A pulsing soundtrack, impossibly cool style, sharp wit, and a little camp breathe life into this fresh take on blood-thirsty ladies of the night. Bit will screen at Outfest Los Angeles at the TCL Chinese Theatre July 26th.  Making her feature debut, trans actress & activist Nicole Maines (Supergirl) is joined by Diana Hopper (“Goliath”), James Paxton (Boogeyman Pop, “Eyewitness”), Zolee Griggs (“Wu-Tang: An American Saga”), Friday Chamberlain, Char Diaz, Greg Hill (Operation Finale) and M.C. Gainey (Con Air).  Brad Michael Elmore (Blumhouse’s Boogeyman Pop) directed from a script he wrote, alongside producers Robert Reed Peterson, Nicholas Cafritz, Peter Winther, Louis Steyn and T.J. Steyn.

 

Synopsis: As soon as she graduates from her small town, small minded high school, trans teen Laurel immediately sets her sights on Los Angeles, seeking a bigger, more accepting world. As fate would have it, on Laurel’s first night out, she ends up at a warehouse party with a mysterious punk group of girls. Her luck turns when she is attacked and left for dead by the group’s leader, Duke. Laurel awakens to discover she has been bitten and may be turning into a vampire. Duke invites her to join the vampire squad, if she can live by their rules: eat what you kill and no turning men. Faced with the decision to join the girls, Laurel becomes entrenched in their ways while beginning to doubt whether or not she’s ready to become one of the undead. An exclusive clip is below.

“Let’s be gods,” is maybe my favorite quote from that clip. It encompasses so much about the allure of vampirism, and to mix it in with the ideals of feminism is way more interesting than another Anne Rice or Near Dark clone. I’m really looking forward to seeing this one.

         Bit will premiere at Outfest on Friday, July 26 2019, at TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood CA. Tickets are available right now.




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