Paranormal thriller Beyond the Gates casts Graham Skipper and Brea Grant

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Last Updated on August 2, 2021



Jackson Stewart has set indie horror favorites Graham Skipper (ALMOST HUMAN), Chase Williamson (THE GUEST), and Brea Grant (HALLOWEEN 2) as the leads in BEYOND THE GATES, a throwback paranormal movie in the spirit of horror classics such as Phantasm, The Beyond, and Poltergeist.


Matt Mercer (CONTRACTED), Justin Welborn (FX’s “Justified”), Henry LeBlanc (“The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”), Jesse Merlin (FDR: AMERICAN BADASS), David Bruckner (co-director of V/H/S), and Pierson Ryan (“Red Team Go”) round out the cast.

In BEYOND THE GATES, two estranged brothers reunite seven months after their father’s disappearance to liquidate his anemic video store. While there, they unearth an old VCR board game that acts as an inter-dimensional hub to a nightmare world where their Father’s soul is trapped and can only be saved by playing the game. The film is an adventure horror that pays loving tribute to the VHS format, video stores, and board games of the era.

Sounds pretty good to me!

Stewart co-wrote the screenplay with Stephen Scarlata (JODOROWSKY’S DUNE). Destroy All Entertainment’s Amanda Mortimer will produce alongside Barbara Crampton and Lodger Films partners Georg Kallert and Rob Schroeder. Gabriela Revilla Lugo will executive produce.


Brea Grant

Source: Arrow in the Head

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