏷️ Keywords

splattergoreaward winnerbest director awardfestival

🎯 Categories

ComedyHorrorShort

⭐ Featured Review

A Horror Fan's Dream Short
by AlbertV792021-12-20
10/10

"This short film is a horror fan's dream. It has it all: isolation, masked figures, jump scares, body horror, and gore galore. Christian Bachini has come up with a brilliant film that pays homage to Italian horror. The film doesn't have a protagonist but revolves around an arrogant chef (played by Bachini) who could care less about others as long as his ego is in check. However, it is when he is watching a horror movie where a masked figure maliciously kills his victim that things start to pick up. The film soon sees Chris torture himself in such shocking ways, from beating his hand ..."

💡 Did You Know?

During the scene in which Chris is chopping his thumb with the meat cleaver, the cleaver was a real one. Christian Bachini got so carried away by the scene that he ended up hitting his real hand with the blade instead of the prosthetic attachment. The wound had to be covered in make up in order to complete the shoot.

📖 Synopsis

Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, is happily avoiding all human contact, preferring to escape from reality in whatever's on TV. When a friend reaches out to him to confront him about his past promises, Chris has to decide w...