The Greater Evil

**2015 · 7:51 · produced by Lee Perna · written and directed by William R. Coughlan**
Lilith Delaney has snagged a plum assignment with the campaign team of Victor Balch, a brash but popular candidate for the Presidency. Though initially seeing it as just another job, Lilith gradually falls under the candidate’s spell… until she catches a glimpse of his horrific true nature.
Tohubohu’s crack creative team — apparently not satisfied with back-to-back competitions in DC and Baltimore — decided to venture into the madcap weekend waters for yet a *third* time in a single season as part of the inaugural **48 Hour Film Politics & Comedy Project**. In a departure from our usual comedic fare, “The Greater Evil” explored themes of political extremism and the nature of unquestioning support. The film was created entirely between September 25th through the 27th, 2015, and premiered at the Burke Theater at the Naval Heritage Center on Friday, October 2 — ultimately taking “Best Film” honors.

TOHUBOHU PRODUCTIONS presents a 48 HOUR FILM POLITICS & COMEDY PROJECT “THE GREATER EVIL” starring JENNIFER MASSEY MICHAEL GABEL NICK DePINTO NELLO DeBLASIO KEITH WATERS CAROL McCAFFREY JEAN HUDSON MILLER and SARAH FRANCES HOPE WILLIAMS with BJORN MUNSON BROOKS TEGLER KENNETH J. COUGHLAN MARY KAY COUGHLAN ALEX STINSON ANNA COUGHLAN and WILLIAM R. COUGHLAN edited by WILLIAM R. COUGHLAN SHANNON FARNEY director of photography JESSE ACHTENBERG music by BRIAN WILBUR GRUNDSTROM associate producers SCOTT SAN MARTIN MEREDITH SIMS executive producer WILLIAM R. COUGHLAN produced by LEE PERNA written and directed by WILLIAM R. COUGHLAN

48 Hour Film Politics and Comedy Project

The Greater Evil — Full Movie

The Greater Evil — Original Trailer

http://www.tohubohu.tv/evil WINNER: BEST FILM, BEST WRITING and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 48 Hour Film Politics & Comedy Project 2015 • Washington, DC BEST SCI-Fi FILM: Origins Film Festival 2016 • Columbus, OH BEST “CUTOFF SHORT” (General): 2016 Traveling Shorts Film Festival • Florence, Italy BEST VA/TN FILM: GenreBlast Film Festival 2016 • Culpeper, VA BEST THRILLER: Silver Screen Film Festival 2017 • Tampa, FL BEST FEATURE FILM: Cine Miami Fest 2017 • Miami, FL SILVER AWARD: Eureka Springs Human Rights Film Fest 2016 • Eureka Springs, AR SILVER AWARD: Directing, Fiction • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 BRONZE AWARD: Independent Short • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 BRONZE AWARD: Director of Photography, Fiction • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 AWARD OF MERIT (Liberation/Social Justice/Protest): Best Shorts Competition • November 2015 OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Best Narrative Short • IndieCapitol Awards 2016 OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Most Shocking • Indiana Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • Indianapolis, IN OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Special Jury Award • Global Impact Film Festival 2017 • Washington, DC OFFICIAL SELECTION: 48 Hour Film Project Filmapalooza: 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Miami Independent Film Festival • March 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: The Film Festival at Little Washington 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • San Pedro, CA OFFICIAL SELECTION: Clifton Film Fest 2016 • Clifton, VA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • Providence, RI OFFICIAL PARTICIPANT: Norwich Radical Film Festival 2016 • Norwich, UK OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Skyline Indie Film Fest • Winchester, VA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • Portland, OR OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Reel Independent Film Extravaganza • Washington, DC OFFICIAL SELECTION: Wollongong Film Festival 2016 • Wollongong, NSW, Australia OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 First Rule of Film Club Indie Showcase • Widnes, UK OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Big Fandom Film Festival • Greenville, SC OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 KRAF International Short Film Festival • Rijeka, Croatia OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival • Pune, Maharashtra, India OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Central Michigan International Film Festival • Mt. Pleasant, MI OFFICIAL SELECTION: Juggernaut Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Film Festival 2017 • Chicago, IL OFFICIAL SELECTION: Ocean City Film Festival 2017 • Ocean City, MD OFFICIAL SELECTION: East Van Showcase 2017 • Vancouver, BC OFFICIAL SELECTION: Salento Finibus Terrae 2017 • Apulia, Italy OFFICIAL SELECTION: Tampa Bay Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • Tampa, FL OFFICIAL SELECTION: San Francisco Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • San Francisco, CA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Midwest Horror Fest • Logansport, IN OFFICIAL SELECTION: Horror Hullabaloo Film Fest 2017 • Glasgow, Scotland OFFICIAL SELECTION: DTC Film Festival 2018 • Covington, Louisiana OFFICIAL SELECTION: Harrogate Film Festival 2018 • Harrogate, England COMMENDATION: Red Ditch Halloween Film Festival 2016 • Redditch, UK FINALIST: Small Axe Radical Short Film Awards 2017 • Tolpuddle, UK SEMI-FINALIST: Miami Epic Festival 2017 • Miami, FL Lilith Delaney has snagged a plum assignment with the campaign team of Victor Balch, a brash but popular candidate for the Presidency. Though initially seeing it as just another job, Lilith gradually falls under the candidate’s spell… until she catches a glimpse of his horrific true nature. Produced by Lee Perna Written and directed by William R. Coughlan Starring Jennifer Massey, Michael Gabel, Nick DePinto, Nello DeBlasio, Keith Waters, Carol McCaffrey, Jean Hudson Miller, and Sarah Frances Hope Williams Edited by William R. Coughlan and Shannon Farney Director of Photography Jesse Achtenberg Music By Brian Wilbur Grundstrom Associate Producers Scott San Martin and Meredith Sims Executive Producer William R. Coughlan ©2015 Tohubohu Productions

