Genre favorites Terry Kiser (Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood), Hannah Fierman (V/H/S), Andrew Hubatsek (Pet Sematary), and Lynn Lowry (Shivers) will face The Malakai, Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned.
Daniel John Kearney and Lucas Dunaway lead the indie horror film as a couple caught in the wreckage of a deeply fractured relationship, fueled by the fog of alcoholism, who return to a rural Kentucky town to finalize the sale of their rental home.
As the layers of their story are peeled back, they inadvertently awaken a horrific legend that makes its presence known. In a place where time feels stagnant and the atmosphere is heavy with unspoken truths, the duo stumbles into a series of events that are as bizarre as they are spine-chilling.
Kearney writes and directs the “deeply experimental creature feature,” driven by a reoccurring nightmare that has haunted him his entire life.
Jason Crowe, Jeremy Hirsch, Danny Langston, Jeff Descoteaux, and Lisa Hinds round out the cast. Black Ave Films and Stag Mountain Films produce.
“The subtext of The Malakai is rooted in the horrors that can come with deep, resounding love,” Kearney tells us. “To me, true love is the most beautiful part of human nature, but it can also be an inescapable horror of the mind, body, and soul for those who misuse it. That’s real horror. We are really trying to do something unique and terrifying here — I get overwhelmed when I think about it.”
The Malakai is slated enter production in Kentucky in June.
