The Lost Cause
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Type: Indie Film.
PRODUCTION START: Mid May 2024
COMP: Meals and Lodging, along with travel expenses if driving.
GENRE: Horror period piece
CHARACTER TYPE: lead
CALEB GRAY (Mid to late 30’s, white)
BIO: Caleb Gray has recently lost his mother. He is looking to heal in order to find peace, something that has always seemed to elude him. He thinks he has finally found closure while he is closing his mother’s estate, when a lawyer informs him that his mother’s dying wish was to have her ashes spread at an old generational family home: The Nurney Homestead. Caleb knows little about his family, especially his mother’s roots back in Virginia.
Frustrated with his life, he sets out to find out just how deep his roots are. Caleb discovers that his tree is baptized in blood, the only question is can he stop the hemorrhaging or must the tree be uprooted by him? He soon finds that which is sown in weakness, shall be raised in power….
The Lost Cause is a unique horror period piece that melds the current age with live in with the unhealed wounds of the Civil War and Reconstruction. A family tragedy stretching generations, it’s easy to see that a house divided cannot stand, especially if it’s drowned in blood.
Filming is located in Virginia Beach, Va. It is set to start in mid May. Priority will be given to actors based in Virginia and surrounding states/areas (North Carolina, Maryland, Washington DC).
Please reach out to happyhousepictures8@gmail.com for submission details about the role and project.