Hi, my name is Larry Ziegelman, and I'm an award-winning, Chicago filmmaker and director, and co-writer on "Grave Expectations". I've been making films for the last 18 years: my reel . Back in 2020, my former college roommate (class of '92) Jason Silberberg, wrote a short story entitled, "The Unrequited" and shared it with me. I immediately thought this needed to be written into a screenplay, and since it was the middle of the covid pandemic, we had the time to write it.

For the next three years, we shared it with friends, wrote iteration after iteration and started entering it into competitions. 15 iterations and 10 festival laurels later, we finally decided this script needed to be made. It's clear that the story resonates with industry judges and we feel strongly that the film will most definitely as well.

Question: What would you do if your childhood bully just up and died?

Here's how Jason answered that question...

The idea: Jacob has kept his childhood trauma of being bullied from his wife, Shira, for as long as they’ve been together. That is until tonight—their 10th anniversary. That’s because his childhood bully, John Markbreit, has “out-of-the-blue, dropped dead”. So tonight, Jacob has “gifted” a surprise nighttime trip through the cemetery, as well as his willingness to share his childhood memories to his wife. This adventure becomes an opportunity for bonding, catharsis and well…childish revenge.

We have recently shot for two amazing days with funds from both myself and Jason, but those monies are now spent. We have yet to shoot in a cemetery and need the money to shoot the final day and finish the post-production. The "post" includes music, color, sound and finally, entering film festivals.

We have cast some really amazing, talented and funny actors for the roles, and hired an incredible crew to make the film just look beautiful. Please help us cross the finish line and make this film a reality!

Our Undying Thanks!

All donors will be thanked at the end credits of the film. And if there are some people that have deep-pockets and want to donate $1000 or more, you will be listed at an Associate Producer in the credits as well as on IMDB.com.

Thank you so much for your time and your support!

Larry Ziegelman and Jason Silberberg