About a year ago, we heard that We Are Still Here and Mohawk director Ted Geoghegan‘s supernatural horror film Brooklyn 45 had gone into production and would be released through the Shudder streaming service when it was ready to make its way out into the world. Brooklyn 45 has since been completed, but before it heads to Shudder it’s going to have its premiere at the SXSW film festival this Sunday, March 12th. Ahead of that premiere, a poster for Brooklyn 45 has arrived online and can be seen at the bottom of this article.
Scripted by Geoghegan and his late father, a disabled Air Force Veteran-turned-history teacher, Brooklyn 45 has the following synopsis: Friday, December 27, 1945. Five military veterans gather in the ornate parlour of a Brooklyn brownstone. Best friends since childhood, they’ve reunited to support their troubled host – but when his invitation for cocktails turns into an impromptu séance, the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal. Trapped in their host’s lounge, the Greatest Generation now finds themselves put to one final test…with their only route to freedom being more bloodshed.
The film stars Anne Ramsay (A League of Their Own), Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes remake), Jeremy Holm (The Ranger), Larry Fessenden (We Are Still Here), Ron E. Rains (The Onion’s Film Standard) and Kristina Klebe (Rob Zombie’s Halloween).
Geoghegan had this to say about the film: “Since losing my dad, I’ve been obsessed with bringing the powerful, timely script we collaborated on to the screen. A story of the ghosts, rage, and toxicity that follow all human conflict, the heart of Brooklyn 45 beats just as poignantly today as it did when the film was set, 77 long years ago.”
Shudder produced Brooklyn 45 with Hangar 18 Media and The Line Film Company. Seth Caplan, Pasha Patriki, Michael Paszt, and Sarah Sharp are the producers. James Fler and Andrew T. Hunt of Raven Banner Entertainment serve as executive producers.
The film is set to have the following screenings at SXSW:
Sunday, March 12th at 10:00pm – Alamo Drafthouse Lamar, Cinema E
Tuesday, March 14th at 12:00pm – Alamo Drafthouse Lamar, Cinema D
Friday, March 17th at 12:00pm – Alamo Drafthouse Lamar, Cinema B
Geoghegan, Ramsay, Holm, Fessenden, and Klebe will all be in attendance.
Brooklyn 45 sounds very interesting to me and I look forward to checking it out when it hits Shudder. In the meantime, here’s the poster: