Creepy Casting

Posted by dominie in Films, News on September 15th, 2008

The latest signed to feature in the indie psychothriller Dark Woods, is genre vet James Russo (The Ninth Gate, Trauma, Blackwater Valley Exorcism, Satanic) who will play Sheriff Demming in the movie.

From director Mike Escobedo and a script by John Muscamero, Dark Woods stars Tracy Coogan (Zombie Honeymoon) as Susan, a terminally ill woman whose husband (played by Muscamero) brings her to a remote cabin in the woods.  Things take a turn for the “demented worse” when her husband entertains a relationship with a local teenage girl.

Other newly announced actors include Mary Kate Wiles, Yvonne Huff, and Rob Simpson.  Mark Shady (who will also co-star) and Peter Nee are producing the psychothriller.

“Dark Woods is more of a psychological thriller than a horror film in the classical sense,” Coogan revealed to Fangoria in an interview over the summer.  “This time, there are no zombies! Monsters come in many shapes and sizes. Susan’s health is deteriorating rapidly, and she’s spiraling into dementia. She starts to hallucinate, and believes demons are coming to take her away. She struggles between consciousness and dementia, getting glimmers of her life, her love, her husband and her ultimate demise.”