EXCLUSIVE: An audience member was transported by ambulance to a local hospital after losing consciousness during an intense scene at […]
EXCLUSIVE: An audience member was transported by ambulance to a local hospital after losing consciousness during an intense scene at the Los Angeles red carpet premiere of Dark Sky Films’ Blood Shine Wednesday night at the Lumiere Cinema in Beverly Hills, Dread Central is told.
At approximately 9:00 p.m., while the film was playing, the screening was interrupted when an attendee became unresponsive during one of the film’s particularly intense sequences. Emergency personnel were called to the theater, and the attendee was removed from the screening and transported by ambulance to a nearby emergency room. She is reportedly doing well following the incident.
The incident unfolded during the red carpet premiere of the visceral new folk horror film from husband-and-wife filmmaking duo Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks (Alone With You), which arrives in select theaters and at home on August 21 from Dark Sky Films.
The evening brought together members of the horror and independent film communities, including filmmakers Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks, actor Brendan Sexton III, filmmaker Joe Lynch, Barbara Crampton, Peter Phok, Becca Howard, and other industry guests.
Blood Shine stars Emily Bennett (Shelby Oaks) as Clara, a devout zealot who worships the light through solitary, sacred rituals in upstate New York. David Call (Insidious: The Red Door) plays Brighton West, a troubled horror filmmaker who retreats upstate to complete his screenplay, only to encounter Clara and become entangled in her increasingly extreme spiritual practices. Convinced that her sadistic ceremonies will transform him into a god, Clara draws Brighton into a hallucinatory descent into faith, flesh and the sublime.
The cast also includes Brendan Sexton III (Russian Doll), Larry Fessenden (MaXXXine) and Toby Poser (Hellbender).
Blending arthouse filmmaking with graphic, visceral folk horror, Blood Shine has drawn attention throughout its festival run, which included screenings at the Sitges Film Festival and Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.
Blood Shine opens in select theaters including New York and LA and arrives on digital platforms nationwide on August 21.