What happens when your horror movie becomes a real nightmare? This director filmed the collapse.
Play God is a humorous documentary that neither apologizes nor whines but simply recounts, with brutal honesty, the story of a failed splatter film project.
Direction
Nikki turns his own failure into compelling documentary.
Writing
Brutally honest narration with zero self-pity.
Editing
Tight 39 minutes that knows exactly when to stop.
Director
Teemu Nikki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Teemu Nikki later became an acclaimed director, making this documentary a fascinating time capsule of pre-success struggle. It essentially documents the film that launched nothing.
The 'failed' splatter film was titled 'Playing God' — Nikki essentially made the documentary version instead, keeping the pun alive. The original footage is presumably lost or buried.
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