Writer-director Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, The Last Winter, Depraved) is soon releasing his latest film, Blackout. Dark Sky Films and Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix have partnered again for the werewolf thriller. The film companies have previously worked on Ti West’s The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, Jim Mickle’s Stake Land, and Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s Late Phases.
Painter Charley (Alex Hurt: Minyan, TV’s New Amsterdam) wakes up in an upstate motel where he appears to have been living for some time. After he packs and leaves, he encounters people in the small town where everybody knows your name. Charley is saying goodbye to the estranged love of his life, Sharon (Addison Timlin: Submission, TV’s American Horror Stories), and settling his affairs with a manic urgency that culminates with a call to a friend, Earl (Motell Gyn Foster: Marriage Story, A Dog’s Way Home), saying: “You better be ready, I’m coming.”
But Charley never makes it to his friend’s house: When the sun goes down, he has convulsions while driving his car, goes off the road, and ends up in a ditch. Charley, it seems, is a werewolf. He attacks his rescuers and moves through the outskirts of town at night, wreaking havoc. But the next day, he can’t remember the things he’s done. Now, the tight-knit town must rally to find out what is tearing it apart: mistrust, fear, or a vicious monster.
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The Blackout cast includes Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Motell Gyn Foster, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, Ella Rae Peck, Rigo Garay, John Speredakos, Michael Buscemi, Jeremy Holm, Joe Swanberg, James Le Gros, Kevin Corrigan, Marshall Bell and Barbara Crampton.
The thriller will open for a one-week exclusive NYC theatrical engagement at IFC Center on March 13th, which will feature special cast appearances and a Q&A. The film will be released nationwide on digital platforms and VOD on April 12th. Check out the new poster and trailer below.
