Frontier - sci-fi short film

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A short sci-fi film about a journalist investigating a secretive new government facility deep in the Maine woods. She meets a local conspiracy nut who is convinced the facility is a front for a sinister plot. The journalist assumes he's a kook until some compelling evidence begins to surface.
Written & Directed by Stephen Parkhurst
Producers: Vasilios Sfinarolakis, Stephen Parkhurst, Jack Parkhurst & Lynne Swadel
Director of Photography: Vasilios Sfinarolakis
Associate Producers: Emily Davignon, Anthony Profenno
Starring: Paige Betts, Rick Dalton, Matthew Nichols, Debra Susi & Creed Garnick
Musical Score: Jared Dymbort
Re-recording Mixer: Jacob Camitta
Colorist: Giovanni DiGiorgio
Visual Effects: Dave Conte
Editor: Herschel Bates
#ShortFilm #SciFi #Indie

[@williebeamish5879]

The realm of possibilities here is endless. Having had a few experiences in 2019 living in a fairly remote rural area, I'm pretty sure our military is up to some hinky things and playing with it's citizens. Thanks for the great story, enjoyed.

[@joeyj6808]

And people wonder why I have bookcases of short story anthologies! Nothing like a well-executed short!

[@mmfmmf332]

It was just getting good at the point where it ended. Please continue this story!

[@petergianarakos7688]

how about not just continue but finish the damn thing. Not nearly enuff build up to justify an no ending ending.l Enjoyed it but it did not understand it. A story must have 3 basic elements....a beginning, a middle and an end. Not just a fooking light. there's so much potential here but if you quit now and leave it where you left it you haven;t completed ur mission as a story teller.

[@fredwatkins5017]

I totally agree. There wasn't enough... You get more information from the description that suggests there should have been more...

[@fuffoon]

Talking about coitus interruptus...

[@josephcontreras8930]

Yes please continue..its better than over air programming. Even better than the outer limits shows.

[@Han-rw9ev]

Man, really wish we could have seen more.

[@kalvinflowers5878]

It is so hard to believe how incredibly good the shorts are getting.

[@asthouart]

The first few comments that I read wanted the story to continue. The comment writers wanted "more" ... some kind of conclusion or rounding off I guess. I think that it ended at the perfect point. I enjoyed this. I was gripped from the start. Many thanks. Long live #indie and #shorts #ShortFilms and #SciFi with a bit of thought behind it.

[@EndingTimes0]

God dammit I hate when they end when theyre just getting good.

[@victorvonzell360]

Ya i know so who the fuck was the guy at the door and five years later his buddy is raiding his fridge right i think i would shot my buddy also if his eyes was glowing but double tap his ass.

[@GigaPlaya]

@Jonquil I suppose we'd better tell him about the movie "Men in Black". Also Men in Black 2 and Men in Black 3.

[@tundralou]

Ready for Part 2!!!!!!!! This is a winner for excitement.

[@armandoguzman8103]

I hate when this happens. I get sucked into watching a video, the video ends up being better than I would have ever imagined, I forget it is just a "SHORT", and it ends..... I hope you did a part 2 cause i'm about to start looking for it. Great Job.

[@Vampirebear13]

Paige , the actress in this is very appealing, in a normal "girl next door" kind of way. I hope you get to remake this into a longer version.

[@woodstoney]

Alright! You folks really need to proceed with this one. Great storyline, plot, and characters...what's not to like! Make it happen!!

[@GySgtRay]

WHAT??!!? Back up the bus folks...........they did NOT just leave it there eh? There's gotta be more to this.........a cyber series is in the making with this one video!! Well done, fabulous acting, great story line! There's gotta be a part 2!! Ugh..........I just noticed this was 2015.....here it is 5 years later! This is torture! HAHAHA!! I really enjoyed the video! Thanks for posting!!

[@kathrynstewart-mcdonald]

Can Opener Studio Shorts Richie's rhetoric is spot on, Stephen Parkhurst, the writer and Producer has an ear and does great dialouge. In all of the years as a journalist, I never had a story like this.

[@andrewhancock2451]

This film short was too short. Love the small town feeling that is exuded. And Corey Hart at the end? Nice touch. I mean, it's not like seeing Elvis's face on a piece of toast, but classier.

[@danielhanawalt4998]

Could we, or most of us, handle it if we knew everything the government does? Maybe, maybe not. Good film. Would like to see what happens next.

[@tharealmikezee3165]

It's true; the trees do provide cover. Nazis hid a lot of stuff deep in the woods. Like a train full of sum...writing paper or other wartime commodities

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Please tell me there's more to this story. Like Maynard said, "it was just getting good at the point where it ended." Thumbs up.

