Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
“DARK WAS THE NIGHT received
an overwhelming response at ScreamFest and the Lincoln Center’s New York Film
Festival Sidebar Scary Movies Series and is now in theaters across the
country and available Day and Date on VOD, and Digital platforms including
ITunes and Amazon instant video.
Kevin Durand (The
Strain) and Lukas Haas (INCEPTION) star as local policemen who go to battle
against an ancient evil. The script, from Tyler Hisel, appeared on the 2009
Black List of best un-produced scripts, a rarity for the monster genre, under
the title THE TREES. Rounding out the cast are Bianca Kajlich
(Undateable), Sabina Gadecki (the ENTOURAGE movie), Heath Freeman (SKATELAND),
Steve Agee (@midnight) and Nick Damici (LATE PHASES).
Maiden Woods is a remote
and quiet town, but something stirs in the dark woods surrounding this isolated
community. Sheriff Paul Shields (Kevin Durand) and his deputy (Lukas Haas),
struggle to confront their own personal demons while facing down a new breed of
raw terror.
DIRECTED BY
Jack Heller
STARRING
Kevin Durand, Lukas Haas, Bianca
Kajlich, Steve Agee, Nick Damici, Sabina Gadecki, and Heath
Freeman
WRITTEN BY
Tyler Hisel
PRODUCED BY
Dallas Sonnier, Jack
Heller, Stefan Nowicki, Dylan K. Narang, Joey Carey
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Ross Dinerstein and Kevin Iwashina
Caliber Media, Sundial Pictures,
Preferred Content & P Street Films
Kevin Durand
Stars in a creature feature that is downright poignant.
–CRAVEONLINE
Director Jack Heller
does a fantastic job of doling out the scares and ratcheting up the tension in
increasing intensity.
– AINT IT COOL NEWS
Smart effects
design and cinematic discretion, make the damn thing work! –
ROGER EBERT.COM
Holds attention
by withholding the usual genre tropes... A notch above standard horror,
suspense. Tech and design contributions are nicely turned all
around.
- VARIETY
There’s
certainly talent in Jack Heller’s fright film “Dark was the Night,†beginning
with its cast. (Kevin Durand) conveys tender sorrow and steely resolve
with understated dexterity.
-THE NEW
YORK TIMES
A trip into the
woods that will give you chills, but provide you with the urge to press “playâ€
over and over again – highly recommended.
- DREAD CENTRAL
One hell of a
great movie! One of the best horror films of the year. Don’t miss it!
- HORRORNEWS
This could be the next great horror franchise. – FANGORIA
Jack Heller is a graduate of the University of Southern
California School of Cinematic Arts. Jack made his directorial debut with the
Micro Budget film Enter Nowhere, starring up and coming stars Scott
Eastwood (The Longest Ride), Sara Paxton and Katherine Waterston (Jobs,
Inherent Vice), the independent film was released by Lionsgate. As a music
video and commercial director, he has worked with artists including, Miley
Cyrus, Big Sean, and Chief Keef, as well as brands such as Beats By Dre, Pac
Sun, British Knights, Stussy, and Hood By Air. Heller has produced over
20 feature films including the upcoming Bone
Tomahawk starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard
Jenkins and is a founding member of the production company Caliber
Media. Dark Was the Night is his second feature film as Director.
Watch the Trailer now via the Official DARK
WAS THE NIGHT homepage and
like the film on FACEBOOK!