The ‘California Mysticism’ that draws many, created a subculture, that actually originated commercial yogurt and yoga practice. The self-same relaxation cults even claimed Don Draper in the final episode of the landmark TV series HBO Mad Men. It’s where you want to go to find oneself which is exactly how the Dana Kippel Directed, Written and starred film Reflect (2023) opens with the character of Summer in the shower with voices in her head asking that question.
Summer wants to take on a challenge by taking her four friends into the desert of Sedona. The four will be subjected to trials to find themselves and help heal past troubles. She is unaware that the retreat will lead them all to confront their past traumas, faults and memories in a hallucinogenic metaphysical landscape.
What stands out are the performances of the actors such as Grace Patterson (Katie), Jadelyn Breier (Liz) and Marissa Patterson as Annie.
Summer wants to take on a challenge by taking her four friends into the desert of Sedona. The four will be subjected to trials to find themselves and help heal past troubles. She is unaware that the retreat will lead them all to confront their past traumas, faults and memories in a hallucinogenic metaphysical landscape.
What stands out are the performances of the actors such as Grace Patterson (Katie), Jadelyn Breier (Liz) and Marissa Patterson as Annie.
- 6/12/2024
- by Terry Sherwood
- Horror Asylum
Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #381: How to write, direct, star and raise...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmaker’s Podcast #381: How to write, direct, star and raise...
- 2/14/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Cranked Up Films is excited to kick off their 2024 slate with the North American VOD release of Reflect, the feature film debut of writer/director/star Dana Kippel. The sci-fi metaphysical thriller follows a group of friends on a spiritual obstacle course hoping to improve their lives, but they don’t know they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities, eager to take over their bodies. Reflect is out now on Digital VOD, including Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu.
Dana Kippel headlines the film as Summer, rounded out by a cast including Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, Corey Brooks, Eric Scott Woods, Dash Katz, Maya Knell, Ryan Jack Connell, and Joe Filippone. Kippel produced under her Crazy Carrot Films shingle, alongside Zac Coats, Ryan Jack Connell, Brian Duss, Grace Patterson, Loan Thach, and Rhiannon Moller-Trotter. Michael DeLano of Cotu Media served as executive producer.
Dana Kippel headlines the film as Summer, rounded out by a cast including Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, Corey Brooks, Eric Scott Woods, Dash Katz, Maya Knell, Ryan Jack Connell, and Joe Filippone. Kippel produced under her Crazy Carrot Films shingle, alongside Zac Coats, Ryan Jack Connell, Brian Duss, Grace Patterson, Loan Thach, and Rhiannon Moller-Trotter. Michael DeLano of Cotu Media served as executive producer.
- 1/15/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Now on VOD from Cranked Up Films is Reflect, the feature film debut of writer/director/star Dana Kippel.
The sci-fi metaphysical thriller follows a group of friends on a spiritual obstacle course hoping to improve their lives, but they don’t know they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities, eager to take over their bodies.
Bloody Disgusting has a trippy exclusive clip from the film that also stars Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, Corey Brooks, Eric Scott Woods, Dash Katz, Maya Knell, Ryan Jack Connell, and Joe Filippone.
Kippel produced under her Crazy Carrot Films shingle, alongside Zac Coats, Ryan Jack Connell, Brian Duss, Grace Patterson, Loan Thach, and Rhiannon Moller-Trotter. Michael DeLano of Cotu Media served as executive producer.
Reflect world premiered at the Chandler International Film Festival and went on to screen at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, the Sydney Science Film Festival,...
The sci-fi metaphysical thriller follows a group of friends on a spiritual obstacle course hoping to improve their lives, but they don’t know they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities, eager to take over their bodies.
Bloody Disgusting has a trippy exclusive clip from the film that also stars Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, Corey Brooks, Eric Scott Woods, Dash Katz, Maya Knell, Ryan Jack Connell, and Joe Filippone.
Kippel produced under her Crazy Carrot Films shingle, alongside Zac Coats, Ryan Jack Connell, Brian Duss, Grace Patterson, Loan Thach, and Rhiannon Moller-Trotter. Michael DeLano of Cotu Media served as executive producer.
