A very intriguing trailer has arrived online for writer/director A.T. White's cosmic horror film STARFISH, which stars HALLOWEEN 2018's Virginia Gardner as
Aubrey, a young woman suffering from the death of a close friend. When a mysterious signal from an unknown dimension summons the end of days, its appears as if only Aubrey is left on earth. Trapped in the apartment of her recently deceased best friend, the only clue she has is a single cassette left behind after her friends death, labeled: "THIS MIXTAPE WILL SAVE THE WORLD."
Thrust into a mystery orchestrated by her friend and stricken with grief, Aubrey begins to piece the clues together, uncovering a series of tapes all with pieces of the mystery signal. Along the way, progress is impeded when monstrous creatures begin to overrun the world and enclose in on her. Aubrey is forced to fight off the encroaching creatures and move beyond her own crippling grief in order to find the remaining tapes. But will completing the signal save the world?
White is in the band Ghostlight, so it's not surprising that a musician would craft a film around a world-saving mixtape. What is slightly surprising is just how visually stunning STARFISH appears to be. It looks like this is going to be one hell of a feature debut.
Couple that with the fact that I really liked Gardner's performance in HALLOWEEN, and STARFISH just became a must see for me.
Yellow Veil Pictures will be handling the theatrical release of STARFISH, which will have its "Midwest premiere" at the 36th Annual Ohio 24-Hour Science Fiction Marathon on March 9th. A roadshow tour commences on March 13th, with a rollout in other cities through late April.
The theatrical roadshow dates and venues are:
March 13*, 15, 16, Brooklyn NY, Nitehawk Cinema
March 15*, Yonkers NY, Alamo Drafthouse
March 16*, Boston MA, Coolidge Corner Theater
March 18*, Philadelphia PA, The Rotunda
March 20*, Columbus OH, Gateway Film Center
March 21*, Cleveland OH, Cleveland Cinematheque
March 22-24, Brooklyn NY, Film Noir Cinema
March 24*, Winchester VA, Alamo Drafthouse
March 27*-31, Knoxville TN, Central Cinema
March 29* 30*-April 4, Chicago IL, Facets
April 2*, Omaha NE, Alamo Drafthouse Midtown
April 6*, Denver CO, Sie Film Center
April 12-14, San Francisco CA, Alamo Drafthouse New Mission
April 13*-14, Phoenix AZ, FilmBar
April 18*, Los Angeles CA, The Landmark
April 19, Austin TX, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller
April 19*, Los Angeles CA, The Arena Cinelounge
*Director A.T. White expected to attend.
Ticket links can be found at StarfishMixtape.com.
1091 Media's The Orchard will be releasing STARFISH on Digital and VOD on May 28th.