{"id":635189,"date":"2026-10-19T10:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635189\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:46:09","slug":"psychological-horror-henrys-ebb-boarded-by-bridge-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635189\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological Horror ‘Henry’s Ebb’ Boarded by Bridge Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBridge Independent<\/a> has boarded psychological horror film \u201cHenry\u2019s Ebb,\u201d which stars Kingston Rumi Southwick<\/a>, one of the stars of \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay.\u201d The film makes its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHenry\u2019s Ebb,\u201d written and directed by Thomas Mendolia in his feature debut, also stars Banks Repeta (\u201cThe Black Phone\u201d), Ashley Shelton and Will Holland, with supporting performances from Rebecca Koon and Austin Willard.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film follows Henry, a boy who flees his troubled home in search of the father he barely remembers, accompanied by Ebb, the imaginary friend Henry created to help him survive a tumultuous childhood. But as their journey leads them through the backroads of the American South, Ebb\u2019s protection becomes increasingly controlling, forcing Henry to question the companion he has always trusted.<\/p>\n

\n\tBill Straus of Bridge Independent is handling domestic sales, with Logan Taylor of New Ratio Films serving as sales and distribution consultant.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is produced by Ford Films\u2019 Lucas Ford and Joey LePage, with Tony Tehle and Irina Slepneva serving as co-producers.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHenry\u2019s Ebb\u201d was previously selected for the Fronti\u00e8res Buyers Showcase at the March\u00e9 du Film during the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film will have its U.S. premiere at Cucalorus Film Festival in North Carolina, where the production was filmed and set.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement, Mendolia spoke about Elkin, North Carolina, the town in which he grew up and where he shot the film: \u201cElkin exists in my mind as both magical and painful, and that duality felt essential to the story. I wrote it around real locations from my memory, and knew that shooting here was crucial. Henry moves through a world that is full of wonder, but also shaped by the complicated lives of the adults around him. Setting the film there allowed those two feelings to coexist in the same space.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bridge Independent has boarded psychological horror film \u201cHenry\u2019s Ebb,\u201d which stars Kingston Rumi Southwick, one of the stars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[311369,311370,156,311371,409,111,139,69,92271],"class_list":["post-635189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-black-nights-film-festival","tag-bridge-independent","tag-entertainment","tag-kingston-rumi-southwick","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tallinn-black-nights-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}