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‘The Damning Of A Country Merchant’ Signs Two Leads

by Thomas Tuna
written by Thomas Tuna

This horror stays all in the family.

The Damning of a Country Merchant–described as a “twisted horror”–has its two lead actors on board as filming is gearing up in Belgium, according to a report on Deadline.

Peter Sarsgaard (The Batman) and Mackenzie Davis (Station Eleven) will work with writer/director Matthew Rosenbaum in his feature directorial debut. Christian Hall, Eric Cook, Andy Starke, Reuben Walker and David Levine will produce.

The film–set in 1910 Indiana–follows the patriarch of a rural mercantile family (Sarsgaard) “whose way of life is suddenly disrupted by a charismatic industrialist who has a secret affair with his wife (Davis),” according to the synopsis.

And, when tensions mistakenly lead to the death of a customer, the merchant’s “wounded authority and masculinity leave him vulnerable to bizarre and horrific forces that cause unimaginable chaos and terror.”

Keep reading Horror News Network for further updates on The Damning of a Country Merchant.

 

Thomas A. Tuna is a comic book veteran who began his writing career back in the ’70s with Charlton Comics, contributing to such horror titles as Ghost Manor, Haunted, The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves and Ghostly Haunts. Most recently, he has served as a writer and editor (with more than a smattering of horror yarns) for such comic book websites as Hyper Epics and Red Moon Features. Some of his favorite horror flicks include Jaws, Salem’s Lot, Dracula (with Frank Langella) and Blade. His favorite horror comic books? Tomb of Dracula (by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan) and Swamp Thing (by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson).

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