With the Kickstarter campaign currently underway for award-winning British filmmaker Scott Lyus’ feature film debut, biblical horror Walking Against the Rain, now comes an update on the stretch goals for the project ahead of the campaign coming to a close next Wednesday.
Having impressed many with Silently Within Your Shadow and Echoes of the Passed – not to mention anticipation being high for this year’s Black Mass – Lyus has certainly marked himself out as someone to keep an eye on, and anticipation is high for something special from Walking Against the Rain.
The latest official update on the project from Crossroad Pictures and Kabal Productions reads:
Horror fans, the end of the world is upon us…
Crossroad Pictures, in association with Kobal Productions, are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for their debut feature film WALKING AGAINST THE RAIN.
A horror movie set 6 months after a biblical plague has fallen upon the world, the film tells the story of two strangers navigating their way across a barren landscape in a desperate attempt to find each other, with their only form of communication two soon-to-die battery operated radio mics; all while trying to avoid a brand new evil – The Forsaken.
From award winning filmmakers Scott Lyus and Chris Nials, the film promises to be their most ambitious project to date, having created several successful short films, including Silently Within Your Shadow, Echoes of the Passed and this years, Black Mass, the time to bring their first feature film to life could not be more perfect as Lyus explains:
“Walking Against the Rain is the film we’ve been working towards for several years now. We’ve been extremely lucky to build an amazing supportive fan base ever since we broke onto the festival scene with Silently Within Your Shadow, and due to this amazing support we have been able to go bigger and better with each film that followed and now we aim to break into the feature film scene with our biblical horror tale that dives deep into grief, loss and the importance of human connection.”
The film will be written and directed by Lyus and produced by both Lyus and Nials, with an award winning team once again joining them to help realise their terrifying vision, including BAFTA nominated effects guru Kristyan Mallet and his KM Effects team bringing the films monsters The Forsaken to life; as well as a MAJOR record company in talks to provide a unique and captivating soundtrack.
Walking Against the Rain stars Reece Douglas of Waterloo Road and horror hit Cruel Summer fame as the films lead Tommy, with the films monsters, The Forsaken, being brought to life by monster make-up favourite James Swanton, who has had star appearances in horror hits Double Date, Frankenstein’s Creature, as well as bringing Darkness to life in Black Mass.
With their last effort Black Mass a runaway success on Kickstarter, and Walking Against the Rain smashing its goal in just over two weeks, this team is one to watch. Having now launched their stretch goals and heading into their final week on Kickstarter, it’s now or never to join the team of this original and mind-blowing horror film.
And with an award winning cast and crew behind it, a major soundtrack deal in the works and a strong theme of grief, loss and human connection at its core, this is one horror project you will want to be a part of. Horror fans take notice.
The crowdfunding campaign for Walking Against the Rain will conclude on Wednesday, July 31st – and you can find full details on Kickstarter.
