Bruce Wemple’s Appalachia Demonic Horror ‘The Hangman’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
May 6, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Where are you going?” “Hell, baby.” Dread has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror thriller titled The Hangman, the latest from genre filmmaker Bruce Wemple (of Lake Artifact, Monstrous, The Retreat, Dawn of the Beast, My Best Friend’s Dead, The Tomorrow Job, Island Escape). This is now set for a VOD release this summer if any horror fans want to give it a look. The Hangman follows a father and son on a camping trip into deep rural Appalachia. A local cult has summoned an evil demon born of hate and pain, known to them as The Hangman, and now the bodies have begun to pile up. One more, the father wakes up find his son is gone. Starring LeJon Woods, Lindsey Dresbach, Richard Lounello, Jefferson Cox, Daniel Martin Berkey, & Mar Cellus. Wemple adds this amusing tease: “We set out to tell a story about the lengths a father will go to get his son back, including coming face to face with a bloodthirsty demon raised from hell. We can’t wait for audiences to come along for the ride.” LeJon looks like he’s rocking this.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Bruce Wemple’s The Hangman, direct from YouTube:
To mend their troubled relationship, a middle-aged door-to-door salesman, Leon (LeJon Woods), takes his teenage son on a camping trip into deep rural Appalachia. Little do they know of the mountainous region’s sinister secrets. A local cult has summoned an evil demon born of hate and pain, known to them as The Hangman, and now the bodies have begun to pile up. Leon wakes up in the morning to discover that his son is missing. To find him, Leon must face the murderous cult and the bloodthirsty monster that is The Hangman. The Hangman is directed by American indie film writer / filmmaker Bruce Wemple, director of many genre films including Altered Hours, Lake Artifact, Monstrous, The Retreat, Dawn of the Beast, My Best Friend’s Dead, The Tomorrow Job, First Contact, and Island Escape previously. It’s produced by Daniel Booker and Vincent Conroy. Dread will debut Wemple’s The Hangman film in select US theaters on May 31st, 2024, then on VOD to watch at home starting June 6th this summer. Anyone into this horror?
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