| IN THE BLOOD is a thriller about family, sexual
confusion and fate. It is the story of a closeted college jock whose
deep ambivalence toward his sexuality has kept him from unlocking a
hidden inherited talent. He must confront the deepest parts of himself
in order to protect his sister--the only family he has.
Early into Cassidy Clarke's senior year of college, two
blonde female students are murdered on separate nights. But Cassidy has
something else on his mind. He’s been having nosebleeds at inconvenient
times. Strangely, they seem to be accompanied by quick flashes of images
in his mind. Is he having some kind of visions?
His younger sister
Jessica is a new freshman on the same campus, and since she fits the
same description of the two murdered students, she’s plenty worried
about her safety. Fooling around with a tarot reading and its portending
results does not help. Cassidy tries to give her comfort. He assures
her that he’s not going to let anything happen to her.
Very soon, Cassidy has
his own reasons to worry. The visions are getting more vivid and
clearly include the image of Jessica screaming and covered in blood.
Perhaps even more frightening is the fact that these episodes seem to be
triggered by proximity to good looking guys. He starts to realize that
there’s an attraction he has not yet acknowledged.
A failed experiment with
a sexy young hustler unleashes his most startling vision so far. And
the next day, the body of another fresh looking blonde girl is
discovered.
Meanwhile, Jessica starts
to give in to the advances of Cassidy's friend, Michael, in spite of
Cassidy’s disapproval.
One night, he awakes from
a disturbing dream to find he's not alone in his room. She has seen
them, too – the bloody visions of a screaming Jessica. She identifies
herself as Cassidy’s and Jessica’s Aunt, and reveals that Cassidy might
have inherited the family gift—an ability to see the future, but only
when in the throws of sexual passion. Desperate to understand his
visions in order to protect his sister from harm, Cassidy begins a
journey toward understanding his own sexuality.
Tyler Hanes offers a striking debut performance as the
sexually conflicted Cassidy Clarke. James Katharine Flynn is his
beautiful, threatened sister, Jessica Clarke. Robert Dionne plays the
seductive Michael and Carlos Alberto Valencia is Victor, the hustler.
Two-time Tony nominated actress Alison Fraser is the
mysterious Helen.
In the Blood is Writer-Director Lou Peterson’s first
feature film. Sean Cassity produced through his company, Superstitious
Entertainment.
In the Blood is represented by Emerging Pictures. |