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Stars: Ben Getz, Dylan Eshbaugh, Sully Brown, Jayson Bernard, Piper Verbrick, Fiona Domenica, Samantha Rothermel, Jamie Day, Tom Moynahan, Annie Gill | Written by Dylan Eshbaugh, Ben Getz | Directed by Caleb Harris

Ben Duff and Dylan Mulligan are best friends and co-workers at a mini-golf course. They’re also the last two people anyone would ever expect to be heroes.

But when their mutual friend Dougie is kidnapped by a demonic cult led by the sinister Eugene, they have no choice but to step up. What starts as an attempt to rescue their friend quickly turns into something much bigger, as they find themselves facing supernatural forces and a growing threat to their town. In the process, these two aimless slackers must embrace their inner warriors and become Gothic Slayers or at least, do their best impression of heroes as they fumble their way through a mission far beyond their pay grade.

Suit up, press start, and kick evil putt with Gothic Slayers.

Blending slacker comedy, horror, and adventure with ’90s inspiration and arcade motifs, the film will be released on Digital on March 4 via Cranked Up Films.

Two putt-putt employees and best friends must face off against a demonic cult that has not only kidnapped their friend but also threatens to destroy their hometown.

Caleb Harris makes his feature directorial debut on the indie film from a script by Ben Getz and Dylan Eshbaugh.

Getz and Eshbaugh star with Samantha Rothermel, Piper Verbrick, Quinn Hemphill, Jamie Day, Jayson Bernard, David Andrew Morton, Sully Brown, Daniel Yaiullo, and Melanie Rosedale.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to team up with Cranked Up Films to unleash Gothic Slayers upon the world,” said Getz. “Together, we’re bringing you a ’90s-inspired adventure comedy packed with laughs, thrills, and enough pixel-powered chaos to blow a fuse at the arcade.

Dima (Jamie Day) and Kostas (Bruce Ross) in The Writer. Romas Zabarauskas: 'I believe that we cannot allow ourselves to isolate. And these isolationist tendencies are happening on both sides of the political spectrum' Lithuanian director Romas Zabarauskas’ The Writer sees two former lovers Kostas (Bruce Ross) and Dima (Jamie Day) reconnect over the course of a day and night after an absence of 30 years. The film reveals their relationship history but also explores more philosophical and political questions about left and right, conflict and gender identity. We caught up with Zabarauskas at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - where the film is in the Baltic Film Competition - to talk about its themes.

You’re still quite young but you’ve chosen older characters to work with in this film, can you tell us a bit about that?

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There's a gentle soulfulness underlying Romas Zabarauskas' tale of reconnection between two old lovers that runs the constant risk of being buried by a film that is also being used as a vehicle to consider densely scripted philosophical and political viewpoints. Co-written by Marc David Jacobs, Anastasia Sosunova and Arturas Tereskinas there's enough topics of conversation here to fill the same amount of movies and some paring back would have been welcome.

The chamber piece - enlivened by some nice New York street interludes and a jazzy score from Ieva Marija Baranauskaite - unfolds largely in the apartment owned by Lithuanian writer Kostas (Bruce Ross). He is about to share a meal with former lover Dima (Jamie Day) - a Russian emigre to Lithuania - along with a ruminative conversation which will cover everything from the conflict in Ukraine to assumptions made about bisexuals.

Tension springs from the circumstances in which.