Festival Teaser for ‘Hold the Fort’ New Home Owners Horror Comedy

Festival Teaser for ‘Hold the Fort’ New Home Owners Horror Comedy

by Alex Billington
July 4, 2025
Source: YouTube

“You can always tell which neighbors are gonna last… Good luck, son.” Ha! Blue Finch Films has revealed the teaser trailer for a film titled Hold the Fort, which is premiering this month at the prestigious 2025 Fantasia Film Festival up in Montreal. 👻 This wacky fun horror comedy is a riff on the scariness of being new home owners: after moving to the suburbs, a young couple finds themselves trapped in an epic battle between their new HOA and an onslaught of monsters from hell. Writer / director William Bagley says it “has been a goal of mine since The Murder Podcast and to finally have the opportunity to play there is a dream come true!” The film is described as an action-packed horror-comedy that follows Lucas and Jenny, a couple thrilled to buy their first home—until they discover it comes with a deadly catch. As dark forces close in, they must defend their new home. Hold the Fort stars Chris Mayers, Haley Leary, Julian Smith, Mark Ashworth, and Levi Burdick. This looks great! It goes right on my watchlist. Seems like it’s more than just one kind of monster – all kinds of malevolent forces are out to terrorize these young home owners.

Here’s the festival teaser trailer for William Bagley’s horror comedy Hold the Fort, direct from YouTube:

Hold the Fort follows Lucas & Jenny (Chris Mayers & Haley Leary) who think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride. Hold the Fort is written and directed by American genre filmmaker William Bagley, director of the horror film The Murder Podcast previously, plus a few other shorts. Based on a story by Scott Hawkins. It’s produced by Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, Tim Reis, Julian Smith. This is premiering at the 2025 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal this summer. Blue Finch Films will release Bagley’s Hold the Fort film later this year – stay tuned for more updates. No other release dates or festivals are confirmed just yet. First impression? Who’s down?

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