Trim Season is a 2023 American horror about a group of young people who go to a remote marijuana farm to make quick cash. But, they discover the location’s dark secrets and must try to escape the mountain.
Ariel Vida directed the movie from a screenplay co-written with David Blair based on a story by Sean E. DeMott, Cullen Poythress and Megan Sutherland.
The Execution Style Entertainment-Hlbrk Ent-MeJane Productions-Paper Street Pictures co-production stars Bethlehem Million, Alex Essoe, Ally Ioannides, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Jane Badler, Juliette Kenn De Balinthazy, Ryan Donowho, Cory Hart, Marc Senter and Paris Warner.
Plot:
A group of diverse twenty-somethings from Los Angeles head up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California. Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realise that the estate is harbouring darker secrets than any of them could imagine, as they race against time to escape the dense woods with their lives.
Director Ariel Vida has commented: “Trim Season explores themes of power and agency, friendship and loss, all through a stylized lens brought to life by an amazing cast and crew that I couldn’t be more proud of and grateful for.”
Release:
Blue Harbor Entertainment will release Trim Season theatrically in select US locations and on VOD on June 7, 2024.
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Technical specs:
1 hour 40 minutes