The biggest problem most independent filmmakers face is funding for their passion projects. Screenwriters and directors can have the greatest ideas and visions for a film, but without enough money required, there is no way to get the film produced.
Millie Loredo knows this firsthand having had to raise the funds to produce and shoot her debut indie horror film Sorrow. The film follows the story of Mila Sweeney, a forensic psychologist who is kidnapped and tortured by two deranged serial killers. However, she manages to escape and exact revenge against her captors. Millie and producer Dillon Bowen took to YouTube to implore horror fans online to donate and then took to finding private investors for the film.
Over the years, indie films have gained popularity, but finding the funds to create these films is still a struggle. Below is a list of films like Sorrow that were produced and filmed on a budget.* Keep reading to find out which classic indie films were created for less than $1 million!
1. El Mariachi (1992) – Robert Rodriguez
Indie film director Robert Rodriguez’s directorial debut is a Spanish-language film about a young mariachi musician who is mistaken for a ruthless criminal nicknamed Azul. The film was shot for only $7,000 and became the first chapter of Rodriguez’s “Mexico Trilogy,” with Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico rounding out the three films.
2. Clerks (1994) – Kevin Smith
The first of Kevin Smith’s View Askew movies was filmed in black and white and follows the complicated life and mishaps of Dante, a clerk at a Quick Stop convenience store. It was filmed for just $27,000.
3. Following (1998) – Christopher Nolan
Before The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan was a novice director, like most of the others on this list. His directorial debut centers on a young man drawn into the criminal underworld of London and was filmed on a $6,000 budget.
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) – Tobe
Hooper
This classic horror film, which introduced the world to the iconic villain Leatherface, follows the story of a group of friends on a road trip attacked by a family of cannibals in Texas. Hooper’s masterpiece was shot for just $300,000.
5. The Blair Witch Project (1999) – Daniel Myrick
This found-footage horror film centers on three student filmmakers who disappear after going hiking in Maryland to film a documentary about a local legend called the Blair Witch. It took only $22,000 to film the movie that pioneered the “found-footage” approach in modern horror films.
6. The Evil Dead – Sam Raimi
Horror film master Sam Raimi’s directorial debut follows the story of a group of friends vacationing at a cabin where they discover an evil Book of the Dead, which awakens murderous demon spirits when read aloud. It was first shot as a short film until the $375,000 it took to the film the full-length feature film version was raised.
7. Primer (2004) – Shane Carruth
This sci-fi film is about an accidental discovery by four engineers of a time-traveling machine, and it was shot on a very modest $7,000 budget.
8. Open Water (2003) – Chris Kentis
Open Water centers on a couple stuck in the middle of the ocean after being accidentally left behind by their scuba diving group. It was based loosely on the true story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan who were left behind by their scuba diving group and presumed to have died at sea in 1998. The film was shot on a $130,000 budget.
9. Swingers (1996) – Doug Liman
This dramedy follows two single, unemployed actors living in Los Angeles during the swing revival of the 90s and launched the careers of both Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. Swingers was filmed on a $250,000 budget.
10. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) – Jared Hess
Jared Hess’ directorial debut is about a socially awkward high school student named Napoleon Dynamite. He lives with his older brother, Kip, and their grandma in Idaho. The film was created on a $400,000 budget and acquired for distribution by Fox Searchlight Pictures at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.
11. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) – Todd Solondz
Welcome to the Dollhouse centers on a 7th-grade outcast in suburban New Jersey and was filmed on twice the budget of Napoleon Dynamite at $800,000.
12. Mad Max – George Miller
Mad Max takes place in a dystopian future in Australia where an energy crisis sparks anarchy. This film was created on a $350,000 budget and did so well at the box office two sequels (Road Warrior and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) soon followed.
As Millie Loredo grew up watching horror films, the villains in the films changed shape and form, but one thing remained the same: they were all terrifying. They each had a motive as well as their own unique method of horror.
When Millie decided to write her own horror film, Sorrow, she had to figure out what kind of villain she wanted to create. The scariest villains are the ones that have nothing to lose, and Millie wanted to create that kind of villain with a twist.
Sorrow follows the story of Mila Sweeney, a forensic psychologist who is kidnapped and tortured by two deranged serial killers. However, she manages to escape and exact revenge against her captors.
Below is a list of the most iconic horror film villains that have haunted and terrorized horror fans for decades. Keep reading to find out which villains have inspired Millie!
