The Legend of Beaver Dam

The Legend of Beaver Dam is a Canadian musical comedy horror short film, directed by Jerome Sable and released in 2010.[1] The film stars L. J. Benet as Danny Zigwitz, a nerdy young boy at summer camp who is called on to save his friends when the camp counsellor's (Seán Cullen) campfire song about a monster named Stumpy Sam awakens the eponymous bloodthirsty beast (Rick Miller).[2]

The Legend of Beaver Dam
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Directed byJerome Sable
Written byJerome Sable
Eli Batalion
Produced byEli Batalion
Jerome Sable
Michael R. Blaha
StarringL. J. Benet
Seán Cullen
Rick Miller
CinematographyMatt Egan
Edited byNicholas Musurca
Music byEli Batalion
Jerome Sable
Distributed byOuat Media
Release date
  • September 9, 2010 (2010-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.[4] It was subsequently screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival,[1] where it received an honorable mention in the short films category.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b David Burger, "Sundance short 'The Legend of Beaver Dam' scaring up buzz". The Salt Lake Tribune, January 28, 2011.
  2. ^ Evan Dickson, "‘The Legend Of Beaver Dam’ Looks Bloody And Awesome And Is Now Available!". Bloody Disgusting, January 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Jason Anderson, "Burton Cummings attacked!: . . . and other inspired TIFF shorts". Toronto Star, September 2, 2011.
  4. ^ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now, December 15, 2010.
  5. ^ Peter Sciretta, "2011 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners". SlashFilm, January 30, 2011.
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