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We’re making a weird little sci-fi western, and it’s nearly there.

Vagabond Home is a short film about survival, memory, busted electronics, and reluctant connection. It’s quiet, dusty, strange—and full of heart. Think crumbling tech, half-melted rations, and two lost souls wired into a fading system.

We’ve got the script. We’ve shot the first scenes. We’ve built the world. Now we just need a little help to finish the job.

What we need:

Gear rentals & basic production costs

Editing & sound design

Festival submissions & outreach

A little wind in our sails

We’re using Ko-fi to raise micro-funds. Every bit goes directly into the project—and supporters get updates, credits, and our eternal gratitude. If you want to help bring a dusty dream to life, or just support some low-budget sci-fi with soul:

Hello everyone, I made a film called Space Coast Confidential that finished post production earlier this year, and had its grand premiere at a local theater back in November. Currently sent it in to a distributor for quality control, but it should be widely available for viewing on streaming services in 2026.

It is a sci-fi arthouse film about veteran detective, Brandon Taff (played by Jason Rebholz) and his new partner from Massachusetts, Gordon Evans (played by Alexander Massaad). They try to solve a case involving mysterious and possibly supernatural circumstances around the Floridian Space Coast, which could threaten the future of the world as we know it.

Whole idea started with my love cosmic horror, B-movies, and one bored afternoon watching miniature towns getting flooded with water in fish tanks. I wrote the original script in a more analog horror format, but it would involve scenes of miniatures, animals on miniature sets, and small-scale pyrotechnics. After placing an ad on Craigslist, I met the director Chris Cotter and, after discussing the project, I was convinced to let him take the original script for rewrites and turn it into a more traditional story telling format.

It's certainly been an experience as this was my first feature film I ever made. In spite of being a microbudget indie film, it took a lot to carry out all steps of production. I had to work overtime at my job to meet funding demands, drive a total of over 200 miles to the coast and back over several weekends straight, and had to watch the dailies on repeat until finalization. Outside of some rough moments, a nerve-wracking filming schedule, and a lot of cringing, it went relatively smooth.

Sure, I certainly would've done some things differently, but just getting out there was a feat in itself.

SUBLIME CINEMA #294 - BUZZARD

I was weirdly impressed with this tiny anarchic film - it doesn’t really seem to care about its own quality, and has a film-school level production value, yet there came across a transgressive, don’t-give-a fuck attitude about that I really dug. It felt like it was holding the torch for some kind of past, dark indie US cinema. Joshua Burge is an interesting actor, and his role is kinda hilarious - a grotesque, scheming garbage face I couldn’t take my eyes off of.  

Reviews on VideoReligion.Net as of 8/1/19

2019

Witchboard III: The Possession (1995)

The Nest (1988)

Shrunken Heads (1994)

Carnival of Blood (1970)

Beyond the 7th Door (1987)

Olivia (1983)

The Astro-Zombies (1968)

The Necro Files (1997)

The Muthers (1976)

The Alien Factor (1978)

Headhunter (1988)

Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend (1992)

Skeleton Cop (Short 2019)

Plankton (1994)

Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (1995)

Mom (1991)

The Headless Eyes (1971)

The Long Island Cannibal Massacre (1980)

Red Blooded American Girl (1990)

Humongous (1982)

Violent Shit 2: Mother Hold My Hand (1992)

2018

A.P.E.X. (1994)

Silent Night, Deadly Night IV: Initiation (1990)

Christmas Evil (1980)

Werewolves on Wheels (1971)

Rot (1999)

Radioactive Dreams (1985)

Psycho Kickboxer (1997)

The Boneyard (1991)

Murder Party (2007)

Night of the Demons III (1997)

Jack-O (1995)

Death Machine (1994)

Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)

Redeemer (2014)

Chained Heat II (1993)

Progeny (1998)

Rejuvenatrix (1988)

Circuitry Man (1990)

Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)

Vampires: The Turning (2005)

Within the Woods (2005)

Dead Mate aka Grave Robbers (1988)

Twisted Nightmare (1987)

The Majorettes (1987)

Killer Nun (1979)

Dropping Evil (2012)

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