The Stage 32 Videos: Creature Feature

A cinematic Appalachian creature thriller based on the novel by Mark H. Roe. In the deep hollows south of Chillicothe, Ohio, silence moves like weather and the land remembers every secret it’s ever been asked to keep. When Maddie Kessler vanishes from a remote overlook on a still August night, her disappearance triggers a desperate search through Bring Hollow — a place where the sky turns the wrong color, fog rises with intention, and wood‑on‑wood knocks echo from more than one direction at once. Her cousin Ruthie, her boyfriend Caleb, and Sheriff Dale Pruett follow the signs into terrain locals avoid after dark. What they find is not a myth, not a campfire story, but an ancient, territorial presence that chooses its victims with unsettling purpose. Maddie is alive — held in a strange, patient captivity by something massive, intelligent, and tied to the land in ways no human can fully understand. The Night Bigfoot Took Her blends Appalachian folklore, rural realism, and atmospheric horror into a grounded creature film where Bigfoot is not a joke, not a parody, and not a monster in a lab — but a mythic force older than the county itself.

What a thrill it was to accept the Imadjinn Award for Best Feature Screenplay for my creature feature, Boondocks!

Bunker Heights is a genre-bending farce that delves into the complexities of a troubled city facing a catastrophic crisis. Blending elements of crime, horror, and dark comedy, the film offers a gripping narrative that follows the lives of its citizens as they navigate the looming threat that jeopardizes their very existence.

Kevin M. Kraft's multi-award-winning novella is about to become a movie produced by Heaven's wheel.

A teaser promoting the feature screenplay, "The Legend of Yakatutch", by Sean Francis Ellis. Go to https://www.seanfrancisellis.com for more information.