House of the Unholy is a one-of-a-kind, visionary short film which has won over 65 film festival awards around the world from the end of 2022.The film was created by Los Angeles/Tokyo based creative director, polymath and all-around renaissance man Daniel Merlot .
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The film is a genre bending mix of Sci-Fi, fantasy, live action interweaved with sequences of anime.
It was filmed in the jungles of Thailand with creative partners Oso Jackson and Michael Laburt.
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Drawing influence from Jodorowsky, Tarantino, Kubrick, Japanese Anime, and Hong Kong Horror, House Of The Unholy is a surreal cinematic experience that is both hauntingly beautiful and chillingly bizarre.
The film is a prologue introduction to a planned upcoming full length feature.
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Directed by Daniel Merlot
Starring Emiko Shibamura, Fu Mei, Yulia Shur