Projects
THE DARK PLACE, is a fast-paced mystery-thriller in the spirit of SHERLOCK, the hit English TV series.
THE DARK PLACE follows a flawed hero with an incredible gift, a witty and sexy sidekick, and a deadly mystery that will sneak up, grab hold of and propel viewers along an action-packed ride of mayhem, madness, and murder.
Keegan Dark returns home to make peace with his long-estranged family in the heart of California’s winery valleys. What he finds instead is a harrowing mystery, with himself at the center — and his very life at stake.
Staring Blaise Embry as Keegan Dark, Timo Descamps as Wil Roelen and Sean Paul Lockhart as Jake Bishop, THE DARK PLACE was named The Best Gay Thriller of 2015 by TLA Video.
Reviews:
The Dark Place was much better than I was expecting. I knew going into my viewing that I wasn’t exactly the film’s target audience, but again the gay elements in this movie are not smacking you in the face… like a penis. At times I completely forgot that that was one of the film’s angles because I was more involved in the deep, ever evolving mystery of who was trying to kill Keegan and his family. Fantastic actors, great set designs, a clever and sassy script, and an awesome never-before-seen super-power… You can’t go wrong here. Again, gay men and women looking for a fun, romantic suspense-thriller are going to get a kick out of this. Judging this film for what it is I’m going to give it a 9 out of 10. It’s far from horror, but it accomplishes what it set out to in a big way.
“The Dark Place” is a thriller that I will be proud to add to my gay Halloween collection of movies when it comes out on DVD. Not a horror film by any means, but the movie’s suspense builds as the story unfolds when Keegan Dark (Blaise Embry) returns home years after his father and brother die in an accident, only to discover his mother seems to have easily moved on to a new family – complete with her new husband’s son trying to fit into Keegan’s role around the mother’s Napa vineyard. Keegan doesn’t think the new family is what they seem and he spends most of the movie trying to catch them doing dirty deeds. Is it paranoia or the truth? The movie reaches a powerful and satisfying climax which also manages to pepper in some surprisingly funny jokes. Kudos to director Jody Wheeler and the entire cast and a special mention to Sean Paul Lockhart who finally seems to be shedding his porn star image and can be taken seriously in his role as the step brother.
http://www.examiner.com/article/great-films-make-palm-springs-cinema-diverse-fest-seem-like-gay-academy-awards
