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| Credits | |
| Title: | Catcalls |
| Directed by: | Kate Dolan |
| Written by: | Kate Dolan |
| Produced by: | Fiona Kinsella; Aoife Kelly |
| Music by: | Steve Lynch |
| Cinematography: | Piers McGrail |
| Edited by: | John Cutler |
| Production | |
| Production: | Focus Shorts Bord Scannán Na Héireann Irish Film Board Catcalls Limited |
| Released: | November 17th, 2017 |
| Running time: | 9 min. |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Language: | English |
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Catcalls is an Irish independent film short of the supernatural thriller and creature feature subgenres of horror. It was written and directed by Kate Dolan and produced by Focus Shorts & presented by Bord Scannán Na Héireann and the Irish Film Board in association with Catcalls Limited. It premiered at the Cork International Film Festival on November 17th, 2017.
Plot[]
Meabh
A man named Paul drives down a long dark road when he spies two women, Aoife and Meabh, walking along. He stops the car and beckons them over under the pretense of asking for directions. When Meabh gets close to the car window, she sees that Paul's penis is out and he is smiling. Repulsed, she backs away, and Aoife and she continue walking. Paul drives on for a bit, finds a place to park and masturbates. Afterward, he cleans himself up with tissues (which he leaves in the glove box), then slips his wedding ring back on.
Aoife
When he gets home, he sees a woman who appears to be Aoife standing some distance away in the middle of the street. Worried that the two may have tracked him to his house, he hurries inside. As he enters, he finds his wife Jenny preparing to leave. She is wearing medical scrubs, and is clearly frustrated. She tells him she was called to work to cover for a colleague who called out sick.
Were-woman in the house.
Paul's final fate.
Suddenly, there is a strong knock at the door. It is Meabh, who pretends to be under great distress and needs to contact the police. Jenny invites her in, and leaves her for her husband to deal with. Paul retreats to the kitchen as a dark shadow passes by behind him. He then hears a violent sound and goes towards the front door. He finds the door open, and his wife's coat and phone are lying on the floor.
He heads towards another area of the house and finds a black feline creature kneeling over what appears to be his wife's body. Paul turns and flees and races outside. He gets to his car, but something attacks him. A short while later, a pedestrian finds his mangled body slumped against the door of his car.
The following day, Aoife and Maebh are walking down a back alley when a young man engages them in an aggressively sexual manner. They shrug him off and keep walking until the man calls one of them a "dyke". Aoife turns around and smiles, and her eyes turn into the predatory eyes of a cat.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Martin O'Sullivan | Paul |
| Edel Murphy | Meabh |
| Francesca Saunders | Aoife |
| Sarah Kinlen | Jenny |
| Desmond Eastwood | Dave |
| Robert Miller | Hugh |
| Tony Brennan | Old man at Oriental |
| Des Keane | Old man at Oriental |
| Sinead Connolly | Suburban mum |
| Conor Dwyer | Young lad |
| Luka Djordjevic | Young lad |
| Hector Lopez | Young lad |
| Kevin Bortos | Young lad |
Notes & Trivia[]
- This film opens with the statement "Based on a true story". Director Kate Dolan drew on an actual experience wherein she was approached by a motorist asking for directions who was masturbating in his car. [1]
- Actress Cesca Saunders is credited as Francesca Saunders in this film.
- This film has been made available for streaming on the Shudder subscription service.
- This is Kate Dolan's fourth film short as a director. It is her third film short as a writer.
- This is Edel Murphy's first credited acting work.
- Kate Dolan won the award for the category of Best Short Film at the Emerging Director Awards of 2018.
- Kate Dolan was nominated the Award of Excellence at the Winter Film Awards for the category of Best Horror Short Film.
- The name of the restaurant that Paul passes in the beginning of the film is called the Oriental Kitchen.
- This short was first screened on the same day that convicted murderer and cult leader Charles Manson dies in prison at the age of 83.
Explicit content[]
- Paul's erect penis is shown for about half a frame at the 1:42 mark. It is possible that a prop phallus was used for this scene.
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References[]
- ↑ Directors Notes; "Where did the idea for Catcalls come from?"; 13th March, 2020.