Every night, a monster tries to break down his front door.
So it’s kind of a creature-feature romance."
“We like to make movies that focus on characters,” says Stella.
Cranked Up Films
It’s kind of the perfect date movie, actually.
You get the romance and then you get the monster."
“Brea’s Abby is really the heart and soul of the movie,” Gardner says.
Courtesy Cranked Up Films
It was a very long, 14-minute monologue.
We reached out to Brea and she did the whole monologue.
When we saw that, we were totally sold."
“I originally met them on the festival circuit withThe Batteryand they were touring withResolution,” says Gardner.
“We became friends.
But they were both so kind.
The told me it was the best script that they had been sent.
Benson even agreed to take a role in the film.
“Justin plays the sheriff, he’s kind of the voice of reason,” Gardner says.
“It’s one of my favorite movies in the world,” he says.
“I’m actually staring at the poster in my office right now.
They were very kind to work on a budget.
It’s a really unique, amazing thing that they came up with.
We had to take that head off every five minutes to confirm he was alive.”
After Midnightis released in select theaters and on-demand Feb. 14.
Exclusively watch the trailer for the film above and see the movie’s poster, below.
