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Olwen Fouéré, Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell Will Battle Vampires in ‘Sundown’
Olwen Fouéré (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Camille Sullivan (Shelby Oaks), and Summer H. Howell (“Carrie“) will take on vampires in Sundown.
Th film follows three generations of women who reunite in a remote cabin to avenge a loved one’s death, only to discover their captive isn’t who he seems to be — and his family is closing in, waiting for sundown.
Rebekah McKendry directs from a script by Joshua Hull and David Ian McKendry. The trio previously collaborated on Glorious.
Daniel Bernhardt (John Wick) and David Alpay (“From”) also star. Kyle Mac (Carrie 2013), Elisa Paszt, Junko Bailey (The Grudge 2019), Megan Best (Time Cut), and David Ian McKendry round out the cast.
Producers include Pasha Patriki (V/H/S/94, Deathstalker) of Hangar 18 Media, Michael Paszt, Andrew Thomas Hunt, & James Fler of Raven Banner (V/H/S/94, Psycho Goreman), and Juliette Hagopian (Hunter Hunter).
Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash executive produces via his BerserkerGang label alongside Michael Vasicek, Michael Da Silva, and Rodrigo Gudiño.
“Sundown is great,” said Slash. “It is a super tense family vs monster tale that is as claustrophobic as it is terrifying.”
Patrick Baxter (“Alien: Earth,” Ghostbusters: Afterlife) provided his prosthetic effects make-up expertise as well as Creature Cabin and Steven Kostanski’s Action Pants FX (Deathstalker).
Sundown wrapped principal photography in Winnipeg this week.
Producers Juliette Hagopian, Slash, Michael Paszt, & Pasha Patriki on the set of ‘Sundown.’ Photo by Thomas Fricke.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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