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A young girl is lured into her neighbor's house to meet a new friend and share some birthday cake. What could possibly go wrong?

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what happens when somebody takes their grief too far. A mother who is unable to accept the fact that her child is dead, lead us to this creepy, awkward, horror film. It was filmed over the course of the same weekend as one of our other short films, "Forgotten". We were reluctant to film with children but our coproducers at Outtake Productions were experienced with child actors so we decided to give it a shot and it went better than expected. We had already worked with Bettina Skye, Petra Seirmarco, and Abbey Hafer. This was our first time working with Lianna Morra (other than "Forgotten" which was shot the night before) and we were delighted with her performance and professionalism. These films ("Forgotten" and "Play Date") were the first time that we had a crew. Teaming with our friends at Outtake Productions allowed us to step back and have a more hands on approach to directing without having to worry about the sound and cinematography.

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The location was a bed and breakfast that we rented for the weekend to shoot these two short films. The location also housed the crew and some of the cast. Unfortunately the upstairs hallway was much smaller than we had anticipated and we were unable to draw out the suspense of Amy’s reveal the way we had originally wanted to but we did the best with what we had and were pleased with the end result. Although we thought the final shot of the film would leave people laughing (it was funny to us) most people find it creepy and disturbing.

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