The Cabin

The Cabin is the first DarkManX short film released by director Harrison Merrill on September 25, 2020. Harrison had a lot of fun bringing his idea in action to the sliver screen. Originally a Merrill Films Property, Harrison thought it was a good to change the name of his company to DarkManX Films because he thought slapping his last name on a film company wasn't the Brightest idea. The Movie was originally going to be called "the Lake" though Harrison Changed the title because the lake is barely mentioned.

STORY
the Movie starts off in a Camp in Damariscotta, Maine. Three Kids Malachi, Ezra, and Jeremiah (Harrison Merrill) start talking about the old Campground and why the had to change the campgrounds. Then their Councilor, Joel (Harrison Merrill) introduces himself and so does their C.I.T., Isaiah (Harrison Merrill) and Joel tells them what really Happened that Day because he was their when it happened. and he Also tells the gang of another encounter he had with the monster (Harrison Merrill) when he was camping in the North Maine Woods. Isaiah and Jeremiah connect the dots and think that the monster is going to go after Joel Next. He Realizes that could be the case. It gets Dark so they all have to go to sleep except for Joel, He stays awake to face the monster. He hears a noise at the door and suspects its the monster so he tells everyone to get under the beds and hide. he fights the monster and fails. The Monster starts to leave though he's stopped by Ezra. Ezra and The Monster Fight resulting in the end of the movie.

PRODUCTION
Harrison Started Production in February 2020. it took him a while to come up with a story he was happy with the first was an extended version of the final product, and the second draft was a sleepover, and the third was what he ended choosing for the final product. He wrote a script in February, did the Storyboard the same month and started filming in April he wasn't able to finish due to Summer Vacation and he had to put the project off until August then he was able to film in September.

DELETED/ALTERNATE SCENES
Harrison cut a lot from the movie such as there was a scene were the monster could shape shift so he shape shifted into Joel's Friend Lance. they had a Casual conversation until Lance/ The Monster spilled the beans and transformed into his true form. There was a Deleted Post-Credit Scene that was Supposed to tease a Sequel which would have lead to a saga called "The Elementals" yet Harrison Decided to Scrap that Idea. The Monster and Ezras Death was Supposed to be a little different instead of a fork in an electric socket, it was supposed to be a penny in between the prongs of a charging block in an electric socket. (DON'T TRY EITHER OF THOSE YOU WILL DIE!) the last scene was too hard for Harrison because he was on a shoestring budget. the ending was Very Epic in his opinion. When the Monster Died he was turned into a puddle of water then it rains with a window open so the rain water falls on the puddle and the monster turns back into itself just 100x its size. then the species that the monster was turns to ice very quickly. He turns into a Humanoid Ice Block and lighting strikes him and he turns into 1,000,000 little tiny ice shards

THE MONSTER
the Monster was supposed to look completely different than what you saw he was supposed to look more fishlike "the Main Inspiration for the monster was The Gill-man from the creature from the Black Lagoon he was supposed to be more scary but I was on a shoestring Budget so I had to stick with a No faced monster" what Harrison did was he had an old green beanie lying around wore that pulled it over his face and wore it like that for the monster.