After the death of her grandmother, 22-year-old Bailey Wallace is haunted by a ghost that lurks in her house. As she pieces together the tragic history of her home, she has no choice but to face the ghost head-on, and come to terms with the truth about a past she barely remembers.
Film-making is my life. It's the only thing I've ever really had a passion for, and I have felt the desire to create cinematic projects since I was eight years old. My childhood was spent watching any horror film I could get my hands on, and by the time I was ten years old, I had seen numerous horror classics and was already a complete genre fanatic. My grandfather owned and operated a movie theater in the small town of Sulligent, AL. for many years before I was born so I often wonder if my love for film was passed down from him. My earliest memories are not only of watching classics like Halloween, Carrie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Shining, but also of having a deep desire to create my own versions of those films.
This project is something I feel I have been working toward my entire life. I have always wanted to make a genre film and Unfinished Business is my first venture into accomplishing that goal. It is inspired by all of the previous films I mentioned but is actually nothing like them. It is my own take at creating something magical, something that hopefully will one day be recognized as a classic among the genre. There truly is something magical about a great genre film and the experience they create, and having experienced this as a fan, I want to give back by doing my best to create a memorable work of my own.
When I was 12, I went to see The Blair Witch Project on opening weekend. I can recall the trip very vividly. My mom and I were both very excited about the film and had been eating up all the marketing surrounding it. I can still remember the energy in the theater from that night. As we took our seats, we encountered a woman who was preparing for her second viewing of the film, and she told us that it was the scariest film that she had seen since the original Texas Chainsaw massacre. Even as a kid, I knew how big of a statement that was. It has long been a dream of mine to one day create a horror film that would inspire the same time of reaction from audiences, and with your help, I believe I can make that film with Unfinished Business!
I have been training my whole life for this project. Now is the time for Unfinished Business.
Digitally scanned version of the "Production Bible" notebook kept by me during pre-production, production, and post production. One of a kind handwriting guaranteed!! Plus a Twitter or Facebook shout-out! Production Bible available after shooting and post are complete. Online shout-out is a click away.
Password protected online screener links to my other feature films: Anathema Arienette, The Nobodies, and The Lonely. See them before anyone else! Plus the "Production Bible" and online shout-out. Note: screeners may not be final release versions and could be festival screener versions meaning you get them earlier than estd. delivery date. Anathema & The Nobodies could arrive in your inbox way quicker.
THE NOBODIES ON VHS - Just for my friends Jason OD and Jeffrey Parker, and anyone else that wants to check out our shot on VHS horror film, on an actual VHS tape! Stars Lane Hughes from You're Next. Trailer to be released as part of this campaign.
We’re thrilled to offer this bundle of Bizarro-Horror ebooks from Bizarro Pulp Press as an incentive. The bundle includes Amazon Kindle editions of: Gravity Comics Massacre by Vincenzo Bilof, Japanese Werewolf Apocalypse by Vincenzo Bilof, Nightmare of the Dead by Vincenzo Bilof, Moosejaw Frontier by Chris Kelso, Skinners by Adam Millard, The After-Life Story of Pork Knuckles Malone by M.P. Johnson, Cannibal Fat Camp by David Hayes, and The Fairy Princess of Trains by Christopher Boyle.
The Ultimate Digital: Digital Downloads of final release versions of Anathema Arienette, The Nobodies, The Lonely, and UNFINISHED BUSINESS. Plus the digital "Production Bible" and online Shout-Out.
Get a copy of Unfinished Business on DVD. Special crowd-funder edition for our supporters only. Will have it's own custom artwork and as many bonus features (aimed at our contributors) as possible.
Jim Wynorski graciously donated two SIGNED limited-edition NOT OF THIS EARTH soundtrack LP's (scored by the amazing Chuck Cirino) toward our campaign! Own a piece of horror history from the director of CHOPPING MALL and countless other titles, and support our campaign at the same time. Limited to TWO signed copies!
