Jackson Stewart Working on Beyond the Gates 2 and The Day After Halloween

Beyond the GatesOne of the most original and f*cking fun indie-horror movies of the past few years is writer-director Jackson Stewarts Beyond the Gates starring Chase Williamson, Brea Grant, Graham Skipper, and Barbara Crampton. If you missed it somehow, check it out as soon as you can.

Especially considering that Jackson Stewart is evidently almost finished writing Beyond the Gates 2 along with the project’s producer Brian Yuzna (Society).

Brian and I and Steve have just sort of kicked the tires on that story over and over again,” said Stewart. “It’s a lot of inversions on the themes of the first movie and moves into a sort of medieval RPG (role-playing game) element a little bit.”

This update comes to us from Shockwaves podcast which reports that Stewart is also working on a new post-slasher flick called The Day After Halloween.

It’s basically what happens to the ‘final girl’ after the end of a slasher movie,” said the director. “It moves into a kind of weird metaphysical direction that I don’t think people would really expect from this type of movie, but it should be fun.”

EW reached via email to Stewart who confirmed that The Day After Halloween will be his next film and that “the movie concerns a character named Alice Caldwell, the sole survivor of a Halloween night massacre, who soon finds herself under intense scrutiny from the local media. As she struggles with the traumatic aftermath, a mysterious presence begins brutally murdering anyone who’s wronged her.”

Stewart co-wrote the story with Stephen Scarlata (Beyond the Gates) and the film is being produced by Zach Hagen (He Never Died) and Mike Moran (Corpse Tub, Bitch).

We’ll let you know when we hear more but until then, what do you think of the plot synopsis of The Day After Halloween? Are you excited for Beyond the Gates 2?

Let us know below!

Beyond the Gates Synopsis:

In the wake of their father’s mysterious disappearance, two estranged brothers — responsible Gordon and reckless John — reunite to sift through the contents of his stubbornly anachronistic VHS rental store. Among the inventory, they discover an interactive VCR board game, which their father viewed just before he vanished. Intrigued, the boys pop in the tape, press play, and soon discover that, far from an ordinary game, the video is a portal to a nightmarish alternate reality.

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