“Brutal & Beautiful”
A man in a metal helmet, chained up in a basement with nothing but cartoons to keep him company, escapes one night and finds himself searching for somewhere to belong.
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Cast
8 people
Grady Eldridge
Benny/Metal Head
Also in
Doctor Odyssey
Hacks
Holgie Forrester
Mother
Known for
I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu
Impulse
Isabella Navarro
Penny
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QLC
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Tea Wise
Martha
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Joseph Schwartz
Weasel
Known for
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
Grotesquerie
Zander Torres
Erik
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(ha-ha)
Matthew J. Flynn
Jolly Goods Shift Lead
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Joshua Chung
Jolly Goods Scared FryCook
Also in
Bound
Samuel McIntosh Director · Peter Phan Cinematographer Sophie Weir Production designer
Budget $9K · United States release October 18, 2025 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$9,000
Production
Void Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Norway · June 15, 2025
Limited theatrical · Ravenheart International Fantastic Film Festival, Oslo
United States · October 18, 2025
Limited theatrical · Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
France
June 20, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Paris (Winner: Best American Short)
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