Directed by Chris Cronin and written by Paul Thomas,
The Moor stars Sophia La Porta as a woman approached by the father of her
murdered childhood friend to investigate his demise. Along with a psychic,
the trio head to a mysterious stretch of moors in search of answers.
David Edward-Robertson, Bernard Hill and
Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips also star.
"My aim with this story was to create an original horror film set in my
home county of Yorkshire," says Cronin. "Instead of delving into the fictional murders themselves, I focused on the
aftermath and how something so terrible affects lives and relationships.
What happens when so much grief and guilt are left unresolved? As a genre
filmmaker I wanted to explore those important questions through tension and
suspense. Genre lets us take a look at very human and painful situations and
make them larger than life, forcing us to re-examine them. Thankfully, most
of us don't know what it's like to experience a tragedy as great as Bill and
Claire's, but through the medium of horror we can elevate how awful it would
be, making the audience really feel it.
Both myself and the writer grew up in the Huddersfield area, a stone's
throw from the vast moorlands. Without ever knowing its history we still
felt its ominous presence. We could sense our parents feelings about the
place - no one really explained to us what happened up there, but as kids
you kind of fill in the blanks. The Moors take on a dark life of their own,
Yorkshire’s very own bogeyman.
It's no coincidence that I'm a kid of the early '90s and that's when our
film's prologue takes place."
The Moor premieres at FrightFest on August 26th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Claire was just a child when her best friend was abducted and murdered. Twenty five years later, Bill, the dead boy's father, has a plan to learn the truth about what really happened. With the help of psychic Eleanor, they venture deep into a haunted moor where something dark and evil stirs at their presence.
