Director Jackson Stewart has commenced production on Beyond the Gates, a new horror film appropriately produced by Re-Animator‘s Barbara Crampton, as its steeped in 80s atmosphere and sees its plot stem from playing a VCR Board Game.
Beyond the Gates stars Graham Skipper (Almost Human), Brea Grant (Halloween 2, Dexter) and Chase Williamson in the story of two estranged brothers, who reunite seven months after their father’s disappearance to liquidate his anemic video store. While there, they unearth an old VCR board game that acts as an inter-dimensional hub to a nightmare world where their Father’s soul is trapped and can only be saved by playing the game.
Described as an adventure horror that pays loving tribute to the VHS format, video stores, and board games of the era, Beyond the Gates also stars Matt Mercer, Henry LeBlanc, Jesse Merlin, David Bruckner and Pierson Ryan. Stewart co-wrote the screenplay with Stephen Scarlata (Jodorowskys Dune). Destroy All Entertainments Amanda Mortimer (Stanley Film Fest premiere, Some Kind of Hate) will produce alongside Crampton and Lodger Films partners Georg Kallert and Rob Schroeder. Gabriela Revilla Lugo will executive produce.
