Midian Crosby

Captain Fantastic (2016)
Film (Comedy, Drama and Romance) Special effects Ben and Leslie Cash have long lived largely off the grid with their offspring - Bodevan, Kielyr, Vespyr, Rellian, Zaja and Nai - in a cabin in the mountains of Washington state. The parents have passed their ideals to their children, namely socialism (in its various forms) and survivalism. With the former, Ben considers most of western society as being fascist, especially corporate America. With the latter, he figures that no one will or should be there for you, so you better learn how to take care of yourself in all its aspects. As such, the children have been subject to vigorous physical training, know how to deal with minor bumps, bruises, cuts, sprains and even fractures, and know how to hunt, forage and grow their own food. The children are also non-registered home schooled, meaning that they have no official academic records. Ben and Leslie have tried to make the children critical thinkers, however within the context of their ideals. Beyond these issues, Ben and Leslie made the ... Written by Huggo

Dracjulio (2015)
Film (Short, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror and 1 More) Makeup Department The night is his blood pumping neck. He rests daily in preparation of his daily feeding. Problem is, a few hoes across the street can't seem to ever stop slumber partying and it's killing his sleeping rituals. He can stand it no longer. They must stop this reckless abandonment and prepare for the wrath of a mere immortal soul... who has simply consumed the human format in which he resides. Can the terror stop? Or better yet, will it ever begin? Only Dracjulio knows for sure, and so will you once you watch this trash. Written by Ryan Policky

Innocent Sleep (2015)
Film (Drama and Thriller) Makeup Department A power-hungry military wife convinces her husband to kill the king at a state dinner.

Iris (2015)
Film (Short, Crime, Drama, Fantasy and 3 More) Makeup Department A man uses his smart phone to assist in burying a dead body.

Cop Car (2015)
Film (Crime and Thriller) Makeup Department A pair of ten-year-olds find an abandoned cop car in a field. When they take it for a joyride, it seems like they could kill themselves at any moment. But things only get worse when the small town sheriff goes looking for his missing car. The kids find themselves in the center of a deadly game of cat and mouse they don't understand and the only way out is to go as fast as their cop car can take them.

The Frame (2014)
Film (Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance and 1 More) Makeup Department From Jamin Winans, writer and director of the cult smash hit, INK, comes a mind-bending science fiction thriller about two strangers who find their lives colliding in an impossible way. Alex (David Carranza) is a methodic cargo thief working for a dangerous cartel. Sam (Tiffany Mualem) is a determined paramedic trying to save the world while running from her past. Suddenly and mysteriously, Alex and Sam's lives crash into each other and the fabric of reality is ripped from underneath their feet. Taking on the very root of fate, destiny, and their own existence, Alex and Sam race through a maze of an ever-changing universe while being pursued by a demonic man determined to erase the world.

Motel London II (2014)
Film (Short, Comedy, Fantasy and Horror) Makeup Department Based on the original video-game inspired flesh melting masterpiece, Motel London 2 is the continuation fans have salivated for. Taking place five years after the mayhem which happened in Englewood, Colorado, Motel London 2 begins it's wild ride as our two delightfully macabre "Hobo Wizards" become door to door boys, trying to sell their evil enchanted dice to unsuspecting victims, all in hopes of collecting various styles of flesh for their skull art. It's a wonderful voyage of terror, and one which is not always as it appears. Is this finally the video game come to life, or simply a cover for some other scary game with bad graphics? Even the courageous and poignant people at Bloodshed Deathbath have no idea what will happen next! Written by Ryan Policky

Legacy of the Tengu (2014)
Film (Action, Family, Fantasy and Sci-Fi) Makeup Department In 15th century Japan, Asura is given a magical sword by a half human/half crow creature known as a Tengu. This sword bestowed the gift of immortality, but it also came with a price. Asura was now honor bound to become a protector of our world, guarding it against the forces of darkness. Throughout time Asura has fulfilled his duty without question, but now a new threat arises. The sorcerer, Tanaro, who killed his master centuries earlier in feudal Japan has risen from beyond the grave to fulfill his mission to summon a powerful evil upon the earth. His soul inhabiting a metropolitan police officer, Tanaro reunites with a modern version of his ancient cult to recover powerful artifacts that will enable him to open a gateway between our realm and that of a malevolent evil known as Akuma. Along with his apprentices, Kotori and Domino, and police detective Drake, Asura must stop Tanaro and his minions from completing the ritual that will unleash hell on Earth. Written by Mark Steven Grove

Johnny (2014)
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Eat (2014)
Film (Drama, Horror and Thriller) Special effects Novella McClure is like most struggling actresses in Los Angeles: she's in her early 30s, her fake name sounded cooler ten years ago, and she hasn't landed a role in three years. To top it all off, she's developed a disturbing habit of eating her own flesh. Novella desperately tries to hide her strange condition from her motherly landlord, Eesha, and somewhat psychopathic best friend, Candice, but her body and mind continue to deteriorate in the depressing world of failed auditions and sketchy night clubs. Can a romantic relationship with her psychiatrist prevent her from self destruction? Or will her fatal habit continue to eat away at her? Written by Anonymous

