Ridder Films, in association with Lucas A. Ferrara, has just confirmed the upcoming digital release of the chilling time-loop horror film, Manor of Darkness, for December.
The film will arrive on digital platforms across the United States starting December 9.
Directed by Blake Ridder (Help), the film features a talented cast including Sarah Alexandra Marks (Escape), Kim Lysette Spearman (As I Am), Louis James (River of Blood), Blake Ridder, and Stuart Wolfe Murray (Makeup).
The suspense begins with Laura, who is struggling financially while caring for her terminally ill mother. This desperation forces her to reconnect reluctantly with her estranged brother, Chris, for one last, lucrative score. Their target: a remote English manor rumored to house an immensely valuable, priceless artifact.
Posing as a documentary film crew, Laura, Chris, his girlfriend Lisa, and their cameraman Andy gain access to the manor under the guise of filming a historical feature. Inside, they encounter the manor’s reclusive owner, Lucas, whose cryptic stories hint at a devastating, tragic past and a powerful, lingering supernatural force.
The crew’s intrusion turns deadly when they stumble upon a sealed chest in the basement. As they force it open, something ancient and malevolent is unleashed upon them—and time itself begins to unravel.
Director Ridder expressed his enthusiasm for the digital release and the film’s concept. “From the start, I wanted Manor of Darkness to feel like a nightmare you can’t wake up from,” Ridder stated. “The time-loop structure allowed me to explore how fear compounds when the same moment repeats with slight, unnerving differences. Every reset forces the characters, and the audience, to question what’s real, what’s inevitable, and how much control we truly have.”
Ridder elaborated that the film uses repetition to expose the characters’ true natures: “Each loop isn’t just about survival. It’s about how people reveal themselves when confronted with patterns they can’t escape. Rather than leaning on simple scares, the film builds dread through escalation, where repetition becomes suffocating and small choices carry devastating consequences. Manor of Darkness is less about defeating the dark and more about what the dark reveals in us.”
Producer Lucas A. Ferrara hailed the film as a unique achievement in the genre. “Manor of Darkness is a masterclass in atmospheric tension,” Ferrara commented. “Blake Ridder doesn’t just direct—he orchestrates unease with surgical precision. It’s a meta-horror that dissects the very act of filmmaking, turning the lens inward on ambition, ego, and fear. What Blake achieved here isn’t just genre storytelling—it’s psychological excavation. I saw in Manor of Darkness a rare opportunity to support a director who’s not afraid to blur the line between reality and nightmare. The result is a film that’s as intellectually provocative as it is viscerally haunting.”
Get ready, Manor of Darkness will be available on US Digital platforms starting December 9.
