The Dark
World Premiere

The Dark

Midnight
| Austria | 94 MINUTES | English
Horror, Drama, First Time Filmmaker
Being a teenage girl is already difficult enough—so imagine also being an undead ghoul. That’s the horrible reality for Mina, a young woman who has been cursed to haunt her childhood home in the woods: Nobody gets in, and nobody gets out alive. That is, until she comes across Alex, a blind boy around her once-living age who is dealing with his own trauma. After she effortlessly dispatches his companion, Mina lets Alex live, and, by doing so, she begins to notice some old feelings, such as empathy and love, have resurfaced. It could be just a fluke—or Mina might be more alive than previously thought.

The Dark, the debut of writer-director Justin P. Lange, cleverly subverts the tropes of both zombie cinema and classical ghost stories. Lange’s emotionally potent and quietly unnerving horror-drama taps into some of the vibes of Let the Right One In and features a remarkable performance from young star Nadia Alexander, who won the prize for Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film for Blame at Tribeca in 2017. Despite her character’s undead state, Alexander is The Dark’s beating heart.

—Matt Barone

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Justin P. Lange
Justin P. Lange is a screenwriter and director who received his M.F.A. from the film program at Columbia University. He only wears red shoes.
Director
Justin P. Lange
Producer
Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker, Laura Perlmutter, Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith
Screenwriter
Justin P. Lange
Cinematographer
Klemens Hufnagl
Editor
Julia Drack
Executive Producer
Florian Krügel
Cast
Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics

Contacts
Print Source
Andreas Winter
FilmFilm
Vienna, 1040
Phone: +43 699 1025 5812
herr.andi.winter@gmail.com
International Sales Contact
Nate Bolotin
XYZ Films
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone: 310 956 1554
nate@xyzfilms.com
US Sales Contact
Nate Bolotin
XYZ Films
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone: 310 956 1554
nate@xyzfilms.com
Press Contact
Erik Bright
Prodigy PR
Los Angeles, CA 90278
Phone: 310 857 2020
eb@prodigypublicrelations.com
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