Jack Kilmer, Paris Jackson & Eric Roberts Set For Indie Horror Thriller ‘Open Wounds’
16.11.2023 - 17:19
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Jack Kilmer (Palo Alto), Paris Jackson (Gringo), and Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) are in production in Atlanta on Open Wounds, an indie horror thriller from director Ronald Krauss (Gimme Shelter). Rounding out the cast of the pic are Lambert Houston (Resurrection Factor), Renata Notni (Zorro), Richie Radichi (My Best Friend’s Dead), and Jay Giannone (American Hustle).
Written by Ryan Leeder, Joshua Courtade, and Krauss, the film centers around a fading indie horror studio, its owner Jefferson (Roberts), and his nephew Caleb (Kilmer), a young horror movie obsessive and aspiring makeup f/x artist, who finally gets his “little break” when Jefferson assigns him to work on a B-list movie about a vampire (Notni). There, he encounters another makeup artist, Ginni (Jackson), with whom he feels he can share his vulnerabilities, as well as an unsupportive rival, Todd (Houston).
Caleb, insecure of his talent, and desperate to win Jefferson’s approval, struggles with the assignment, until he accidentally witnesses a murder, and seeing that realism is the missing element in his work, bases an effect on what he has witnessed. Suddenly winning approval from Jefferson and praise on the set, Caleb begins prepping his effects by committing his own murders, in the process losing his moral compass and descending into madness. As Caleb’s crimes become more grotesque, his relationship with Ginny develops into an unconventional quest for love.
Hailing from Day 28 Films and Bald Eagle Entertainment, pic’s producers are Krauss and Ira Houston. Chung Dick and Thomas Carroll are exec producing, with Haweni Keskessa and Marvin Cheng co-producing.
Best known for turns in such acclaimed indies as Palo Alto and Lords of Chaos, Kilmer