After the success of the genre-bending, sci-fi, fantasy favorite “Sleight” at the 2016 Sundance awards, director JD Dillard has regrouped with his co-writers and the Blumhouse team for this new film. “Sweetheart” is an adrenaline-filled thriller in which Kiersey Clemons struggles to survive on a deserted island, only to learn that there is a malevolent creature that emerges at night, looking for something to feed on.
An official synopsis for the “Sweetheart” reads:
Washing ashore onto a desolate island, Jen (Kiersey Clemons) has already survived a harrowing ordeal. Stranded and alone, she searches for shelter. Finding only the scattered remains of a long-abandoned campground and weary from her terrible journey, she collapses in hope of a peaceful rest. But night is when it’s most dangerous here. That’s when the creature comes. And when it slithers out of the water, it must feed.
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After the genre-bending “Sleight” wowed audiences in 2016, director JD Dillard brings a refreshingly scrappy yet sophisticated sense of urgency and ingenuity to the classic creature feature in “Sweetheart.” Kiersey Clemons owns every frame of the story, shining each step of the way as she’s forced to outrun, outwit, and outfight an otherworldly thing that hunts her each night. Methodically stripping this Blumhouse Productions chiller down to the raw essentials, Dillard shrewdly keeps the tension on a calculated simmer until the moment it boils.
Clemons made an impression as Diggy in hip hop coming-of-age drama “Dope” in 2015, the story of a young boy growing up in a tough neighborhood.
With rising star Clemons in the lead role, and ‘Place Beyond the Pines’ actor Emory Isaac Cohen co-starring, this latest Dillard/Blumhouse collaboration is sure to have viewers gripping the edge of their seats.
“Sweetheart” will arrive on Digital on Oct 22.
