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Creepy, dark, silly and wild. This package is full of deranged humour and bone-chilling scares. Best viewed with friends and with the lights off.


Christie O'Mallaghan is a lonely and pathetic fishmonger, hated by everyone on the island of Connamarragagh for being a disgrace of a man — can’t fish, can’t swim, can’t even drink. When Christie’s mother is struck down with a deadly case of St. Moira’s Bloat (contracted by eating cheese made from her own breast milk), Christie learns that if he is unmarried at the time of her death, her soul will burn in hell. Christie sets off on a wild ride of suicide attempts, exploding hell-blisters, tentacle sex, and a musical promenade. Either Christie will rise above a life of disgrace and failure, or his mother will burn for eternity.


Content Warning-themes of suicide


FISHMONGER will be screened as a part of the SHORTS: I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP package.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    25 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    International
  • Director
    Neil Ferron
  • Screenwriter
    Neil Ferron, Alexandra Dennis-Renner
  • Producer
    Valerie Steinberg, Jordan Willcox, Neil Ferron
  • Cast
    Dominic Burgess, Donnla Hughes, Penny O'Brien, Mark Bramhall, Ron Bottitta, Mari Weiss
  • Cinematographer
    Jack McDonald
  • Editor
    Augustine So
  • Music
    John Graney
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