The trailer for the psychological thriller ‘Jack Goes Home’ has now been released and teases that the film may have a supernatural element. Written and directed by Thomas Dekker (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010), the film follows a young man who returns home after his father is killed, only to find dark secrets and lies that make him question everything he thought he knew about his past.
Rory Culkin (Intruders) stars as Jack. Lin Shaye (Insidious), Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black, Antibirth), Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland), Nikki Reed (Twilight), Daveigh Chase (Donnie Darko), Louis Hunter (The Fosters), Serge Levin (Abysm), and Michael Sirow (Fort Bliss) co-star.
Jack Thurlowe (Culkin) is a successful magazine editor with a beautiful fiancée Cleo (Robertson) who is seven months pregnant with their first child. However, this perfect life is turned upside down when Jack discovers that his parents have suffered a brutal car accident back in his hometown. His beloved father has perished while his mother Teresa (Shaye) has survived. Upon returning home for the funeral, the volatile nature of Jack and Teresa’s relationship boils to the surface and the constant barrage of sympathy from the town starts to weigh on Jack’s grieving process.
With the arrival of a mysterious new neighbor, Duncan (Hunter), Jack finds audio recordings and video tapes left behind by his father that lead him to question childhood memories and the very foundation of his identity. With pressure mounting and sanity crumbling, Jack comes to learn that the idyllic world he has believed in since infancy is in fact a nightmare playground full of lies, deception, violence and murder.
‘Jack Goes Home’ will open in select theaters and be released on VOD and Digital HD on October 14th.
Lin Shaye