1. Leatherface – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Director Tobe Hooper introduced the world to Leatherface in 1974 in his directorial debut, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Leatherface was a member of a cannibalistic family that preyed on passersby.
2. Jason Vorhees – Friday the 13th
Jason Voorhees drowned at Camp Crystal Lake when he was a young boy thanks to a neglectful camp staff. He took his revenge on campers for twelve films, beginning with Friday the 13th in 1980.
3. Michael Myers – Halloween
Thanks to Michael Myers, Jamie Lee Curtis became the “Scream Queen” of the 80s after facing off against the serial killer in the original 1978 Halloween. Michael Myers stabbed his older sister to death when he was six years old, and fifteen years later escaped a psychiatric hospital to satisfy his urge to kill.
4. Ghostface – Scream
Master of Horror Wes Craven directed the original Scream in 1996, which brought to life the Ghostface killer. The scariest thing about Ghostface is that it’s not just one killer but whoever decides to don the mask to exact revenge.
5. Freddy Krueger – A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven also introduced the world to the child murderer named Freddy Krueger who fell victim to vigilante justice and was burned to death. He exacts his revenge through dreams, slashing victims with his claws and making their worst nightmares a reality.
6. Chucky – Child’s Play
Charles Lee Ray, better known as Chucky, is a serial killer who inhabits a doll and subsequently tries to transfer his soul to a human body. He came to life in three Child’s Play films and three Chucky films.
7. Leprechaun – Leprechaun
This Leprechaun is much too obsessed with his gold. When it is stolen from him, he does whatever it takes to get every last piece back. He started terrorizing audiences in 1993 and spawned three more sequels.
8. Pennywise – It
In this miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s It, Pennywise is a clown who terrorizes a group of friends as children and as adults. The scariest thing about Pennywise is that he takes the form of what is most frightening to each one of them.
9. Jigsaw – Saw
Some would argue that Jigsaw is an unlikely hero, appearing to those who are not appreciating their life in order to make them fight to keep it. Anyone who sees Jigsaw is in for an unpleasant surprise.
10. The Creeper – Jeepers Creepers
Victor Salva introduced the world to The Creeper in 2001. He is an ancient creature who hunts every twenty-third spring for 23 days to feed on human body parts and organs which become parts of his own body.
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When you are driving your car on the lonely road, do whatever you want to do but never make mistake to sleep. Your sleep may cost you heavily. Its better if you stay up and otherwise you can not escape from death. Certain things happens in life and it change your whole life. Sorrow the movie is horror story of Mila, who is forensic psychologist, as her car refuse to turn on on the middle of lonely road, she takes refuge at the stranger’s home unaware of the fact that they are serial killers. Never take a woman for grant when time comes she can become fighter for her own right. When needed she never hesitate to trigger a gun also and this is something Mila has done.
The movie is based on a nightmare of director and writer Millie Loredo. After the horror nightmare, she wrote down her dream on a piece of paper and created a short film on the outskirt of Utah before turning it into feature film. The movie is made out of the funds raised on a social networking website. It takes almost four years to turn this dream into reality. From the childhood only Millie was fascinating about the horror movie and want to show her love for the movie through her camera and direction skills.
The movie was released on 25 April, 2015 on the different parts of the United States. Prior to that, premier was screened on various parts of States. The stars of the film includes Vannessa Vasquez plays the role of lead character named Mila Sweeney, Eric Martinez in the role of psychopath serial killer named Dale Rogers, Mary Etuk can be seen in the role of sadistic killer naed Hersey Igor, Melissa Mars is perfect in role of detective Salinas and another detective role is played by Donny Boaz.
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Image 1: Hersey is ready for her next prey
Image 2: Impossible To escape from Hersey
Image 3: Mila is ready for her revenge
The reviews keep rolling in for Sorrow, and this week, Reel Bloody Reviews calls the film a “brave and enthusiastic” effort by writer and director Millie Loredo. Viewers will soon be able to judge for themselves when the film premieres in Houston, Texas this week.
Modern Horrors is another website devoted to the review and exposure of horror films, and reviewer Grey watched screenwriter Millie Loredo’s directorial debut and praised her work.
“As Loredo’s first feature, Sorrow looks fantastic and held my attention throughout,” he said. “I hope to see more from Loredo in the future, hopefully more firmly entrenched in our genre.”