The Greater Evil — “Music” Spot

http://www.tohubohu.tv/evil WINNER: BEST FILM, BEST WRITING and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 48 Hour Film Politics & Comedy Project 2015 • Washington, DC BEST SCI-Fi FILM: Origins Film Festival 2016 • Columbus, OH BEST “CUTOFF SHORT” (General): 2016 Traveling Shorts Film Festival • Florence, Italy BEST VA/TN FILM: GenreBlast Film Festival 2016 • Culpeper, VA BEST THRILLER: Silver Screen Film Festival 2017 • Tampa, FL BEST FEATURE FILM: Cine Miami Fest 2017 • Miami, FL SILVER AWARD: Eureka Springs Human Rights Film Fest 2016 • Eureka Springs, AR SILVER AWARD: Directing, Fiction • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 BRONZE AWARD: Independent Short • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 BRONZE AWARD: Director of Photography, Fiction • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 AWARD OF MERIT (Liberation/Social Justice/Protest): Best Shorts Competition • November 2015 OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Best Narrative Short • IndieCapitol Awards 2016 OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Most Shocking • Indiana Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • Indianapolis, IN OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Special Jury Award • Global Impact Film Festival 2017 • Washington, DC OFFICIAL SELECTION: 48 Hour Film Project Filmapalooza: 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Miami Independent Film Festival • March 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: The Film Festival at Little Washington 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • San Pedro, CA OFFICIAL SELECTION: Clifton Film Fest 2016 • Clifton, VA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • Providence, RI OFFICIAL PARTICIPANT: Norwich Radical Film Festival 2016 • Norwich, UK OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Skyline Indie Film Fest • Winchester, VA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • Portland, OR OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Reel Independent Film Extravaganza • Washington, DC OFFICIAL SELECTION: Wollongong Film Festival 2016 • Wollongong, NSW, Australia OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 First Rule of Film Club Indie Showcase • Widnes, UK OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Big Fandom Film Festival • Greenville, SC OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 KRAF International Short Film Festival • Rijeka, Croatia OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival • Pune, Maharashtra, India OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Central Michigan International Film Festival • Mt. Pleasant, MI OFFICIAL SELECTION: Juggernaut Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Film Festival 2017 • Chicago, IL OFFICIAL SELECTION: Ocean City Film Festival 2017 • Ocean City, MD OFFICIAL SELECTION: East Van Showcase 2017 • Vancouver, BC OFFICIAL SELECTION: Salento Finibus Terrae 2017 • Apulia, Italy OFFICIAL SELECTION: Tampa Bay Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • Tampa, FL OFFICIAL SELECTION: San Francisco Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • San Francisco, CA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Midwest Horror Fest • Logansport, IN OFFICIAL SELECTION: Horror Hullabaloo Film Fest 2017 • Glasgow, Scotland OFFICIAL SELECTION: DTC Film Festival 2018 • Covington, Louisiana OFFICIAL SELECTION: Harrogate Film Festival 2018 • Harrogate, England COMMENDATION: Red Ditch Halloween Film Festival 2016 • Redditch, UK FINALIST: Small Axe Radical Short Film Awards 2017 • Tolpuddle, UK SEMI-FINALIST: Miami Epic Festival 2017 • Miami, FL Lilith Delaney has snagged a plum assignment with the campaign team of Victor Balch, a brash but popular candidate for the Presidency. Though initially seeing it as just another job, Lilith gradually falls under the candidate’s spell… until she catches a glimpse of his horrific true nature. Produced by Lee Perna Written and directed by William R. Coughlan Starring Jennifer Massey, Michael Gabel, Nick DePinto, Nello DeBlasio, Keith Waters, Carol McCaffrey, Jean Hudson Miller, and Sarah Frances Hope Williams Edited by William R. Coughlan and Shannon Farney Director of Photography Jesse Achtenberg Music By Brian Wilbur Grundstrom Associate Producers Scott San Martin and Meredith Sims Executive Producer William R. Coughlan ©2015 Tohubohu Productions

