[1] The film is a morality tale about a young man whose attempt at suicide fails causing his guilt to manifest into reality.
With no money and barely able to pay for college, Nicolas eases his guilt as a cutter; someone who leaves slashes of razor marks on his body due to emotional pain.
Each apparition directs and reminds Nicolas to realize guilt will continue to show no mercy unless he accepts the truth of who he is in life.
Working on an ultra low budget of less than $200,000 VINDICATION prides itself on being filmed with an independent spirit of filmmaking as it is a movie of finding one's path of self-discovery and accepting oneself, which just happens to be told within the horror genre.
[3] Vindication played at the June 2009 NYC Fangoria Magazine Weekend of Horror Convention at the Jacob Javits Center.
Writer/Director Bart Mastronardi has made a film with brains, balls and beauty, which has dug deep for characters we care for; played with an extraordinary cast of new faces with passion and power.