‘Self-Help’ Teaser – ‘Founders Day’ Director’s Cult Horror Plays Mind Games [Exclusive]

Filmmaker Erik Bloomquist (Founders Day, She Came From the Woods) is back with new horror movie Self-Help, and the first teaser plays mind games with Halloween-set cult horror.

Self-Help makes its International Premiere on August 23 at FrightFest London.

In Erik Bloomquist’s Self-Help, “A young woman infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader.”

FrightFest’s description provides more details, “Members of an underground online community attend a secret weekend retreat to confront their fears and regain their sense of self. But little do Olivia, and best friend Sophie, realise her mother has become romantically entangled with its enigmatic leader. And little do any of them know that the unusual, self-actualisation methods he adopts to teach his dangerous life lessons may be deadly. Hold on tight for a close encounter group of the most twisted kind!”

Jake Weber (Medium, Dawn of the Dead), Landry Bender (Looking for Alaska, The Sitter), Madison Lintz (Bosch, The Walking Dead), and Amy Hargreaves (Homeland, 13 Reasons Why) star alongside Blaque Fowler (Halloween Ends), Erik Bloomquist (Founders Day), Adam Weppler (The Four Seasons), and Carol Cadby (Radium Girls).

The upcoming film is written and produced by Erik Bloomquist & Carson Bloomquist.

Watch the new teaser below, which establishes the Halloween setting and introduces Jake Weber’s cult leader.