Short horror film ESTHER kicks off Red Tower
A woman discovers her childhood imaginary friend has come back to play…
Red Tower is proud to announce today the launch of their new entertainment company and release of their first short feature—the haunting short film Esther. Directed by Matt Cunningham and starring Haley Heslip, a woman moves back to her childhood home only to find that her nightly sleep is disrupted by a faulty smoke alarm. She soon learns that the faulty alarm is the least of her worries as her imaginary friend Esther has come back to play…
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Founded by filmmakers Brian Levin (Union Bridge) and Matt Cunningham (The Spore and 3 Demons), Red Tower is a genre production company and digital network focusing on short form high quality/low cost content. Red Tower’s goal will be to leverage a deep network of the best filmmakers in the world and bring them online and to genre lovers everywhere.
“Having started in 2005 with one of the first online shows and later been involved in legacy television and film, I feel that the moment has truly arrived where old and new Hollywood have merged,” says Levin, CEO of Red Tower. “The opportunity to bring the best artists in the world into a direct relationship with audiences at a global reach is a century in the making.”
Red Tower co-founder and CEO Brian Levin is a filmmaker who began his career creating content for digital networks Turner’s SuperDeluxe and 60Frames. After that he worked closely with Brian Robbins producing and writing for projects at Comedy Central and Spike as well as AwesomenessTV. In 2016 he wrote and produced the comedy Flock Of Dudes that was distributed by Hulu and Starz, and in 2020 the film Union Bridge by Breaking Glass Pictures. He began his career on the creative side but is now involved on both the business and creative side of filmmaking as a producer and executive as well.
“We are thrilled to get Red Tower off the ground with our exciting first short, Esther,” Levin says, “which will set the tone and voice of our digital network.”
“Esther came to me late one night when I was having this issue with our smoke alarm going off because of bad batteries—and I kept walking around the house trying to figure out which one it was,” says director Cunningham, who also created the FX heavy titular creature. “Then it hit me when I was laying down in bed. What if something was messing with me? Trying to get me to come downstairs and then attack me! The story evolved from there.”
Since his friend and mentor, Wes Craven, told him that he needed to get back to his dream of becoming a horror film writer/director, Cunningham has been creating blood- and neon-soaked content that would make his friend proud. Esther, co-written and directed by Cunningham, is the next step in his journey.
The Esther team is rounded out by Keith Golinski, a 26-year-veteran behind the camera who served as Director of Photography, and Executive Producers Golinski and Tara Cunningham.
Find Red Tower online at Red Tower Ent. They are currently in production on a slate of short form horror titles, and is set to release new content weekly on their current digital channels including Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
Levin says that with the right talent and smart distribution, one can essentially build their own network that can connect with people across many screens. “This is a new era where ‘Creator Networks’ will begin to compete with broadcast and cable networks,” says Levin. “Red Tower will lead the way with the attitude and the artistry to back it up. Transmission begins now.”