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Watch Mike Williamson’s “Deathly” Featuring Alan Ruck!
Mike Williamson has concluded his festival run* by releasing his haunting short “Deathly” online in full.
Following the tragic death of his wife, a man (played by Alan Ruck of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and FOX’s upcoming “The Exorcist” series) is unsettled by chilling events in their house.
Kathleen Wilhoite (Road House, Fire in the Sky), Mickey Keating (Director of Darling, Carnage Park) and Christina Elizabeth Smith (“Killer Sisters’ Midnight Hour”) also star.
In filmmaker Mike Williamson’s new horror short Deathly, Alan Ruck plays a widower whose wife may not be resting in peace. “I wanted to make a haunted house film — it’s probably my favorite subgenre in horror,” says Williamson to EW of ‘Deathly,’ which premiered at London’s FrightFest event last September. “It really came from me thinking about when there are couples who have been together a long time, and one of them dies, there’s this phenomenon where the other spouse dies within a year after that of a broken heart — they say. I started thinking, We assume it’s a broken heart. What happens if we didn’t know the whole story? That’s where Deathly came from.”
*Film Fest Screenings:
FrightFest, London – Aug 2015 (World Premiere)
Fantastic Fest, Austin – Sept 2015 (US Premiere)
Beyond Fest, Los Angeles – Oct 2015 (Los Angeles Premiere)
Telluride Horror Show, Colorado – Oct 2015
Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival, New York – Nov 2015
Fantasporto, Portugal – Feb 2016
Chattanooga Film Festival, Tennessee – March 2016
CineMartini, Los Angeles – March 2016
Phoenix Film Festival, Arizona – April 2016
Cryptshow Barcelona Film Festival – July 2016
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival – September 2016
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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