EXCLUSIVE: Peacemaker‘s Sol Rodriguez and Annabelle franchise actress Lou Lou Safran are set for the vampire Giallo-inspired feature Illomen which recently wrapped production in Los Angeles.
The Nathalia Pizarro directed and co-written film follows a young widow whose life begins to fracture after a sudden tragedy, drawing her into a confrontation with a mysterious, century-old vampire. Booboo Stewart (Twilight, X-Men) also stars.
Pic is produced by HasBeen Productions, New American Picture Show, and Intrinsic Value Films.
“This film was designed to be felt as much as seen,” says Pizarro. “By embracing a saturated, giallo-influenced palette and a visceral, hands-on visual language, Illomen pushes classical genre into a raw, maximalist space between beauty and annihilation.”
Producers on the project include Brent Mata and Dax Campbell of HasBeen Productions. (The Rose: Come Back to Me, It Happened: The Judy Tenuta Story), Nathalia Pizarro and Alix Brown of New American Picture Show The Girl on a Motorcycle, (a 2025 Beyond Fest selection) that helped launch her into the genre space, Megan Freels Johnston, Aimee Schoof, and Isen Robbins of Intrinsic Value (Queen of the Ring, The Last Thing Mary Saw), and Max Neace (What We Do Next)
The screenplay was written by Alex Baumgardner, Pizarro, and Talar Baker, from a story by Brent Mata.
The supporting cast includes Joshua Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Cameron Cowperthwaite (Fallout), Bonnie Aarons (The Nun), Dax Campbell (S.W.A.T.), Tayler Buck (Annabelle: Creation), Fivel Stewart (Atypical), Jesse Hughes (frontman of Eagles Of Death Metal), and a special appearance by The Black Lips as the OldBoys Bar Band.
The movie was shot by Brent Mata, with special makeup effects by Vincent Van Dyke (Halloween, Nope), costumes by Chantal Thomas (Oscar-nominated for Everything Everywhere All At Once), production design by David Dean Ebert, and music supervision by Alix Brown.
Illomen is eying a festival run targeted for next year.
Rodriguez is repped by Innovative Artists, and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang. Stewart is repped by Sovereign Talent and TSC Entertainment. Pizarro is represented by Christiane Cargill Kinney.