I am also the director of 1230 Hopewell Road. A film that was largely praised, but deals with some extremist themes that some might see as toxic. I'm not trying to be edgy. I just make the films I want to make.
All I can say is Wait for the film to come out and make your own judgements. Obviously I have a team of actors and crew supporting me with this film, so I would say they didn't find it as "tone deaf" as you're assuming it could potentially be.
I will stand by it. And I will release it. I think my film has more sympathy for trans people that the trailer doesn't give off really. Wether or not trans people will embrace it is left for them to decide. Maybe they won't like it for this reasons, but the trans character who initially is the...
Was Brian Depalma's Dressed to Kill (1981) an anti-trans movie? I don't think so. It's in the same vein as that. In fact, there is sympathy for the trans character in my movie. It's really a film about bullying and abuse.
Synopsis: Otis Cleg is a 20-something nomadic loner who moves into the house of former resident Walter Blackwood, a notorious transgender serial killer. When he finds his journals, Walter and Otis' consciousness begin to collide.
It was def of the many inspirations we had along with films like Tetsuo The Iron Man, BDSM industrial subculture and urban legends I grew up with as a child.
The film revolves around two investigative journalist making a documentary of a local urban legend and a troubled boyfriend at the deadly center of it all.
https://filmfreeway.com/returnhaunted
Horror-Noir - 23 mins.
Would love some constructive criticism. I'm aware there's technical hiccups, but generally I like it and we had a lot of fun making it.