Dark Sky Films have released DISTRESS SIGNALS on Digital/VOD.
Synopsis:
When a fall down a steep rock face separates her from her friends, Caroline finds herself stranded. Now, alone and with a dislocated shoulder, she must make her way out of the woods–and contend with how she got there.
Directors’ Statement:
In 2020, as the world ground to a halt, we – like everyone else – found ourselves canceling our plans. In our case, that meant shelving the film we’d intended to make that summer, even though we were more restless than ever.
Desperate for something to hang on to as the world turned upside down, we briefly considered making a screen movie, but far too much of our lives had already transitioned to zoom, so our conversations turned toward isolation and depression – and the antidotes we craved. We wanted to do something together. We wanted to escape the walls we’d been surrounded by for months. We wanted horizon lines.
We followed those impulses into the woods – with the most pared down team we could imagine – and found a meditation on survival, and a growing interest in how a familiar narrative becomes fundamentally different when there is a woman at its center.
Distress Signals doesn’t just follow Caroline’s journey out of the woods; it asks us to examine why we wait for saviors who aren’t coming, and question what it means to survive.
DISTRESS SIGNALS
Directed & Written by: Terence Krey & Christine Nyland
Produced by: Terence Krey & Christine Nyland
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Run Time: 80 minutes
FILMMAKER BIOS
Christine Nyland is an actor, writer and filmmaker based in New York City. As an actor, she is best known for her work in the Shudder Original An Unquiet Grave, which she co-wrote with collaborator Terence Krey. Previously, she played the depressive, demon-fighting lead in Krey’s cult, horror-comedy series GRAVES. Other film credits include The Garden Left Behind (2019 SXSW Audience Award) and the 2018 thriller Worthless. Upcoming projects include feature films Distress Signals and Summoners.
Terence Krey is a writer, director, and producer. In 2015, he created the horror-comedy web series GRAVES, which was nominated for ‘Best Indie Series’ at the 2017 Streamy Awards. In 2020 he co-wrote the Shudder Original An Unquiet Grave, with Christine Nyland. The film was also his directorial debut. Distress Signals is his second feature (co-directed with Nyland), and upcoming projects include the horror feature Summoners.