In March 2011, Ian and myself decided that instead of getting rusty while waiting for the funding to come through for Dysphonia, we would first produce a horror feature quickly and inexpensively. If nothing else, we were going to make something we could take to horror conventions and sell directly to the genre fans. Hopefully good word of mouth would draw more interest in Dysphonia and other future projects. We both came up with a few ideas but settled on a tale that is relevant for both the times we live in and also the age and situations we find ourselves in currently. I married young at 23 and when I attended my 5 year high school reunion, out of a class of almost 200, I was the only one of my classmates who was married. By the time the 10 year reunion rolled around, not only was almost everyone married, but most had children and some were on their second marriage. There is a desperate rush to pair off and have babies once you reach your mid twenties. I decided to tell the tale of a man whose life is rapidly moving toward a wife, a house, and children. Feeling like he is unready for this change and with too many regrets of things left undone, he plans a late night rendezvous with a young small town girl he meets online one night. She seems to be in a similarly unhappy place and is eager to have a discreet tryst. When he doesn't return, his best friend, along with his black sheep older sister, venture into the town to try and find out what happened. What they find is townspeople with contradicting stories of lies, abuse, and murder.

In writing the script, I found myself watching films such as The Third Man, Frantic, Missing, Chinatown, and The Vanishing. Movies about disappearance and confusion. Movies where the protagonists question their own memory, sanity, and perception. While Dysphonia is influenced by Italian horror and Reptile is influenced by the films of David Cronenberg, Veil is about the real horror of everyday people who will kill to protect secrets and their loved ones. While Veil is a horror film, it is also a film about desperate people and what they do for a human connection.

With a budget of $5000, production began on November 26 in Alexandria, VA. Thanks to an excellent cast and a hardworking crew, we wrapped 6 days later on schedule and $19 under budget.

VEIL (2012)

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY PAUL BUSETTI

THE TEMPTATION TO HAVE A ONE NIGHT STAND LEADS A MAN TO A DISTANT TOWN AND A WOMAN WITHA A DARK AGENDA. WHEN HE DOESN'T RETURN, IT FALLS UPON HIS BLACK SHEEP SISTER TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

ELLIE HAAS.........................................MEGHAN NELSON
ROBERT HAAS.....................................JOSEPH DURBIN
WALT KARNES.....................................SCOTT COURLANDER
POLLY TEMPLETON.............................DEVON MARIE BROOKSHIRE
CALVIN TEMPLETON............................GEOFFREY ANDERSON
SAM CHILDRESS..................................JOSH DAVIDSON
SALLY FINN..........................................KENDRA NORTH


Veil is an upcoming feauture horror film currently in postproduction with release planned for 2013.

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