Pontypool director Bruce McDonald makes his return with Dreamland, which had its North American premiere at last summer’s Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal.
The film takes place on the night of the strangest wedding in cinema history where a grotesque gang boss hires a stone-cold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend.
The genre film features Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers), Henry Rollins (Feast, He Never Died), and even Stephen McHattie (Pontypool, Come to Daddy)!
Fantasia previously shared this lengthy breakdown:
“On the orders of his boss, the low-level gangster Hercules (Rollins), hitman Johnny (McHattie) must cut off the pinkie finger of celebrated jazz trumpeter The Maestro (McHattie, again) just before an important, high-profile gig. Seems simple enough, but the gig is a wedding at the fortified palace of crime queen The Countess (Lewis) and Johnny isn’t quite feeling it. Hercules is moving up from standard gangster stuff to human trafficking and the reason for the pinky request is more of a slight than anything else. Like all movie hitmen, Johnny is thinking of getting out of the game and this job has convinced him it’s time to retire. Throw in The Countess’ vampire brother (Tómas Lemarquis), his child bride and the wedding from hell, you’ll think you’ve imagined it all, but no, it’s just a visit to Dreamland.”
While we wait for distribution news, the sales trailer has been shared online that throws everything at the audience but the kitchen sink. Thanks to Fabien for sending it along.