Hungry Creatures
New York City, New York | Film Feature
Horror, Drama
A vegan horror film! When Tess starts working in her aunt and uncle's restaurant, she encounters mysterious monsters and visions that send her down a dark, twisty path of moral reckoning.
Hungry Creatures
New York City, New York | Film Feature
Horror, Drama
113 supporters | followers
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$25,504
Goal: $35,000 for production
A vegan horror film! When Tess starts working in her aunt and uncle's restaurant, she encounters mysterious monsters and visions that send her down a dark, twisty path of moral reckoning.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
I'm Coren HG, a filmmaker based in Brooklyn. This past year I wrote the script for HUNGRY CREATURES. The film tells the story of 16-year-old Tess, an only child of strong religious convictions who lives and works on her parents' dairy farm in rural Ohio. When a traumatic event upends the family's life, Tess relocates to Brooklyn for the summer to work in her aunt and uncle's restaurant, a Dutch-inspired American bistro called The Bokkenrijder. Soon, Tess begins to have violent visions. She wonders... could it all have something to do with... the food?
In my final year at NYU, I made a short film called HERE & NOW that imagined the consequences of living solely in the present. During the pandemic, I collaborated with my childhood pals to make Hi8 FRIENDS, a hybrid narrative/doc about a filmmaker who discovers mysterious images from the future. In 2023, my mom and I made a short film called NOVEMBER WITH WAWEL about an older woman who befriends a telepathic bird. This stuff calls to me! But now, I'm bringing horror into the mix. Why? Well, funny you should ask...
Years of producing my own projects and working in the non-union film world in New York City taught me how to transcend the anguish that often accompanies low-budget filmmaking. While there's a thrill in making do with what you've got, there's also the yearning for more time, people, and resources — especially for a feature-length film.
We've mapped out a 20-day shoot in Brooklyn and upstate New York, and budgeted our film at just under $300,000 (aka SAG-Ultra Low Budget). This covers everything from equitable pay for the cast & crew, to essential special effects.
If we can raise $35,000, that will bring us to about 12% of our total budget. This show of support is CRUCIAL. We need to prove audience appetite for this movie in order to bring on equity investors and close the remaining budget gap. Check out our yummy incentives in the sidebar to see how we'll thank you for pitching in!
And remember, your donation is...
Follows, shares, and shouts from the rooftop! 📢
Just as important as the donations themselves is spreading the world to potential supporters. Share the campaign with your friends and fellow cinephiles, and anyone else who you think the film might resonate with. Becoming a campaign follower also helps us unlock helpful discounts and opportunities from Seed&Spark!
A smorgasbord of in-kind donations 🍽️ 🧆 🥙 🍛
Truth be told, it's not all about the Benjamins. Check out our Loans section and the Hungry Creatures Registry for ways to help us secure locations, props, equipment, catering, and more. We don't just want to crowdfund, we want to crowdproduce!
Partnerships with organizations who share our values 🤝 🌱
For this project to succeed, we need the buy-in of organizations who stand up for animal well-fare. Sanctuaries, non-dairy producers, vegan restaurant proprietors — we want to work with you, so get in touch.
Comrades for the Hungry Creatures Street Team 🐇 🐇 🐇
Want to be an ambassador for our campaign and project? Do you love cool merch and being part of a creative community? Then sign up to join our Street Team and help further our mission to be a cinematic voice for the animals.
Our current stretch goal is $50,000. But guess what? There's no limit to what we can raise here on Seed&Spark! Every little bit helps bring us closer to funding our full budget of $300,000. To be clear — we aren't making a micro-budget feature. It may be Ultra-Low Budget, but no one's getting fed cold pizza on this one! The funds we raise via Seed&Spark are just one vital part of our overall financing strategy. But with your support, we can increase the funds in hand and more quickly close the remaining budget gap as we continue fundraising beyond the campaign.
Once the campaign ends, we will continue to fundraise and embark on the next exciting phases of development. That means: securing our CAST & CREW, scouting LOCATIONS, building our SETS, and testing our SPECIAL EFFECTS ~ especially our CREATURE DESIGN!
From now until cameras roll in 2027, we'll keep you posted with detailed updates on how it's all taking shape. Making a film is an epic journey, but a tough one to go alone. We're so grateful to have you along for the ride!
