SLAPFACE

FORMAT: LIVE ACTION FEATURE FILM

YEAR : 2021

ROLE: PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE STORY : A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a dangerous relationship with a monster rumored to live in the woods.

THE APPROACH: The design of Slapface weaves a rich visual narrative of memory, loss, and decay. Each space tells a story — from the grimy, cigarette-stained remnants of a once-loving home to the cluttered dive bar that feels stuck in time. Childhood bedrooms are frozen in place, blending innocence with traces of forced maturity, while Tom’s room layers his mother’s warm, matronly past with his grungy, chaotic present. An abandoned assylum, littered with rusted tools and teenage mischief, evokes a sense of forgotten time, while Moriah’s surroundings feel heavy and oppressive, amplifying her fragile presence. The film’s eerie centerpiece — an old, misunderstood home — blends natural warmth with haunting traces of ritual, vandalism, and neglect. Across each space, layers of aging, grime, and misplaced memories blur the line between past and present, grounding the film’s unsettling atmosphere in tactile, lived-in details.

TAGS : HORROR | FEATURE FILM | PRODUCTION DESIGN | WORLD BUILDING | MONSTER FLICK