Vinegar Syndrome, the boutique label dedicated to unearthing and preserving genre films, makes its first foray into original productions with Eight Eyes, a retro horror nightmare co-produced with Not the Funeral Home, the team behind Shudder’s “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs.” A new trailer unveiled today teases the madness ahead.
In Eight Eyes, “A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals. A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.”
Check out the trailer below that highlights the 16mm-shot horror, which promises to spill plenty of the red stuff.
Eight Eyes premiered earlier this year at Fantasia. The fest described the feature’s plot, “At the breaking point of their dysfunctional marriage, Cass (Emily Sweet) and Gav (Brad Thomas) take a trip through former Yugoslavia in an attempt to mend what has soured. After meeting a mysterious local, Saint Peter (Bruno Veljanovski), who eagerly offers to be their guide, the couple embark on an impromptu sightseeing expedition. However, Cass becomes increasingly disturbed by Saint Peter’s unsettling fixation on them, as they soon find themselves trapped in a nightmarish descent where supernatural forces threaten their lives!”
Co-writer and director Austin Jennings (“The Last Drive-In with Job Bob Briggs”), working from an originating idea by Justin Martell, gets ambitious for his feature film debut.
“Photographed entirely on location in Serbia and Macedonia and on 16mm Kodak film, Eight Eyes draws from European genre cinema and American horror films of the 70s to create a nightmarish tableau of nostalgia twisted into berserk, new shapes. Set among the ruins of the former Yugoslavia, Eight Eyes was developed with significant contributions from the film’s local cast and crew to ensure an authentic portrayal of the cultural environment in which it is set – one rarely been documented on film,” Vinegar Syndrome says of their original production.
Emily Sweet (V/H/S/99), Brad Thomas, and Bruno Veljanovski star. Not the Funeral Home (Executive Producers Justin Martell and Matt Manjourides) produced.
There’s no release date just yet for Eight Eyes, as it’s still making its rounds on the festival circuit. Stay tuned for additional details as they arrive, or follow the film’s official site for more information.
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