Trailer for the Vampire Mystery Thriller PORTRAITS — GeekTyrant
Nov 12, 2024
Here’s the first trailer for an upcoming vampire mystery thriller titled Portraits. The movie centers on Mira, who inherits a building full of secrets and mysterious new friends. In the story, Mira is a “down-on-her-luck artist, who discovers she has inherited a mysterious building in Los Angeles from an unknown relative. “Seizing this new opportunity, Mira uproots her life to start something new. But it isn’t long until her fate draws her deeper into her family’s secret past, and her attraction to her mysterious new friend, Madeline, slowly reveals itself.“As Mira embarks on her new life and romance with a fellow photography classmate, a string of brutal murders besiege those around her. Do her series of re-occurring nightmares point to the unknown killer, or are they a link to Mira’s dark ancestral history?The movie is described as a “modern day adaptation of Carmilla, a female vampire story that takes place in present day LA against a backdrop of victorian death photography and burlesque. “A dark and atmospheric fairy tale heavily influenced by films such as The Hunger, Angel Heart and Nosferatu, Portraits is a psychological and romantic thriller.”The movie was written and directed by Stephanie Paris, and the cast includes Amanda Jones, Jack Bennett, Olivia Bellafontaine, Tally Smith, Elissa Dowling, Irena Violette, Rebecca Pitkin, Camille Calvin, Paola Carlleo, Marc Wasserman, Igael Gurin-Malous, Diane Ayala Goldner, Mike Tribby, Rob Nelson, and Patti Negri.Portraits will be released on Digital and VOD on November 1st.
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