‘Some men are so evil… even death rejects them.’
Elder Island is a 2016 survival horror film co-produced and directed by Darrin James from a screenplay co-written with Fabricio Cerioni. It stars Nate Scholz, Jamie Bernadette and Erica Overholt.
Elder Island. 1856. Peter Wiggentstein turned to the men of the five island families around him and warned, “Tell nothing of this,” as the men all looked at the body of their former Reverend – gunned down just outside his own home – and a decision was made. They secretly buried the body on Graves Island, and the reign of America’s first and only king ended; but for every end, there is always a new beginning, for an evil was born that night…
Reviews:
“Elder Island isn’t a great movie and not frightening in the slightest but at 80 minutes in run-time it wasn’t a slog to get through either. The limited FX and makeup are totally serviceable and there are some ideas here as well a couple of redeemable performances, specifically the amiable Peavy.” Alan Kelly, Gruesome magazine
“…a piece of survival horror with a healthy amount of well-executed on-screen action and meanness, a very likeable or love-to-hateable cast of characters embodied by a very competent cast of actors…” Mike Haberfelner, Search My Trash
” …some of the audio in this picture is preposterous, with dialog being drowned out by the score (which by the way is really bad as well) and levels changing from scene to scene. Another issue is the amount of filler among the killer, at an hour and twenty minutes this thing should breeze right on by, but it doesn’t…” Daniel XIII, That’s Not Current
Interview:
Darrin James and Fabricio Cerioni talk to Josh Spanninga for Revue
Main cast:
Nate Scholz (Grimm; Assignment: Unexplained; The Horror of Barnes Folly), Jamie Bernadette (The 6th Friend; All Girl’s Weekend; 4/20 Massacre; et al), Erica Overholt, Sean Peavy, Jordan Trovillion, Alora Catherine Smith, Danny Hicks, Melissa Anschutz, Timothy Patrick Quill, Michael Robert Brandon, Christopher Hohman, Jake Rotger, Darrin James, Johnny Flynn, Donavan Darius.
Filming locations:
Beaver Island, Brighton, Ferndale, Livonia, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
IMDb | Image credits: Gruesome magazine
