The Video Store Commercial

A desperate video store owner hires a film crew to shoot a commercial in his shop. But when they accidentally destroy a
cursed VHS, suddenly, all their lives are in danger - and worse yet, the commercial may never get finished.

THE VIDEO STORE COMMERCIAL was filmed on location in Edmonton, Alberta's last video rental shops. The grumpy clerk is played by Kevin Martin, who's also the real life video store's owner.

Official Selection of SXSW Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Fantasia Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of Frightfest UK, 2019
Official Selection of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Saguenay International Short Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Milano Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Interrobang Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Snake Alley Festival of Film, 2019
Official Selection of the Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Florida's Popcorn Frights Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of ISFF ZUBROFFKA, 2019
Official Selection of the Sydney Underground Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Drunken Film Festival Oakland, 2019
Official Selection of the Celluloid Screams Sheffield Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Idaho Horror Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Edmonton Short Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of Spookfest, 2019
Official Selection of Blood in The Snow, 2019
Official Selection of the Shivers Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of Film Maudit 2.0, 2019
Official Selection of the Anomaly - The Rochester Genre Film Festival, 2019
Official Selection of the Phenomena Festival, 2019
Official Selection of SPASM, 2019
Official Selection of the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, 2019

Written by: Tim Rutherford
Directed by: Cody Kennedy and Tim Rutherford

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