“KillJoy” By Ian Fisher

Mar 24

When Joy is granted a restraining order from Simon, her friends pressure her to throw a party and celebrate her freedom. But as the party intensifies, her friends start acting strangely and Joy becomes convinced that Simon has found her - causing the night, and her psyche, to spiral out of control.

Directors statement

When asked how he achieved his illusions, Harry Houdini said, “What the eyes see, and the ears hear, the mind believes”. Filmmaking gives us the same ability as Houdini - the ability to create illusions. The ability to convince an audience of whatever reality we create.

This ability, in and of itself, is amazing. But when you are able to pull the rug out from under that illusion and reveal a hidden truth - that is mind blowing. And then, for the audience to realize that they were given all the clues they needed to see through the illusion - that’s true magic… That is the power of a twist.

A good twist is hard to pull off, but when a good twist lands and an audience is left shocked, asking questions, wanting more - that is something special. That’s what I hoped to achieve with KILLJOY.