Synopsis
How do you read a play that makes you go insane? In this modern adaptation of the 1895 short stories by Robert W. Chambers, three grad students come up with a plan to split the dangerous work into thirds to safely perform research on the notorious play, The King in Yellow. But events take a sinister turn when one of them reads more than just his share.
Meet the Filmmaker
Meet the Filmmaker
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Sam
Shapson
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Sam Shapson is a writer, director, producer focused on character-driven stories that explore cerebral and unsettling themes and is currently enrolled in USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program....Read more
Sam Shapson is a writer, director, producer focused on character-driven stories that explore cerebral and unsettling themes and is currently enrolled in USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program.
Before returning for grad school, Sam was a DGA 1st & 2nd Assistant Director on features, commercials, and music videos. His projects as AD have premiered at Sundance, Tribeca, & SXSW, and includes Hulu Originals CONTROL FREAK (2025) and CLOCK (2023).
His short films have played internationally at Austin, Fantasia, San Jose, DeadCENTER, FilmQuest, Ojai, BendFilm, as well as featured on Short of the Week and Omeleto. In 2015, his short film REFUGE was acknowledged as the world's first narrative film lit exclusively by natural moonlight in articles by Gizmodo, Indiewire, Vice, Nerdist, & No Film School. Read less
