With Christian Ackerman’s supernatural short The Summoners set for its world premiere Monday, October 14, at 9:45pm at Screamfest La, read on for our exclusive chat with the filmmaker, and have a look at some stills!
Produced by Tony E. Valenzuela and Brett Annese from a script by Ackerman and Chuck Foster, The Summoners stars Trista Robinson (The Human Race), Wendy McColm and Erin McIntosh as three high school girls who join in a secret game of summoning spirits for the thrill of being possessed.
Speaking with director Ackerman (whose award-winning short Hell’s Belles we debuted on Dread Central last year; see it here), he told us of the beginnings of The Summoners, “My writing partner, Chuck, and I had been kicking around an idea for a supernatural short, trying to find a way to transcend the norms. Once we came up with the idea of purposefully getting...
Produced by Tony E. Valenzuela and Brett Annese from a script by Ackerman and Chuck Foster, The Summoners stars Trista Robinson (The Human Race), Wendy McColm and Erin McIntosh as three high school girls who join in a secret game of summoning spirits for the thrill of being possessed.
Speaking with director Ackerman (whose award-winning short Hell’s Belles we debuted on Dread Central last year; see it here), he told us of the beginnings of The Summoners, “My writing partner, Chuck, and I had been kicking around an idea for a supernatural short, trying to find a way to transcend the norms. Once we came up with the idea of purposefully getting...
- 10/12/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
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