Spooky Films, based in Los Angeles, originated in New Orleans as an art collaboration between Tom Richards Murphy, writer and multimedia artist, and Marta, writer & photographer. Their early works have shown at many U.S. film festivals.

Entranced by the grainy black & white look of Fisher Price Pixelvision, Tom and Marta used the cheap toy to shoot their first three videos, Loose Among The Ruins, The Thunder, and Dualities.

	Loose Among The Ruins Pixelvision, 12mn 26sec New Orleans Film Festival, 1991: Best Experimental Video New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center: Artists Against War Buffalo, NY, Hallwalls: Sacred Cow Video Show Venice Beach, CA, Pixel This Festival Windows Media Video (loose.wmv - 24.8 mb) Should download and play within one min., depending on browser settings. If not, click here to download.
	Dualities Second Prize. Louisiana Film & Video Shorts. Presents New Orleans Burlesque artist GiO in her Man/Woman performance. We see GiO's reflection while she does her make-up. Her transformational performance before a full-length mirror evokes a murky blend of gender identity.
	The Thunder First Prize. Louisiana Film & Video Shorts. Inspired by ancient Gnostic text unearthed in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1947. Spoken-word artist Lydia Lunch narrates. Visuals illustrate the eternal duality ancients recognized and accepted: Darkness/Light, Fire/Water, Male/Female, War/Peace.
	Disposable Income Produced with a NOVAC grant. A death row inmate explains her reason for the murders. Film Critic's Review
	The Glass Works Narrative A young woman moves into a dark warehouse full of secrets and lies.
	Crash Worship Documentary Photos Dionysian rites during Carnival in New Orleans. A tribal percussion group, well known for pyrotechnics & audience participation, which merges technology with shamanism.
	Libertatia Documentary Keith and Chelsea, two anarchist squatters, start a free housing experiment. They publish an underground newspaper, produce the Crash Worship concert, and begin clean-up of an abandoned ante-bellum house in New Orleans. Their dreams go awry. When Keith goes to jail on a drug charge, Chelsea disappears.
	Queen of Hearts Narrative Breaking up ain't hard to do in a New Orleans neighborhood bar.
	Duke's Disciples Featured at the New Orleans Film Festival. A look at Louisiana's reactionary whites who see David Duke as Savior. In Duke's headquarters on his failed election bid as governor of Louisiana, a bitter drunken evangelist holds up a watch and cross and preaches: "I spoke to David Duke. I gave him the white stone, for the Messiah to rise..." Huh?
	Let Me Tell You Why I Do It First Prize. Louisiana Media Festival. Commercials mixed with found documentary footage satirize the American Dream protected by the CIA's expansionism.

WRITING

	The Vatican Ratline (aka Daniel) Screenplay. Drama In the aftermath of W.W.II, top-ranking Nazis were escaping Europe. One American priest uncovered what would test his faith, shatter his convictions and endanger his life-- The Vatican Ratline. 2001 Semi-Finalist: Nicholl Fellowship and Chesterfield Writer's Project.
	Spirit Land Screenplay. Character-driven Supernatural Horror A love triangle between a man, a woman and a seductive evil spirit. Determined to sell everything and sail around the world, Michael returns to his ancestral Louisiana home. But the evil spirit that's haunted him since childhood awaits... This time in a seductive guise. Michael must delve into the dark secrets of his family if he's to save his life— and his own soul. Inspired by the legend of the Soucouyant, a malevolent yet alluring spirit that seduces men through their dreams.
	BloodLine Novel. The coming-of-age of a little girl werewolf. Quarter-Finalist: Chesterfield Writers Project.
	Angelita's Wings Short story inspired by a drive-by shooting. An angel must convince her brother not to seek revenge for her murder.
	Dark Carnival Marta's New Orleans Mardi Gras photos & essay. Published in El Espectador, Bogotá, Colombia, S.A.

Dream Street Children's Screenplay Third Prize in the Louisiana National Screenwriting Competition. Three inner-city kids must find their way home from a scary street filled with magical evil creatures. To escape they must reject the Dark Gifts of Eternal Beauty, Valor and Wealth.

MUSIC

Tom was composer & sound designer for CRISUS performance group at the Dublin Theatre Festival in Ireland and at the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans