Tea Party - Easter Rabbit Carnage

In honor of Easter 2012, here is a short clip from the 11-minute short film, "Tea Party" 2003.



"Tea Party" was part of the Freudian Trilogy, a three-part series of surrealist-influenced short films that dealt with issues of Id vs. Superego. Within the film, an Aristocratic older woman and her bearded butler find their subconscious selves submerged within the static of a television set. Each character must endure a horrific escapade portraying their inner most desires gone rancid.

The butler delights at primal carnage from behind the guise of his coat and tray, before the tides turns and a Sasquatch completes the circle, presumably devouring the butler as part of another bloody, gruesome rampage. In the full version of the film, the woman sees herself Trick-or-treating with glee, only to have her hopes and dreams crushed in front of the doorstep of a sickly, venomous zombie-child.

Color effects are created by hand-processing Ektachrome 16mm color film. The original film footage is thought to be lost.

"Tea Party" was the last film produced under Montgomery Klinefelter Productions, whose archives are maintained by the Bearded Child Film Festival. Full version of the film is available on the Dan Anderson, 2002-2007, 6-film DVD compilation.