Reflect world premiered at the Chandler International Film Festival and went on to screen at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, the Sydney Science Film Festival,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Nathaniel Burns, Dana Kippel, Daniel Link, Cameron Kotecki, Eva Hamilton | Written and Directed by Robert Conway
Werewolf bikers, one might think they would be fairly common in movies, but apart from Hellhounds I can only think of a couple. There’s 1971’s Werewolves on Wheels, which has more to do with Satanists than lycanthropes and more recently High Moon, where a gang of old west werewolves find themselves in the present and saddle up on more modern iron horses. There’s also Bikers vs Werewolves being promised for later this year, but that’s it.
Hellhounds gets off to a start, or should I say starts, that are all over the place. We’re introduced to three separate sets of characters with no clue as to what the connection is. A woman chased down and abducted somewhere in the desert. A member of the Hellhounds biker gang tracked down by a bounty hunter,...
Werewolf bikers, one might think they would be fairly common in movies, but apart from Hellhounds I can only think of a couple. There’s 1971’s Werewolves on Wheels, which has more to do with Satanists than lycanthropes and more recently High Moon, where a gang of old west werewolves find themselves in the present and saddle up on more modern iron horses. There’s also Bikers vs Werewolves being promised for later this year, but that’s it.
Hellhounds gets off to a start, or should I say starts, that are all over the place. We’re introduced to three separate sets of characters with no clue as to what the connection is. A woman chased down and abducted somewhere in the desert. A member of the Hellhounds biker gang tracked down by a bounty hunter,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Indie film distributor Good Deed Entertainment has today announced the launch of their new production division, to be led by Head of Production and Development Phil Garrett.
Related Story Village Roadshow Entertainment Bolsters Ranks With Three New Executive Appointments Related Story Good Deed Entertainment Boards Dana Kippel & Ryan Jack Connell's Psychological Thriller 'The Pink House' Related Story Good Deed Entertainment Acquires 'Always, Lola', Campsite Drama From Jeffrey Crane Graham & 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Producer Laura Palmer
Garrett will report to Good Deed’s Executive Vice President of Production and Distribution, Andy Myers, who tells Deadline that the company’s new hire “has an incredible passion for the breed of indie cinema that fuels Gde: the offbeat, the breathtaking, the movies that stick with you. His skill, experience, and vision are the perfect fit to lead our new production slate.”
Good Deed’s production arm will...
Related Story Village Roadshow Entertainment Bolsters Ranks With Three New Executive Appointments Related Story Good Deed Entertainment Boards Dana Kippel & Ryan Jack Connell's Psychological Thriller 'The Pink House' Related Story Good Deed Entertainment Acquires 'Always, Lola', Campsite Drama From Jeffrey Crane Graham & 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Producer Laura Palmer
Garrett will report to Good Deed’s Executive Vice President of Production and Distribution, Andy Myers, who tells Deadline that the company’s new hire “has an incredible passion for the breed of indie cinema that fuels Gde: the offbeat, the breathtaking, the movies that stick with you. His skill, experience, and vision are the perfect fit to lead our new production slate.”
Good Deed’s production arm will...
- 3/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ohio-based indie studio Good Deed Entertainment is teaming up with genre filmmaking team Dana Kippel and Ryan Jack Connell on their upcoming psychological thriller The Pink House, writes Deadline.
Kippel and Ryan Jack Connell both star in and direct the film from their own script.
“Connell plays an introverted, mysterious young man on the run from the law who sets down in a small town that appears to be inhabited only by women.
“He rents a guest house from two peculiar but charismatic women, played by Patterson and Kippel, who live in a building known as ‘The Pink House’.
“As he attempts to move on with his life, these two women begin to pervade his personal space, both physically and psychologically.
“When strange and horrific things start to happen, the young man does research on the women and the house, leading him to a terrifying discovery.”
Kippel and Connell will...
Kippel and Ryan Jack Connell both star in and direct the film from their own script.
“Connell plays an introverted, mysterious young man on the run from the law who sets down in a small town that appears to be inhabited only by women.
“He rents a guest house from two peculiar but charismatic women, played by Patterson and Kippel, who live in a building known as ‘The Pink House’.
