Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men”), Natalie Zea (“Justified”), David Mazouz (“Gotham”), David Koechner (Anchorman), and Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects) will star in the supernatural horror film Gulf of America.
Deadline revealed the first image from the movie (pictured above), which recently wrapped production in Los Angeles.
The topical story follows a family who inherits a decaying desert motel, triggering an inescapable descent into greed, psychosis, and terror.
Screenwriter Nicholas Geisler (“Bunk’d”) makes his feature directorial debut from his own script.
Jessi Case (“Murdaugh: Death in the Family”), David Shatraw (“Titus”), Brett Keating, and Darius Levanté round out the cast.
“Gulf of America grew out of the anxiety and isolation so many families are feeling right now,” Geisler said. “I wanted to explore how financial pressure and the search for identity can twist people who love each other into something unrecognizable.
“The horror films that stay with me are the ones that feel personal first and supernatural second, and this movie blends pulpy genre thrills with a story about masculinity and power. We set out to make a film that works as a relentless piece of entertainment but also leaves audiences arguing in the parking lot afterward.”
Salt Cellar Films, which Geisler co-founded with Bennett Cordon, produces in association with Steven Glick’s Lucky Springwater Films, Peter Heres, and Marcos Sotelo.
Kirsten Spalding of Seawolf Films and Robert J. Coury serve as executive producers, with Marcos Sotelo of Olive Hues handling sales.