New UK shocker meets funding goal and flies into post-production.
Director Lawrie Brewster (THE LORD OF TEARS) announced today that his upcoming folk horror thriller THE UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS not only met its crowdfunding goal, it broke the record for most-funded UK horror film ever on Kickstarter!
From the press release:
Over 550 backers have pledged, taking the ongoing campaign past its original £40,000 target. The team have now announced a stretch goal of £45,000, which would see all backers receiving the ‘Raven Arcana’ Digital Book, filled with short stories, tales from the set, raven mythologies and tons of photos and illustrations.
With an expected release date of July 2016, the funds raised will now go towards the film’s soundtrack, effects, mix, and marketing, ensuring that this ambitious indie has the best chance of being seen by the widest audience possible.
Said Brewster:
“The significance of our campaign cannot be understated. It reflects the enormous hunger out there for new, original ideas in the genre and proves that grassroots funding can now enable us to tell the stories that the mainstream would never touch.
We will use these funds not only to produce films but to distribute them in a manner that will see us build a sustainable model, focused on producing high concept films and delivering them in unique physical media. Production companies can now sustain themselves with a direct and personal relationship with the people that count most, their audiences.”
Brewster is a talent to watch and we’re excited to see what he does with THE UNKINDESS OF RAVENS. There aren’t many Scottish fever dream flicks featuring giant, sword-wielding raven-men. Let’s hope this starts a trend. We’re ready…
