Mysterious Sci-Fi Horror Film ‘The Veil’ Trailer with Rebekah Kennedy
by Alex Billington October 30, 2023Source: YouTube
“Hope I didn’t wake the others…” “The others…?? There’s nobody around for acres…” FilmFrontier Studios has unveiled an official festival trailer for an indie film titled The Veil, now playing on the festival circuit. Written & directed & produced by Cameron Beyl, this just premiered in his hometown of Portland at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival earlier this month. Not to be confused with the 2016 horror film The Veil with Jessica Alba, or the 2021 Korean spy thriller series The Veil, this one is something else. Redemption gives way to a reckoning when a reclusive retired priest shelters a young Amish runaway in crisis, only to uncover a mystery that ties her presence to a terrifying encounter from his youth– and the bright aurora borealis that rages overhead. The little indie film stars Sean O’Bryan and Rebekah Kennedy. A “genre bending cosmic horror” that definitely seems like a good fit for the H.P. Lovecraft Festival, with that extra beautiful glowing green adding lots of mysteriousness to the film’s vibe. And – yeah this girl totally has to be an alien.
Here’s the festival promo trailer (+ poster) for Cameron Beyl’s The Veil, direct from YouTube:
Bridging the divide between the horror & sci-fi genres, The Veil is a haunting tale about the mysteries of identity and perception told in the cadence of the classic American ghost story. As a powerful solar storm descends on the valleys of rural Pennsylvania, bathing the rustic pines in the shimmering emerald glow of aurora borealis, a retired priest named Douglas awakens to urgent knocking at the door of his isolated farmhouse. His unexpected midnight visitor is Hannah, a young Amish woman desperate for shelter after a personal crisis drives her to flee her insular community. Sensing an opportunity to right a wrong that’s haunted him for decades, Douglas invites Hannah into his home and vows to protect her through the night from a malevolent pursuer he can only assume is her husband. As he tends to this enigmatic stranger — aided only by flickering candlelight following a complete power outage — he finds himself embroiled in a deepening mystery that suggests her presence might be directly connected to the dancing Northern Lights overhead, as well as a fateful and terrifying encounter from his youth. However, a successful search for answers means accepting the impossible… or the supernatural. Stay tuned for more updates on this one.
The Veil is both written and directed by American indie producer / filmmaker Cameron Beyl, making his second feature after directing the film So Long, Lonesome previously, plus many short films. Produced by Kyle F. Andrews & Cameron Beyl, with FilmFrontier Studios & Due North Pictures. This initially premiered at the 2023 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, and it’s next playing at the Austin Film Festival in TX.
