Movies by Michael Smith

Go for It, Mike

Go for It, Mike

A parodic music video that re-envisions the Horatio Alger myth of the American Dream via 1950s-style cultural cliches, advertising and Reagan-era media propaganda. Smith's 'regular guy' Mike embodies a series of all-American male stereotypes, from the classroom to political candidacy, assuming the roles of college prep, cowboy, train engineer, and real estate developer. Set to an ironic jingle recalling of an 'Up with People' anthem, this lampoon of Manifest Destiny concludes with Mike riding, like an ironic Marlboro Man, into the sunset.

The Vault

The Vault

A seasoned detective (Max Lamont) is hired to track down the only surviving thief of a robbery gone wrong.

Curse of Aurore

Curse of Aurore

A “Dark Web” thumb drive reveals footage of three American filmmakers in rural Quebec researching a historic child murder case. After witnessing several disturbing paranormal occurrences, they attempt to communicate with the spirit of the child.

Secret Horror

Secret Horror

Another regular evening at Mike's house turns into a comic nightmare. Finding himself a stranger in his own apartment, a "world totally fashioned from the effluvia of TV and pop music," Mike is plagued by a mysterious drop ceiling, his dry cleaning, and a host of ghostly visitors. This postmodern comedy of the banal is told as a suspense drama, in which an unseen "we" whispers imperatives to the hapless Mike, whose life becomes a TV game show in a place "somewhere between initiation and renovation." References to such pop trivia as the Partr...

Out of Frame

Out of Frame

A neo-noir tale of photography and murder. On the verge of fame, Damien Drake abruptly quits his dark photography dubbed, The Death Series. As Damien tries to forget his past, John Godewynn, the biggest fan of the Death Series, emerges hellbent on re-sparking Damien's creativity. John's push quickly spirals into chaos and murder, exposing the shocking secret that led to Damien's self-exile.

Doctor Who: The Wrath of Eukor

Doctor Who: The Wrath of Eukor

The Doctor regenerates in London, 1911, but there's no time to rest. In this fan production she meets her new companion, chimney sweep Carl Evans, and they set off to 1980s Seattle. There, Vietnam war veterans living in an urban park are mysteriously disappearing by the day; what's the cause? And could it be as alien as the Doctor herself?

The Jack King Affair

The Jack King Affair

England, 1940, during World War II. An MI5 officer, codenamed Jack King, infiltrates a network of conspirators, a British fifth column sympathetic to Nazi Germany, in order to control the organization and destroy it in the event of a German invasion. But who was he? A single person or several?