CRYPTIC PLASM
dir. Brian Paulin, 2015
United States. 80 min.
In English.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 - 10 PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 - 10 PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 - MIDNIGHT

Absorb the plasm…

The story is about David Gates, a cryptozoologist who is hired to film his investigations. One of them being a mysterious town where all of its inhabitants have vanished without a trace. David uncovers far more than he anticipated and puts his own life at risk. Afterwards David begins to feel the bizarre effects from the town within his own biology. Meanwhile he is sent by his investor to film an exorcism. Something that is completely outside of his expertise. Already suffering from unnatural symptoms, David, who is now reluctantly in the presence of pure evil, fears that multiple inhuman forces are tearing him apart from inside.

Cryptic Plasm takes the tired ‘ghost hunter reality show encounters actual ghost’ premise and turns it on its ear. When a cryptozoologist is hired by a sleazy TV producer to film his research into the paranormal, we’re treated to a series of escalating close encounters of the spooky kind, including a swamp monster, a ghost town, and one of the worst exorcisms this programmer has ever seen, all culminating in an otherworldly gore soaked climax that has to be seen to be believed.

Brian Paulin has been cranking out homemade bloody epics from the Massachusetts area since the mid 90s, and his love of the craft is evident in every frame. The effects work is truly fantastic, working with his limitations to create something truly nightmarish and memorable in a sea of shot-on-DV crud.