Just because HUNGRY CREATURES is gonna be seriously scary and scarily serious doesn't mean we're leaving fun out in the cold. Below are ways you can engage with the project, its mission, and the people making it happen — during the campaign and beyond!
Follow @TheSurrealAnimal via Instagram for a deeper dive into the film's aesthetic and narrative world,
and via TikTok for glimpses of us hitting the streets of New York City and sharing all things-vegan.
Subscribe to @CorenHG via YouTube for behind-the-scenes footage and forthcoming short films that expand on the movie's themes/universe.
Join Chickpea Summit via Discord for info about upcoming gatherings in Brooklyn where vegans and the veg-curious come together in a cozy home to talk, watch movies, read books, and snack on tasty vegan foods.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Hair, Makeup, and Special Effects
Costs $3,000
A lot of blood, sweat, and tears. And monsters.
Production Design
Costs $3,800
Plates of food everywhere you look. A working restaurant with tables, chairs, a kitchen. The killing floor of a slaughterhouse.
Transportation
Costs $3,400
Trucks and vans to move people and equipment between multiple locations. To travel upstate. To hit the streets and capture life.
Crew & Food
Costs $9,000
Making sure set runs smoothly and bellies are full... of vegan food!
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Coren HG (writer/director) is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and composer from Chapel
Hill, NC. Recent projects include the magical realist short film NOVEMBER WITH
WAWEL (2024) which won Best Drama at the 2025 Ditmas Shorts Fest and the music
video ACE OF WANDS (2025) for solo artist Groundskeeper. Coren makes music under
his own name, with the band Story Arc, and as part of the visual arts composing
duo MIRADOR. He has worked as an assistant director on various projects, including
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED (2023) and
CHARACTERS DISAPPEARING (2025). HUNGRY CREATURES is his debut narrative
feature film.
John L. Murphy (director of photography) has worked for over two decades on fiction and
non fiction projects, including documentaries for Netflix, Amazon Prime and Discovery. He
served as the DP and lead camera for “Uncommon Grounds,” a Travel Channel series which
shot in over 30 countries. His fiction credits include feature films and shorts that have
screened at the Yonkers International Film Festival, New York Shorts Festival and Marbella
International Film Festival. He shot the feature film “The Idea of Manhood (Best Picture at
the 2018 Phoenix Film Festival) and the short film “Herb’s Pajamas (Best Cinematography at
the 2024 Portugal Film Festival). He previously collaborated with Coren HG on the
Groundskeeper Ace of Wands music video and the short film November with Wawel”.
Lita Robinson (creative producer) studied film at Smith College and NYU Tisch, and has
worked in the industry since 2011. She has experience in international sales, distribution,
festivals and exhibition, having worked at Visit Films, Magnolia Pictures, MUBI, and NYC s
Film Forum.
Juanita Fama Candelaria (associate producer) has worked at arthouse movie theaters since 2014, in New York and San Francisco. She is a writer and has contributed essays and poetry to issues of the theater-worker produced zine Cashiers du Cinema. She is currently pursuing her MLIS degree, loves all things books, movies and art, and is a huge champion of indie film. She lives in Brooklyn.
Aria Ferraro (hair & makeup artist) is an Italian born and raised makeup and visual artist based in New York. She is a local 798 Makeup Journeyman whose work can be found on Presidential campaigns, most-watched tv series, films, commercials, e-coms and all types of corporate media. She has experience in keying makeup departments for tv shows & films, helping managing teams as well as being a personal artist to A-List clients. For a period of her life in Los Angeles, Aria studied at Cinema Makeup School. Throughout her career she trained under the supervision of Oscar and Emmy-winning industry professionals who still remain her dearest mentors throughout her career. Aria’s background is in the visual art world and during her spare time she is an avid painter who sells her personal work. She studied art at Performing Arts School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia and also obtained a bachelor degree in Studio Art with concentration in Drawing and Human Anatomy at Hunter College, continuing then her studies at The Art Students League of New York while assisting MOMA & other known museums resident artists. Last but not least, Aria is an animal lover and animal rights supporter.
She tries, to the best of her ability, to give her clients the option to have kit with products and tools that are conscious/vegan/cruelty-free.
