We're very excited about the forthcoming release of Larry Fessenden's Blackout (how excited? We put it on the dang cover of the current issue of FANGORIA, which you can buy here), and today we're thrilled to be sharing the film's first trailer, alongside the news that Blackout will be released nationwide on digital platforms and VOD on April 12th!
First, an official plot synopsis:
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 various 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.
Aaand here's that trailer:
Written and directed by Fessenden, Blackout also stars Joseph Castillo-Midyett, Ella Rae Peck, Rigo Garay, John Speredakos, Michael Buscemi, Jeremy Holm, Joe Swanberg, James Le Gros, Kevin Corrigan, Marshall Bell and FANGORIA fave Barbara Crampton. It will open for a one week exclusive NYC theatrical engagement at IFC Center on March 13th before, as we mentioned up top, heading to digital and VOD platforms on April 12th.
Stay tuned for more on Blackout as further updates roll in.
