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Los Angeles: Howie began freelancing successfully as a video artist and editor, producing, shooting, and cutting countless video productions.
Howie's short film, "The Donation", a dark comedy about a lonely woman yearning to be impregnated, swept the Extreme 48 Hour Film Festival in Hollywood, taking both the audience and jury awards.
Howie's blue collar work ethic earned him respect, and in 2007 after his atmospheric short film "Shifting" enjoyed a run in the global festival circuit, he found himself funded for his first feature "Devil Girl", a fantasy/thriller set on a twilight zone-ish Route 66. "Devil Girl" proved to be a success, finding distribution worldwide. In the process, Howie discovered the finesse of achieving a vision and stretching the dollar.
Howie's second feature, the cinema verite experience, "Evidence", made big waves in the horror community. Dread Central writes "Evidence is a movie that you'll be talking and thinking about long after the credits roll... Every now and again a flick comes along that gets our attention in a big way by defying the odds and pulling off something that is, for the most part, completely unique. Howie Askins' Evidence is exactly that kind of experience."
Howie is currently developing his next feature, "Escape from Angel Hollow", a sci-fi/horror mind bender about a resourceful young man who uses his tech skills to investigate the mystery behind the strange things infesting his farm.
Reviews
Devil Girl (2007)
awesome cult movie!
In a world where teenage vampires are the pop norm, "Devil Girl" is a welcome breath of fresh air. An aggressive soundtrack, creepy, surreal imagery and a fast paced mind f@%! of a story makes for a really unique counter culture film.
While admittedly the story is far from typical,(and frankly, oddly amorphous)it is fun feeling that at any moment, that which seems to be reality might be revealed as yet another head trip fantasy. With its fast cars, sexy girls and psychedelic drugged out visuals, this is a flick for fans of movies like "Natural Born Killers" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Some folks just aren't going to get it, but for others, it is cult dynamite.