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“The Gayson Tapes”: Interrogation Over the ‘The Phoenix Incident’
UFO fanatics will know the inspiration behind The Phoenix Incident, as the docu-thriller is based on the largest UFO sighting in North America known as the “Phoenix Lights.”
The Phoenix Incident is set to abduct audiences this Friday, April 8th in select U.S. cities.
The real “Phoenix Lights” was the most-witnessed UFO event in U.S. history, with the craft said to be as large as several football fields.
We now have a second exclusive look at “The Gayson Tapes,” which are videos that offer an intense look at the interrogation of Phoenix Lights witness and alleged suspect, William Gayson, in the 1997 disappearance of four Phoenix-area men.
The tapes reveal news coverage that depicts Gayson’s alleged affiliation with the Heaven’s Gate cult in Phoenix prior to the March 13 incident. The tapes allude to his guilt and align the impact of the disappearances with his present-day suicide.
The Phoenix Incident is the debut feature film (writer-director) of veteran gaming industry talent director Keith Arem, responsible for the talent direction in AAA video game franchises including “Call of Duty,” “Titanfall,” “Saints Row,” “Tony Hawk Pro Skater,” and more!
Starring famed gaming actor Troy Baker, “The Phoenix Incident is based on the largest UFO sighting in North America known as the Phoenix Lights. Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing person’s case surrounding the infamous 1997 event. With the support of the victims’ families, along with classified military documentation, cockpit recordings, Air Force pilot interviews, actual FLIR footage, and first-hand recovered video evidence, The Phoenix Incident exposes the military’s engagement with extraterrestrial contact, and the collateral damage of 4 civilians.”
Get more at the official website.
A gnarly infection threatens to claw its way out of a moving camper in the first trailer for Shudder’s claustrophobic Hellcat.
The feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited the Fantasia title Ultrasound, makes its debut on Shudder on August 14.
In Hellcat, “Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?”
Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) leads the cast that also includes Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins (The Bikeriders), and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) in a voice role. Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert.
Hellcat made its world premiere last summer at Fantasia. I wrote in my review, “Hellcat is a bit of a Trojan horror that defies easy classification, by design. Bodell’s sneaky debut feature is occasionally too sparse in its worldbuilding in its bid to preserve the mystery, but not enough to detract from the thrilling road thriller that transforms into a completely left-field type of horror we don’t get nearly enough of. The stripped-down tribute to a classic horror staple catches you off guard in more ways than one, marking Bodell as one to watch.”
In other words, there’s a lot more than meets the eye to Hellcat‘s simple infection setup, delivering plenty of surprises along its bumpy road of horrors.
Check out the trailer and poster below and add Hellcat to your watchlists asap.
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