Backwoods

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“Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.”

H.P. Lovecraft - The Picture in the House

A man in a business suit and polka dot tie aiming a pistol in a dark room, with a dimly lit lantern illuminating his face.

B A C K W O O D S
(Short Film, 2019)

Director: Ryan Mackfall. Producer: Kingsley Marshall. Writer: Neil Fox.

Cast: Kevin Horsham (The Northman), Ciaran Clarke, Noah Wallace.

Project Summary

1907, Massachusetts. A scholar drifts from his path and finds himself in a house he takes for deserted. Deserted, apart from a beguiling book containing dark secrets that exerts a powerful hold over those who come into contact with it.

Backwoods Trailer: https://vimeo.com/307522810

Backwoods Full Film: https://youtu.be/ADypzr6KyBI

Licensed: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021) https://youtu.be/aSYBpdDSh9A

Profile, Director’s Notes: https://bit.ly/3QLmYt1

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Movie poster for Backwoods featuring a black tree with arrow-shaped roots on a red background, with the tagline 'Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.'

Collection of black laurel wreaths with festival and film awards titles and years, including Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020, Directors Notes 2022, Sci-Fi, Terror and Fantasy Film Festival 2021, Bizarre Bazaar 2020, Fastnet Film Festival 2020, H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival 2019, London Short Film Festival 2020.

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