Heather DiPietro

Unholy Mole

A selfish man sells the soul of his unborn child to the Devil in exchange for forcing his wife to make guacamole for him. Things go terribly wrong...

This film was accepted into over 50 film festivals worldwide.

Official Selection

SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021
WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL 2020
MORBIDO FILM FEST 2019
MILWAUKEE TWISTED DREAMS FILM FESTIVAL 2020
JULIEN DUBUQUE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
HAAPSALU HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL 2020
DARK ARTS FILM FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM 2021
FULL MOON HORROR & FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL 2019
DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2020
BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2020
SOHO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2020
GASPARILLA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021
BUT FILM FESTIVAL 2020
TUCSON TERRORFEST 2020
SCRED FOR YOUR LIIFE 2020
TROMADANCE 2022
SUNDERLAND SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2021
HORRORIGINS FILM FESTIVAL 2020
NEVERMORE FILM FESTIVAL 2020
SACRAMENTO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2020
HAPPENSTANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2020
THE DEAD OF NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL 2020
ARIZONA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2020
HOLLYWOOD HORRORFEST 2020

SPOOKY MOVIE INT. HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2020
NEW YORK CITY HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2020
MONMOUTH FILM FESTIVAL 2020
MONTANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
CRYPTSHOW FESTIVAL 2020
SC UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2020
SIN CITY HORROR FEST 2020
PORTLAND HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2020
NOLA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2020
SOUTH TX UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2020
BURIED ALIVE FILM FESTIVAL 2019
SOUTH DAKOTA FILM FESTIVAL 2019
iFI HORRORTHON 2019
KNOXVILLE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2019
FARGO FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2019
HAMILTON FILM FESTIVAL 2019
HEX AFTER DARK 2019
DEAD IN DECATUR 2019
ACOCOLLONA'T 2019
LUSCA FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2019

AND MORE!

Awards

WINNER:
BEST SHORT FILM, LIL' SPOOKY FEST 2022
NASTIEST MALE LEAD, NASTY FRAMES INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2022
AUDIENCE AWARD, DER PHANTASTICHE TRASHFILM 2020
BEST VISUAL FX, KRAMPUSNACHT FREAKY FILM FESTIVAL 2020

NOMINATED:
BEST MIDNIGHT SHORT, NIGHTMARES FILM FESTIVAL 2019
BEST HORROR FILM, CORDILLERA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
BEST MALE LEAD, MEGGA XP BLOOD BASH 2020
BEST SHORT FILM, HORRORHOUND FILM FESTIVAL 2019
BEST WTF SHORT, BEST COMEDIC SHORT, GENREBLAST FILM FESTIVAL 2020
MOST SHOCKING SHORT, HEXPLOITATION FILM FESTIVAL 2020
BEST GRINDHOUSE FIM, JIM THORPE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2021
BEST SIDE SPLITTING SHORT, RENEGADE FILM FESTIVAL 2022
RUNNER UP BEST GROSS OUT FILM, HORRIBLE IMAGININGS 2020

Credits

Directed: David Bornstein
Exec Producer: Heather DiPietro
Associate Producer: Dani Ochroch
1st AD: Courtney Wold
Animation: Tom Smith
Assistant Animator: Dan Becker
Cinematographer: Rafael Gomez
Production Design: Carolina Pedroza

Costume Design: Scot Fontaine
Hair & Make-Up: Drishty Empire
SFX MUA: Sioux Sinclair
1st Assistant Camera: Josh Dancu
2nd Assistant Camera: Caitlin Brands
Gaffer: Connor Pollard
Key Grip: Tom Klane
Swings: Reagan Frazer, AJ Starzak
Sound Mixer/Boom Op: Ryan B. Fee
Script Supervisor: Emily Blake

Editor/DIT: Trevor Davies
Colorist: Courtney Feemster
Recording Engineer: Matthieu Brousseau
Sound Design: Gabriel Acosta
Original Music: Celeste Clark Jewett
VFX Supervisor/Compositor: Bryan McAdams
BTS Photographer: Dan Davis