Writer/director Chris Baugh follows up his acclaimed feature debut
Bad Day for the Cut
with another distinctly Irish take on an established genre.
Boys from County Hell sees an ancient vampire resurrected when
its resting place in a sleepy Irish town is disrupted by roadworks. The film
stars Jack Rowan, Louisa Harland, Nigel O’Neill and
John Lynch.
Boys from County Hell is set to be released in UK/ROI
cinemas and on Digital at some point this summer.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Welcome to Six Mile Hill, a sleepy Irish backwater whose only claim to fame is the somewhat dubious local legend that Bram Stoker once spent a night in the local pub. It’s home to Eugene Moffat, a young man who fills most of his days drinking pints with his friends and pranking tourists who come to visit the gravesite of Abhartach, a legendary Irish vampire some believe to have inspired ‘Dracula.’
When a personal tragedy forces Eugene to go and work for his gruff, no-nonsense father he finds himself on the site of a controversial new road development that threatens to destroy the town’s livelihood. But strange events unfold when Eugene and the crew tear down a famous cairn believed to be the final resting place of Abhartach and they soon come under attack from a sinister force that has infected one of their workmates. As the night closes in The Boys must fight for survival while discovering the true horror of a myth that hits much closer to home than any of them realise…
