Don Capria’s Director’s Cut, is described as a riotous slasher throwback that pays tribute to horror cinema of the ’80s and ’90s. Starring celebrated character actor Louis Lombardi (The Sopranos, Suicide Kings) as a mysterious, murderous sociopath preying on a punk band’s desperate desire for fame.
Capria shared the inspiration for telling a story blending music and horror came from his own background: “I grew up in the New York Hardcore scene – I was a drummer in a few band, and I always loved seeing the references in film. The biggest I can remember was Return of the Living Dead. When I went to make this film, I wanted to make sure it had elements of the culture I grew up in, but it is also a generation I’m not a part of, so I gave the band a ‘little brother’ vibe. I made them a part of the scene, but a modern version of what my hardcore family looked like.”