[@IgorOcash]

better than average sci-fi short with a fascinating cliff-hanger (cause the team couldn't think of a good ending....). Would rate an A maybe an A+ if not for that hideous "guy with lights for eyes" a minute before the end, which knocked it back to B-

[@billyandrew]

No follow up, series or feature length in six years? I guess you set too high a standard to maintain, sadly. This was excellent and I'm stingy in handing out praise, but your's is well deserved. Kudos to all involved.

[@detrajackson5992]

Awwww man!!!! That was GREAT!! I am seeing this 6 years later so my guess is there isn't a part 2...😔

[@johnathancorgan3994]

Well made all around and held me in suspense until the end, forgetting that it was actually a film short. The lead was very well acted, the local resident less so. Still, it would be nice to see a continuation of this story line some day.

[@petergianarakos7688]

Jonquil: Got it. I missed the beard tying him as the missing friend. So focused on the eyes I missed the obvious. Thanks for replying. This flic deserves a series. However, as humans, we always seem to shoot first. I recall the argument over Carl Sagan putting the golden record on Voyager 1 or 2 because it gave our location to anyone who may find it. This is true and ultimately he won and the record is on a journey that will last longer than the earth itself. At it's current speed it should take about 70,000 years just to get to Proxima Centauri. Think anyone will intercept it and drop in for a visit?

[@GigaPlaya]

They made a Star Trek movie about it.

[@seanz6397]

Enjoyed it. Would be great as a series...so much possibility.

[@JoeKersey]

Not a fan of these types of alien things, but this is excellently done, especially the photography. Go Vasilios.

[@MichaelVachon-us4ie]

I thought " don't open the Door " best ending ever. Now to get some Vittles ......

[@bokulporibarkatha3728]

Unbelievably awesome. Very much interested to watch continues

[@Jillysmom63]

I loved it, man this would make a good series!

[@jamesbonde4470]

Good premise. Tech has taken us into some dark and dangerous territory. Even Elon Musk is concerned about drones and AI.

[@guildpilotone]

Very nicely done. Paige Lindsay Betts did a great job!

[@allienoneya4257]

This could be one heck of a popular series. Very well done for being a short. Just needs tweeked and condensed a little more with the message being stated and not run a round the bush lead up to it.

[@MichaelVachon-us4ie]

Bravo !!

[@dwaneyocum1718]

I love this woman.

[@galleste]

Thus is a good story. Good plot and direction. Keep it going as it just started to get good

[@suaveray]

This is really great. I was wanting more when it ended. Should be a feature length film or a series. This really felt like episode one of a really good series. I think I'd be hooked right from the start. Great job by everyone involved.

[@shanemiller6982]

Yup , it was kinda disappointing.

[@buildyourowntone]

Darn, I was just getting into this. Nice work, good luck with future features.

[@timkies3997]

Not only was this a great short film, but the acting was actually above some I have seen. Very nicely done, by the rest of the production team, also.

[@JameyAston]

What the hell???? That was great and then...that????? Make a part two. That wasn't even like a lot of other Dust shorts where they try to be ambiguous and deep and stuff by leaving the ending completely vague. That was simply unfinished. Seriously, decent acting, good music, cool story and then...nothing??? FINISH IT!!! LOL. Seriously, make the second half. I'll watch it.

[@itzfedora_yt4577]

Fantastic!!

[@hilaryc3203]

Great actors and story. A real shame it ended when it did; argh. It was getting kind of scary.

[@Petraglyph777]

great beginning to a full length, or a series.

[@spiritangel1367]

Ah c'mon now. Don't leave me hang'n. There's got to be more to this. If anyone knows, please let me know. I want to watch more/the rest..!!

[@Saunders7]

Another story with no end.

[@micahkenneth8612]

I think the fish got more action than I did....hahahahaa whhhaaatt!??

[@brianhoward9217]

GREAT short film. Lead actress is beautiful and talented, resolute. BUT WHY stop it there, just as it gets REALLY interesting?!! I was crest-fallen when the titles came up . . . where's part 2? No resolution leaves me so cold! Thank you for a very enjoyable 15 mins but should have been longer and resolved. Cheers from Australia.

[@davidwalker6516]

Hes wearing the hat thats on the squid billies cartoon LOL

[@DocBree13]

DAVID WALKER yeah - I caught that, too - lol

[@ICSAMMAN]

Very well made and a great short story.

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Fantastic

[@DougBittinger]

Nice teaser. Hope you do more with the story.

[@MaturePatriot]

Very, very, good!

[@miketurner8624]

Really well done. But need more!!!!!!

[@rickyboyfloyd]

Gets better and better.

[@samsmusichub]

I'm glad it didn't turn into a hallmark movie lol... "city girl reporter gets stuck in a small town and falls in love with a farmer."

[@earitfx]

Noooooo!. I hope there's more in the works. Been a long time since I've seen someone look at the camera.

[@markbigelow2608]

Excellent!

[@joebeastyg5686]

4+ YEARS OLD -> NEEDS MORE VIEWS!

[@NicleT]

More!!

