Anthology pilot starring Kevin J. O’Connor to screen at Reeling LBGT Film Festival Oct 1st

BLAME IT ON TOBY starring acclaimed actor Kevin J. O’Connor (The Mummy, Lord of Illusions, There Will Be Blood) is set to screen at Chicago’s Reeling Film Festival, one of the longest-running LGBT festivals in the country. The festival begins September 24th, with Blame it on Toby screening virtually October 1st-4th in the Something Wicked This Way Comes shorts program.

Trailer – Blame it on Toby from Fox on a Hill Productions on Vimeo.

Blame it on Toby is the first tale in the Rogues Gallery episodic horror anthology. It tells the story of one of the world’s wealthiest men, Arthur Prentiss-Wilcox, who is also one of its most eccentric. For starters, he is never seen in public without his closest confidant – Toby – the doll that was given to him for his sixth birthday and is rumored to be responsible for the death of dozens. Despite his infamous reputation, a young gay couple, Calvin and Edward, become ensnared in Arthur’s world with horrifying consequences.

Produced by Fox on a Hill Productions, Blame it on Toby was filmed on location in Chicago using a local cast and crew out of a production office at Stage 18 (Chicago’s film incubator on the lot of Cinespace Studios). The anthology series is created by two-time Midwest Emmy winner Richard Knight Jr., who also wrote and directed the 48min standalone pilot.

Blame it on Toby first premiered at Music Box of Horrors in Chicago before screening at other horror festivals such as Screamfest at the TCL Chinese Theater. Most recently it played at Boston’s LGBT Film Festival, Wicked Queer, before heading to Chicago for Reeling.