SYNOPSIS: Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari, Yellowstone) stars in this edge-of-your-seat action thriller from the director of Rambo: Last Blood. Oilman Paul Sturges' (Lucas) idyllic family vacation turns into a nightmare when they encounter a ferocious megalodon shark that will stop at nothing to protect its territory. Stranded and under constant attack, Paul and his family must somehow find a way to get his family back to shore alive before it strikes again in this epic battle between humans and nature.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
"I'm so proud of the film we made with THE BLACK DEMON. Every generation has a great creature feature—some are lucky enough to have a few. The best of these films make us jump and scream and sometimes cry, but beyond that, the creatures are stand-ins for something larger than entertainment and larger than ourselves as filmgoers and filmmakers.
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(L-R) Fernanda Urrejola as Ines, Venus Ariel as Audrey and Julio Cesar Cedillo as Chato in the action film, THE BLACK DEMON, The Avenue release. Photo courtesy of The Avenue. |
With THE BLACK DEMON, we set out to tell a story about a family coming together to survive an existential threat. But more than that, THE BLACK DEMON is a movie about how we've mistreated the earth and put ourselves in this very predicament—we've made our bed, and now we must lie in it. The titular creature is not a hellbent, unkind predator, but rather a physical embodiment of retribution. The Black Demon is an emissary acting on behalf of Tlaloc (the Aztec god of rain and fertility) to reclaim an ocean that was laid to waste by human greed and desire. At the core of this film is this very tension of who is right and who is wrong; who are the real monsters of our time?"
The Avenue will release the action film THE BLACK DEMON in theaters exclusively April 28, 2023.
Check out the trailer now!