Loredo’s film follows the story of Mila Sweeney, a forensic pathologist who is kidnapped and tortured by two deranged serial killers by the names of Dale Rogers and Hersey Igor. However, she manages to escape and exacts her own personal form of vengeance against her captors.
Reel Bloody Reviews writer Bruce praised Loredo’s directorial debut saying Sorrow is “one of the reasons I love revenge films.” According to Bruce, the film may achieve a horror fan cult following now that it has been released in theaters, on DVD and online.
One thing both reviewers agreed on was that the work of Mary Etuk for her performance as one half of the film’s two serial killers, Hersey Igor, was stellar. Modern Horrors called Etuk’s performance “electric” and “mesmerizing,” and Grey said he wished there had been more of Etuk in the film. Bruce agreed and applauded Etuk’s performance.
Additionally, Grey said the diverse cast with actors and actresses of varying ethnicities helped to give the film a real feel, which is what Loredo was hoping to achieve. “I was going for a truthful approach, to get as close to reality as possible,” she said.
“The vision [Loredo] had for her story shone brightly the entire way through,” Bruce said, adding that he is sure horror film fans will see more of Loredo in the future. Similarly, Grey said the film as a whole, “owing much to the era of grindhouse thrillers of the 70s,” will be a treat for fans of horror films everywhere.
You can read Reel Bloody Reviews’ entire review here, and you can read Modern Horrors’ review here! This week, several more reviews by Honeysuckle Magazine and Haddonfield Horror will be available online.
There are plenty of opportunities to view the film, including in theaters, streaming online and on DVD. After the premiere at River Oaks in Houston, Texas, Loredo will screen the film at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia; the Carolina Crownpoint Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina; and at the Quad Cinema as well as the Anthology Film Archives in New York City.
Click here now to watch the trailer for Sorrow, now screening in select cities! It is also available on DVD through Barnes & Noble and Target online for $14.95 and will be available to stream online through Amazon Instant Video and Google Play next week. Beginning mid-May, the Hulu Network will also be streaming the film online!
Studies show that horror films are predominantly viewed by Latino audiences. There is something about a zombie, vampire or ghost flick that causes Latinos to flock to the movie theaters. It is no surprise then that writer and director Millie Loredo is making her directorial debut with indie horror film Sorrow.
Loredo decided to feature a diverse cast in her film, and Houston-born Latina Vannessa Vasquez takes the lead as Mila Sweeney. As much as Latinos enjoy horror films, though, there aren’t many that feature Latinos in the cast. The following horror films, several of which Loredo studied as she turned her short film into a 90-page screenplay, feature Latinos. Keep reading to find out which horror films feature Latinos!
1.From Dusk Till Dawn
Features: Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo
Robert Rodriguez’s horror-crime thriller features several Latino actors and actresses, including Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin and Danny Trejo, all of Mexican descent. This film follows a pair of thieving brothers, Seth and Richie, as a bank robbery spree leads them to a strip club in Mexico filled with vampires.
2. Planet Terror
Features: Freddy Rodriguez
This sci-fi zombie horror film is also directed by Robert Rodriguez and features Freddy Rodriguez as El Wray. He helps his ex-girlfriend, a go-go dancer named Cherry Darling, through a zombie apocalypse.
3. Land of the Dead
Features: John Leguizamo
This film, written and directed by George A. Romero, is also a zombie film. It features John Leguizamo as Cholo DeMora, an assassin surviving years after a zombie apocalypse.
4. Zombie Hunter
Features: Danny Trejo
This film, directed by Kevin King, also features Danny Trejo. He plays Father Jesus, a priest-like zombie slayer in a post-apocalyptic world infested with “Natas,” or zombies.
5. The Burning Dead
Features: Danny Trejo
This film premiered this year and was directed by Rene Perez. It stars Danny Trejo as a zombie hunter when the eruption of a volcano brings long-dead cannibals back to life.
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One of the problems most independent filmmakers face is finding distribution for their films. Luckily, in this day and age, online streaming services are becoming a new avenue for distribution of television and film. Millie Loredo put together a screening tour in select theaters for her indie horror film Sorrow, but she’ll be able to reach an even wider audience now that Hulu Network will begin streaming Sorrow online mid-May.
Hulu Network is an online streaming service for television shows and films, and it has quite a selection of both. There are many horror films available to stream on Hulu, soon to include Sorrow, and below are the best six horror films on the network right now. Keep reading to find out which horror films you should be streaming online!
