Dark, Evil, Awake Watch The Moor UK Trailer

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest will be with us in less than 7 days. Darkness, evil will be awake on 26th August when Chris Cronin‘s The Moor makes it’s world premiere.

The film will be screening as a part of FrightFest’s prestigious ‘First Blood’ strand, showcasing releases from up-and-coming filmmakers. Despite this film being Cronin’s directorial debut feature he is no stranger to genre film festivals winning many awards and accolades at the likes of Raindance, Fantasia and Dead By Dawn.

The film stars Sophia La Porta Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes is his son’s final resting place.

Cronin commented “My aim with this story was to create an original horror film set in my home county of Yorkshire. Instead of delving into the fictional murders themselves, I focused on the aftermath and how something so terrible affects lives and relationships. What happens when so much grief and guilt are left unresolved?

Both myself and the writer grew up in the Huddersfield area, a stone’s throw from the vast moorlands. Without ever knowing its history we still felt its ominous presence. We could sense our parents feelings about the place – no one really explained to us what happened up there, but as kids you kind of fill in the blanks. The Moors take on a dark life of their own, Yorkshire’s very own bogeyman.

It’s no coincidence that I’m a kid of the early 90’s and that’s when our film’s prologue takes place.”

Claire was just a child when her best friend was abducted and murdered. Twenty five years later, Bill, the dead boy’s father, has a plan to learn the truth about what really happened. With the help of psychic Eleanor, they venture deep into a haunted moor where something dark and evil stirs at their presence.

The film stars David Edward-Robertson, Bernard Hill and Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips. The Moor will make it’s world premiere on 26th August  part of the ‘First Blood’ strand [buy tickets].