The Oldies: Earth-217 Archives
The Oldies: Earth-217 Archives
A Distinct Lack of Holiday Cheer
Released March 17th, 2020
The first short film made pre-Earth-217 Studios.
This anti-holiday tale follows a young man named Scott through three years of hard times during the holidays.
And kicks off Earth-217’s weird obsession with holidays.
Written & Directed by Chase Todd
Easter Sunday
Released April 4th, 2021
Horror Hops Home in the first original holislay from Chase & Shep.
After reviewing holiday themed horror movies for months, the dudes decided to hop in to the movie making game themselves with this 70’s B-Slasher rip off.
Thrown together in three days by three dudes, this would set the stage for the Chase & Shep saga to come.
Written & Directed by Chase & Shep
Artwork by GELA REDIGER
Chase & SHep’s 4/20 Sketch Show
Released April 20th, 2021
Just 16 days later the dudes released their first sketch show and started a new 4/20 tradition.
Written & Directed by ChasE & SHep
This one is age-restricted little homies.
Presumably because of all the smoking.
But have no fear!
Click the dudes to watch now!
Poster Design by JENNY KIMBRO
Chase & SHep’s Summer CamP of Horrors!
Series Premiered Sheptember 17th, 2021
The dudes then looked at each other and said,“What holiday is next?”
“…Summer?”
They then set out to make a 10-episode summer camp horror comedy that was ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ meets ‘The Evil Dead’ to release by the 4th of July…
September 17th and two episodes shy, the first Chase & Shep original series premiered.
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of a bunch of first timers and the graciousness of all the people that let us film at their locations the series saw the light of day.
I like to think we learned a lot that summer.
Such as, “We need more help.”
Story by Aaron Sheppard & Chase Todd Written & Directed by ChasE Todd
IMDB
WATCH ALL EPISODES HERE:
EPISODE I: Welcome to Camp Chasenshep
EPISODE II: El Libro De Los Muertos
EPISODE III: Mind F*cks & Love Games
EPISODE IV: You Will Get Pregnant & You Will Die
EPISODE V: The Kids Keep Drowning
EPISODE VI: Should We Cut Off Our Hands?
EPISODE VII: But Are You Afraid of the Dark Tho?
EPISODE VIII: I Survived Summer Camp & All I Got Was This Stupid T-Shirt
Artwork by GELA REDIGER
Chase & SHep’s 4/20 Re-up Show
Released April 20th, 2022
And more help we got.
Our team expanded, our film family grew and Earth-217 Studios was born.
We took all of those new resources and filmmaking lessons from making ‘Summer Camp’ and applied them to our next project, which was, of course, another sketch show about smoking weed.
But hey, it is our most watched video to date.
Skit Concepts by Chase Todd, Aaron Sheppard, Phillip Hazen, Gela Rediger & Tyler Elbs
Directed by Chase & Shep
This one is age-restricted too.
Presumably because of the smoking again.
But don’t worry dude!
Click the hands to watch now!
Hell of a Halloween
Released October 27th, 2022
In the first short film under the Earth-217 banner, all hell breaks loose when Chase & Shep's perfect Halloween night is disrupted by the reappearance of The Book of the Dead.
Written by Chase & Shep Directed by Chase Todd
The Thanksgiving Project
Released November 21st, 2022
In 2022, Chase & Shep went in search of the perfect Thanksgiving turkey. What they found...was pure terror.
Written & Directed by Chase & Shep
Chase & sHep Get Too High
Released April 20th, 2023
After another year of filmmaking, the dudes break tradition for their tradition and do their first 4/20 short film which finds them being kicked out of Tyler’s house and going on an unexpected trip.
This is also the first time that different parts of the Chase & Shep multiverse would crossover.
Written by Chase & Shep Directed by Chase Todd
The Exorcism of Chase & SHep
Released Friday, October 13th, 2023
The dudes ended their initial run of shorts with this spooky little adventure that went on to do big things.
This was the first short we ever submitted to festivals and wound up being selected three for three! (We quit submitting to maintain our perfect record.)
We were even nominated for Best Midnight Horror at the Chicago Horror Film Festival!
This project ended up being the culmination of years of work and collaboration.
From the initial 2-3 guys behind the camera
to meeting Camp Nostalgic Studios
to a little cameo in a locally made horror anthology,
Exorcism of Chase & Shep was created.
And most importantly of all, this was the first time the dudes got to live out their dream and see a film they made on the big screen.
It was a magical moment. We may have lost Best Midnight Horror but we won the room.
And that was fucking rad.
