GHOSTAPUS: Imagine a world where ghost-octopuses, handsome lighthouse keepers, indigenous tribes, Goths, and bad-ass stewardesses fight evil, polluting frackers!
GHOSTAPUS: It's an octopus that's a GHOST! A paranormal monster from the deep terrorizes a small coastal community after it is unleashed by a corrupt gas company doing illegal fracking. A grieving local lighthouse keeper becomes a hero when a storm hits his village, causing an airplane full of stewardesses to crash. He soon embarks on an adventure he never bargained for. But he guards his heart from stewardesses like he guards his seaside community from spectral monsters: 99%. As Native tribes and protesters gather to shut down the illegal fracking, Ghostapus goes on a rampage, tearing human victims apart and eating them like beef jerky. She uses deep-sea telepathy to set the evil humans against each other. But for what? Behind the seemingly sinister monster lies the truth: the creature is not evil; she and her babies were murdered by the gas company and its toxic dumping. The only beings Ghostapus can successfully communicate with are a local neurodivergent girl, a tribal chief, and a teenage Goth. Can the tight-knit community weather the storm of corruption, greed, fear, and a giant angry-mom-octopus-ghost? Can they save themselves from each other? Can the single, attractive lighthouse keeper guard his heart from an equally, if-not-more-attractive and vivacious "bad-girl" stewardess with a secret CIA past?
Lisa Hammer is a NY independent filmmaker best known as the voice of Triana Orpheus on Adult Swim's cartoon "The Venture Bros." Hammer's film, "Empire of Ache" is included in the "Joanie4Jackie" collection run by Miranda July, recently acquired by The Getty Museum. Lisa has collaborated with Ben Edlund ("Firefly," "The Tick") and Doc Hammer ("The Venture Bros") and with James Merendino ("SLC Punk!"). Hammer has directed such outstanding talents as Clayne Crawford, James Duval, Aarti Mann, H. Jon Benjamin, Jonathan Katz, Eve Plumb, Courtney Love, Thurston Moore, and Arden Myrin. Past projects include a biographical rock and roll series "Maybe Sunshine" (Directed by Levi Wilson, now on ROKU/SeekaTV) and a musical comedy feature film ""The Sisters Plotz"" with Eve Plumb (screened at NYWIFT/Anthology Film Archives/The Egyptian Theater). Hammer is executive producer and editor on a new feature film "Montauk," starring Molly Ringwald, Charlie Tahan ("Ozark"), Sadie Calvano ("Mom") to be released in 2025, and asst. editor on a comedy feature "Out of Order" starring Brooke Shields, Sandra Bernhart, Luis Guzman and Brendan Routh, for release in 2025. She is co-creator, co-star and DP and additional editor on the series "Great Kills" (on Amazon TV). She is executive producer and editor of "Luke and Emma and a Gas Station on Franklin Avenue," working with her husband, Levi Wilson. This short film is being developed as a feature film and was recently acquired by AMC+. Hammer recently worked with Cathy Moriarty, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bai Ling and Eric Roberts on Season 2 of “Great Kills” and another indie film. Hammer was recently honored at a screening of her film “Empire of Ache” for "Future is Female" at the Nighthawk Cinema, and is featured in Heidi Honeycutt's book "I Spit on Your Celluloid" and the French film journal OpticalSound n° 09.
Cannes International Cinema Festival - 2021 -WINNER BEST SCRIPT
Venice Fullshot Film Festival - 2021 -WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY
Hollywood Hills Film Awards - 2018 - WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY
Eurofest - 2018 - WINNER BEST SCREENWRITER
LA LIVE FILM FESTIVAL - 2018 - NOMINATED BEST SCREENPLAY
Alf - Clayne Crawford
Mark - James Duval
Marjorie - Eve Plumb
