New Stills from ‘Savage Country’
by Marc Patterson
David Harris has been blogging from the set of Savage Country giving us an early look into the making of this upcoming web-based film series from MTV. You can read his exploits here. Now some new additional stills from the set have become available and I’ll be damned if we don’t wanna share them with you.
Official Synopsis: On the last weekend before prom, a mismatched group of high school kids head to a remote pond to drink beer and hang out. When the beer runs dry, the conversation turns to daring Patrick, the runt of the group, into knocking on the door of the Hardells – the reclusive family that owns the land the pond is on. Patrick takes up the dare, knocks on the Hardells’ door, and finds himself staring down the barrel of a shotgun. When Patrick’s friends come to his defense, the oldest Hardell is killed in the shuffle. Scared and guilty – the teens flee the crime. When the rest of the Hardell clan find the old man murdered, they seek out vengeance. One-by-one the teens are hunted down by Orry, the sexually oppressed mute; Willard, the long-haired wildman; and Kasper, the cold-blooded family leader.
Unfortunately I have to admit that from the stills and the trailer below that this looks in no way original, groundbreaking, or even exciting for a hardened gore-hound like myself. But I like where MTV has their head at. I can comfortably sit and criticize the project, but all said, I’m diggin’ on the whole content made for the internet. I love the big screen but these new web-series are going to slowly re-define what it is to release a film direct to video and let’s face it, the horror genre is ripe with material that can be produced at a low cost, which makes it perfect for this emerging outlet.
Check out the new stills below and make sure to watch the trailer!
Trailer:
