A Town Called Purgatory

A Town Called Purgatory
A Town Called Purgatory
Directed by	Matt Servitto
Story by	Ken Arnold; Dan DeLuca;
Produced by	Frederik Füssel; Ken Arnold; Dan DeLuca; Matt Servitto;
Starring	Ken Arnold; Dan DeLuca; Kevin Jiggetts; Matt Servitto;
Cinematography	Frederik Füssel
Production; companies	Non Nomen Films; Seven Ocean Pictures;
Release date	2024;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Town Called Purgatory is a 2024 American horror Western film directed by Matt Servitto and written by Ken Arnold and Dan DeLuca. Arnold and DeLuca star in the film as a Yankee lawman and an ex-Confederate in the aftermath of the American Civil War; when they join forces to catch a gang of train robbers, they are led to a ghost town called Purgatory, where they find themselves hunted by a skin-walker of Navajo legend.^[1]^[2]

A Town Called Purgatory screened at Creature Feature Weekend in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in April 2024.^[3]

Cast

Matt Servitto as Frank Sparks
Jeff Ricketts as Reverend Silas Fist
Ken Arnold as Beau Riffen
Dan DeLuca as Cody Parnum
Kevin Jiggetts as Nicodemus Black
Zach Steffey as Ezera Beckett
Sam Kozeluh as John Sparks
Claudius von Stolzmann as Henry Sparks
Maria Lohn as Anna Place

Production

Development

Arnold stated that the concept of A Town Called Purgatory was derived from spaghetti Westerns and horror folklore, and that the filmmakers "aim[ed] to work in a unique genre fusion that hasn't been widely explored. The development from story to screenplay involved extensive brainstorming sessions over video calls, sharing articles and videos that we had read and watched until our visions aligned."^[3] Arnold had previously starred in a Western film, The Marshal, released in 2019.^[3]

Filming

Filming took place in Austria during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] DeLuca stated, "To us, this was a challenge, not an obstacle. Those constraints would require one location, a small cast and the ability to isolate from the public. The story inevitably mirrors that sense of unease and isolation that we felt during lockdown, and this fed into the narrative, pushing us to explore themes of confinement, the wariness of others and the unknown."^[3]

Release

In April 2024, A Town Called Purgatory was shown at Creature Feature Weekend in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.^[3] It is scheduled to screen at Monsterpalooza in Los Angeles, California, on June 2, 2024.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Melanson, Angel (May 16, 2024). "A Town Called Purgatory Is Coming To Monsterpalooza". Fangoria. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ Gingold, Michael (May 29, 2024). "Exclusive Photos from "A Town Called Purgatory" Reveal the Skinwalker and Its Carnage". Rue Morgue. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Gingold, Michael (April 10, 2024). "Exclusive Clip: A Trail of Blood on the Way to "A Town Called Purgatory"". Rue Morgue. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ "Monsterpalooza | Presentations". Monsterpalooza. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024.

External links

A Town Called Purgatory at IMDb

[Melanson_2024-1] Melanson, Angel (May 16, 2024). "A Town Called Purgatory Is Coming To Monsterpalooza". Fangoria. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[Gingold_2024-05-29-2] Gingold, Michael (May 29, 2024). "Exclusive Photos from "A Town Called Purgatory" Reveal the Skinwalker and Its Carnage". Rue Morgue. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[Gingold_2024-04-10-3] Gingold, Michael (April 10, 2024). "Exclusive Clip: A Trail of Blood on the Way to "A Town Called Purgatory"". Rue Morgue. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[4] "Monsterpalooza | Presentations". Monsterpalooza. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2024.

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