It’s that time of year again. Sundance is just around the corner (January 19-29) and Park City, Utah is about to be invaded by a slate of genre project. Below, you’ll find the full rundown of the horror films playing under the “Park City at Midnight” program.
Black Rock / U.S.A. (Director: Katie Aselton, Screenwriter: Mark Duplass) â Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival. Cast: Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth.
Excision / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Richard Bates, Jr.) â A disturbed and delusional high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother. Cast: AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, John Waters.
Grabbers / Ireland, United Kingdom (Director: Jon Wright, Screenwriter: Kevin Lehane) â When the residents of an idyllic Irish fishing village are attacked by mysterious, blood-sucking sea creatures, a high blood alcohol content could be the only thing that gets them through the night. Cast: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, Bronagh Gallagher.
The Pact / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Nicholas McCarthy) â As a woman struggles to come to grips with her past in the wake of her mother’s death, an unsettling presence emerges in her childhood home. Cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien.
V/H/S / U.S.A. (Directors: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence, Screenwriters: Simon Barrett, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence) â When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for. Cast: Joe Swanberg, Calvin Reeder, Adam Wingard, Sophia Takal, Kate Lyn Sheil.
Many of these titles we’ve reported on before. You can find a full set report from Grabbers by following this link.
Source: Sundance
