Described as The Blair Witch Project meets Bone Tomahawk, found footage creature feature Primal Darkness is set for a spring release.
The indie film will premiere at the Unnamed Footage Festival in San Francisco next month before streaming exclusively on Found TV beginning April 7.
It follows Cole Harrington, the host of a popular outdoor series, who sets out to track down the predator responsible for a series of cattle attacks in rural Nevada. The mystery deepens when he uncovers footage depicting the final moments of two missing university employees.
Dillon Brown (Tahoe Joe) writes and directs. He also appears in the movie alongside Blake Hyer, Maxwell Golden, Dustin Tamplen, and Michael Rock.
Shot in the Nevada high desert, the production was as intense behind the camera as the story depicted on screen. The shoot was plagued by real-world hazards, including treacherous terrain, extreme conditions, and an on-set accident that resulted in Brown suffered multiple broken bones.
“I’ve always had a love for ‘fun’ horror movies, and that’s why I’ve injected humor into a lot of my previous efforts,” explained Brown. “But with Primal Darkness, I really wanted to tackle a darker subject matter and play it serious, which has resulted in filming my most intense and scary scenes I’ve ever crafted as a filmmaker.”
“Found was built for filmmakers like Dillon,” added Found TV CEO Louie La Vella. “Bringing Primal Darkness to Found as an Original and celebrating his wider creative circle is exactly the kind of partnership we want to keep building.”