Tin Can (2013)
Film (Short, Comedy, Horror and Sci-Fi) Makeup Department Warrent Officer Mar Sviatoslavova Moskalenko and Engineering Technician Pavel Ivanovich Wintrov are forced to deal with the harsh realities of the Solarus Corporation interplanetary mining initiative. With no food, and very little fuel, the two miners face certain death trapped in a tiny mining pod deep beneath the surface of Mars. Written by Imagos Films

Motivational Growth (2013)
Film (Comedy, Drama, Fantasy and Horror) Makeup Department Ian Folivor, a depressed and reclusive 30-something, finds himself taking advice from a growth in his bathroom after a failed suicide attempt. The Mold, a smooth talking fungus who was born of the filth collecting in a corner of Ian's neglected bathroom, works to win Ian's trust by helping him clean himself up and remodel his lifestyle. With The Mold's help, Ian attracts the attention of a neighbor he's been ogling through his peephole, Leah, and he manages to find a slice of happiness despite his unnatural circumstances. But Ian starts to receive strange messages from his old and broken down TV set that make him realize that The Mold may not be as helpful as it seems to be, and strange characters combined with stranger events cast Ian's life in the shadow of an epic battle between good and evil that Ian is only partially aware of. Written by Imagos Films

Unredeemable (2013)
Film (Short and Drama) Makeup Department Dissatisfied with the rehabilitation results for violent sexual offenders a case manager within the Department of Human Services runs a rogue duo of therapists to abduct these perps and attempt to rehabilitate them. Their chosen modality, Scream Therapy. However, when things don't move fast enough, one of them brings a little Clockwork Orange into the mix.

The Low Road, Baby (2013)
Film (Short, Action, Adventure and Comedy) Makeup Department A battle over a baby on a bridge over a highway and in the midst of roaring traffic.

Rocky Mountain Oysters (2013)
Television (Comedy) Makeup Department T-Bird is an urban slacker and a nudist. Beats Dehaven is a burnout hippie working as a radio DJ. Jeremiah Sparks is an aspiring standup comedian. Diddy is a bad musician who's invented a type of music called electroperaca - a mix between electronica and opera. Together, they form the Rocky Mountain Oysters, a misfit group of friends living in a cartoonish depiction of Denver, Colorado. Written by Anonymous

Juice (2013)
Film (Short and Horror) Special effects A man with a late night thirst for juice encounters a creature hatched in his basement and becomes something else. Director 'Monster' Midian Crosby, produced by and with special effects by Monster Makeup FX. Starring Cougar Littlefield, shot in Denver CO. Written by Anonymous

Remorse (2012)
Film (Short, Horror, Mystery and Thriller) Makeup Department A woman on house-arrest for a crime she can't remember, soon discovers that she is not alone in her house.

Tokeasy (2012)
Film (Comedy) Makeup Department When ninety-six year old medical marijuana patient Grace Murphy passes away, stoner Bud Parker and his coworkers Tyrell and Royce, the ex-narcotics officer, must clean out her wrecked house. But when Royce's partner, Rodney the racist police dog, finds Grace's secret marijuana grow room the guys decide to turn the house into a marijuana speakeasy. However, many obstacles stand in the way of their "tokeasy" including the sexual harassing ghost of Grace, Dr. Bobby the fake marijuana doctor, and a town full of closet potheads stuck in a social limbo of legal and non-legal marijuana use. Written by Wally Wallace

Dream Come True (2011)
Film (Short, Comedy and Horror) Makeup Department A nerdy introvert tries to impress a girl while his friends prepare for the apocalypse.

It Came from Yesterday (2011)
Film (Adventure and Sci-Fi) Makeup Department IT CAME FROM YESTERDAY launches scientist/adventurer Professor Jack into unknown realms of adventure! Along with his sidekicks, Buddy and Penny Precious, Jack must unravel the mysterious plot of inter-dimensional creatures hellbent on enslaving the human race in this serial-inspired sci-fi extravaganza! Written by Jason

Weapon (2011)
Film (Short and Sci-Fi) Makeup Department Postal Operatives in District 6 of Seed City 0 have been given a new set of rules, and a new tool to enforce the rules - The Warrant Executing Adaptive Postal Operative Neutralizer.

Generosity (2011)
Film (Drama) Makeup Department Generosity is an in depth look at the issue of homelessness. Through five main characters, the film explores five very different perspectives and asks the viewer to "just how close is anyone to homelessness?" David is a straight-laced fellow who is successful at his job, has many friends and material wealth. After his mother takes ill and he is wrongly accused of embezzlement, his life quickly unravels and he finds himself out on the streets. Chloe is a tortured but spirited teenager who has run away from home. However, friends on the street do not prove reliable and she finds she must resort to the previously unimaginable in order to survive. Sam is charismatic, caring and anti-establishment. Having been homeless for many years, he offers respite to both David and Chloe, and mentors them in the ways of the street. Charlotte is an exhaustively optimistic TV news reporter who will go to any ends to help others and her career. Bob represents all that is wrong with corporate machinery. ... Written by Ray Keller

Trippin' (2011)
Film (Comedy and Horror) Makeup Department Three couples go to a remote cabin in the woods and, lo and behold, bad things happen.

