Frank Grillo (Captain America and Purge franchises) will soon play a cult leader in Man’s Son, a modern horror thriller from his son, first-time director Remy Grillo.

The story centres on a young couple hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an upcoming Charles Manson film – making the feature’s title a clever play on words. However, when the couple chooses an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop, the dark events of the audition reel begin to bleed into their reality, until they find themselves entwined in an occult leader’s (Grillo Sr.) sinister plot.

The script is inspired by real-life occult activity in the California desert, reports Deadline, and is written by newcomers Josh Plasse and Brev Moss.

Man’s Son is scheduled to start production next month in Yucca Valley, California. The thriller does not yet have a release date.