The Legend of Beaver Dam

2010 Canadian film
  • September 9, 2010 (2010-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
12 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

The Legend of Beaver Dam is a Canadian musical comedy horror short film, directed by Jerome Sable and released in 2010.[1] The film stars L. J. Benet as Danny Zigwitz, a nerdy young boy at summer camp who is called on to save his friends when the camp counsellor's (Seán Cullen) campfire song about a monster named Stumpy Sam awakens the eponymous bloodthirsty beast (Rick Miller).[2]

The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2010.[4] It was subsequently screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival,[1] where it received an honorable mention in the short films category.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b David Burger, "Sundance short 'The Legend of Beaver Dam' scaring up buzz". The Salt Lake Tribune, January 28, 2011.
  2. ^ Evan Dickson, "‘The Legend Of Beaver Dam’ Looks Bloody And Awesome And Is Now Available!". Bloody Disgusting, January 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Jason Anderson, "Burton Cummings attacked!: . . . and other inspired TIFF shorts". Toronto Star, September 2, 2011.
  4. ^ "Canada's Top Ten for 2010". Now, December 15, 2010.
  5. ^ Peter Sciretta, "2011 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners". SlashFilm, January 30, 2011.

External links

  • The Legend of Beaver Dam at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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