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“THE SIGNAL” director sees “DARK RED” for childbirth chiller; trailer, poster, release info

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Dan Bush, part of the directing team behind THE SIGNAL, has a new solo fright feature coming next month; read on for the details, trailer and poster.

Dark Sky Films has announced a March 6 theatrical/digital release of DARK RED, written and directed by Bush and starring April Billingsley (THE WALKING DEAD), Kelsey Scott, Conal Byrne, Rhoda Griffis, John Curran and Jill Jane Clements. The synopsis: “A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital claiming that her newborn has been abducted by a secret society called the Dark Red—an ancient, underground cult that harvests and controls an incredibly rare blood type that gives one the power to hear and guide another person’s thoughts. She says that she is special: that she carries a pure and powerful strain of the blood like nothing seen before, and that the society sees her and her child as its next evolution or perhaps its greatest threat, should she turn against them. Is the Dark Red entirely a figment of her imagination a complex coping mechanism to overcome a terrible personal tragedy or is there some truth behind her story?”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).