Awards -Best Short Film:
- Rob Zombie Short Horror Film Contest - 2001 at the House of Blues in North Myrte Beach South Carolina.
Director: Dwayne King
Filmed by: Dwayne King
Edited by: Dwayne King
In 2001 Kluckin Films heard about the House of Blues and WKZQ radio
station sponsoring a Rob Zombie short horror films contest so they
jumped right into the project head first. Six cohorts got together and
formulated the idea for Piggy, set in Pigsville, South Carolina, as a
thought of “What if the shoe were on the other foot, what if Pigs acted
like people and people acted like pigs?” Filmed on a Sony Hi 8 and
edited on a iMovie on Mac computer the entire filming and editing
process took 3 days. Piggy was sent in to WKZQ radio station, as per
submissions instructions.
About a week before the showing at the House of Blues Dwayne's phone
rang about 8 o’clock in the morning.The voice on the other end of the
phone belonged to Mad Max, a DJ at WKZQ Radio, telling him (live on the
air) that Piggy had beat out 47 other film submissions. Miracles never
cease to happen. Dwayne actually answered his phone. He was rarely awake
at that time of day back then.
Upon arrival, at the House of Blues, Kluckin Films was informed that
Rob Zombie's Production manager was opposed to showing Piggy, as per the
contest details. WKZQ Radio stepped up and told Rob Zombie that if
Piggy was not shown as advertised that they would never play another Rob
Zombie song on their radio station. About 1000 people viewed Piggy in
its entirety, before Rob Zombie performed live that night. It's ironic
that we have seen some similarities to parts of Piggy in some of
Zombie's films.
VICTIM Allyson Morgan
Anthony
This is one of the first shorts to become the compliation for Kluckin Films Nightmares - http://www.filmbaby.com/films/228