1. The Evil Dead (1981)
This Sam Raimi classic has acquired a cult following over the years. The series of horror films centered on the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, an ancient Sumerian book that when read out loud, brings forth deadly spirits that wreak havoc on those who read it. A reboot of the film premiered at SXSW in 2013.
2. The Descent (2005)
This film, directed by Neil Marshall, follows the story of six women who go spelunking an uncharted cave system where they are trapped and hunted by flesh-eating creatures. The film scared horror film fans so much it inspired a sequel.
3. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
This classic, directed by horror film mastermind George A. Romero, follows the story of seven friends trapped in a farmhouse in Pennsylvania overrun by zombies. It is one of the first zombie horror films and has inspired many other films as well as television shows.
4. The House on Haunted Hill (1959)
This film, directed by William Castle, tells the story of an eccentric millionaire and his wife who invite five guests to a “haunted house” party. Whoever stays in the house the whole night wins $10,000, but they have to survive being trapped in the house with ghosts, murderers and other terrors. The film was remade in 1999.
5. Children of the Corn (1984)
This Fritz Kiersch film is based on the Stephen King short story of the same name, which tells of a fictional town in Nebraska where a vicious “spirit” inspires all of the children in the town to murder all the adults and sacrificing any adults passing through the town. Burt and Vicky are a couple of unlucky passers-by. The film was remade in 2009.
6. Dark Mountain (2013)
In March 2011, three filmmakers travel to the Superstition Mountains of Arizona in search of the Lost Dutchman mine. They are never found, but their camera is.
Vannessa Vasquez currently stars as Camila on Hulu Network’s original series “East Los High,” a drama featuring an all Latino cast centered on the lives of teenagers growing up in East Los Angeles. Critics have praised Vasquez’s performance, so much so that she has earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series.
Vasquez also stars in the indie horror film Sorrow as Mila Sweeney, a forensic psychologist who is kidnapped by two deranged serial killers, played by Eric Martinez and Mary Etuk. Mila manages to escape and exacts revenge against her captors.
Vasquez had planned to attend the screening tour for Sorrow with director Millie Loredo and actor Eric Martinez, but she will have to miss a few screenings to attend the Daytime Emmys. Etuk will be attending the screening tour in place of Vasquez.
“We are so proud of her,” said Loredo. “We will be cheering her on from the road!”
“East Los High” has been applauded for being Hulu Network’s first and only series with a cast comprised entirely of Latinos, and it tells of the teenagers’ lives from the point of view of the American Latino. The show tackles the issues of teen drug use, sex and shootings, among many other difficult themes.
Since her debut in the first season of the show, Vasquez has landed the lead in several films, including Sorrow, Misfire and Narca. She said it is her hard work and commitment to character that has gotten her noticed.
“I really work hard at what I do, and I think directors see that and other people start noticing that,” Vasquez said. “When you work with people on set and they see you work, they see how much you dive into character.”
Loredo admires Vasquez’s work and said she couldn’t find anyone more perfect for the role of Mila Sweeney, which required a lot of intensity. In fact, filming became so realistic and extreme for Vasquez she had to take a day off “to reset.”
“East Los High” is currently filming its third season, which will premiere on the Hulu Network this fall. The first two seasons are currently available to stream on Hulu. The series itself has been nominated for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series and Vasquez’s co-star Daniella Vega was also nominated for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series.
The winners will be announced during the 42nd Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony on Sunday, April 26. We wish Vannessa the best of luck!
A filmmaker’s work is never done. Such is the case with writer and director Millie Loredo. Her directorial debut indie horror film Sorrow premieres at River Oaks Theatre in Houston on Tuesday, April 21. The lead-up to the premiere has kept her busy, but not too busy to begin planning her second film.
Millie has always been a horror movie buff, and within the genre of horror lays “supernatural thrillers.” Millie’s second film, tentatively titled In Dreams, follows the story of Stephanie Champion, a young girl who is murdered in Grand Central Terminal. Her spirit lingers and seeks the help of an advertising professional named Stanley to find the people who murdered her.
Every director has a list of actors they dream of working with, and Millie is no different. Below are the four actors she would love to fill the lead roles in her second film. “I would like to work with these actors because they are the ones that best fit the roles,” Loredo said. “A few of my personal favorites are Emile Hirsch and Dean Norris.”
Keep reading to find out what these actors have been up to previously and why Millie would love to work with them!
