Trailer for Director David Slade's Halloween Horror Film DARK HARVEST Introduces Sawtooth Jack
David Slade, the director of Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night, has made a new Halloween horror thriller titled Dark Harvest. The first trailer for the movie has been released and it introduces us to the Halloween legend Sawtooth Jack. This looks like a really good horror movie, and it’s an adaptation of Norman Partridge’s novel, which tells a great story. I’m very excited about this movie!
The film’s official description reads: “In a cursed town, the annual harvest becomes a brutal battle for survival. On Halloween 1963, Sawtooth Jack, a terrifying legend, rises from the cornfields, threatening the town’s children. Groups of boys unite to defeat the murderous scarecrow before midnight. Richie, a rebellious outcast, joins the run, motivated by his brother’s previous victory. As the hunt progresses, Richie makes a shocking discovery and faces a pivotal choice to break the relentless cycle.”
The movie stars Elizabeth Reaser (The Haunting of Hill House), Jeremy Davies (Hannibal), Luke Kirby (No Man of God), Casey Likes (The Birch) and Emyri Crutchfield (Tell Me Your Secrets).
The description of the book offers some additional insight: “The book is set during Halloween of 1963 in a small Midwestern town where teenage boys eagerly square off with the butcher knife wielding October Boy, aka Ol’ Hacksaw Face aka Sawtooth Jack.”
Both the hunter and the hunted, “the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death. One teen, Pete McCormick, knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in the one-horse town. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror – and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy.”
Dark Harvest will be released at Alamo Drafthouse Theaters on October 11th before heading to Digital on Friday, October 13th. This is a movie that I hope to see on the big screen!
