Leonidas Films Inc.’s latest feature film Blood River is proving to be an international hit with the buyers during this years AFM. Directed by Adam Mason (The Devil’s Chair), The film is a psychological thriller, which explores the destruction of a young couple’s seemingly perfect marriage. Inside you can read about the international success of the film.
It’s 1969 and Clark and Summer are happily married and she’s pregnant. We first meet Summer and Clark as they are driving across California on their way to Arizona to tell Summer’s parents the good news about the pregnancy. They drive across the seemingly never ending and desolate desert landscape – they have a blow out. It’s a nasty one that sends the car into a massive, near fatal crash. They crawl out of it, hurt but alive, Summer terrified for the well being of her unborn child. The nearest place on the map is the uninviting sounding town of Blood River where they meet a mysterious stranger, Joseph. The clash between Joseph and Clark reaches fever pitch and drives our characters ever closer to a violent, destructive and shocking conclusion that will chill you to the bone. Blood River is a twisted, manipulative trip into a world of extremes where people are rarely who they seem, where everyone has a secret and where few, if any, will survive.

Sales for the intense psychological thriller that blends elements of horror and suspense , have been secured with such prestigious companies as include Spentzos Films for Greece, Carisma Films for Poland, MIG Film for Germany, New Primedia for South Africa and VFR, Ltd. for Russia among many others. Epic Pictures is the international distributor of the film.

Blood River is the latest film from acclaimed writer/director Adam Mason (Broken, The Devil’s Chair) and the second to be produced by independent film company Leonidas Films. The film stars Andrew Howard, an imposing talent who has gained both critical and audience acclaim for his work starring in a variety of films including Mr. In-Between for which he won a Best Actor award at the 2001 Tokyo International Film Festival, The Devil’s Chair and Revolver.

Also lending their talent to the film are Ian Duncan, who includes such acclaimed projects as the epic films Jesus and Caesar among his many credits and Tess Panzer, who has appeared in numerous film and television productions including Remember The Titans and Pumpkinheads: Ashes to Ashes.

Howard, Duncan and Panzer will all be on hand during AFM in support of the film and available for select media interviews as will its much buzzed about director Adam Mason who wrote Blood River along with Simon Boyes. The writing pair previously collaborated on the films Devil’s Chair and Broken.

LEONIDAS FILMS (“LF”) is a public company that was formed to produce, acquire and monetize completed quality feature films that are made for small budgets which in turn generate large profits. Blood River marks the company’s sophomore film. The company previously produced the dramatic thriller The Pleasure Drivers starring Lauren Holly, Angus MacFayden, Billy Zane and Meatloaf.