THE JAY BURLESON COLLECTION. My three feature films: Anathema Arienette, The Nobodies, and The Lonely in a 3-case DVD set with one-of-a-kind artwork designed to tie all three films together in one nifty package. Each film will include as many bonus features as I can possibly fit on the discs. Signed by various cast and crew (by request) and numbered with 1 35mm film still taken from the set of each individual production. Also includes digital "Production Bible", Shout-Out, Online Screener Links, Ultimate Digital.
FEATURE YOUR ARTWORK OR MOVIES in UNFINISHED BUSINESS. You will get the other perks plus we will feature your artwork or your movie in our film. Artwork will be placed in the bedroom of a character and your movie will be in a small stack of DVDs spread out on a counter or table, etc.
JAY BURLESON COLLECTION + UNFINISHED BUSINESS COLLECTOR DVD. All FOUR films: Anathema Arienette, The Nobodies, The Lonely, and Unfinished Business in one collection. Will also include "making-of" behind the scenes of Unfinished Business and filmmaker commentary track for Unfinished Business. Commentary will be only for our backers and not official release version of commentary. AKA, the non politically correct ramblings of me and my friends with special guest Aberdeen the Cat. Also includes digital "Production Bible" as well as Shout-Out and Online Screeners, Ultimate Digital.
JAY BURLESON COLLECTION + UNFINISHED BUSINESS COLLECTOR BLU-RAY SET.
Same as the DVD set perk but on BLU-RAY for even better quality. You can even enjoy the shot-on-video glory of The Nobodies on blu-ray because....VHS looks amazing on blu-ray? Okay it doesn't but it looks amazing none-the-less because VHS is awesome. Also includes digital "Production Bible" as well as Shout-Out and Online Screeners, Ultimate Digital.
Associate Producer Credit: You'll get an Associate Producer Credit in credits of Unfinished Business + on IMDB (as early as October/early Nov this year for the IMDB credit) for this contribution amount. Also includes digital "Production Bible" as well as Shout-Out and Online Screeners, Ultimate Digital.
PRODUCER: You'll get a Producer credit in credits of Unfinished Business + on IMDB (as early as October/Nov this year for IMDB credit) at this perk level. Also includes digital "Production Bible" as well as Shout-Out and Online Screeners, Ultimate Digital.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ALL ACCESS (AKA SO MUCH OF ME IT'LL MAKE YOU SICK): Same as other producer credits only this time you get the name of an EXECUTIVE. Because that's as good as it gets, right? IMDB version available as soon as IMDB page is launched and the campaign ends and we hit our goal, obviously. So, Oct/Nov 2015! PLUS: Your choice of either the DVD collection set or the Blu-Ray collection set (including Unfinished Business) AND you can name a character in the film. Naming a character is limited to 1 name per person and 3 names total. Also limited to first name only in most cases.
All access includes personal emails between you and I about the process of the film that no one else will get. Sometimes I like to email close friends during shooting to let them know how things are going (and to vent when things are breaking, especially my bones or my heart...) but this time I'll send these emails to you along with photos I take from the set that no one else gets to see. I'll also take a collection of on set Polaroid pictures (real stills mailed to you) for your eyes only. It'll be like we're dating online. I know this is a big perk for you after watching me in action in that campaign video so please, sign right up! Or we can just be pen pals if you weren't that impressed or your heart is already taken! I'll also send you pictures of my cat, Aberdeen! Is this starting to sound silly? Well, it is. Because I always scoff at perks this high for campaigns. Yeah, sure, it'd be great if someone put in this much money (OR MORE, hint hint hint...), but to me, $500 is A LOT of money for someone to sign over on the internet. And I think at this point you're basically being such an awesome person that you're just doing it because you're awesome. So maybe emails from me aren't worth that much and my cat isn't that photogenic, but I'm trying to lighten the mood, okay? Things can't always be about ghosts and horror. Oh, I might even record my intermost thoughts on set like Agent Dale Cooper did for the lovely Diane on TWIN PEAKS!