[@dannygjk]

These cheaply made short movies by small studios are better than most big studio movies with their multi-million dollar budgets.

[@Bumblebee7558]

Dan Kelly right?! A guy just complained about them being low budget. Duh! That’s one of the great things about these short films.

[@andrewkelly6828]

Okay, since this seems to be a Kelly exclusive reply section, I gotta chime in. I agree! Sometimes I wonder if that's because they're so short though. If folks had to stretch some of these amazing shorts into feature length movies, I wonder if we'd get a lot of filler nonsense that makes them about as bad as most other movies.

[@johnfarrell6282]

Great video but left me hanging

[@TheLunaticsProject]

This is great!

[@davidwilliams9673]

its good well acted. i really liked all of them

[@sixtofigueroa9713]

That was a fuch-in tease of a short...

[@thomascappelli6851]

Excellent.

[@ankoutechnica8211]

Nice! And if the scenario were true, then that would probably be the last anyone ever heard of either of them again. Just an abrupt cut to the credits and end-theme. Def thumbs up!

[@astrazenica7783]

MIB! Cool film

[@IvorPresents]

Ignoring the fact that it is fifteen minutes I jump in, It is paced like a full feature, and I get drawn in. Fifteen minutes are up; Wham Bam. Thinking to myself, could this have been have been brought to a less abrupt conclusion ?

[@coltondrago4363]

is there going to be more of this, this is a great start for a movie.

[@scottb7946]

or a series!

[@shawnkalin9337]

part 2!!!!! Please!!!!

[@84staci]

Nice short film

[@sumerandaccad]

Unfortunately, totally believable!

[@MarkWestscoutingmaniac]

Awesome movie but why the super mysterious end? Is there going to be more? Because it would be awesome if this became a series or several short films!

[@Dee-qr7yb]

probably not...they like to do this to us :(

[@walterfoster7352]

small town here in Oklahoma, you can take a drive in the country, several places have no trespassing signs US government property. Out in the middle of no where.

[@rickhibdon11]

It still amazes me how some people on KZbin, with virtually no budget, can put out films so much better that multi million dollar Hollyweird crap

[@jaspersilence9328]

Holy conspiracy theory pushing, Batman!

[@bendia77]

OK. You hooked me. Good story line. Cut from gunshot to reporter in motel room is too quick.

[@aaronserbone1306]

This was fantastic! Great job!

[@TheMikeygas]

at 5.30,,,,i continuously wonder the very same thing but with everyone, not just the journalists, whenever i mention anything on the contrary of what the mainstream news are saying, then im a nutter, why do the masses feel they need to be controlled by so few?????????

[@kellysavage7073]

this is not a short I have seen the entire movie before, and for low budget it is very good. infact i have the movie twice.

[@woodie62]

I still say _NIGHTSKY_ is better, but this wasn't bad at all!!

[@hitnrunguy9203]

Very good premise. Lead actress was a bit off but not enough to actually ruin it. She looked perfect though. Could make a good series or full movie.

[@glennparker5516]

I enjoyed this film it was mildly suspenseful in a x-files kind of way a little campy all good till the man in black? showed up wardrobe could have found a shirt that fit. Paige is really cute and held her own.

[@gypsyqueen1339]

I want more! Will you sell it to a network and make a series? Show them how many likes and subscribers you have. That should get them going. Looking forward to more episodes.

[@Trump145]

Come on man give us a part 2 part 1 was awesome.

[@waltervt7582]

It would actually be better for people like her stay in the cities where they belong. Her editor has her nail down pat, she’s condescending.

[@curtischildress9580]

Where's Part 2??? ...Really good show.

[@theo11576]

short film.....without ending

[@donkenmuir9504]

I liked this film Too short. Could be a full feature move

[@evek1057]

Smart not to open the door to anyone at night ...

[@markferguson3745]

Pretty good, only the MIB looked more like the director's wax smokin' ,video game master, little brother.

[@dreem1walker]

Is that journalist girl married ... in real life I mean? Like a pretty version of Lady Gaga.

[@jessgatt5441]

Never got to see the facility. Easy enough to make, I guess, but little substance.

[@rljpdx]

maybe their building jaegers? wtf? lol i luv it...

[@robertnielsen2461]

Leaves you wanting more.

[@raphlvlogs271]

That's funny!

[@lizbmusic11]

So what an abrupt end! Part 2 ???

[@tomleadbitter7165]

She's is flipping gorgeous.

[@Cartier_specialist]

That was good but it just ended abruptly.

[@paolomartini150]

Part one of nothing, Thanks.

[@ausbinpippin5411]

Continue this as it was really good until it reached the point of the story ending.

[@ljprep6250]

2015, and no sequel or series in 5 years? Bummer.

[@aaronzander5036]

Fuxking bull there better be a part 2!!!

[@teburt4332]

acting was decent - short films seem to tap a lot of unknown potential -- but the story line has been done several times over. There would have to be a new twist to this to make it riveting.