The Greater Evil — “TV Clips” Spot

http://www.tohubohu.tv/evil WINNER: BEST FILM, BEST WRITING and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 48 Hour Film Politics & Comedy Project 2015 • Washington, DC BEST SCI-Fi FILM: Origins Film Festival 2016 • Columbus, OH BEST “CUTOFF SHORT” (General): 2016 Traveling Shorts Film Festival • Florence, Italy BEST VA/TN FILM: GenreBlast Film Festival 2016 • Culpeper, VA BEST THRILLER: Silver Screen Film Festival 2017 • Tampa, FL BEST FEATURE FILM: Cine Miami Fest 2017 • Miami, FL SILVER AWARD: Eureka Springs Human Rights Film Fest 2016 • Eureka Springs, AR SILVER AWARD: Directing, Fiction • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 BRONZE AWARD: Independent Short • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 BRONZE AWARD: Director of Photography, Fiction • TIVA Peer Awards 2016 AWARD OF MERIT (Liberation/Social Justice/Protest): Best Shorts Competition • November 2015 OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Best Narrative Short • IndieCapitol Awards 2016 OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Most Shocking • Indiana Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • Indianapolis, IN OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Special Jury Award • Global Impact Film Festival 2017 • Washington, DC OFFICIAL SELECTION: 48 Hour Film Project Filmapalooza: 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Miami Independent Film Festival • March 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: The Film Festival at Little Washington 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • San Pedro, CA OFFICIAL SELECTION: Clifton Film Fest 2016 • Clifton, VA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • Providence, RI OFFICIAL PARTICIPANT: Norwich Radical Film Festival 2016 • Norwich, UK OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Skyline Indie Film Fest • Winchester, VA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival • Portland, OR OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Reel Independent Film Extravaganza • Washington, DC OFFICIAL SELECTION: Wollongong Film Festival 2016 • Wollongong, NSW, Australia OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 First Rule of Film Club Indie Showcase • Widnes, UK OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Big Fandom Film Festival • Greenville, SC OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 KRAF International Short Film Festival • Rijeka, Croatia OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival • Pune, Maharashtra, India OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Central Michigan International Film Festival • Mt. Pleasant, MI OFFICIAL SELECTION: Juggernaut Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Film Festival 2017 • Chicago, IL OFFICIAL SELECTION: Ocean City Film Festival 2017 • Ocean City, MD OFFICIAL SELECTION: East Van Showcase 2017 • Vancouver, BC OFFICIAL SELECTION: Salento Finibus Terrae 2017 • Apulia, Italy OFFICIAL SELECTION: Tampa Bay Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • Tampa, FL OFFICIAL SELECTION: San Francisco Comic Con Film Festival 2017 • San Francisco, CA OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Midwest Horror Fest • Logansport, IN OFFICIAL SELECTION: Horror Hullabaloo Film Fest 2017 • Glasgow, Scotland OFFICIAL SELECTION: DTC Film Festival 2018 • Covington, Louisiana OFFICIAL SELECTION: Harrogate Film Festival 2018 • Harrogate, England COMMENDATION: Red Ditch Halloween Film Festival 2016 • Redditch, UK FINALIST: Small Axe Radical Short Film Awards 2017 • Tolpuddle, UK SEMI-FINALIST: Miami Epic Festival 2017 • Miami, FL Lilith Delaney has snagged a plum assignment with the campaign team of Victor Balch, a brash but popular candidate for the Presidency. Though initially seeing it as just another job, Lilith gradually falls under the candidate’s spell… until she catches a glimpse of his horrific true nature. Produced by Lee Perna Written and directed by William R. Coughlan Starring Jennifer Massey, Michael Gabel, Nick DePinto, Nello DeBlasio, Keith Waters, Carol McCaffrey, Jean Hudson Miller, and Sarah Frances Hope Williams Edited by William R. Coughlan and Shannon Farney Director of Photography Jesse Achtenberg Music By Brian Wilbur Grundstrom Associate Producers Scott San Martin and Meredith Sims Executive Producer William R. Coughlan ©2015 Tohubohu Productions

“Across 2015, America watched in flabbergasted shock as the clear frontrunner for a major political party not only failed to self-immolate, but actually thrived proffering a campaign of narcissism, ignorance, bigotry and outright lunacy. Despite my long-held assumption that the more odious elements of a political agenda must of course be couched in some semblance of outward humanity, here was inescapable evidence of my error. Still, rather than losing all faith in the basic decency of my fellow citizens, I chose instead to imagine a more palatable explanation: the candidate must be exercising some nefarious, supernatural hold over his followers. After all, nobody could willingly follow an agenda that overtly repugnant. Inspired by the tongue-in-cheek slogan from the long-running Cthulhu for President campaign — ‘Don’t settle for the lesser evil’ — I posited a more explicitly Lovecraft-influenced presidential aspirant for ‘The Greater Evil,’ taking his political ambitions to their logical conclusion.”

— William R. Coughlan