"....our new horror short Floor 9.5 scares the shit out of America. Sorry America."

BAFTA winner Georgina Campbell in Floor 9.5

Commissioned by the wonderful guys at Fox Digital, our new horror short Floor 9.5 has been disrupting television schedules in the USA on various Fox channels over the past week or so as part of a Skittles-sponsored mini film festival of horror.  We wrote, shot and cut the whole thing in record time and, while we are all really proud of the finished film, I don't think any of us anticipated it having quite such an impact. Here's just a few of the tweets sent to us by the agency:

Here's an interview the director Toby Meakins and I did with Ad Week about the impact of the film: 'These Bite Size Horror Films are the Best Halloween Ads in Years.'

And here are just a few of the press articles:

This Candy Commercial Is The Best Horror Scene We’ve Seen In Ages

This freaky commercial scared the hell out of baseball fans

Why Skittles’ ‘Bite-Size Horror’ Is The Perfect Metaphor For American Society

Skittles’ Bite-Size Horror Short Takes an Elevator to Hell! 

Skittles’ two-minute “Bite-Size Horror” commercial during ALDS freaked out a lot of people

I'll try to post any updates as the film continues its run through Hallowe'en and we're hoping it will follow the long and successful runs of Lot 254 and Breathe in festivals next year. In the meantime, here's some behind the scenes images I grabbed on the shoot.....