1.Vannessa Vasquez as Linda Yoman
Vannessa Vasquez currently stars in Hulu Network’s original series “East Los High” as well as Millie’s directorial debut, Sorrow. She has also starred in films like Narca and Misfire. Millie has admired her dedication to the characters she has played and feels she would be a great fit for the role of Linda, the young girl’s mother.
2. Emile Hirsch as Stanley
Emile Hirsch is an Academy Award-nominated actor who has starred in films like Into the Wild, Milk and Prince Avalanche. His aptitude for intense films makes him perfect for the part of Stanley, an advertising professional who is sought out by the young girl to find out who murdered her.
3.Sarah Hyland as Stephanie Champion
Sarah Hyland currently stars in ABC’s “Modern Family” as the high-maintenance eldest sibling of the Dunphy family, Haley, and has starred in independent films like Conception. Millie believes her spunk and tenacity make her a perfect candidate for the role of Stephanie, the young girl who is murdered and tries to find her killers.
4.Dean Norris as Epstein
Dean Norris is most famous for his role as DEA agent Hank Schraeder on AMC’s hit show “Breaking Bad.” He has also starred in films like Little Miss Sunshine and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He is one of Millie’s favorite actors, and she would love to direct him in her second film.
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Run as fast as you can. They are behind you and they will going to catch you. They are the evil breed directly from Hell and they will not spare anyone. Be careful you can die or you can send them to hell, there is no other choice. This spring season is the season of real and incredible terror and scariest story with Sorrow the movie. Get a grip of your seat and be ready for Sorrow movie. When Mila Sweeney a forensic psychologist got caught stuck between these hardcore criminals its even become difficult to imagine scariest and unbearable pain and fear she has to go through.
Mila an innocent become the puppet in the hand of these people and she was treated like animals with the hand and foot chained with iron, beaten wildly, enclosed in a room and all those violence which is even terrible to imagine. In front of her eyes, people getting slayed, crying and begging for life. What will happen next? Will Mila killed by these killers? Will she also beg for her life? Will anybody come to know what happen to Mila?
This is movie is created under the production named FilmsVerite Productions. Movie is directed and created by Millie Loredo. In this movie you will see Vannessa Vasquez playing the role of Mila Sweeney, Mary Etuk a serial killer named Hersey Igor, Eric Martinez can be seen as partner and serial killer of Hersey, Melissa Mars in the role of Salinas, a detective and her detective colleague is Farrell. Farrell is played by model Donny Boaz and Andrew Sensenig in the role of chief of Police.
The movie is premier on April 21 2015 at River Oaks Theater in Houston, Texas and on Amazon Prime. Hulu Network will start streaming in the Mid of May.
Have a glimpse on following
IMAGE 1: MILA WILL NOT SPARE CRIMINALS
IMAGE 2: IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO ESCAPE FROM HERSEY
IMAGE 3: THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
Sorrow is not your typical horror film. There is a predator, and there is prey, but what happens when that prey fights back? Mila Sweeney, the film’s protagonist, is kidnapped and tortured by unhinged serial killers but manages to escape to exact her revenge.
Writer and director Millie Loredo is a horror movie buff, and five classic horror films and thrillers inspired her script. She studied these screenplays and watched the films over and over again to make sure her indie horror film lived up to its predecessors in the genre.
1. The Devil’s Rejects (2005) – Written and directed by Rob Zombie
This film is a sequel to Rob Zombie’s 2003 film House of 1000 Corpses. The film centers on three members of a psychopathic, homicidal family on a killing spree.
2. The House on the Left (1972) – Written and directed by Wes Craven
This film inspired not only the gritty look of Sorrow but also its plot centered on vengeance. Escaped prisoners murder a young girl, and her parents exact revenge.
3. I Spit On Your Grave (2010 remake) – Written by Stuart Morse and directed by Steven R. Monroe
This film is a remake of the controversial 1978 film Day of the Woman. It follows the story of a novelist named Jennifer who is brutally raped by a gang of men and then seeks revenge against her rapists.
4. Natural Born Killers (1994) – Written and directed by Oliver Stone, story by Quentin Tarantino
This film follows the deranged love story of Mickey and Mallory Knox, two survivors of childhood abuse who fall in love and become mass murderers.
5. Reservoir Dogs (1992) – Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
This Tarantino classic is a crime thriller that tells the story of a diamond heist gone wrong, filled with both emotional and physical violence.
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