Assassins' Code (2011)
Film (Thriller) Special effects A hero with a shadowy past... A merciless opponent... A doomsday weapon... When a corporate assassination forces a disbanded military squad to converge on a U.S. city, ruthless spies from three nations struggle to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a powerful missile. To hide from his past sins as a government assassin, former agent Paul Thorn withdrew to an anonymous quiet life. When a dying associate delivers plans for a lethal technological secret a long list of people on both sides of the law struggle to gain control and Thorn is drawn back into the deadly world of international espionage where he is forced to battle North Korean agent Karl Kim, a long-time nemesis whose sense of honor and desire for revenge over shadow his duty to obtain the disk. Serpent Rising is a fast paced action thriller where nothing is as it seems, betrayal is the standard, and lives are expendable. Written by Tri-M Entertainment

Incubator (2011)
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Strip (2010)
Film (Short and Drama) Makeup Department Katie, a young woman working as a stripper, wants to quit her job. But the pressure from her malicious boss and having a family to feed ultimately make her chances of starting a new life grim.

The Crippler (2010)
Film (Short, Comedy, Fantasy and Horror) Makeup Department A girl loves her boyfriend, that is until he pushes her out a window, she falls a few stories, and is crippled. So she hires The Crippler to cripple her boyfriend, and all hell breaks loose.

Little Blossom (2010)
Video (Comedy and Drama) Makeup Department After their high school is burned down, a group of small town teenagers transfer to a nearby preppy public school.

I Spit on Eli Roth (2009)
Film (Short, Comedy and Horror) Makeup Department A cautionary tale about what happens to men who underestimate women in the horror genre.

The Bridge to Nowhere (2009)
Film (Crime and Drama) Costume and Wardrobe Department The Bridge to Nowhere is the story of four young 20-something men from the rough Upper North Side of Pittsburgh. They are stuck in dead-end jobs and struggle with dysfunctional family lives. The guys, inspired by the images of pop culture and the desire to break away from the neighborhood, regularly scheme to make extra money by running minor underground activities, including: sports booking, poker tournaments and house parties. One night during an evening out the four young men stumble across the "new neighbors", two independent prostitutes, Jasper and Candice, who end up inspiring a new business idea. Trapped in her own existence, Jasper, agrees to join forces with the young men to create, quite accidentally, what turns out to be an empire that launches each of them into financial riches. Along the way each character battles their own demons regarding the choices they have made In the end, however, their world comes crashing down on them in grandiose fashion. It's the city of ... Written by Anonymous

Ink (2009)
Film (Action, Drama, Fantasy and Sci-Fi) Art department As the light fades and the city goes to sleep, two forces emerge. They are invisible except for the power they exert over us in our sleep, battling for our souls through dreams. One force delivers hope and strength through good dreams; the other infuses the subconscious with desperation through nightmares. John and Emma, Father and Daughter are wrenched into this fantastical dream world battle, forced to fight for John's soul and to save Emma from an eternal nightmare. Separate in their journey, they encounter unusual characters that exist only in their subconscious. Or do they? Written by Kiowa Winans

I Remember Chloe (2007)
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The Screening (2007)
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The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
Video (Fantasy, Horror and Thriller) Special effects Cassie's life changes when she moves and attends a high school ruled by the most beautiful girl in school, Priscilla, and her beautiful sidekicks. Priscilla immediately takes a dislike to Cassie, and soon it's a battle between the two. But when Priscilla goes missing, along with Cassie's younger brother, Max, Cassie must go on an adventure and search for them before it's too late... Written by A Fan

Return in Red (2007)
Video (Horror) Special effects Certain electromagnetic frequencies can cause mental disruption in human beings... and now someone has decided to put that to the test on the people of a small town. Used as guinea pigs, the citizens find their lives turned upside down in a terrifying nightmare that will haunt your mind long after the chilling climax. Written by Image Entertainment

Strange Girls (2007)
Film (Thriller) Costume designer A drug-addicted psychiatrist inherits the case of twin sisters who speak to nobody and do everything in complete synchronization. Will she be able crack their mysterious case or will she die trying? Set in the deteriorating vistas of rust-belt Pittsburgh, Strange Girls is a dark tale of horror, manipulation, violence, and obsession. Written by Rona Mark

The Wickeds (2005)
Video (Horror) Makeup Department It started off as the ultimate way to spend Halloween. Seven teenagers travel to an old, decrepit house, the site of a horror movie set and rumored to be haunted. But when two grave robbers arrive seeking refuge from an army of the living dead, it becomes the ultimate fight for survival. Written by John Poague