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<p>HOME <br>
Welcome to the Brain-Eater Homepage. This site has been constructed to inform
you of Ireland's brightest hope for Horror Cinema.</p>
<p>The short film 'The Brain-Eater' (10mins20secs) was written, directed and edited
by Conor McMahon, a film student under the guidance of Dun Laoghaire Institute
of Art, Design and Technology (DLIADT) here in Dublin.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> The Brain-Eater may come as quite a shock for those more used to the usual
film students desire to reflect social mores and the politics of reason, instead
delving into the mediums capacity to tap into the darker recesses of the human
psyche. That is not to say there is no element of levity here. Sam Raimi's twisted
vision springs to mind when trying to describe the work of young Conor, a mere
22 years of age.</p>
<p>At last, someone who wants to make a movie instead of a career move.</p>
<p>A smart move, nonetheless, attracting the attention of Dublin's own Horror
Film Club, Horrorthon's Ed King and Michael Griffin, and teaming up with these
committed Horrorphiles to produce a feature length version of the film in the
next 18 months.</p>
<p>So, fingers crossed, we'll be keeping you posted and meanwhile, enjoy the site,</p>
<p>And don't go in the Wooooooooods!</p>
<p> Biography/ Filmography</p>
<p>I am 22 years old. I was born on 23 August 1979. I have made about forty to
fifty short films since I started at around the age of fifteen. Most of the
early ones are pretty bad but that was where I learned a lot of the techniques
both in camera and story telling which I still use today. I also learned about
doing gore effects, having blood spray out of people’s necks etc, always
a handy tool in the horror genre.</p>
<p>At 17 I won 2nd place in the Limerick Fresh Film Festival with a trilogy of
short horror films called Tales of Terror. That was where I realized how well
horror films could work as shorts and how the audience really reacted to it,
even if it was disgust. Any reaction is better than people just sitting there,
being bored. After leaving school I went on to Dun Laoghaire Film College. It
was the only thing I put down on my college application form. I was never going
to do anything else. </p>
<p>In college I continued to make short films both inside and outside the course.
They included: The Corpse, the first of two silent films. A spoof documentary
called Hearts of Fear, which was co-made with Ciaran Foy and Andrew Edger. Another
silent film called 1902, which was also co- written and co-directed by myself,
Andrew Legge and Ciaran Foy. During college I won best Harp Commercial at the
Kodak commercial awards in London which, was a really cool experience. And then
the Braineater was my own final project. So far it has been shown in a number
of festivals including, The Cork International film festival, the Horrorthon
festival in Dublin and the Sitges International Fantasy festival where it won
best short in the Brigadoon section.</p>
<p>Now at 22 I am planning to do my first feature film. It is a horror film of
course. I can’t turn my back on the genre that has been so kind to me in
the past...</p>
<p>FILMOGRAPHY since 1998</p>
<p>Tales of Terror Writer/Director/Editor<br>
Othello Writer/Director/Editor<br>
Run to the Hills Writer/Director/Editor<br>
The Corpse Writer/Director/Editor<br>
Hearts of Fear Co-Writer/Co-Director/Editor<br>
The Harp Foundation Co-Writer/Director<br>
1902 Co-Writer/Co-Director/Co-Editor<br>
The Braineater Writer/Director/Editor</p>
<p> INFO ON THE MAKING OF THE BRAINEATER</p>
<p>The idea for the short film The Braineater started out as a zombie film. It
was basically Night of the Living Dead meets Stand By Me. But the one thing
that always annoyed me about zombie films was the fact that they moved so slowly.