“As he attempts to move on with his life, these two women begin to pervade his personal space, both physically and psychologically.
“When strange and horrific things start to happen, the young man does research on the women and the house, leading him to a terrifying discovery.”
Kippel and Connell will...
- 3/3/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Ohio-based indie studio Good Deed Entertainment is teaming up with genre filmmaking team Dana Kippel and Ryan Jack Connell on their upcoming psychological thriller The Pink House.
Kippel and Ryan Jack Connell will star in and direct the film from their own script.
Kippel and Connell will produce under the banner of their Crazy Carrot Films company alongside Philip R. Garrett and Andrew James Myers at Good Deed Entertainment.
Grace Patterson also stars and produces.
Connell plays an introverted, mysterious young man on the run from the law who sets down in a small town that appears to be inhabited only by women.
He rents a guest house from two peculiar but charismatic women, played by Patterson and Kippel, who live in a building known as The Pink House.
As he attempts to move on with his life,...
Kippel and Ryan Jack Connell will star in and direct the film from their own script.
Kippel and Connell will produce under the banner of their Crazy Carrot Films company alongside Philip R. Garrett and Andrew James Myers at Good Deed Entertainment.
Grace Patterson also stars and produces.
Connell plays an introverted, mysterious young man on the run from the law who sets down in a small town that appears to be inhabited only by women.
He rents a guest house from two peculiar but charismatic women, played by Patterson and Kippel, who live in a building known as The Pink House.
As he attempts to move on with his life,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Production has wrapped on metaphysical sci-fi thriller Reflect in the deserts of Arizona and California, and we have exclusive stills just for Daily Dead readers! Dana Kippel stars and directed the film from a script she wrote, which deals with a five friends taking part in mysterious spiritual obstacle course:
"Summer (Kippel), unhappy with her boyfriend (Brooks), receives a mysterious email inviting her out to a spiritual obstacle course. Summer gathers her four friends, each battling a dilemma of their own, to drive to the Sedona Desert, where they are promised this "vortex" will improve their lives. They embark on these courses with the help of their uncanny guide Hermes (Filippone), who leads them into a series of unusual practices. Little do they know they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities, eager to take over their bodies."
Reflect stars Dana Kippel, Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams,...
"Summer (Kippel), unhappy with her boyfriend (Brooks), receives a mysterious email inviting her out to a spiritual obstacle course. Summer gathers her four friends, each battling a dilemma of their own, to drive to the Sedona Desert, where they are promised this "vortex" will improve their lives. They embark on these courses with the help of their uncanny guide Hermes (Filippone), who leads them into a series of unusual practices. Little do they know they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities, eager to take over their bodies."
Reflect stars Dana Kippel, Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams,...
- 2/3/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Dana Kippel will star and direct sci-fi thriller Reflect, a film she also wrote. Kippel will produce through Crazy Carrot Films. Michael DeLano of Cotu Media will serve as executive producer.
Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, Corey Brooks, Eric Scott Woods, Dash Katz, Maya Knell, Ryan Jack Connell, and Joe Filippone are also a part of the cast.
The story follows Summer (Kippel), unhappy with her boyfriend (Brooks), receives a mysterious email inviting her out to a spiritual obstacle course. Summer gathers her four friends, each battling a dilemma of their own, to drive to the Sedona Desert, where they are promised this “vortex” will improve their lives. They embark on these courses with the help of their uncanny guide Hermes (Filippone), who leads them into a series of unusual practices. Little do they know they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities,...
Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, Corey Brooks, Eric Scott Woods, Dash Katz, Maya Knell, Ryan Jack Connell, and Joe Filippone are also a part of the cast.
The story follows Summer (Kippel), unhappy with her boyfriend (Brooks), receives a mysterious email inviting her out to a spiritual obstacle course. Summer gathers her four friends, each battling a dilemma of their own, to drive to the Sedona Desert, where they are promised this “vortex” will improve their lives. They embark on these courses with the help of their uncanny guide Hermes (Filippone), who leads them into a series of unusual practices. Little do they know they are being monitored by mysterious hooded entities,...
- 11/9/2021
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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