Michael Coolen
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Biography
Michael Coolen (aka Crisis Hotline) is a filmmaker, musician and artist from Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. During the covid-19 pandemic Michael began collaborating on the submission based web show "Sewer City TV" with other like minded artists. In 2021 Michael began work on his first documentary 1000% Japan USA before working on Bald Terror (2022), and his directorial debut VERMIN (2026). He produces music and visual art under the alias Crisis Hotline. In 2024 he released his second album titled "God Burned Down My House," and the EP "Pre-rendered Dream." Michael is a freelance artist and has done work for A2B2, Popular Front and Million Dollar Extreme.
Known For
A pseudo-documentary follows an unnamed raver obsessed with the extreme sub-genre "gabber," as he drifts through his lonely day by day, far from home and far from his culture.
Bald Terror
Marty is stuck in a cycle of retail mediocrity - and the ever-looming shadow of his older brother's legacy - when the world around him suddenly becomes strange, unsettling and all too accommodating.
Your Brother Harry
A paranoid man named Gary is forced into committing burglaries by two white trash brothers Chris and Scott, as the line between manipulation and conspiracy begins to blur.
VERMIN
A Halloween super fan travels to Illinois in search of Haddonfield, the town where it all began.
Looking for Michael
A series of disjointed skits and vignettes assembled by a wide variety of online collaborators inspired by the film Gummo.