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Huzzah! My short psychological horror screenplay, "A Cure for Creativity," was selected for a fifth film festival. This time, it's ... #ChicagoHorrorFilmFest
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Yes!
April 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
derekbprops.bsky.social
Super stoked to announce we’ve been accepted into the Chicago Horror Film Festival! May 16-18 #ChicagoHorrorFilmFest
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April 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
Fear The Thorn Witch! I wrote & directed this urban/folk horror short, and am currently working toward a feature film with this character. Enjoy!

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DREAMING THE WITCH (2023) - Folk Horror short film
YouTube video by Sword & Cloak
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December 11, 2024 at 3:10 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
He is watching.

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January 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
Working on a mask for the next episode of Beyond These Haunted Streets: BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. Coming along nicely, I think. 🙂
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November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
What do you think? I built this model of a Pepper's Ghost effect for our upcoming feature film, Hand of Thorns.

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January 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
johnczielinski.bsky.social
Finally arrived in Chicago. Tomorrow, a full day at the Chicago Horror Film Festival.

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May 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
derekbprops.bsky.social
No way! We’ve been nominated in a category at the Chicago Horror Film Festival with Little Deaths!!! So honored. This fest has been a. Dream to screen at for a long time and to be nominated… can’t wait to find out if we win! #chicagohorror #horror #chicagohorrorfilmfestival #nominated #indiehorror
April 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
bbydiablita.satan.social
so FUCKIN ready. 🧟‍♂️🔪👻🪓☠️👽👾

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April 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
A few years back I was lucky enough to direct this little nightmare with the help of a tiny but excellent cast and crew of collaborators. Use what you have! Tell your stories!

#IndieHorror #IndieFilmaking #HorrorCommunity #ChicagoHorror #UrbanWyrd #FolkHorror
MISTER STICKS - Short Horror Film (2018)
YouTube video by Sword & Cloak
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February 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
andrewgibbs.bsky.social
Hell yeah! We’re going to be showing at the Chicago Horror Film Festival! Congrats again to everyone involved, you killed it.

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August 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
johnczielinski.bsky.social
My short film "The Quiet Hike" is an Official Selection of the Chicago Horror Film Festival . The event takes place May 16 -18th at The Logan Theatre in Chicago, IL. Very honored to be a part of another great indie festival.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
devibhaduri.bsky.social
Whaaaaat?! My script Psychomanteum was nominated for BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY at Chicago Horror Film Festival! 🖤❤️🖤❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 #ChicagoHorrorFilmFestival #ChicagoHorror #ChicagoHorrorFilmFest #WomenInHorror #LoganTheatre
April 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
Enjoy our new Horror Short: PRELUDE TO THE WITCH the first chapter in our new Urban Folk-Horror Anthology: BEYOND THIS HAUNTED CITY!

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PRELUDE TO THE WITCH - Beyond This Haunted City: episode #1 (Folk Horror short film)
YouTube video by Sword & Cloak
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October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
Working on a mask for a new project. More Folk Horror in Chicago!

#IndieHorror #IndieHorror #ChicagoHorror #HorrorCommunity #FolkHorror #indiefilmmaking #indiefilmchicago
It is a shiny black mask - has kind of an oil-like surface. Vaguely skull-shaped on top but no mouth, and narrowing to dripping lengths of what could be tendrils or tentacles or something liquefying and dripping downward. The nose hole and sockets are an even inkier black.
August 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
Check out our new Urban Folk Horror short: BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS! 《Link in comments. 》
#horrorcommunity #IndieHorror #ChicagoHorror #indiefilm #chicagofilm
A young woman looks through a small hatch-like door toward the camera. She is holding her phone with the flashlight on, her expression full of apprehension. Text next to it: Sword & Cloak Productions presents Bottom Of The Stairs. Some secrets will kill you...
August 18, 2026 at 2:37 PM
bellbookbruce.bsky.social
With over 220 films screening the weekend of May 16-18 at the Logan Theater, the Chicago Horror Film Festival is now the largest horror fest in the world! We are so pleased to be nominated in the Best Horror Short-Chicago/Illinois category. Thank you, CHFF!

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May 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
I *love* Chicago - a city of stories: history, mystery, and legend. I want to add to its mythology. I want to re-enchant its streets.

#FolkHorror #UrbanWyrd #IndieHorror #ChicagoGothic #ChicagoHorror
The looming dark shape of interlaced tree branches against a foggy background, lit up at night by lights from the buildings. Taken form the Loyola Red Line stop - the station sign is visible in the foreground.
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
Walter Mosby (DC Cathro) sees a cryptic message as he rides the train, in Sword & Clock Productions' new short film PRELUDE TO THE WITCH! Premiering on YT Thursday, 10/20, Halloween! Please Like and Share!

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October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
Huge thanks to the folks at Old Gods of Appalachia for bringing an amazing evening of laughs, thrills, and scares to Park West last Friday. A chilling delight that had us watching all the shadows on our trip home. Chicago loves you!

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June 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
Some beliefs never fade.

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Photo of busy Chicago street circa 1909 with text quote: "More people believe in Witches in Chicago than ever believed in them in Salem." from Chicago Daily Tribune, August 23rd 1903
January 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
In our new Short Film: PRELUDE TO THE WITCH, DC Cathro stars Walter Mosby, an academic who is forced to believe in a terrible evil. Premiering this Thursday, 10/20, Halloween Eve!

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DC Cathro as Walter Mosby, a greying academic with a grey beard stands on a shadowy subway platform talking to his phone with a worried brow.
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
NEW MOVIE: PRELUDE TO THE WITCH, as well as the launch of a New Project! Coming this Thursday, 10/20, Halloween Eve! Can't wait for you see it. If you want to support, please Like & Share!

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The shadowy and majestic front entrance to The Chicago Public Library at night, lit only by the old-style streetlamps. Above it the words "PRELUDE TO THE WITCH"!
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
848 passengers and crew died when the SS Eastland capsized on the Chicago River - July 24, 1915. The largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

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Postcard image of the S.S> Eastland on it's side in the Chicago river as people scurry across it's hull, carrying the bodies out.
August 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
kindtraveler.bsky.social
New Project:
BEYOND THIS HAUNTED CITY – A Folk-Horror Anthology
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October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM