A hybrid of found footage and traditional filmmaking techniques,
director Paul A. Brooks' Hunting for the Hag sees three young
women head into the remote woods of Illinois in the hopes of capturing
footage of a mysterious folk legend known as "The Hawthorne Hag."
Co-written with Sierra Renfro, the film stars Daniel Roebuck, Jasmine Williams, Alexa Maris, Sierra Renfro, Thomas A. Jackson, Steve
Christopher, Nathan Brandon Gaik
and director Brooks.
"I wanted to make a horror movie that toys with your expectations.
Hag starts as one thing and then morphs into something
totally different," says Brooks. "There's a lot of twists and turns, so
hopefully our audience has fun with that. This is a film about three women
making a film and having all of it go horribly wrong."
Hunting for the Hag is on US VOD from April 2nd. A UK/ROI
release has yet to be announced.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Hunting for the Hag follows three young women as they venture deep into the woods of central Illinois to hunt for a mysterious legend known as The Hawthorne Hag. Led by aspiring documentary filmmaker Tara, the girls set out to capture The Hag on camera for the first time—but unexpected dangers await them in the forest.
