Sky Release Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story Trailer!

Sky Documentaries have released the UK first-look trailer and official poster for Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story. The doc will be heading to the channel next via this month’s FrightFest hence we get a first look.

This film is directed by Bafta winning duo Bruce Fletcher and Peter Beard. It follows 35 year old Down Syndrome man Otto Baxter. Who loves chatting and writing about films and now directed a foul mouthed musical, The Puppet Asylum. An autobiographical comedy horror of sorts and this film showcases how Otto created his film and how it effected his life.

Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story follows Otto Baxter, a 35-year-old man with Down Syndrome, over six years, as he writes and directs a foul-mouthed, autobiographical comedy-horror-musical set in Victorian London. Otto, who has always struggled to explain how he feels, uses his film THE PUPPET ASYLUM to explore his birth, adoption and his epic battle with ‘The Master’ – an evil magician hell-bent on controlling his life. During the filmmaking process Otto’s birth mother dies and he finds himself confronting life in the real world, including his future. Otto’s filmmaker friends Bruce Fletcher and Peter Beard help him to bring his vision to life, but also learn more about his unique perspective on the world and how they can play a role in his future.

Set in Victorian London, THE PUPPET ASYLUM, is an allegorical horror biopic written and directed by Otto Baxter as a reimagining of his own life, from birth to becoming his own master. Fusing horror, dark comedy, an evocative soundtrack and a foul-mouthed ventriloquist’s dummy, this entirely unique short film is a macabre story of a misunderstood child on a path to controlling their own life.

Next to Otto himself the film stars Paul Kaye, Rebecca Callard, Myanna Buring, and Ruben Reuter with the voice of Dexter Fletcher and Adeel Akhtar, and features an original score by Ed Harcourt.

Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story and The Puppet Asylum will play as a double bill first at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest on 28th August [more info]. The on 1st September they’ll be a limited cinema release before heading to Sky Documentaries on 23rd September.