Borey Shin (composer) is a Brooklyn-based composer, sound artist, improviser, and visual artist whose work moves fluidly between experimental electronic music, songs, improvisation, chamber music, ambient music, and animation. Working with minimal means, he creates delicately undulating soundscapes using piano, accordion, and synthesizers, drawing from DIY aesthetics and improvised music traditions. His practice has been shaped by long-standing involvement in international experimental, underground, and improvised music communities. Shin’s work has been presented internationally, including performances at the Moers Festival in Germany and residencies at the Banff Centre, Omi International Arts Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
I'm Coren HG, a filmmaker based in Brooklyn. This past year I wrote the script for HUNGRY CREATURES. The film tells the story of 16-year-old Tess, an only child of strong religious convictions who lives and works on her parents' dairy farm in rural Ohio. When a traumatic event upends the family's life, Tess relocates to Brooklyn for the summer to work in her aunt and uncle's restaurant, a Dutch-inspired American bistro called The Bokkenrijder. Soon, Tess begins to have violent visions. She wonders... could it all have something to do with... the food?
In my final year at NYU, I made a short film called HERE & NOW that imagined the consequences of living solely in the present. During the pandemic, I collaborated with my childhood pals to make Hi8 FRIENDS, a hybrid narrative/doc about a filmmaker who discovers mysterious images from the future. In 2023, my mom and I made a short film called NOVEMBER WITH WAWEL about an older woman who befriends a telepathic bird. This stuff calls to me! But now, I'm bringing horror into the mix. Why? Well, funny you should ask...
Years of producing my own projects and working in the non-union film world in New York City taught me how to transcend the anguish that often accompanies low-budget filmmaking. While there's a thrill in making do with what you've got, there's also the yearning for more time, people, and resources — especially for a feature-length film.
We've mapped out a 20-day shoot in Brooklyn and upstate New York, and budgeted our film at just under $300,000 (aka SAG-Ultra Low Budget). This covers everything from equitable pay for the cast & crew, to essential special effects.
If we can raise $35,000, that will bring us to about 12% of our total budget. This show of support is CRUCIAL. We need to prove audience appetite for this movie in order to bring on equity investors and close the remaining budget gap. Check out our yummy incentives in the sidebar to see how we'll thank you for pitching in!
And remember, your donation is...
Follows, shares, and shouts from the rooftop! 📢
Just as important as the donations themselves is spreading the world to potential supporters. Share the campaign with your friends and fellow cinephiles, and anyone else who you think the film might resonate with. Becoming a campaign follower also helps us unlock helpful discounts and opportunities from Seed&Spark!
A smorgasbord of in-kind donations 🍽️ 🧆 🥙 🍛
Truth be told, it's not all about the Benjamins. Check out our Loans section and the Hungry Creatures Registry for ways to help us secure locations, props, equipment, catering, and more. We don't just want to crowdfund, we want to crowdproduce!
Partnerships with organizations who share our values 🤝 🌱
For this project to succeed, we need the buy-in of organizations who stand up for animal well-fare. Sanctuaries, non-dairy producers, vegan restaurant proprietors — we want to work with you, so get in touch.
Comrades for the Hungry Creatures Street Team 🐇 🐇 🐇
Want to be an ambassador for our campaign and project? Do you love cool merch and being part of a creative community? Then sign up to join our Street Team and help further our mission to be a cinematic voice for the animals.
Our current stretch goal is $50,000. But guess what? There's no limit to what we can raise here on Seed&Spark! Every little bit helps bring us closer to funding our full budget of $300,000. To be clear — we aren't making a micro-budget feature. It may be Ultra-Low Budget, but no one's getting fed cold pizza on this one! The funds we raise via Seed&Spark are just one vital part of our overall financing strategy. But with your support, we can increase the funds in hand and more quickly close the remaining budget gap as we continue fundraising beyond the campaign.
Once the campaign ends, we will continue to fundraise and embark on the next exciting phases of development. That means: securing our CAST & CREW, scouting LOCATIONS, building our SETS, and testing our SPECIAL EFFECTS ~ especially our CREATURE DESIGN!
From now until cameras roll in 2027, we'll keep you posted with detailed updates on how it's all taking shape. Making a film is an epic journey, but a tough one to go alone. We're so grateful to have you along for the ride!
Just because HUNGRY CREATURES is gonna be seriously scary and scarily serious doesn't mean we're leaving fun out in the cold. Below are ways you can engage with the project, its mission, and the people making it happen — during the campaign and beyond!
Follow @TheSurrealAnimal via Instagram for a deeper dive into the film's aesthetic and narrative world,
and via TikTok for glimpses of us hitting the streets of New York City and sharing all things-vegan.
