press release
Racheal Cain's Horror Sci-Fi Somnium
Starring Chloë Levine, Will Peltz, Peter Vack,
Johnathon Schaech & Grace Van Dien
Opens Theatrically August 29 in LA, September 6 in NYC Streaming on Digital HD September 9
"A haunting visual feast"
-- Dread Central
"A sleek noir takedown of the carnivorous Hollywood dream"
-- Horror Buzz
"A distinct flavor all its own"
-- Josh at the Movies
-- Dread Central
"A sleek noir takedown of the carnivorous Hollywood dream"
-- Horror Buzz
"A distinct flavor all its own"
-- Josh at the Movies
Los Angeles, CA - Yellow Veil Pictures has announced the official release of Racheal Cain's debut feature Somnium. Yellow Veil will bring the acclaimed horror science fiction indie to select theaters starting August 28, followed by a bow on major streaming platforms September 9. The film premiered at the 2024 Chattanooga Film Festival, where it took home the Audience Award, and went on to take the Silver Audience Award Prize at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. Lead actress Chloë Levine took home the Best Actress Award at FilmQuest.
The acclaimed indie film, which has earned rave reviews since Chattanooga, marks the feature directorial debut of writer/director Racheal Cain. The road to release began in 2011, when Cain first began writing the script, but the project gained traction in 2018 with a successful crowdfunding campaign launched on social media. Production occurred in two phases, with all of the film’s flashbacks scenes shot in 2018 and its present day scenes in 2021 and 2022, four years later.
The cast is led by Chloë Levine (The Sacrifice Game, "The OA"). Levine is joined in the hellish dreamscape by Peter Vack ("Mozart in the Jungle"), Will Peltz (Unfriended), Johnathon Schaech (Suitable Flesh, "Blue Ridge: The Series") and Grace Van Dien ("Stranger Things", Redux Redux).
Somnium will officially open theatrically Friday, August 29 in Los Angeles, followed by a run in New York City starting September 6.Beginning September 9, audiences across North America will be able to rent or own Somnium on Digital HD, including Apple TV, Prime Video, and Fandango at Home.
Ahead of the theatrical release, Cain shared, “I couldn’t have dreamt Somnium would end up in theaters just a few miles from where I started writing it all those years ago. This film has clawed its way into existence over the last decade and I can only hope viewers find it was worth the wait."
The acclaimed indie film, which has earned rave reviews since Chattanooga, marks the feature directorial debut of writer/director Racheal Cain. The road to release began in 2011, when Cain first began writing the script, but the project gained traction in 2018 with a successful crowdfunding campaign launched on social media. Production occurred in two phases, with all of the film’s flashbacks scenes shot in 2018 and its present day scenes in 2021 and 2022, four years later.
The cast is led by Chloë Levine (The Sacrifice Game, "The OA"). Levine is joined in the hellish dreamscape by Peter Vack ("Mozart in the Jungle"), Will Peltz (Unfriended), Johnathon Schaech (Suitable Flesh, "Blue Ridge: The Series") and Grace Van Dien ("Stranger Things", Redux Redux).
Somnium will officially open theatrically Friday, August 29 in Los Angeles, followed by a run in New York City starting September 6.Beginning September 9, audiences across North America will be able to rent or own Somnium on Digital HD, including Apple TV, Prime Video, and Fandango at Home.
Ahead of the theatrical release, Cain shared, “I couldn’t have dreamt Somnium would end up in theaters just a few miles from where I started writing it all those years ago. This film has clawed its way into existence over the last decade and I can only hope viewers find it was worth the wait."
Selected Somnium Theatrical Openings:
Los Angeles: Laemmle Royal (advance screening August 28)
Laemmle Glendale (August 29)
New York: Roxy Cinema September 6
Los Angeles: Laemmle Royal (advance screening August 28)
Laemmle Glendale (August 29)
New York: Roxy Cinema September 6
Synopsis:
After a painful breakup, small-town Gemma moves to Los Angeles with the hopes of making it big. To get on her feet, she takes a job working the overnight shift at Somnium - a mysterious, experimental sleep clinic where dreams are made real. Meanwhile, Gemma throws herself into the cutthroat world of Hollywood auditions. But as the pressure to succeed mounts, she begins to experience strange and unsettling phenomena, and soon finds herself trapped in a nightmarish spiral as she discovers a darkness lurking within the clinic walls.
After a painful breakup, small-town Gemma moves to Los Angeles with the hopes of making it big. To get on her feet, she takes a job working the overnight shift at Somnium - a mysterious, experimental sleep clinic where dreams are made real. Meanwhile, Gemma throws herself into the cutthroat world of Hollywood auditions. But as the pressure to succeed mounts, she begins to experience strange and unsettling phenomena, and soon finds herself trapped in a nightmarish spiral as she discovers a darkness lurking within the clinic walls.
About Yellow Veil Pictures:
Yellow Veil Pictures is a New York City and Los Angeles-based worldwide film sales and distribution company founded by Hugues Barbier, Justin Timms, and Joe Yanick in 2018. Focusing exclusively on boundary pushing genre cinema, Yellow Veil seeks to highlight emergent filmmakers who exist on the cusp of commercial, arthouse cinema, while maintaining a unique focus on festival strategy and production and packaging.
Launching out of the 2018 Frontières Market at the Fantasia International Film Festival, with Tilman Singer’s debut LUZ. Yellow Veil have since worked on debuts from Josh Lobo (I TRAPPED THE DEVIL), A.T. White (STARFISH), Matthew Pope (BLOOD ON HER NAME), Jack Henry Robbins (VHYES), as well as boarding films by Larry Fessenden (DEPRAVED), Rob Grant (HARPOON), Joel Potrykus (RELAXER), George A. Romero (THE AMUSEMENT PARK) , Philip Gelatt & Morgan Galen King (THE SPINE OF NIGHT) and Toby Poser, Zelda Adams and John Adams (HELLBENDER). In addition, Yellow Veil Pictures acts as the festival agent for Shudder’s LA LLORONA, BLOOD QUANTUM, HORROR NOIRE, HOST, and THE RANGER.
Yellow Veil Pictures is a New York City and Los Angeles-based worldwide film sales and distribution company founded by Hugues Barbier, Justin Timms, and Joe Yanick in 2018. Focusing exclusively on boundary pushing genre cinema, Yellow Veil seeks to highlight emergent filmmakers who exist on the cusp of commercial, arthouse cinema, while maintaining a unique focus on festival strategy and production and packaging.
Launching out of the 2018 Frontières Market at the Fantasia International Film Festival, with Tilman Singer’s debut LUZ. Yellow Veil have since worked on debuts from Josh Lobo (I TRAPPED THE DEVIL), A.T. White (STARFISH), Matthew Pope (BLOOD ON HER NAME), Jack Henry Robbins (VHYES), as well as boarding films by Larry Fessenden (DEPRAVED), Rob Grant (HARPOON), Joel Potrykus (RELAXER), George A. Romero (THE AMUSEMENT PARK) , Philip Gelatt & Morgan Galen King (THE SPINE OF NIGHT) and Toby Poser, Zelda Adams and John Adams (HELLBENDER). In addition, Yellow Veil Pictures acts as the festival agent for Shudder’s LA LLORONA, BLOOD QUANTUM, HORROR NOIRE, HOST, and THE RANGER.
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