Lonsgate Home Entertainment will release two more After Dark Originals – SCREAM OF THE BANSHEE and THE TASK – on DVD, digital download, and on-demand on July 26. Cover art has not yet been revealed, but BANSHEE will feature a filmmaker commentary, while THE TASK will include a behind-the-scenes featurette.
SCREAM OF THE BANSHEE is directed by Steven C. Miller (AUTOMATON TRANSFUSION) and written by Anthony C. Ferrante (BOO). It stars Lauren Holly (below, DUMB & DUMBER) and Lance Henriksen (ALIENS). Here is the plot:
When a college Professor opens up a strange, ornate box discovered in the basement of a University, she and her students hear a horrifying scream belonging to that of a bloodthirsty banshee. They think nothing of it, until that scream begins to haunt all that heard it in strange and surreal ways. According to Irish lore, if you hear a Banshee scream, you will die – which is what starts happening to them one by one, as the creature starts taking their lives…
THE TASK is directed by Simon Fellows (MALICE IN WONDERLAND) and written by Kenny Yakkel (DEAD AIR). It stars Alexandra Staden, Texas Battle (FINAL DESTINATION 3), Adam Raynor, and Ashley Mulheron. The synopsis is as follows:
Something diabolical is taking place on the set of THE TASK, a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison, hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable. The contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the center of a blood-soaked night of terror. Only one girl survives to tell the tale.