GentrySmith.net - Unwelcome

Unwelcome is a 15 minute horror / comedy, shot on Super 16 and finished in Dolby 5.1. It was filmed in the Spring of 2004 as Gentry's USC thesis film, and has played at numerous festivals in the US and overseas.

For cast and crew information, check out www.imdb.com

Nafeesa Monroe as Kara in Unwelcome.

Festivals

WINNER - Audience Choice Award 2004 New York City Horror Film Festival

BEST ACTRESS (nominated) - Eerie Horror Film Festival, Pennsylvania. 2004

Lake Arrowhead Celebration of Film, California. 2006

Temecula Valley Film Festival, California. 2005

KCET Fine Cuts Program, televised 2005

Comic-Con Independent Film Festival, California. 2005

Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Korea. 2005

Cinequest 15, California. 2005

Horrorthon, Ireland. 2004

CineMuerte IV, Canada. 2004

Screamfest LA, California. 2004

Kara is a young painter who has just moved into a house that doesn’t want her. Day and night a shadowy presence won’t leave her in peace, but she can’t afford to move.

Her only choice is to exorcise the ghost by avenging his murder.

Or so she thinks…

Director Gentry Smith confers with Cinematographer Joseph White

Rich Delia and Nafeesa Monroe share a haunted dinner date.