Independent filmmaker Patrick Rea has let Bloody Disgusting know this week that post-production is nearing completion for his next movie, a found footage-style LGBTQ vampire feature titled The Night Is Young.
While you wait for more, check out several first look images below.
The film tells the story of Nora (Sarah McGuire), an influencer, who along with her brother Jake (Jake Jackson) are filming her failed dates for a video blog. Through a turn of events, she ends up on a date with Emilia (Valeri Bates), a female vampire.
Soon they find themselves in the crosshairs of a group of murderous vampire hunters.
Rea tells us, “I think we’ve made a fun and original found-footage feature that we hope pleases fans of the sub-genre. We are planning for a festival premiere possibly in the late summer.”
Filming took place over several months in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City,...
While you wait for more, check out several first look images below.
The film tells the story of Nora (Sarah McGuire), an influencer, who along with her brother Jake (Jake Jackson) are filming her failed dates for a video blog. Through a turn of events, she ends up on a date with Emilia (Valeri Bates), a female vampire.
Soon they find themselves in the crosshairs of a group of murderous vampire hunters.
Rea tells us, “I think we’ve made a fun and original found-footage feature that we hope pleases fans of the sub-genre. We are planning for a festival premiere possibly in the late summer.”
Filming took place over several months in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City,...
- 3/5/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
With American Maniacs hitting VOD on Netflix, YouTube, iTunes and more on April 24 via Phase 4 Films, star Ashlynn Yennie and filmmaker Cm Downs chatted with us regarding the gritty independent film and provided some new photos as well as an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette.
Written by Trent Haaga (Deadgirl) and directed by Downs, American Maniacs (originally titled Fetch) revolves around “a small Kansas town, where country life is anything but simple or safe (and where) the inhabitants are a volatile mix of hostile predators, violent ex-cons, meth-head strippers, perverted cops, and psychopathic murderers who raise flesh-eating dogs,” according to the official synopsis. In addition to Yennie, the film stars Shawn G. Smith (30 Days of Night: Blood Trails), Kurt Hanover and Jason Curtis Miller, among others.
Filmed over the course of a total of thirteen days in Potter, Kansas, “American Maniacs was shot for the most part in minus-sixteen-degree weather about...
Written by Trent Haaga (Deadgirl) and directed by Downs, American Maniacs (originally titled Fetch) revolves around “a small Kansas town, where country life is anything but simple or safe (and where) the inhabitants are a volatile mix of hostile predators, violent ex-cons, meth-head strippers, perverted cops, and psychopathic murderers who raise flesh-eating dogs,” according to the official synopsis. In addition to Yennie, the film stars Shawn G. Smith (30 Days of Night: Blood Trails), Kurt Hanover and Jason Curtis Miller, among others.
Filmed over the course of a total of thirteen days in Potter, Kansas, “American Maniacs was shot for the most part in minus-sixteen-degree weather about...
- 3/7/2012
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by director C. M. Downs.
**here be major spoilers.
Director: C. M. Downs.
Writer: Trent Haaga.
Cast: Aaron Champion, Amanda Culbertson, Ashlynn Yennie, Jason Curtis Miller, and John Redmond.
American Maniacs was previously titled Fetch and this film has had a recent release through Phase 4 Films on Video-on-demand (Comcast, Insight). This title was completed in 2010 and this is C. M. Downs first feature as director. From a script by Trent Haaga (Killjoy 3), American Maniacs blends all kinds of messed up characters together in what is essentially a heist or robbery thriller. However, the people eating dogs add in much horror while all the double-dealing creates some drama. Overall, this is "a dark film" as described by director C. M. Downs and this means that there is no light at the end of this dark cinematic tunnel.
The film takes...
**here be major spoilers.
Director: C. M. Downs.
Writer: Trent Haaga.
Cast: Aaron Champion, Amanda Culbertson, Ashlynn Yennie, Jason Curtis Miller, and John Redmond.
American Maniacs was previously titled Fetch and this film has had a recent release through Phase 4 Films on Video-on-demand (Comcast, Insight). This title was completed in 2010 and this is C. M. Downs first feature as director. From a script by Trent Haaga (Killjoy 3), American Maniacs blends all kinds of messed up characters together in what is essentially a heist or robbery thriller. However, the people eating dogs add in much horror while all the double-dealing creates some drama. Overall, this is "a dark film" as described by director C. M. Downs and this means that there is no light at the end of this dark cinematic tunnel.
