There’s a line from
director John Ford’s 1962 Western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
that goes pretty much like this: “When the legend becomes fact, print the
legend.” That bit of frontier wisdom
applies nicely to writer/director Terron R. Parsons’ Hayride, which has been
set for a DVD release by Midnight Releasing … the delivery date is May 7.
The legend in our little
tale is that a deranged serial killer named Pitchfork is coming to get
you. It’s a campfire story … a spooky
Halloween fable designed to give little kids nightmares.
Also, if the true be known, it might just be a little self-promotion for the annual Haunted Hayride attraction run by a local entrepreneur named Morgan (Richard Tyson — Black Hawk Down, There's Something About Mary, etc.). “Be careful, Pitchfork might get’ya!” Like money in the bank … who doesn’t like to get a good jolt in the dark on Halloween?
Also, if the true be known, it might just be a little self-promotion for the annual Haunted Hayride attraction run by a local entrepreneur named Morgan (Richard Tyson — Black Hawk Down, There's Something About Mary, etc.). “Be careful, Pitchfork might get’ya!” Like money in the bank … who doesn’t like to get a good jolt in the dark on Halloween?
That’s the legend, which
is about to collide head-on with the reality of a serial killer named Guffin (played by Shannon Box), who has just
escaped from custody during a routine transfer.
Big, insane and brutal.
Into this mix comes
Morgan’s nephew, Steven (Jeremy Ivy), a college student with his girlfriend
Amanda (Sherri Eakin) in tow. He knows
the legend of Pitchfork all too well … his uncle would scare the stuffings out
of him as a kid with images of the maniacal killer (he lived just down the road, you
know), but what could possibly be the harm of taking the lovely Amanda out for
a little jaunt through a dark cornfield on the Haunted Hayride?
After all, Pitchfork isn’t real! It’s a sexy thing to do! But there is some breaking
news for all involved, go ahead and tell that little Halloween fable to a couple of the
local law enforcement boys doing a routine house-to-house search for Guffin. They just got gutted
and tossed into a pile of animal carcasses that this good ole’ boy has been
snacking on. Yummy … now it’s time for
a hayride!
Bonus goodies on the DVD
release of Hayride include commentary from filmmaker Terron R. Parsons.
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