Gillis told Chizmar that he enjoyed the movie, and what have screened the movie, whether Stephen King was involved in it or not. But, the fact that Stephen King makes an appearance in the
movie, and it’s going to be a World Premiere, is “icing on the cake,” states Gillis. Gillis also goes on to say that he believes other film festivals overlooked the movie, and possibly never even watched the
movie because if they watched the movie, they would know that King makes an appearance in the movie, and they would have been at Chizmar’s doorstep in a heartbeat.
“I believe the movie was overlooked because Billy is not promoting it as a movie where Stephen King makes an appearance, so other film festivals have dropped the ball on the film. Gone is about three friends who go on a fishing trip, deep into the woods, telling creepy stories at night by a camp
fire. Weird things begin happening beyond their wildest dreams. The intensity grows, as each of them disappears into the dark night.
Billy wrote the screenplay with his father Richard who has co-written a novella with King entitled, Gwendy’s Button Box.
“I don’t want to give anything away, but it’s quite the movie. For the shoe string budget that Billy had, he did something really original to make up for the little money he had to make the movie,” says Gillis.