About the Film
A spooky comedy short film about a ride share service for monsters!
It was a dark and stormy night. The wind howled and the thunder rolled.
Sarah ordered an uber, but instead she got something she did not expect.
Her weird night is just another Tuesday for her BOO'ber driver! MUAHAHAHAA!
BEWARE YOUR RIDE SHARE!
Director's Statement
When I first read the script for Ride Scare I instantly fell in love with it! I knew that it would be a lot of fun, but it would take a lot of dedication and hard work to do justice to Rick's script; I also knew that I was up to the challenge!
I was eager to try some new things with this film that I had not done before, such as car interiors with projection! I knew right away that was exactly the kind of cheese the film needed, and I was excited to experiment with that for the first time!
This film is a love letter to the classic spooky B-movie, and the cheesy 50's horror. It was made by a scrappy team with nothing but grit, a dark prayer, and some green lights!
Not only did we have SO much fun on set, but I feel like the passion for the material really shows in the performances of the fantastic cast who threw caution to the wind and dove head first into their characters, regardless of how silly they looked or felt in the moment!
I hope that level of passion and dedication is seen on screen, and I hope the audience has as much fun watching this film as we did making it!
The Filmmakers
The Director / Cinematographer / Editor
THOMAS TULAK (Hook, Cheers) is known as Too Small, the youngest lost boy in Steven Spielberg's Hook.
His directorial debut feature film, WHO DUNT DUNT DUNNIT? premiered at Kevin Smith's inaugural SModcastle Film Festival in 2022, and is now streaming on Tubi.
Thomas is a staff editor, compositor, and cinematographer on the in-house video production team at Knott's Berry Farm. His short film, THÆRF won 'Best Sci-Fi Short Film' at the 2024 Silicon Beach Film Festival. His short film, STARS BEHIND THE CLOUDS won over a dozen awards from various film festivals in 2023. He is now in production on his second feature film.
Thomas studied film & video production at the Art Institute of California. His directorial credits include 1 feature film, over 20 short films, and three web series, one of which has over 300 episodes.
The Writer / Producer / Supporting Cast
RICK REISCHMAN is a writer, actor, and producer.
The Lead Cast
JENNIFER GRIMES was born in Miami, FL. She attended Robert Morgan High School for the performing arts where she learned that she loved musical theater and dance.
After graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of Florida, she moved back to South FL where it was easier to visit family. Soon she relocated to Los Angeles, CA where she's pursuing film acting and producing.
Jennifer is known for very female led story-telling and loves a good underdog story. She is a huge advocate for mental health and self-acceptance.
The Composer
MIKE TREBILCOCK is a film composer, songwriter, music producer and multi-intrumentalist who has created unique scores, themes, and songs for award-winning feature films (Crabs!, The Fight Machine), shorts (Spooky Crew, Bellevue Bob), theatrical productions and podcasts. He also has "additional music" in Stream, the new film by Fuzz on the Lens Productions, the team behind Terrifier 1&2.
He also composed themes for the podcasts We Like Theme Parks, The Bucket of Chum Podcast, What Happened at Braley Pond, Movie Madhouse, The Vicious Circle and THK: Toku, Heroes & Kaiju.
He was the composer for George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead Live, which was produced by George A. Romero, Russell Streiner, John Russo, Christopher Harrison and Phil Pattison, and written by Chris Bond (Evil Dead the Musical), Trevor Martin and Dale Boyer.
He is also the Singer/songwriter and guitarist for horror rock band, Sematary Spawn, and I lead the power-pop/punk trio, The Killjoys.