Delivery is obviously different for this perk. It's like the gift that never stops giving! Until the movie is done and delivered that is. Unless you just can't get enough of me and my cat. At that point I guess we're pals for life.
This is your chance to be our Quentin Tarantino! Well, at least in the sense of having your name in front of our film. If you've ever seen a credit such as, "Quentin Tarantino (or some other name) Presents", then you'll know what we're talking about.
This is your chance to have your name, or company name, in front of our film. We'll put it on all the posters we make, and it'll be in the OPENING and CLOSING credits of the film as well.
You'll also get a producer credit of your choosing (EP, Prod, Associate) as well as the other listed perks that you would like to claim, such as the production bible, DVD or Blu Ray collector set, etc.
Seeing is believing, and a talented director of photography is a must. Our DP comes with a camera!
We have our leading lady but we need to secure her for the project.
A key first AD is pivotal to our success.
Back-up space for our RED footage because you know we're going to need it.
Seeing is believing but hearing the RIGHT way tells you its a movie.
A tough job for the toughest person I know.
Another important member of our skeleton crew.
The quicker we get out good looking promo art the better!
For the basement and garage I want we are going to have to "take care" of the home-owners.
Looking to cast a few parts outside our network. This is one of them.
I know the best dolly grip in this state. He'd do anything for me, but I need him more than usual.
When it's in the can we need to get it out to the best festivals. This allows us to do so.
When it gets bloody....it gets bloody.
We have the gear and need the operator. Limited but important use.
I won't eat much but I'd like to feed the crew as many ramen noodles as they can handle..
Jay Burleson is an independent filmmaker currently living in North Alabama. He has been described as the most prolific filmmaker in the state of Alabama by Sidewalk Film Festival programmer Rachel Morgan, and his faux trailer for a lost installment of the Halloween movie franchise has screened in front of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and won the "Best Fake Trailer" award at the 2014 LOST Episode Fest in Toronto. His first feature film, the VHS inspired horror/comedy Feast of the Vampires, won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at an Athens, AL. film festival in 2009. Anathema Arienette, one of three feature films Burleson is currently adding finishing touches to, is set to premiere at the 17th annual Sidewalk Film Festival in August of 2015.
Ryan Sims is a veteran filmmaker with years of experience in all aspects of the craft. Whenever Ryan would call anyone remotely involved with film and video productions, they would seem to hear over the phone that his name was Ryan Films. The F and S sound just alike across the limited audio bandwidth of phones. So hence, Ryan started calling his production company RyanFilms. Ryan is an electrical engineer and lives in north Alabama. He travels around the world doing freelance work on all sorts of audio, video and control systems for theme parks and museums. When not programming, Ryan is writing, producing, filming and editing feature length or short films.
Jamie Grefe is a writer dilating the realms of the bizarre, the darkly comedic, the surreal, the horrific, and the cinematic. His first book, The Mondo Vixen Massacre, was published in 2013 by Eraserhead Press. It has been described by author Stephen Graham Jones as, “…the beating heart of the action movie always playing in the back of all our reptile brains.” Grefe is also responsible for the novelization of Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington's Adult Swim web-series DECKER: CLASSIFIED, published in 2015 by Heidecker Publishing. His work appears in such venues as Birkensnake, The Bacon Review, New Dead Families, elimae, Prick of the Spindle, Sein und Werden as well as Bizarro Central. His latest book, Domo ArigaDIE!!! is available through Rooster Republic Press. Grefe is a graduate student in the New England College Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program and currently lives in northern New Mexico. His website is: http://jamiegrefe.com or follow him on Twitter @ShreddedMaps.
including You're Next, The Nobodies, 24 Exposures, A Horrible Way To Die and Pop Skull.
His compositions explore the intersection of the sublimely spiritual, the supernatural and the horrific.
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