Friday gets weird when Late Shift at the Grindhouse hosts Ross Meyer, Joe Derderian, and Aaron Holmgren are proud to present the World Premiere of the new feature film from Carrsan T. Morrissey. Buy your ticket and take a ride in our Time Machine! Punch in and earn a bonus! $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon tallboys and $3 small popcorn! PLUS -- special custom trash trailer reel curated by Ross with cheap swag and prize giveaways!
The Salvages (2024)
Directed by Carrsan T. Morrissey
Featuring J. Croft, Jessica Buchanan, Joe Frenna, Dahlia Hemlock, Emille Lacsa, Alannah Swenka
Late Shift at the Grindhouse is proud to present the World Premiere of the new feature film from Carrsan T. Morrissey (Rot)
Q&A with the cast and crew to follow the screening.
Loosely inspired by the religious epic of Judith, The Salvages is a boundary-pushing tale of lust, love, and wrath at the end of the world. It is a journey into the darkest shadows, and the slivers of light that sometimes unmake them.
The story begins three days before an impending apocalypse. We follow Judith (J. Croft), who is incarcerated at the New Canaan Academy for Delinquents. NCAD is an ‘alternative’ to jail that has proven worse than Judith could have imagined.
Judith is consistently menaced by Reverend Hoelting (Joe Frenna), the Academy’s abusive and predatory figurehead. Things begin to change, however, when Judith is approached by Abra (Jessica Buchanan), another NCAD ward whom she has admired for some time. Together, Judith and Abra find love and hope in each other.
Ultimately, an inexplicable vision of a divine being calling itself ‘The Madonna’ (Dahlia Hemlock) inspires Judith to plot terrible wrath upon the person who has done her wrong.
Cast/Crew:
Judith - J. Croft
Abra - Jessica Buchanan
Rev. Hoelting - Joe Frenna
The Madonna - Dahlia Hemlock
Man - Emille Lacsa
Woman - Alannah Swenka
Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Carrsan T. Morrissey
Intimacy Coordinator - Stephanie Schneider
Location Manager & Production Assistant - Rose Smith
Story By - Carrsan T. Morrissey, J. Croft, Dahlia Hemlock
Original Score by Michael Duede
Carrsan T. Morrissey is an award-winning filmmaker, self-published author, and playwright from Cedar Falls, Iowa, known for horror films, thrillers, and powerful dramas with a distinctly independent feel.
Raw, uncompromising, and often heavy in tone, Morrissey's films are also known for their diverse casts and characters, especially in regards to the LGBTQIA+ Community.
Her films have been viewed over 2.4 million times online, and her novel "Old Wounds" debuted as one of the Top 25 best-selling new LGBT Horror Novels on Amazon, remaining on the Top 100 list for several weeks afterwards.
In the last 9 years she has written, directed, and edited over a dozen film projects, 7 of which are feature-length. Her newest work can be found at vimeo.com/matriarchfilms.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Strong Sexual Content, Implied Sexual Assault, Nudity, Graphic Violence, Strong Language, Disturbing Images