With it’s U.S. Premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival earlier this week, Kurtis David Hader’s paranoia-driven film Spiral is chilling audiences all across the festival circuit. This comes off the heels of a celebrated World Premiere at London’s FrightFest last year. It has been receiving praise for its expert atmosphere of dread, unique socio-political opinions, and its strong gay characters.

Synopsis: Set in the 90s – Malik and Aaron, a same-sex couple struggle to raise their sixteen-year-old daughter Kayla after moving to a small town filled with mysterious secrets. Within weeks of arriving, a hate crime is committed in their home – sending Malik into a state of heightened paranoia. As he investigates the town he slowly starts to uncover that something much more sinister lies beneath its friendly facade.

Spiral is directed by Kurtis David Harder and stars Ari Cohen, Lochlyn Munroe, and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman. The film currently plays on the film festival circuit and will be more accessible soon.