20-year-old writer/director Joshua Morgan began work on his feature
debut Children of the Pines when he was just 17. The film
stars Kelly Tappan as teenager Riley, who agrees to spend her winter
college break at the home of her estranged parents. She's surprised to
find her parents have developed a sinister friendship with her high school
ex, and that mysterious kids are now living in the house.
Danielle J. Bowman, Vas Provatakis, Donna Rae Allen, Richard
Cohn-Lee
and David Raizor also star.
Children of the Pines is on VOD worldwide from October
18th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Over her winter break, Riley, a college junior, is persuaded by her estranged parents, Kathy and John, to visit home to fix their fractured relationship. As Riley settles in, she discovers that her parents have developed an unsettling friendship with her high school ex, Gordon, and that mysterious children are now living in the house. A series of disturbing flashbacks reveal Kathy and John's time at an eerie, unconventional couples therapy retreat that promised to heal their problems through supernatural means. As the day progresses, Riley starts to uncover the dark and twisted truth of her parents' desperate attempts to mend the deep issues plaguing their family.
