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on February 6th
A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate of a mysterious recluse.
"Mudge expertly leans into folk horror trappings to conjure nightmare fuel."
- Kat Hughes, The Hollywood News
SYNOPSIS:
After suffering a devastating loss, grief-stricken arborist Ellie and her son Wyatt are hired by mysterious recluse Arthur Randolph to fell the trees in part of his vast, remote estate. As Wyatt starts showing signs of erratic behavior and falls prey to creature hallucinations, a past tragedy reveals itself, a haunting awakens, and Arthur discloses the real reason he hired them.
Release Date: 2/6/2026
Directed & Written by: Andrew Mudge
Produced by: Andrew Mudge, Krista Minto, Don Schechter,
Nick Santos, Ross Saxon, & Mike Bowes
Starring: Lucy Walters, Hudson West, & Will Lyman
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Run Time: 100 minutes
"Mudge expertly leans into folk horror trappings to conjure nightmare fuel."
- Kat Hughes, The Hollywood News
SYNOPSIS:
After suffering a devastating loss, grief-stricken arborist Ellie and her son Wyatt are hired by mysterious recluse Arthur Randolph to fell the trees in part of his vast, remote estate. As Wyatt starts showing signs of erratic behavior and falls prey to creature hallucinations, a past tragedy reveals itself, a haunting awakens, and Arthur discloses the real reason he hired them.
Release Date: 2/6/2026
Directed & Written by: Andrew Mudge
Produced by: Andrew Mudge, Krista Minto, Don Schechter,
Nick Santos, Ross Saxon, & Mike Bowes
Starring: Lucy Walters, Hudson West, & Will Lyman
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Run Time: 100 minutes
About Dark Sky Films:
Dark Sky Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of MPI Media Group, is an independent genre film production and distribution label founded in 2008. Dark Sky Films works with emerging talent as well as established veterans to develop, produce and finance feature films and episodic television projects. Representing films from some of most talented directors working today, such as Ti West’s The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, and Jim Mickle’s Stake Land, Dark Sky continues to identify original talent and projects to bring a vibrant slate of films to the world market, with original productions and releases such as Girl on the Third Floor, We Are Still Here, Deathgasm, Emelie, Catfight, Darlin’, Bliss and most recently, The Dark and 1BR.
Follow us on twitter: @darkskyfilms @mpimediagroup
Dark Sky Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of MPI Media Group, is an independent genre film production and distribution label founded in 2008. Dark Sky Films works with emerging talent as well as established veterans to develop, produce and finance feature films and episodic television projects. Representing films from some of most talented directors working today, such as Ti West’s The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers, and Jim Mickle’s Stake Land, Dark Sky continues to identify original talent and projects to bring a vibrant slate of films to the world market, with original productions and releases such as Girl on the Third Floor, We Are Still Here, Deathgasm, Emelie, Catfight, Darlin’, Bliss and most recently, The Dark and 1BR.
Follow us on twitter: @darkskyfilms @mpimediagroup
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