The best movie we saw at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival was director
Mickey Keating's atmospheric chiller
Offseason. The movie stars Jocelin Donahue as a woman who travels to a remote island after
receiving the news that her mother's grave has been tampered with. There
she finds that something very sinister is afoot.
Joe Swanberg, Richard Brake, Melora Walters and
Jeremy Gardner also star.
Offseason is on Shudder UK from June 10th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s grave site has been vandalized, in OFFSEASON, Marie (Jocelin Donahue) quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until Spring, leaving her stranded. One strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, Marie soon realizes that something is not quite right in this small town. She must unveil the mystery behind her mother’s troubled past in order to make it out alive.
