Director Mitchell Altieri, the man who gave us Backcountry, is finally back with a brand new movie. Altieri has decided to once again go with a creature feature of sorts, only this time there’s a bit more of an unnatural bend to the whole thing. He’s also teamed with none other than Devon Sawa, of Final Destination and Chucky fame, with the actor playing a no-nonsense mountain man out for revenge. We at Fango bring you an exclusive clip from the film today, in honor of its release in theaters and on demand. Be warned: this one is not for the squeamish. Check it out.
While we don’t see the beast that is being alluded to throughout the clip, we do get a better sense for Sawa’s rather brutal mountain man character. For what it’s worth, even the trailer for Consumed kept the beast largely under wraps. Clearly, they’re going for a less-is-more approach here. We see that a poor woman and her husband were attacked by this mysterious creature, with the husband’s leg in sorry shape. Sawa doesn’t care one bit and resets the bone in his leg rather brutally. The man cares only of the beast.
The film hails from the duo known as The Butcher Brothers, aka Altieri and Phil Flores, who serves as a producer on this one. Their previous credits include films such as The Violent Kind and The Night Watchmen. As for the story at hand this time? The brief synopsis reads as follows:
“Trapped between a madman (Devon Sawa) seeking revenge and a skin-stealing monster, a married couple must find the strength to fight and make it out of the woods alive.”
“When I first read the script for Consumed, I was excited about the challenges it presented,” Altieri previously said when Sawa boarded the project. “Its characters not only have to face a terrifying creature stalking the woods, but individually, they are also forced to struggle with their inner demons brought on by true-to-life tribulations such as cancer or grieving loss. I set out to visually adapt a film that balanced these situations we may all face at one time or another, coupled with the exhilaration and sheer horror of being lost deep in the wilderness as something unknown tracks your every move.”
Courtney Halverson (St. Agatha) and Mark Famiglietti (Last Survivors) star alongside Sawa in the film. David Calbert (The Wolves) penned the script. Jeffrey Allard and Joel Pincosy serve as producers alongside Altieri and Flores.
Consumed is in theaters and on demand now.
