IFC Midnight just sent ups the trailer for the upcoming western horror thriller THE WIND. Directed by Emma Tammi, THE WIND is the story of a small group of homesteaders in a remote part of the frontier who are driven mad by an unseen force. A mysterious wind blows through their desolate part of the west and it fuels their paranoia of the unknown.
Synopsis: THE WIND explores an unseen evil as it haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy (Caitlin Gerard) is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be borne of the land itself, an overwhelming dread that her husband (Ashley Zukerman) dismisses as superstition. When a newlywed couple arrives on a nearby homestead, their presence amplifies Lizzy’s fears, setting into motion a shocking chain of events. Masterfully blending haunting visuals with pulse-pounding sound design, director Emma Tammi evokes a godforsaken world in which the forces of nature come alive with quivering menace.
WOW! There seems to be a real sense of time and place here. A palpable rusticism that lures you is with clean production and tight focus. If you are in New York or LA you are in luck. THE WIND will be screening ahead 0f its planned April 5th opening date.
New York Special Screening
Friday, March 22 at 7:00PM at IFC Center – Q&A with Emma Tammi
*Director Emma Tammi is available for press interviews on March 20-22 in New York City.
Los Angeles Special Screenings
Tuesday, March 12 at 1:30PM at Soho House Screening Room
Tuesday, March 26 at 7:30PM at The Egyptian Theater – Q&A with Emma Tami
*Director Emma Tammi and actress Caitlin Gerard and Julia Goldani Telles are available for interviews in Los Angeles late March.
