Dark Harvest

Dark Harvest is the 2023 feature film adaptation of Norman Partridge’s 2006 Halloween horror novel of the same name, which takes place in the fall of 1963.

The film’s official synopsis: Every fall in a small Midwestern town, a supernatural specter rises from the cornfields and makes its way toward the town’s Church, where violent gangs of teenage boys hungrily await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare in an annual harvest rite of life and death. Richie Shepard lives in the shadow of his big brother who won last year’s Run and earned his ticket out of town. To prove himself and join his brother, Richie pairs up with Kelly Haines, a restless dreamer who will do whatever it takes to escape this dead-end town. Against the rules and the odds, Richie and Kelly decide to hunt down the legendary nightmare to win the Run and their freedom, together.

Casey Likes (The Birch) plays Richie and E’myri Crutchfield (Fargo) plays Kelly in the film, along with Dustin Ceithamer (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rebel Moon, The New Mutants) as Sawtooth Jack. Jeremy Davies and Elizabeth Reaser portray Richie’s parents.

David Slade (30 Days of Night, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) directed the movie adaptation from a script by Michael Gilio (Dungeons & Dragons).

Dark Harvest was released on Digital streaming platforms on October 13, 2023.