Trailer: Southern gothic Blood on Her Name hits Fantasia next week

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Director Mathew Pope's southern gothic neo-noir thriller BLOOD ON HER NAME premieres at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada on July 17th. And today we have the film's first teaser trailer for you to check out. Give it a look-see below and let us know what you think!

BLOOD ON HER NAME is a character-driven thriller that explores questions of guilt, moral identity, and the irrevocability of choices in the direst circumstances. More specifically, the film follows

A woman’s panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing that spirals out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man’s body to his family

The dead body lies at her feet, its blood still draining onto the floor. It was an accident, borne of self-defense, but its discovery could have devastating consequences for local garage owner Leigh Tiller (Bethany Anne Lind) and her son. In a panic, Leigh decides to conceal the crime, cleaning the bloody scene and scrambling to dispose of the body.

But can she actually disappear a man from the earth— from his family— leaving them forever wondering? As Leigh is torn between her primal instincts and tortured conscience she struggles to keep her sins hidden from her estranged father– a cop with a long history of moral compromise (Will Patton)– and from the keen-eyed girlfriend of the deceased (Elisabeth Rohm).

BLOOD ON HER NAME is the feature debut from Mathew Pope and stars Bethany Anne Lind (Ozark), Will Patton (Remember The Titans, Armageddon) and Elisabeth Röhm (Joy, American Hustle). The film was written and produced by Don Thompson and Pope for Rising Creek. The southern gothic neo-noir thriller premieres at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada on July 17, 2019.