New Irish horror film Boys from County Hell is to open across Northern Irish cinemas on Friday 6 August with a special screening of the film taking place on Wednesday 4 August before its general release.
The film is written and directed by Chris Baugh and produced by Brendan Mullin and Yvonne Donohoe.
“It’s been a long time coming. When I wrote Boys From County Hell it was always a hope that audiences would get to experience it on the big screen. When I actually got to make the movie I had the best cast, crew and partners I could wish for and it’s a testament to everyone’s hard work and talent that the film is about to be released into cinemas all over the country.’
Chris Baugh (Writer/Director)
Boys from County Hell is Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullins second feature film following Bad Day for the Cut in 2017.
The film stars Jack Rowan (Peaky Blinders, Noughts and Crosses), Nigel O’Neill (from Baugh’s debut), Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Fra Fee (Les Misérables) and John Lynch (The Banishing, Isolation).
Filmed entirely in Northern Ireland, Boys From County Hell is the latest in a growing number of films that have been written, directed and filmed here.
Since receiving its World Premiere at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival’s Midnight section last year, it has gone on to screen at numerous festivals globally including the Panorama Fantastic section at Sitges, Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival and locally at the Belfast Film Festival last year.
The film follows strange events unfolding in Six Mile Hill, a sleepy Irish town that claims to have been travelled by the framed author Bram Stoker, when construction on a new road disrupts the alleged grave of Abhartach, a legendary Irish vampire said to have inspired Dracula. Deadly and sinister forces terrorise a work crew led by Francie Moffat and his son Eugene, they’re forced to fight to survive the night while exposing the true horror that resides in the town’s local myth.
Boys from County Hell is rich in Celtic atmosphere, drenched in gore, wildly funny and splendidly scary.