Partying, drugs, drinking, and a little casual sex….for some it’s a routine to blow off steam, but for one young woman, it’s a way to get over a break-up. Unfortunately, those choices are going to lead some unlikely consequences.
Directed by Harrison Atkins, produced by Joe Swanberg, and starring Lindsay Burdge, Peter Vack, Chase Williamson, and Keith Poulson, the story follows Ruth, who indulges in a little harmless hedonism as she tries to put the past behind her. But one night in a haunted house, and a tryst with a ghost (really), leads to some frightening developments. Here’s the synopsis from the Fantasia Film Festival, where the film will be screening this week:
During a weekend get-together at a luxurious house in the Hamptons, Ruth (Lindsay Burge), a little shy and recovering from an ugly break-up, avoids her four friends’ overtly flirtatious choice of bedroom. Instead, she favours the privacy of an adjacent guest house, despite her friend Andrew’s spooky claims that the place is very much haunted. The evening goes as planned: at once low-key and debauched, filled with steamy hot-tub conversations and awkward sexual tension. Tired, Ruth decides to hit the sack early, yet cannot shake the feeling of being observed. She’s about to call out Andrew’s on his creepy behaviour when a ghostly, burlap-clad figure emerges from the darkness instead. It introduces itself as Michael, a friendly ghost, and one thing leading to the next, the evening’s repressed romantic build-up comes to a boiling point…
“Lace Crater” opens in New York City and on VOD via FlixFling on July 29th, with L.A. following on August 5th, and national rollout after that. [Cine Maldito]