The film takes...
- 1/5/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
2010 - 10 mins. - Not Rated
D: J. Ott
C: Kurt Hanover, Ric Averill, Tommy Cottin, Sommer Brecheisen
Group of kids investigate an urban legend only to never be heard from again.
Urban Legends and tall tales play up to an inherent fear that people have experienced. In ten brief minutes, Stull generates genuine suspense as it reminds people of something that they have gone and done themselves at one point or another. Stull plays up to the spookiness of being a kid and going out and searching for clues into if that little ghost story is true or not. Part of what makes Stull suspenseful is that its a type of fear that people can resonate with as they can draw upon their own experiences and relate to what is going on. However, Stull stumbles during the finale which leaves a bad taste over the rest of the film. The...
D: J. Ott
C: Kurt Hanover, Ric Averill, Tommy Cottin, Sommer Brecheisen
Group of kids investigate an urban legend only to never be heard from again.
Urban Legends and tall tales play up to an inherent fear that people have experienced. In ten brief minutes, Stull generates genuine suspense as it reminds people of something that they have gone and done themselves at one point or another. Stull plays up to the spookiness of being a kid and going out and searching for clues into if that little ghost story is true or not. Part of what makes Stull suspenseful is that its a type of fear that people can resonate with as they can draw upon their own experiences and relate to what is going on. However, Stull stumbles during the finale which leaves a bad taste over the rest of the film. The...
- 6/9/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Bloody-Disgusting is announcing the trailer launch for C.M. Down's film Fetch. The trailer shows strippers, police, abandonded cars, and victims of torture all in under two minutes. The trailer is brutal and titillating and the plot puts a "group of Evangelical Christians" against the more depraved. Faith will be tested and so will your resolve. Check out the trailer for Fetch below.
The synopsis for Fetch here:
"Fetch is about a group of innocent Evangelical Christians that get caught up in a twisted story of betrayal, obsession, sex, and death that challenges the foundations of their faith as a result of what they experience" (Fetch).
Release Date: Unknown.
Director: C.M. Downs.
Writer: Trent Haaga.
Cast: Ashlynn Yennie, Shawn G. Smith, Kurt Hanover, and Jason Curtis Miller.
A trailer for Fetch courtesy of Myspace:
Fetch 480p HD trailer Released
C.M. Downs | MySpace Video
More details on Fetch on the Facebook...
The synopsis for Fetch here:
"Fetch is about a group of innocent Evangelical Christians that get caught up in a twisted story of betrayal, obsession, sex, and death that challenges the foundations of their faith as a result of what they experience" (Fetch).
Release Date: Unknown.
Director: C.M. Downs.
Writer: Trent Haaga.
Cast: Ashlynn Yennie, Shawn G. Smith, Kurt Hanover, and Jason Curtis Miller.
A trailer for Fetch courtesy of Myspace:
Fetch 480p HD trailer Released
C.M. Downs | MySpace Video
More details on Fetch on the Facebook...
- 4/13/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
One indie project that we've been keeping close tabs on is Fetch, director C.M. Downs' upcoming feature that is currently shooting in Kansas, and today he sent over two new stills and an update on what's been happening since we last heard from him.
First up is a shot of Downs with actor Jason C. Miller (who portrays the character Clyde Arbuckle). Here's how Downs describes it, "I'm walking him through his final death sequence... I'm a big fan of keeping those eyes open at death. I know it's hard to tell, but the dirt floor he is laying on is actually frozen, which is why the blood is pooling around his neck and not seeping into the ground." In case you're wondering how the ground got to be frozen, Downs explains, "These guys shot through the coldest temps in 20 years of Kansas history. When I say cold, I mean Cold!
First up is a shot of Downs with actor Jason C. Miller (who portrays the character Clyde Arbuckle). Here's how Downs describes it, "I'm walking him through his final death sequence... I'm a big fan of keeping those eyes open at death. I know it's hard to tell, but the dirt floor he is laying on is actually frozen, which is why the blood is pooling around his neck and not seeping into the ground." In case you're wondering how the ground got to be frozen, Downs explains, "These guys shot through the coldest temps in 20 years of Kansas history. When I say cold, I mean Cold!
- 2/15/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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