By J.W. Oliver
A promotional image for “Pod” shows an artist’s rendering of the Round Pond cabin where almost all the movie’s action takes place. |
The Round Pond-filmed horror movie “Pod” received a limited theatrical release Aug. 28 and is now available on Amazon, iTunes, and various other video-on-demand services.
A promotional image for “Pod” shows an artist’s rendering of the Round Pond cabin where almost all the movie’s action takes place. |
Lincoln County residents would have had to visit New York to see the low-budget film on the big screen – the closest of the 10 theaters showing the movie opening week was in the New York City suburb of Pelham.
Locals can, however, rent or purchase the film on Amazon or iTunes for $6.99 or $12.99, respectively. “Pod” is also available from Comcast, DirecTV, Google Play, PlayStation Network, Time Warner Cable, and Xbox.
Vertical Entertainment is releasing “Pod” after purchasing the rights this spring, according to Deadline. The deal followed shortly after the film’s premiere at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas March 16.
A Los Angeles-based cast and crew of about 20 were in Round Pond to shoot “Pod” at a cabin on Muscongus Bay in February and March 2014. The Back Shore Road cabin belongs to the family of William Frank, a producer on the film.
“Pod” takes place almost entirely inside the cabin and its immediate surroundings. King Ro Market appears in one early scene, which also includes a shot of the village.
“Pod” director and screenwriter Mickey Keating described “Pod” as “a family drama that turns into a paranoid, insane horror film” in a March 2014 interview with The Lincoln County News.
The movie follows a brother and sister “who hold an intervention on their increasingly erratic brother, and as they arrive at his isolated lake house, they find out the situation is far worse than they anticipated,” Keating said.