Subscribe to @CorenHG via YouTube for behind-the-scenes footage and forthcoming short films that expand on the movie's themes/universe.
Join Chickpea Summit via Discord for info about upcoming gatherings in Brooklyn where vegans and the veg-curious come together in a cozy home to talk, watch movies, read books, and snack on tasty vegan foods.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Hair, Makeup, and Special Effects
Costs $3,000
A lot of blood, sweat, and tears. And monsters.
Production Design
Costs $3,800
Plates of food everywhere you look. A working restaurant with tables, chairs, a kitchen. The killing floor of a slaughterhouse.
Transportation
Costs $3,400
Trucks and vans to move people and equipment between multiple locations. To travel upstate. To hit the streets and capture life.
Crew & Food
Costs $9,000
Making sure set runs smoothly and bellies are full... of vegan food!
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Coren HG (writer/director) is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and composer from Chapel
Hill, NC. Recent projects include the magical realist short film NOVEMBER WITH
WAWEL (2024) which won Best Drama at the 2025 Ditmas Shorts Fest and the music
video ACE OF WANDS (2025) for solo artist Groundskeeper. Coren makes music under
his own name, with the band Story Arc, and as part of the visual arts composing
duo MIRADOR. He has worked as an assistant director on various projects, including
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED (2023) and
CHARACTERS DISAPPEARING (2025). HUNGRY CREATURES is his debut narrative
feature film.
John L. Murphy (director of photography) has worked for over two decades on fiction and
non fiction projects, including documentaries for Netflix, Amazon Prime and Discovery. He
served as the DP and lead camera for “Uncommon Grounds,” a Travel Channel series which
shot in over 30 countries. His fiction credits include feature films and shorts that have
screened at the Yonkers International Film Festival, New York Shorts Festival and Marbella
International Film Festival. He shot the feature film “The Idea of Manhood (Best Picture at
the 2018 Phoenix Film Festival) and the short film “Herb’s Pajamas (Best Cinematography at
the 2024 Portugal Film Festival). He previously collaborated with Coren HG on the
Groundskeeper Ace of Wands music video and the short film November with Wawel”.
Lita Robinson (creative producer) studied film at Smith College and NYU Tisch, and has
worked in the industry since 2011. She has experience in international sales, distribution,
festivals and exhibition, having worked at Visit Films, Magnolia Pictures, MUBI, and NYC s
Film Forum.
Juanita Fama Candelaria (associate producer) has worked at arthouse movie theaters since 2014, in New York and San Francisco. She is a writer and has contributed essays and poetry to issues of the theater-worker produced zine Cashiers du Cinema. She is currently pursuing her MLIS degree, loves all things books, movies and art, and is a huge champion of indie film. She lives in Brooklyn.
Aria Ferraro (hair & makeup artist) is an Italian born and raised makeup and visual artist based in New York. She is a local 798 Makeup Journeyman whose work can be found on Presidential campaigns, most-watched tv series, films, commercials, e-coms and all types of corporate media. She has experience in keying makeup departments for tv shows & films, helping managing teams as well as being a personal artist to A-List clients. For a period of her life in Los Angeles, Aria studied at Cinema Makeup School. Throughout her career she trained under the supervision of Oscar and Emmy-winning industry professionals who still remain her dearest mentors throughout her career. Aria’s background is in the visual art world and during her spare time she is an avid painter who sells her personal work. She studied art at Performing Arts School, Fiorello H. LaGuardia and also obtained a bachelor degree in Studio Art with concentration in Drawing and Human Anatomy at Hunter College, continuing then her studies at The Art Students League of New York while assisting MOMA & other known museums resident artists. Last but not least, Aria is an animal lover and animal rights supporter.
She tries, to the best of her ability, to give her clients the option to have kit with products and tools that are conscious/vegan/cruelty-free.
Borey Shin (composer) is a Brooklyn-based composer, sound artist, improviser, and visual artist whose work moves fluidly between experimental electronic music, songs, improvisation, chamber music, ambient music, and animation. Working with minimal means, he creates delicately undulating soundscapes using piano, accordion, and synthesizers, drawing from DIY aesthetics and improvised music traditions. His practice has been shaped by long-standing involvement in international experimental, underground, and improvised music communities. Shin’s work has been presented internationally, including performances at the Moers Festival in Germany and residencies at the Banff Centre, Omi International Arts Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.