Originally shot back in 2014 and featuring a pre-Star Wars: The Force Awakens Daisy Ridley, the comic book-themed horror Scrawl has now received a U.S. DVD and VOD release courtesy of Wild Eye Releasing, and you can take a look at a poster, trailer and images for the film here…
Simon Goodman (Liam Hughes) is a 16-year boy living in a rundown seaside town. With his best friend Joe Harper (Joe Daly), they create a comic book called SCRAWL as a way to escape their reality, gain some notoriety and more importantly pick up girls.
Annie Williams (Annabelle Le Gresley), a girl who hides behind her camera and cannot forget the past gets wrapped up in the boys new world, along with Joe’s sister Rosie (Ellie Selwood) and suddenly, with the appearance of a mysterious girl, Hannah (Daisy Ridley), events in the comic book start to invade their reality and situations in the comic book come to life.
At first its great, girls start to become interested in the boys, and all seems fun, but then the monsters of the comic book begin to show themselves, and the boys realize that the comic depicts a bloody great massacre at page 21.
With the help of Joes father, Frank (Mark Forester-Evans), family and friends, the boys are forced to face their horrific imagination made real.
Are Simon and Joe able to change their new found reality Only if they can rewrite death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43HDsCA2FCw
Scrawl is available now on DVD and VOD.