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‘Bloodwood’ – Garret Dillahunt Takes a Terrifying Odyssey in Psychological Horror Movie
Garret Dillahunt (The Last House on the Left remake) will lead the cast of the upcoming psychological horror movie Bloodwood, Deadline reports this morning.
Michelle Hurd (“Star Trek: Picard”) and Henry Ian Cusick (“Lost”) will also star, along with Johnny Sanchez, Hada Vanessa Hutchinson, and Joseph Jaquinto.
Robert Menzies wrote the screenplay and will be directing Bloodwood.
Garret Dillahunt stars as Jake, a man running from his past who journeys deep into the Amazon to hunt Vargas (Henry Ian Cusick), a trafficker responsible for the death of his wife.
What begins as a calculated mission becomes a spiraling odyssey upriver alongside Ryan (Michelle Hurd), a guarded wildlife veterinarian with a past of her own.
As the jungle fractures memory, time, and perception, Jake is pulled into a hallucinatory confrontation with the choices that led him here — and the woman he left behind.
“I’m excited to make my own directorial debut with Bloodwood,” Menzies previews. “As I wrote it, I envisioned a modern Heart of Darkness — a descent driven by a propulsive revenge story but ultimately rooted in spiritual reckoning. It asks a question older than sin: when a man goes into the wilderness hunting a monster, which one is supposed to come back?”
It’s interesting to note that Robert Menzies has recently produced a handful of genre movies including Clown, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, The Monster, and Hurt.
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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