January 31, 2009
My Bloody Valentine. Friday The 13th. Not since the heyday of the 80’s has the slasher film seen such a resurgence in pop culture. Now Anchor Bay promises to deliver the "next great masked serial killer" – some guy they refer to as "ChromeSkull".
On April 21st, "Laid to Rest," the sophomore writing/directing effort from special makeup effects wizard Robert Hall ("Quarantine," “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” the upcoming "Crazies"), will be released on DVD. The follow-up feature to his semi-autobiographical "Lightning Bug," and Hall’s first excursion into full-on horror as a director, "Laid to Rest" stars Lena Headey (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” "300"), Bobbi Sue Luther ( the upcoming Night of the Demons remake), Lucas Till ("The Hannah Montana Movie", "Walk The Line"), and Headey’s “Terminator” co-star, Thomas Dekker.
"Laid to Rest" is the story of a young girl (Bobbi Sue Luther) who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by ChromeSkull (Nick Principe), a metal-masked serial killer with the money and means to emulate the 1980s Slashers. Isolated in an unfamiliar rural town, “the Girl” and those who have come to her aid must survive the night and outsmart the technologically inclined murderer – who video records his vicious killings and is determined to finish his masterpiece tape featuring "the Girl." Sean Whalen (Never Been Kissed, Men In Black), Kevin Gage (Heat, GI Jane) and veteran character actor Richard Lynch (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Invasion USA) co-star.
