Louis Mandylor’s The Blackout trailer goes dark

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

THE BLACKOUT, a new thriller from director Louis Mandylor, has hit us with a sales trailer as we near the end of AFM. While there isn’t a whole hell of a lot known about this one, what we do know is that it was written by by Steve C. Yoon and Jordan Marder and it has a stupid long synopsis. Like, this synopsis is so long that you could actually separate it with chapters…

THE BLACKOUT stars Costas Mandylor, Grant Harvey, Danielle Burgio and Abraham Benrubi. Watch the trailer below and be on the lookout for more soon!

Here it is:

Martin and Julia (Lymari Nadal) leave New York City to return to the small town where Martin grew up. The house his father lived in hasn’t been touched since his passing. People in the town recognize the handsome man as his father’s son. Julia, his pregnant wife, likes the cozy countryside and makes herself at home.

Four college kids hike through the woods and camp at the top of a scenic hill. Jim (Costas Mandylor) has lived in the town for years, and since his wife’s passing he has built a comfortable life for himself, fishing and playing chess with friends over his short wave radio.

Then the power goes out.

It doesn’t take long before food and supplies become scarce, fights break out, and people start to panic. The worst of humanity surfaces in only a few days. Things take a turn for the worse when a few men, lead by a convict named Lee (Ronnie Gene Blevins), decide to take what’s left for themselves. The Sheriff makes a stand to try and stop them and regrets it.

Jim gets his weapons ready and prepares for what’s coming. Martin tries to stay calm until his wife’s pregnancy is no longer at risk. The college kids come down from the peaceful woods into the middle of a whirlwind of fear and violence.

Everyone eventually crosses paths and things come to a violent head. Some people live, some do not. It only takes a few days of living in fear, with no power or food or water, for humanity to unravel. There was light. Then there was darkness.