REDBELL
(Javier Juste Alvarez, 2026)
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
At its core, REDBELL aims to adapt the Urban Legend for the digital age. These stories have long outgrown the campfire, evolving to reflect contemporary anxieties. The film reflects this evolution by drawing on established horror tropes, adapting elements from slashers and folk-horror narratives, but placing them within the digital spaces we engage with every day. REDBELL explores how urban legends survive through acts of ostension, thriving by being anonymously shared, reinterpreted and sustained through active participation. At the heart of every urban legend is ongoing debate of their credibility. As such, ambiguity became central to the REDBELL’s narrative. By the time the credits roll, many questions remain unanswered, but seeds of uncertainty have been planted in the hope of provoking discussions in the audience, making them active participants in the Legend. Ultimately, REDBELL illustrates how these stories have infiltrated the networks, and behaviours that shape our everyday lives.
This film is produced as part of my practice-based dissertation project.
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SYNOPSIS
When four recent University graduates decide to participate in a viral ritual tied to an urban legend, their playful antics soon descend into madness. Unsettling and sinister events begin unfolding around them as they receive a series of strange messages from a supernatural entity known only as Robin Redbell. Has the group unwittingly awakened an ancient evil or is something far more human at play?
CAST
Pollyanna Harrison
Neil Maxwell
Noah Wheatley
Abigail García Santana
CREW
Javier Juste-Alvarez
Writer & Director
Writer & Director
Chenay Kamara
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Lauren Lenihan-Smith
Producer/ DoP/Colourist
Producer/ DoP/Colourist
Sarah-Lily Phizackerley
D.O.P
D.O.P
Kassandra Fletcher
D.O.P/ Editor
D.O.P/ Editor
Abigail Jacobs
Gaffer
Gaffer
Will Dickson Composer
Grace Le
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Moonyene Phoenix
Hair & Makeup
Hair & Makeup
Alicia Bremner
BTS Photographer / Sound Recording
BTS Photographer / Sound Recording
Peggy Yiu
Sound Recording
Sound Recording
Ian Yip
Sound Recording
Sound Recording
BTS
Writer & Director - Javier Juste-Alvarez
Assistant Director - Chenay Kamara
Producer - Lauren Lenihan-Smith
Sarah-Lily Phizackerley – D.O.P
Kassandra Fletcher – D.O.P
Lauren Lenihan-Smith – Cinematographer
Sarah-Lily Phizackerley – Cinematographer
Chena Yamara – Camera Assistant
Lauren Lenihan-Smith – Colourist
Nye Buckland – Gaffer
Abigail Jacobs – Gaffer
Kassandra Fletcher – Editor
Bee Pawlowski – Editor
Max Bickerton – Animator
Will Dickson – Composer
Gabriel Da Silva – Set Designer
Grace Le – Costume Designer
Moonyene Phoenix – Hair & Makeup
Alicia Bremner – BTS Photographer
Bee Pawlowski – CRT Technician
Peggy Yiu – Sound Recording
Ian Yip – Sound Recording
Alicia Bremner – Sound Recording
Moonyene Phoenix – Sound Recording