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A teaser trailer has been released for an upcoming Scottish horror comedy film about mutant killer midges. The idea for the film was initially posted on social media by Fort William-based author and screenwriter Barry Hutchison last summer as a joke. However, the post garnered a significant response, which has led to the movie going into pre-production phase with cast and locations being considered ahead of a plan to film next year. Glasgow-based film-maker Alessio Avezzano shot the short teaser this summer, with some of the filming done in Balloch Country Park, West Dunbartonshire.
The teaser features two walkers coming across a frightened scientist and a laboratory that is under attack from an unseen menace. Scottish companies, including Motif Studios, which worked on visual effects for a Mad Max film, and digital entertainment firm Blazing Griffin, were involved in making the three-minute-long short film. Hutchison stated that the new teaser would form part of a package of materials, which will be pitched at film production companies and potential funders. The focus is now on making the film as much of a Scottish production as possible, with exterior locations likely to include places in the Scottish Highlands.
Real-life biting midges are well-known to residents and visitors of Scotland, particularly in the Highlands. Female midges gather in swarms of millions as they seek out a blood meal to feed their eggs, leaving many of their human “victims” with red, itchy sores. Scotland is also home to an estimated 10,000 species of non-biting midges. Hutchison, who writes crime novels under the name JD Kirk, was also an executive producer and co-writer on a sci-fi horror called DRAGN, which is being made by an Irish production company and filmed in Serbia in September. Additionally, he is a co-producer on Sky Cinema film Grow, which stars Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz actor Nick Frost and is due for release next year
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