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‘The Night Is Young’ Teaser Trailer – Dating Sucks in Vampire Found Footage Horror Movie
Dating sucks, but in vampire found footage movie The Night Is Young, it’s literal. A woman vlogging through her dating struggles soon finds herself on a date with a bloodsucker.
Watch the exclusive teaser below, highlighting the blood-sucking perils of finding love, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Popcorn Frights next month.
The Night Is Young follows “the story of Nora (Sarah McGuire), an influencer, who along with her brother are filming her failed dates for a video blog. Through a turn of events, she ends up on a date with a female vampire. Soon they find themselves in the crosshairs of a group of murderous vampire hunters.”
Shawn Eric Jones and Dan Daly star alongside Sarah McGuire.
The found footage horror film is directed by Patrick Rea, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sarah McGuire.
Rea said in a statement, “I had always wanted to make a found footage feature but wanted to do something that felt different. We put a wonderful group of people together and had a blast filming on location in Kansas City, Missouri. Hopefully we made a film that successfully mixes heart and comedy with the vampire elements. We are very excited and honored to have the film screen at Popcorn Frights, since we had a fantastic experience premiering They Wait In The Dark there in 2022.”
The Night Is Young will be having its World Premiere virtually nationwide at the 10th Annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival on Saturday, August 10.
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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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