Beware Shane's Knife and the Horror Cliche: DVD Artwork and Trailer

Maya Entertainment will be distributing Jason Daly's (Sigma Die!) Beware on DVD October 18th. This is a backwoods slasher, where a tortured young boy returns to life with an agenda. That agenda is to kill those who trespass in his barren neck of the woods. Maya Entertainment has just released the DVD artwork for this title (left), which shows one female character chained and bloodied. The tagline for this feature is "you've been warned," but is this film original?

The second trailer for the feature, which is hosted below, shows the killer, Shane, for the first time and a curious Sheriff. However, the film seems to be following some of the formulas of the cabin-in-the-woods style of filmmaking, based on the promotional material available. In this genre youths enter an isolated locale like Rob Schmidt's Wrong Turn (2003). Here, they drink and party e.g. House of Wax, before coming face to face with a masked killer a la the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Horror often uses formula, while attempting to satisfy fans' expectations for blood, and scares. Hopefully, Daly tries to experiment with these tropes in order to give fans' what they like, something unique and visceral. In Daly's defence the campers seem to be sharing ghost stories, rather than simply partying. So, let us be optimistic and enjoy the second trailer for this feature. In the clip, the masked villain is shown chasing wayward campers, while the story shows more characters and Shane's torturous predilections.

Release Date: October 18th (DVD).

Director: Jason Daly.

Writers: Jason Daly, and Shawn Copenhaver.

Producer: Shawn Copenhaver.

Cast: Adam Leadbeater, Lorena King, Cecilia Huete, Vivi Pineda, Eddy Acosta, Alex Livinalli, Fernando Vieira, Edward Madera, Víctor González, Michelle McLaren, Omar Caraballo, and Tico Chavez.

The second trailer for Daly's Beware is here:



*runtime of 95 mins.

Source:

Beware at Maya Entertainment

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