Eighth Wonder Productions is not a company whose logo will host any of this summer’s latest blockbusters.

We are not part of the film industry. We represent a band of outsiders. The presence of our logo at the start of a film stamps it as unique and memorable.

The closest upcoming project from Eighth Wonder is They Came from the Attic: The Revised Cut, which is scheduled to be released on 5/15/2021.

We hope that it will get accepted into a few film festivals but the plan is to post it at least on the Eighth Wonder YouTube Channel on release date.

They Came from the Attic is a no budget short film, created by me and my friends, here in North Dakota.

It all started in July of 2021.

I had to abandon a previous horror short film and, in loneliness, and boredom, got the idea to make a strange little movie about creatures living in the attic.

“We had thought that the house we bought was just like any other. Then the owners warned us never to keep the attic open after dusk.”

“We thought they were just joking, playing some kind of trick. We soon found out why they told us not to and strictly adhered to the rule.”

“Eventually I needed something from the attic.”

“Evening was still approaching but the sun was still high. Not that I would have known. The clouds covered everything except the ground,” I said in the opening monologue of the film.

Although it began as a lone passion project, it would not remain that way. Finished on the eve of a major surgery, the production was picked back up in December for a revised cut.

This time there would be a crew and there would be a full cast.
Ideas that were thought out but not given freedom would be exposed correctly, as to convey necessary plot and nuance.

Joining the production were Gavin and Aiden Villareal, formerly of Sheyenne before an abrupt move to Wahpeton as well as Tuker Heil and Larry Napoleon.

Midway into march, as shooting was nearing its end, we gathered at Heil’s house to do some promotional videos. These interviews were never released to the public -even edited- until now.

When asked about the short film Heil said, “I helped position some of the camera features,” later mentioning his work with the special effects and lighting.

When asked about working with his friend Larry Napoleon who appeared in the film, he added, “[We were] working great with Larry. He helped feature in one of the key scenes -death scenes.”

Meanwhile Gavin mentioned, “I found out sometime about -almost six months ago. I remember uh, the director sending me a script. I remember him sending me that and he’s like, ‘Hey, want an opportunity? Want to do this?’ I had a good time filming it. It’s definitely not something I regret doing.”

“Before I started making films, I made photographs, so I was a photographer, like an amateur one, I wasn’t professional but, I thought if I’m going to make movies, because that’s always been my goal, I should start by taking photographs and I can first perfect the craft of composition before I get moving into movement,”

Replying to a question about the inspiration of the film, I continued,

“So, I was looking at these old photos of my attic … I was looking at them and I remember I added in one and I wrote, ‘It was from the attic that they came’ … I had it so that each word was on a step of the ladder and uh, I remember … when I added that … I had this vague idea of this story.”
“It just kind of came to me. When I get movie ideas, sometimes they all come to me at once. [Or] I just get this prompt that I can go off of.”

Part of the appeal of this production is that it combines all the different annals of horror cinema, and places them into a domestic setting.

Because two of the cast and crew members live out of town, the shooting was often done on sporadic dates, weeks apart from one other.
This led to two things.

Firstly, an ungodly amount of time to re-edit, possibly reshoot and re-plan.

I’d show scenes from the film to people, usually fellow crew members, to recognize reactions.

What got laughs, or signs of boredom would be re-edited and at times reshot until perfection.

This kind of sudden shooting also leads to an uncanny avenue of cinema because I, the main character ages and matures as the film goes on.

The performance gets better with each scene.

As the world becomes unbelievable, the character only gets more grounded.

The façade of hidden emotions is breaking and by the climax, it is entirely undone.

Both the character and I, the kid behind it, are different people by the final scene.

Its true that I’d been wanting to experiment with something like this long before They Came.

Originally, I had the highly ambitious idea to shoot a film in the span of an actor’s entire lifetime, in which a character is able to see and communicate with himself at different stages of his life in a dreamlike limbo.

Although far from a movie about shapeshifters in the attic, the war between past and present as well as reality and fiction is still there.
This time death is brought into the mix. The themes of this film and other finished screenplays seem to have only gotten more relevant to the cast and crew as time goes by.

What’s next after They Came from the Attic?

Over the summer we will shoot the highly ambitious anthology horror film: The Memories Lost to Slumber, also known as Nightmares After Sunset. The estimated runtime is 40 to 60 minutes.

There is also talk of a sequel to They Came from the Attic called They Came from the Basement, and possibly even a final third film: They Came from the Countryside.

As mentioned earlier, there are plans for it to be available through Amazon Prime and YouTube.

Again, the cast and crew plan to submit it to multiple film festivals, but it will seep into the deep abyss of obscurity unless YOU watch it and share it with others.

To view videos relating to Eighth Wonder productions click on these links.

Eighth Wonder Productions Official: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXZeLOEZVX4YSa-nfcMSuLQ

Scenes from They Came from the Attic

Bathroom Massacre I:
Bathroom Massacre II (EPILSPY TRIGGER): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQKRqNDVzu8
Chimes in the Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3t95AxnYOY

Other promotional material for They Came from the Attic

The trailer for They Came from the Attic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waJW0y_h85k
Cast and Crew Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-DhBA2_3TI

Archival Material from Eighth Wonder Productions

Dread in the Night (a short film 1 minute and 15 seconds long, made previous to They Came from the Attic): https://youtu.be/TB5LL4WT8tk