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Some high end horror fare have promised something more than just high tension in the recent past. Arcadian has arrived though to finally give audiences a mixture of deep storytelling, atmospheric creepiness, and actual monsters. Think, It Comes at Night, but this time there is a physical beast romping across the screen. Arcadian is a bit like Critters for grown ups.
We spoke with the film’s stars Jaeden Martell and Maxwell Jenkins about working in nature with stunt teams in mocap suits, just what information they were given about their attackers, and getting to play Nicolas Cage’s kids.
Arcadian : In a near future, life on Earth has been decimated. Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas (Jaeden Martell) and Joseph (Maxwell Jenkins), have been living a half-life — tranquility by day and torment by night. When the sun sets, ferocious creatures of the night awaken and consume all living souls in their path. One day, when Thomas doesn’t return home before sundown, Paul chooses to leave the safety of their fortified farm to find him before the creatures arrive. Just as he finds his boy, a nightmarish battle ensues and Paul is gravely wounded. Now the twins must devise a desperate plan for surviving the coming night and use everything their father has taught them to keep him alive.
- Rating: R (Bloody Images)
- Genre: Horror, Action, Mystery & thriller
- Original Language: English
- Director: Benjamin Brewer
- Producer: Nicolas Cage, Mike Nilon, David M. Wulf, Braxton Pope, Arianne Frazer
- Writer: Mike Nilon
- Release Date (Theaters): Limited
- Runtime:
- Distributor: RLJE Films
- Production Co: Highland Film Group (HFG), Saturn Films, Buffalo 8 Productions, Aperture Media Partners, Redline Entertainment (II)