Shi Ne Nielson, Heather Simpson, Grinnell Morris, Morgan Simpson Carla Toutz. Seated: Dustin Booth. Courtesy Meriwether Productions. All rights reserved.
With:
And:
Director:
Screenwriter:
Producer:
Executive Producer:
Photography Director:
Editor:
Music:
Production Company:
* Most external filmography links go to The Internet Movie Database.
Home/Social Media LinksOther Links
Clear Lake, WI (2009)
Opened: 10/09/2009 Limited
| Limited | 10/09/2009 | |
| Hudson 12 | 10/09/2009 - 10/15/2009 | 7 days |
| DVD | 08/31/2010 |
Trailer: Click for trailers
Genre: Thriller
Rated: R for brief nudity and strong language.
Synopsis
In 1994, residents of the small town of Clear Lake, WI fell victim to a strange and horrible disease. As fear spread through the town, an influential local preacher called the outbreak a supernatural punishment for the sins of the people and promised a way to stop the spread of the disease. As loved ones continued to get sick and die, the preacher's fiery sermons found an unlikely audience: a small group of high school students, who helped the preacher kidnap some of the town's people...people who the preacher called sinners. By the time the government health officials arrived to find the cause of the outbreak, thirteen people had gone missing and most of the townspeople had fled. The government evacuated the remaining citizens and quarantined the town. Not soon after, as bodies were found, the preacher was arrested for the murders. The students, all juveniles at the time, testified against the preacher in exchange for immunity from prosecution, then went their separate ways.
The film "Clear Lake, WI" takes place fifteen years later, when a documentary filmmaker tracked down the four surviving students. She convinces them to return to Clear Lake to tell their side of the story, but when they return to the empty town, strange things begin to happen. The documentary filmmaker disappears, and the rest of them realize they must deal with the ghosts of the past, and that one of them may still be under the preacher's spell.
Shot on location in the village of Clear Lake, WI, the film has gone on to win the Audience Award at the Boston Film Festival, Six awards at the Wild Rose Independent Film Festival including Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Make-up, and a Special Mention Cinema from the Gasparilla International Film Festival.
