A Fistful of Molars is a short genre film starring Darby Butcher, Eleni Nico, Stephanie Herrera, and Steve Kasan. It was written, directed, shot and cut by Ryan Couldrey.
Festival screenings: Blood in the Snow, Horror on Sea, Little Terrors; Toronto Indie Horror Fest; National Screen Institute; PDXtreme; LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest; What The Fest; Terror on the Plains; Upstate NY Horror Fest; LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest.
Above and below are poster images, ungraded stills, and outtakes taken from the three days of filming on location in Whitby and Toronto, Ontario.
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Left to right: Darby Butcher as young Sarah, Eleni Nico as older Sarah, Stephanie Herrera as Catherine, and Steve Kasan as a guy who's had better days
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Leading lady Darby Butcher at her lemonade stand. Sister Imogen was on 2nd AC/slate duty for days 1 and 2 of filming
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Darby's getting up to something (as was Imogen with the slate... how many cameras do we need, Immie?)
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The director is great with kids (Darby was a natural and knew how to get what she wanted, in this case, cookies!)