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Motivational Growth
(Comedy/Sci-Fi) After a failed TV set leads to a failed suicide attempt, depressed and reclusive Ian Folivor (Adrian DiGiovanni) begins taking life advice from The Mold (Jeffrey Combs) a fungal growth in his filthy bathroom.
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Very Positive (127) - 83% of the 127 user reviews for this video are positive.
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Mar 31, 2015
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Devolver Digital Films
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Official Selection 2013 Boston Science Fiction Festival 38 - Award: Grand Jury Best Feature (GORT Award) || Official Selection 2013 Sun Valley Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Little Rock Horror Picture Show (Little Rock Film Festival) - Award: Grand Jury Best Feature || Official Selection ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival - Award: Grand Jury Best Non-European Dramatic Feature || Official Selection LA New Wave International Film Festival - Award: Best Special Effects - Award: Grand Jury Honorable Mention || Official Selection 2013 Fantastic Planet Film Festival (Sydney, Australia) - Award: Best Special Effects || Official Selection 2013 A Night of Horror International Film Festival (Sydney, Australia) - Award: Best Special Effects || Official Selection 2013 Seattle True Independent Film Festival - Award: Grand Jury Best Feature || Official Selection 2013 Little Rock Film Festival - Honors: Special Spotlight Screening || Official Selection 2013 Grand Rapids Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Oak Cliff Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Crypticon Seattle Film Festival - Award: Grand Jury Best Feature (Favorite Feature) || Official Selection 2013 Fright Night Horror Film Festival - Award: Grand Jury Best Comedy || Official Selection 2013 GenCon Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Dark Carnival Film Festival - Award: Grand Jury Best Director (Feature), Don Thacker || Official Selection 2013 Everybody Dies Horror Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Naperville Independent Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Oregon Independent Film Festival - Award: Best Horror Feature - Award: Best Supporting Actor, Adrian DiGiovanni || Official Selection 2013 Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 South Texas Underground Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 TORONTO AFTER DARK - Award: BEST MONSTER/CREATURE (The Mold) - Award: BEST LINE OF DIALOGUE (“The Mold knows Jack, the Mold knows.”) || Official Selection 2013 Housecore Horror Film Festival - Award: Grand Jury Best Screenplay - Award: Grand Jury Best Actor (Adrian DiGiovanni) - Award: Grand Jury Best Special Effects || Official Selection 2013 Sheffield Celluloid Screams Film Festival - Honors: Opening Gala Event Film || Official Selection 2013 Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival - Award: Grand Jury Best Cult Feature - Award: Grand Jury Best Screenplay - Award: Grand Jury Best Actor (Adrian DiGiovanni) - Award: Grand Jury Best Creature and Make-Up Effects || Official Selection 2013 NYC Horror Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Another Hole in the Head Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Local Sightings Film Festival (NWFF) - Dave Hanagan's "Best Q+A in the history of the NWFF” || Official Selection 2013 New York No Limits Film Festival || Official Selection 2013 Tucson TerrorFest - Award: Grand Jury Best Horror Director (Don Thacker) - Award: Grand Jury Best Horror Actor (Adrian DiGiovanni) || Official Selection 2013 ÉCU-in-Barcelona
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“Motivational Growth is going to go down as a new cult classic and live on in the horror/comedy pantheon with films like Army Of Darkness and Dead Alive.”
A – Under The Gun

“…an exhilarating and imaginative film that careens from one weird moment to the next”
4/5 – Tiny Mix Tapes

“…every nostalgic movie geek’s wet dream.”
3.5/5 – DreadCentral

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About This Video

A comedy/sci-fi with a healthy dollop of gutteral horror. Motivational Growth features the voice of cult hero Jeffrey Combs, with Adrian DiGiovanni and Danielle Doetsch. Director/Screenwriter Don Thacker is a game designer whose resume includes Pixeljam, XGen Studios, Robot Loves Kitty, Rocketcat Games, TOO DX and fast-rising point and click shooter Starr Mazer. The heavily video game-inflected Motivational Growth features a retro-video game inspired chiptune soundtrack by Alex Mauer.

Synopsis: After a failed TV set leads to a failed suicide attempt, depressed and reclusive Ian Folivor begins taking life advice from a fungal growth in his filthy bathroom.

A surprisingly smooth talking chunk of aspergillus, The Mold works to win Ian’s trust by helping him clean himself up, remodel his lifestyle and, with luck, make some headway with the girl next door. When Ian begins receiving strange messages from his broken television set, however, the reality of his restyled life begins to crumble, exposing the gruesome and disturbing world into which Ian has actually been cast.

Directed by: Don Thacker
Produced by: Alexis Nordling
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* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
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    • Additional Notes: Network Bandwidth of 5Mbps for 540p, 3Mbps for 360p.
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    • Processor: Intel Core I3+ or AMD equivalent recommended for HD 1080p playback
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    • Additional Notes: Network Bandwidth of 12Mbps for 1080p or 8Mbps for 720p.
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