When super talented Hollywood big shot, Guillermo del Toro put together the proposal to film his long cherished ‘dream project’ – an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘At The Mountains of Madness’ – the budget was over $100 million dollars. With the kind of budget, you’re nearly talking serious money.
Unfortunately for Guillermo, the studio bean counters thought 100 mill was way too rich for their blood, and his project remains unmade.
When me and my team decided to film an adaptation of ‘At The Mountains of Madness’ our budget was below £2,000. That’s probably not enough to cover the biscuit bill for a Hollywood production, but, myself and a select few dedicated actors and technicians completed our version of Lovecraft’s’ story in Feb this year (it was even shot during lockdown 2).
Pre-Order At The Mountains of Madness
You can now pre-order the low budget horror feature ‘At The Mountains of Madness‘ on Vimeo. It’s out for all to see on 28 July.
The DVD will be available soon for fans of physical media.
You can pre-order on Vimeo below:
Watch At The Mountains of Madness (2021) Online | Vimeo On Demand on Vimeo
Matthew Cooper has been a scriptwriter for hire and UK script consultant for over 20 years. His short film script ‘Family Style’ won the first ever Lloyds Bank Channel Four Script Writing Challenge in the UK in 1993. The film was commissioned by Channel Four and starred a then unknown actor called Ewan McGregor.
Matthew went onto write award-winning episodes of Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Eastenders (where he wrote the episode where ‘Alfie’ told ‘Kat’ he loved her for the first time). Matthew has been BAFTA shortlisted and Royal Television Society nominated as a scriptwriter.
In 2020, Matthews’s first film as a director, the low budget rubber reality horror film ‘Markham’ was released. The innovative independent production was nearly two years in the making, shot partially on Super 8mm film, and was almost entirely improvised by the actors.
You can find out more about Matthew’s work on his website and follow him on Twitter and Instagram too.
https://www.instagram.com/matcoop23/