| Dark Rising | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andrew Cymek |
| Produced by | Brigitte Kingsley |
| Written by | Andrew Cymek |
| Music by | Marty Beecroft Joe Heslip |
| Cinematography | Brad Smith |
| Editing by | Andrew Cymek |
| Studio | Black Walk Productions |
| Release date(s) | 30 October 2007 (Canada) |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Dark Rising is a 2007 independent Canadian horror comedy film directed and written by Andrew Cymek, and starring Landy Cannon, Brigitte Kingsley, Julia Schneider and Jay Reso. It received a theatrical premiere in Toronto and was released on DVD in 2007.
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A broken heart, a battle axe, a demon and a lesbian ex-fiancée... Jason Parks' life goes from bad to worse as a series of supernatural events turn his dream of reconciliation with ex-fiancée Jasmine into a portal seeking, demon hunting nightmare...
The scene starts with a father of young Summer experimenting with his supernatural book. He was promptly interrupted by Summer who wish to have the attention of her father before going to sleep. When he asked him what bedtime story she would like to hear, she answers "A monster story." Denying her request, her father instead tell her about a story of a beautiful princess. When the child was asleep, the father went on experimenting his book and tried reciting some spells. To his demise, a portal opens with a demon that drags him to another world. Summer witnessed her father being dragged of through the portal.
Presently, Summer is in custody and is being augmented by scientist. Jason was then shown complaining to a little girl about his ex-fiancée. ... [to be continued]
The film was nominated for a record six Canadian Comedy Awards in 2008, in the categories of Best Writing (Cymek), Best Direction (Cymek), Best Actress (Kingsley and Schneider) and Best Actor (Cannon and Reso), but did not win any.
The sequel to Dark Rising, Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back!, is currently in post production and is expected to be released for summer or fall of this year. As well as a sequel there is now a television series The Savage Tales of Summer Vale, that is being shown on SuperChannel.