A little known director from Australia named
Jon Hewitt has been making a number of fine independent productions for
some time. However, in 2008 he brought his latest film Acolytes across
the world presenting it at film festivals everywhere. After viewers had
seen the film, it is no surprise that one of the movie’s biggest
triumphs was winning the silver medal for the best film at Austin’s
2008’s Fantastic Fest (beating out such films as Martyrs, The Chaser,
and Left Bank; losing only to Let the Right One In).
Acolytes merges horror, thriller,
coming-of-age, and teenage angst together into a bleak tale of three
young adults discovery of what may be a serial killer that lives in
their midst. When our protagonists decide to take an unorthodox way of
using their findings, their lives change where dark secrets emerge that
will shake the very foundations of not only their community but their
very lives.
Director Jon Hewitt arguably is one of
today’s best directors of genre films anywhere in the world. Acolytes
stars such fantastic talents as Joel Edgerton, Michael Dorman, Hanna
Mangan Lawrence (in a star making performance), Joshua Payne, and
Sebastion Gregory. Based in Down Under, our director is a talent that
Dark Discussions believes everyone should learn more about. We discuss
Mr. Hewitt and his breakout film in depth and why everyone should take a
peek. So turn out the lights, pull out the popcorn, and go watch a
very dark film by a director that Hollywood will soon know a whole lot
more about.
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