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‘Sweetest Day’ Red Band Trailer – Holiday Slasher Celebrates the Other Valentine’s Day [Exclusive]
Sweetest Day — a “knock-off Valentine’s Day” celebrated predominantly in the Midwest on the third Saturday in October — is the latest holiday to spawn a slasher.
Celebrate your new favorite day by slicing into our exclusive red band trailer below.
Dorée Seay stars as Mindy, a resilient survivor confronted by a vengeful, undead Confederate soldier that nearly ended her life once before.
Genre favorites Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), Kelly Maroney (Chopping Mall), and Russell Todd (Friday the 13th Part 2) also appear in the film.
Nate Boyer (“Mayans M.C.”), Morgana Shaw (“Salem”), Deborah S. Craig (“The Blacklist”), Chris Labadie (M.F.A.), Gaku Space (“Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist”), Gina Su (“Sweet Home”), Alex MacNicoll (“The Society”), and Andy Davoli (“The Sopranos”) round out the cast.
Doug Hawley makes his feature directorial debut adapted from his 2022 proof-of-concept short of the same name. Hawley and Boyer penned the script, based on a story by Hawley and Seay.
“It’s wild to think this all started when Sweetest Day was a festival-wining short film in 2022,” Labadie, who also produces, tells Bloody Disgusting. “And now here we are, trailer out and gearing up for audiences to finally get their sweets on Sweetest Day. As a lifelong horror fanatic, there’s something to be said for bringing that old-school holiday-slasher energy into the modern indie space. I’m excited to be in this space with fellow horror lovers as an actor and producer.”
Sweetest Day is currently seeking distribution. Follow the film on Instagram for updates.
A hospital stay grows more nerve-frazzling when memory loss distorts reality in our exclusive clip from This Tempting Madness, inspired by a true story.
The mind-bending psychological thriller will be released in select theaters and on demand on June 12 via Vertical.
Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Mia, who awakens from a coma, grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions and her perception of reality.
In This Tempting Madness, “Mia awakens from a coma grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions, and her perception of reality.”
Jennifer E. Montgomery makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with director of photography Andrew Davis, inspired by Montgomery’s first-hand experience with tragedy involving her best friend.
“Months before the incident, there were signals that her world was unraveling,” says Montgomery. “I could feel the pressure building, though I didn’t know what form it would take. I never could have known what violence would come, and I certainly never imagined making a film about it.”
Austin Stowell (“NCIS: Origins”), Suraj Sharma (Happy Death Day 2U), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence), Amol Shah (“For All Mankind”), and Zenobia Shroff (“Ms. Marvel”) round out the cast.
Smoke Jumper Films and Mango Monster Productions produce in association with Catchlight Studios (Heretic, The Blackening).
This Tempting Madness is rated R for “language, violence/bloody images, and brief sexuality.”
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