You may have caught my review for Megan Freels-Johnston’s first film, Rebound last year and hopefully you got to check it out. Now in 2016, Johnston is back at it with a gory throwback titled, Ice Cream Truck.
The official synopsis:
Mary’s husband gets relocated for work which allows her to move back to her suburban hometown. As her family ties up loose ends back home, Mary moves into their new house all alone and ….waits. Although her familiar suburb is a constant reminder of her youth, something seems strange. A local Ice Cream Man with a love of nostalgia starts to kill some of her neighbors. Mary is torn between her mature instincts that something is wrong and the distracting memories of her younger days.
Ice Cream Truck is set to start filming this Spring and stars Deanna Russo (Rest Stop, Being Human, Knight Rider). The screenplay has been getting a lot of buzz at the Circus Road Screenplay Competition and given the promising start from Rebound, I can’t say I’m surprised, she is Elmore Leonard’s (Get Shorty) granddaughter.
