Shot on a DVX100B in someone's basement, but it'll haunt you more than most $50M horror flicks.
Fangoria Magazine's OCT. issue 267, introduced this upcoming independent horror movie. Vindication is an independent horror movie striving to raise the bar within the low budget financing of filmmaking. Still in post-production as of April 2008 and using the Panasonic's DVX100B mini-DV camera for production, Vindication is Bart Mastronardi's feature length psychological horror movie, based on his short of the same title. A morality tale about a young man whose attempt at suicide fails causing his guilt to manifest into reality. Vindication is due out in the fall of 2008. Guilt Shows No Mercy!
Direction
Mastronardi turns budget limits into claustrophobic dread.
Practical Effects
DIY effects that hit harder because you can see the seams.
Director
Bart Mastronardi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fangoria's coverage in 2007-2008 made this a cult curio before it even released; the magazine's endorsement of micro-budget horror helped legitimize the DVX100B era.
This is pure 'mumblegore' DNA—part of a 2000s wave where horror filmmakers proved psychological terror needed zero budget, just commitment to discomfort. Think 'Murder Party' meets 'Repulsion' shot in a Staten Island basement.
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