Romeo's Distress (2017)

Interesting facts

Romeo's Distress is a 2017 American independent, gothic, neo-noir, horror film and the directorial debut of Jeff Frumess. It was filmed on location in Westchester, NY. The film had its world premiere at the Macabre Faire Film Festival in January 2017.

Production

Principal photography for Romeo's Distress lasted for 23 days over 15 months on a budget of US$2,553.00, with roughly one to two shooting days occurring every month despite the story taking place over the course of three days.

Writer/Director/Producer Jeff Frumess and Producer/Composer Nick Bohun made up the crew for the majority of production, with Jeff working as the Cinematographer and Nick the Location Sound Recordist. Some days involved Jeff running camera and sound by himself. The film was shot using the in camera Monochrome profile on the Canon 70D DSLR.

The Grandma is played by the director Jeff Frumess' Grandma, Renee Mandel. But her body is played by Dave Street (Uncle Elmo) in the film. Grandma's body and face were shot over a year a part.

Dale's (the father) insurance office, the flower shop, and Dr Woodbine's psychiatrist office interiors were all in exactly the same room that was set dressed over and over as needed for the production.

The cemetery is actually made up of four different cemeteries and one fabricated one in the director's parent's backyard. One of the cemeteries is the world-famous "Old Dutch" cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, NY - right next to the location of the covered bridge from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Both Nick and Jeff were kicked out by the groundskeeper during shooting on two separate occasions.

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