So I tried to come up with a creature that was similar to a zombie but that
was quick and moved almost like a lion or jungle animal. So that was where the
idea came of having a kid grow up in the woods addicted to brains. At first
he eats them to survive, but then he likes them so much he just goes on doing
it. The main part of the film takes place thirty years later when a group of
Hurling kids and their coach get stranded near the woods. As the kids wander
into the woods they get picked off one by one by the Braineater, until the last
kid defeats him, Cu Chulainn style, with a Hurley ball to the head. I wanted
to bring an Irish element into the film. Often when people are doing horror
films, I even did it in my earlier ones, you have these Irish people with American
accents and it’s really stupid. I wanted to make a real Irish horror. </p>
<p>The film was made as my final year graduate film in Dun Laoghaire Institute
of Art Design and Technology. Before I went to college I use to make a lot of
short horror films with my Dad’s video camera and a couple of friends.
That was what I started out doing. One of the great advantages of making your
own films first on video is that you get to try everything out yourself and
no one is there to tell you if it can be done or not. There is so much negativity
in college and people telling you how things should be done. So much energy
is often wasted on things like continuity and smooth tracking shots. Things
people only notice if the film is crap. So when I went to college I always promised
myself that I would do a horror film for my final project. I had this idea that
I would somehow get brainwashed during college into making an issue driven film
or a kitchen sink drama. But the college were really helpful and excited about
doing a horror film. It was great to work with so many other courses, particularly
model making and make-up. Putting scars on someone’s faces is always more
fun then powdering someone’s nose. For me, that is what filmmaking is all
about – making models, blowing things up, telling stories that don’t
happen in everyday life. They are the kind of films I loved as a kid.</p>
<p>One of the things that made this a step forward for me in terms of directing
was working with the actors. For this film we had a lot of child actors and
I was really blessed with the kids that I found. It’s always a great thing
when the film exceeds your expectations. When I had a few crappy lines written
down and then you get these kids to improvise the scene and they are just so
much sharper. I had forgotten how intelligent kids could be at ten or eleven.
I really tried to get them involved in the film as much as possible. Sometimes
they would come up with camera angles and other ideas and it kept them interested.
So for me it was another great reward to have people so interested and willing
to help. </p>
<p>Andrew Legge did the lighting and camera work for the film. He was always willing
to take risks and try out new things. A lot of people would be more worried
about doing nice shots for their show reels. He had bought a clockwork camera
in Russia called the Krasnigorsk or something, and it was so light you could
do some great shots with it. You could also attach stills camera lenses to the
front for wide-angle shots. The camera could also do frame-by-frame animation,
so we used that on some of the shots of the Braineater to give him a freaky
movement. We probably used that camera on about 20% of the shots. You couldn’t
use it for dialogue scenes because it makes a loud clacking noise. </p>
<p>Another aspect of filmmaking that I hadn’t thought of or noticed the importance
of before was the sound. When I had edited the film I gave it to the post sound
person Fiadhnait McCann. There were so many details that she put in that really
brought the film to life. Stuff like over lapping the kids dialogue really gave
it a more authentic feel. Fiadhnait also created most of the gory sound effects
herself. She spent a day stabbing and squashing fruit to create the appropriate
noises. </p>
<p>For me the film is a real stepping-stone for what I want to do next. I am currently
working on a feature script loosely based on the short. With the help of two
producers Ed King and Michael Griffin hopefully we’ll get the thing off
the ground by the summer. We all share the same enthusiasm for horror films
and also for taking risks.</p>
<p>Conor McMahon<br>
HYPERLINK "mailto:conor@hotmail.com" <br>
conor@hotmail.com</p>
<p><br>
CAST LIST:<br>
Ned Dennehey,<br>
Kenny Reynolds, <br>
Nicky Newitt,<br>
Gavin Lacey,<br>
Cathal Cheunt,<br>
Adam Doyle,<br>
Nuala Byrne<br>
and Philip Rogan. </p>
<p>CREW LIST:<br>
Writer, director, editor: Conor McMahon<br>
Producer: Eoin Whelan<br>
Lighting/Camera: Andrew Legge<br>
Sound: Shane O’Neill<br>
Post Sound: Fiadhnait McCann<br>
Make-up: Liz Byrne<br>
Model makers: Jay Graham & Roy Gleasure<br>
Costumes: David Turpin & Ken Wardrop<br>
Production Assistant: Andrew Freedman</p>
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