Writer: Adam Ransley

Producer: Rogan Brown

Director: Daniel James

Executive Producer: Abi Binning

Mentor Producer: Di Drew

Script Editor: Tristram Baumber

Cinematography: Sam King

Editor/Animations: Benjamin Nelan

Production Design: Jane Howard

Music Composition: Lance Trevino

Stars: Matt Burton, Lisa Gormley, Nathan Spencer, Matthew Stolp

Genre(s): Comedy, Thriller

Release Date: June 2016

Duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds

This project was funded and developed through the Step Up initiative, organised by Wide Angle Tasmania. We are most grateful to them and to the sponsors and donors of the Step-Up initiative.

Outline: 

Bloodgurgler is a dark comedy/thriller which highlights the potential dangers of a life online, particularly when playing games with people whose real-life identities we don’t know.

Computer-based role play games have become a significant part of the lives of many young adults, and Bloodgurgler taps in to the excitement, the thrill, the terror experienced in the game world.

The film explores this “world” through the eyes of Brian, a young office worker. He sneaks time at work to play his favourite game, unaware that his victories and some of his other behaviours have offended his opponents who are out for revenge, and not just in the “game world”. 

In the virtual world, you can run, but you can’t hide!