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‘Dark Windows’ Exclusive Trailer Teases a Masked Killer Out for Revenge
Director Alex Herron’s Dark Windows introduces a conventional slasher setup that pits a masked killer against vacationing teens but teases a potential twist: what if the teens aren’t so innocent?
Brainstorm Media’s upcoming horror thriller will release in Select Theaters and On Demand on August 18, 2023. Bloody Disgusting can exclusively debut the new trailer and poster for the upcoming slasher that sees a masked killer invade a quiet weekend getaway. There’s no where to hide for the teens fleeing from a tragic event.
The film is said to “take audiences on a ride of passion, loss, terror and horrific, unthinkable ways of seeking revenge.”
In Dark Windows, “A group of teenagers take a trip to an isolated summerhouse in the countryside. What starts as a peaceful getaway turns into a horrific nightmare when a masked man begins to terrorize them in the most gruesome ways.”
Written by Wolf Kraft, Dark Windows stars Anna Bullard (Marinette), Annie Hamilton (The Wolf of Snow Hollow), Rory Alexander, Jóel Sæmundsson, and Morten Holst.
Herron is a Norwegian filmmaker whose recent credits include Leave, a horror film about a young woman who tries to find her origins after being abandoned as an infant at a cemetery. Alex Herron, Jens Ramborg. John Clark, and David Kang produced.
“I like exploring the choices that young people make and the consequences of those choices,” said Herron previously. “In Dark Windows, Tilly and her friends have made one of the worst choices of their young lives and are about to face the most extreme punishment for it. ”
Check out the trailer, images, and poster below and look for Dark Windows in theaters and VOD next month, on August 18. All tease the conventional slasher staples, complete with masked killers and creepy nursery rhymes, but begs the question of whether anyone is truly innocent.
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‘The Haunting of Pennhurst’ Exclusive Clip Trains Scare Actors For Historic Haunt in Tribeca Doc
The past and present collide in haunting, poignant ways in the genre documentary The Haunting of Pennhurst, which sees a Halloween haunt serve as a reclamation of true historic horrors.
Ahead of its world premiere at the 25th Tribeca Film Festival, we have an exclusive clip that sees scare actors in training for the Halloween season. The catch? This haunt is opening at the historic Pennhurst State School & Hospital site, a facility that caused immense harm to its disabled patients over decades of its operation.
In the documentary, “For over seventy years, Pennhurst State School & Hospital was called a place of care. What happened inside killed over half its population. It closed in 1987, leaving behind unmarked graves and an unresolved history. Today, on those same grounds, disabled performers – many living with the same conditions that once sent people to Pennhurst – put on their makeup, pull on their costumes, and prepare to scare people for a living.
“Through grit, compassion, and buckets of blood, the eclectic performers of the Pennhurst Asylum haunted attraction are wrestling with a space that is at once a lucrative business and a gravesite.”
The upcoming documentary hails from directing trio Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak, who explore their socially-relevant subject through archival footage, first-hand accounts, and an immersive verité.
“Pennhurst has haunted us since we first passed through its dragon-tooth gates; the horrors of the institution echo through the site today. We are so grateful to bring this film to the Tribeca Festival, particularly the Escape from Tribeca section, which feels right for a story where past and present bleed together. We hope audiences leave unnerved and asking the same uncomfortable questions we did,” Attie, Stenberg, and Poljak said in a statement.
Watch the clip below that sees disabled and neurodivergent scare actors learning the ropes of a Halloween haunt, reclaiming the site’s grim history in the process.
Tribeca Screenings:
- Public 1 (Premiere) Screening – Friday, June 5 at 9:15PM at Village East by Angelika
- Public 2 Screening – Sunday, June 7 at 3:15PM at Village East by Angelika
- Public 3 Screening – Tuesday, June 9 at 6:15PM at Village East by Angelika
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