More AFM craziness – now I bring you some images from SHADOWS, which stars Cary Elwes, Paula Taylor, and Ploy Jindacho. When we first reported on the film William Hurt was attached, but that may not be the case anymore.
The flick comes from director John Penney, who wrote THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III, and producer Ryuhei Kitamura, director of THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. Here’s the convoluted synopsis, which feautures a soul surfer!
Immediately upon arriving in Bangkok, American Jeff, his Thai wife Sua and their son Kyle are hit by a truck while driving to visit Sua’s father. Six weeks later Jeff regains consciousness in hospital. He’s horrified to learn he’s the only survivor and unsettled by his own lack of grief. Even more unsettling, Jeff begins seeing ghosts, all of whom appear to have died terribly, and he confides in his nurse Choi.
Choi takes Jeff to spiritual adviser Mae who explains that his family’s souls, having died prematurely and violently, are trapped in the Shadow World and are doomed to relive their moment of death. Only one man knows how to help them, Warren, an American expat soul surfer.
From Warren, Jeff learns that his own soul is trapped inside the fatal wreck along his wife and child. His soul has never left his family and it’s the reason he’s unable to feel grief. The only way for Jeff to help his family cross over from the Shadow World to a place of rest is for him to enter it and release his family himself.
Getting in is hard enough, but getting out can be impossible.
The film is in post-production right now and will be shopped around AFM by Darclight Films.