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TAGLINE: At Margot's house, it's only the appetizer.                                                                                                    RUN TIME: 18:22

SYNOPSIS: Margot wakes up on her birthday to find that things in her rural home are terrifyingly wrong. For three days she will be manipulated, terrorized, physically and emotionally weakened by her "changed" family just on the other side of her bedroom door.
This short was produced in 2007 and completed in 2008.  This is the first effort from not my mess films.

PRODUCTION DIARIES:  DAY ONE --  DAY TWO --  DAY THREE --  DAYS FOUR & FIVE
*for a plethora of adt'l info (post-production, process, reception) behind this project, click HERE and type in the search box: FRENCH TOAST.

VIDEO
FRENCH TOAST SHORT FILM
FRENCH TOAST TRAILER
FRENCH TOAST TEASER ONE
FRENCH TOAST TEASER TWO

CAST
JOHNELLE STEELE -- ("Margot") -- IMDB
What an incredible experience it was for Johnelle to be on set with the Not My Mess Films crew.  Johnelle was able to reach a wide array of emotions thanks to the direction of Michael Klug.  She's already garnering nice feedback for her debut as "Margot" in the short film  French Toast.  The aspiring model is always game for the next challenge.
BRITTANY STEELE -- ("Brit") -- IMDB
Brittany literally sunk her teeth into her role as zombie sister "Brit" (as evidenced by the promo post card) for her acting debut in French Toast.  As an aspiring poet and model, she was able to pull the different emotions she needed for her "turn" as the older sister.
SERENA VITELLARO - WILTFONG -- ("Mom") -- IMDB
Serena was excited to work with a director as passionate as Michael Klug.  She was able to take her love for all things horror and pour it into her role as the zombified mother.  After having done some big budget extra work in the past, she thoroughly enjoyed her more active involvement on French Toast.
LESTER WILTFONG -- ("Dad" / production asst. / craft services) -- IMDB
After finding some success in the music industry by having his works heard in the FOX sitcoms Wanda At Large and Titus, and also in numerous TV shows in foreign markets, Lester was thrilled to transition from the music genre to another form of entertainment.  Working on  French Toast; in voiceover and on-screen, as well as some technical stuff behind the scenes, proved to be a valuable experience.  Lester continues to feed his creativity by writing for a couple of websites.
JOHNNY STEELE -- ("Johnny" / "slate girl") -- IMDB
Although the on screen time for Johnny was limited to a bloody leg, some voiceover, and portraying a crawling zombie, it was his behind the scenes work as the day 2 "slate girl" that endeared him to Michael and the Not My Mess Films team.
"NEIGHBORS" -- Richard Hayes, Brandy "Lily" Wasion & Laphonso Woods 
CREW
MICHAEL KLUG -- (writer / director / editor / producer / "field zombie 1") --IMDB
click HERE for more information!
CLARE MARTIN -- (director of photography / art director / co-producer / "field zombie 2") -- IMDB
DAVID SCHMIDT -- (assistant director / fight co-ordinator / "neighbor") -- IMDB
David is a many-hat wearing movie-maker whose work includes the festival shorts Grave Invitations and The Lovecraft Syndrome. He also wrote / produced / directed the swashbuckling feature, Sword Of Hearts and the Lovecraftian ghost-story, House of Black Wings.  He was thrilled to work on French Toast with Michael's creative & enthusiastic leadership.  Click HERE for David's website!
ADAM BIAGIANTI -- (sound design / sound mixing) -- IMDB
click HERE for Adam's website!
JEFF DAUBE -- (production asst. / "neighbor") -- IMDB
SHAFEEG KARADSHEH -- (music by) -- IMDB
click HERE for Shafeeg's website!
ELWOOD LEGUILLOU -- (producer) -- IMDB
CHRISTOPHER HYATT -- (special thanks) -- IMDB
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
PRODUCTION STILLS
BEHIND - THE - SCENES STILLS
"FAMILY PHOTO" STILLS
"DREAM MONTAGE" STILLS
TEST STILLS

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  • home
  • screenwriter
    • comedy >
      • a. family portrait
      • he must smell my dog
      • rope-a-dope
      • Say Uncle!
      • tonight I shall lease your soul
    • drama >
      • one last build in Centralia
      • mariposa county
    • monster movies >
      • silver spoon
      • spider eaters
      • trip
      • You Can Never Go Home
    • psychological thriller >
      • clare, this is julia
      • harsh critic
      • my brother the serial killer
      • pactola
    • sci-fi >
      • lindsay's locker
      • structure
      • valet
    • supernatural horror >
      • bear
      • the costume people
      • don't go into the baby's room
      • ESP
      • furnish
      • unrequited love is for the birds
      • you came back
    • Zombie Horror >
      • a great yard
      • A Stench in the Nostrils of God
      • boys
      • christian demons
      • the french toast nine
      • george, frank and liza
      • me & simon baker
      • mom died
      • rest area
      • sid's apple
    • accolades
  • actor
    • sleeping ugly
    • résumé
  • filmmaker
    • chair
    • french toast
    • Immolation
    • ready to go
  • film critic
    • 5 star reviews
    • 4 / 4.5 star reviews
    • 3 / 3.5 star reviews
    • 2 / 2.5 star reviews
    • 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 star reviews
    • classic movie reviews
    • Tom Holland's Terror Time
    • marketing mentions
    • '80s horror ladies
    • '80s horror hunks
  • novelist
    • cheap therapy
    • island hunters
    • scratcher
    • What the House Saw
  • prose
    • the house up the street
    • blogs
    • klassics
    • writings
  • movie nerd
    • zombies >
      • concerns about the living dead
      • the nurse controversy
    • movie love
    • talking shop
    • stew of sin
    • fanatical
  • bio