New Fears Eve

Owensboro horror film production featuring Evansville actors wraps up shooting this month

Back in October of 2022, we reported on the latest film project conceived by the Owensborobased Blood Moon Pictures. Experts in all things horror-related, the independent production company had already made serious waves online with a run of frightening anthologies, including the Volumes of Blood series and holiday gore-fest 13 Slays Till X-Mas . But this time around co-producers P.J. Starks and Eric Huskisson, armed with years of knowledge and experience, were aiming to tackle their first full-length feature titled New Fears Eve based on a script by the former. And they'd be getting more than a little help in the acting department from several Evansville performers: Alyssa Rhoads, Jay Woolston and Cody Webb. While Rhoads and Woolston were known quantities from previous Blood Moon productions, Webb was green to a film set but came with a solid recommendation from Kevin Roach, managing artistic director at the Evansville Civic Theatre. "Cody came in and knocked it out of the park," Starks says. "His interpretation of the character is not exactly how I envisioned it, but I like his take on it better."

THE SYNOPSIS: As the coming year approaches three best friends reluctantly prepare for Hooper Industries’ annual New Year’s Eve bash. The clock ticks down and the body count rises as a psychotic murderer known as The Doctor is on the loose. This sadistic surgeon of death leaves Owensboro covered in blood as local police and FBI are forced to navigate through a maze of bodies left in his wake. Unbeknownst to the three best friends their mandatory party is about to turn deadly when the killer sets his sights on them. December 31st becomes a party to die for when Leslie, Brian, Moses and their colleagues are trapped inside an inescapable building with a blood thirsty madman hell bent on carving his way to midnight.

New Fears Eve was made possible by the cooperation and generosity of numerous Owensboro businesses and organizations that offered assistance or, crucially, spaces in which to film. Starks notes that while Blood Moon has received help from the community in the past, it was tempered at times due to the gory content of the films. Not so with NFE "It's been pretty awesome - we've gotten support from Music Studios, Asylum Tattoo & Art Gallery, Fetta Specialty Pizza, Owensboro Police Department, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro Technical College, Ohio County EMS, Sorgho Fire Department, RiverPark Center and more." As a result, New Fears Eve represents Blood Moon's most cinematic production to date with the biggest budget; in fact, early reels have generated much interest from big name distributors. But the first order of business is to complete the film - shooting wraps up this month with an eye on a year-end release to maximize the thematic elements.

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