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Title: Rites of Spring Director: Padraig Reynolds (‘Green Arrow Fan Film,’ ‘The Election’) Starring: Aj Bowen (‘The Signal,’ ‘The House of the Devil’), Anessa Ramsey (‘The Signal,’ ‘Footloose (2011)’) and Marco St. John (‘The Campaign,’ ‘The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call-New Orleans’) The best horror and thriller films are often believed to be those with larger budgets that feature multiple, daring action sequences and stunts. The genres, which both feature movies that have garnered critical and box office acclaim, are rarely combined, as their elements are so drastically different. But the new film ‘Rites of Spring,’ which hits select theaters and IFC Midnight Cable VOD and Digital Outlets tomorrow, not [ Read More ]...

With the 11th annual and venerated Screamfest La Film Festival running this Friday, October 14th through Saturday, October 22nd at Manns Chinese 6 in Hollywood, CA, we chatted yesterday with the director of one of the fest's selections, the feature Rites of Spring, and got the skinny on the slasher/hybrid, which is set for its world premiere on Saturday, October 22nd, at 12:00 noon.

Produced by Wes Benton, Bobby Benton, John Norris and Eric Thompson and written and directed by Padraig Reynolds, Rites of Spring stars Aj Bowen (House of the Devil, Hatchet 2), Anessa Ramsey (Footloose, YellowBrickRoad), Sonny Marinelli (Rosewood Lane), Katherine Randolf (Jarhead), Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, and James Bartz and (according to the film’s synopsis) centers around ‘a group of kidnappers who abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school in the middle of the woods. But feelings of guilt soon overtake the kidnappers,...

About four years ago, Padraig Reynolds got our attention with the wicked short film called The Election featuring Ray Wise and Lin Shaye. Reynolds has since jumped into a feature film endeavor, Rites of Spring , and it is complete, ready to be shown to an audience. Today, we have a trailer to share. The film stars A.J. Bowen, Anessa Ramsey, Sonny Marinelli, Katherine Randolf, Marco St. John, Hannah Bryan, Sarah Pachelli, and James Bartz. Synopsis: A group of kidnappers abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school in the middle of the woods. But feelings of guilt soon overtake the kidnappers, dividing the group and putting their entire plan in jeopardy. The evening further spirals out of control when their poorly chosen hideout becomes a...

Padraig Reynolds, director of short film The Election, for which he won Best Director at the San Francisco International Film Festival, makes his feature-film debut with crime movie/creature-feature hybrid Rites Of Spring, and Bloody-Disgusting was afforded an exclusive set visit earlier this month. Filmed in Canton, Mississippi, B-d reporter Chris Eggertsen is here with all the details on the shoot, including specifics on the look of the set (filmed in an abandoned high school) and interviews with Reynolds and lead actors (and The Signal co-stars) Aj Bowen and Anessa Ramsey. In Rites, a group of kidnappers escape to an abandoned sanitarium where they fall victim to a horrifying secret.