Antique machines harnesses powers off voodoo
Lightning Entertainment continues to stock up on horror fare. It has recently acquired John Soto’s Needle, a film that sounds like it mashes up all sorts of things we’ve seen before. Tell us if you agree:
Ben Rutherford, a young college student, inherits a small antique machine known as “La Vaudou Mort” from his late father’s estate. He shows the mysterious machine off to a group of his close friends who are suitably impressed, but he returns to his dorm room one day to find that the machine has gone missing! He suspects that one of his friends has stolen it, but who? The next day his estranged older brother Marcus, a forensic photographer, turns up with some terrible news – Ben’s best friend, Ryan, has been gruesomely killed, ripped apart from the inside by some unexplainable force…
Professor Banyon, Ben’s archaeology teacher, informs him that La Vaudou Mort was built in the 1800’s by a man known only as “Rubinstein”, a brilliant but disturbed engineer who was a devout follower of the occult. He reveals that the machine was created as a tool for revenge, supposedly harnessing the supernatural powers of voodoo. It’s not long before more of his friends start being dispatched one-by-one by an unseen and vengeful killer. As the body count grows, Ben must reunite with Marcus in a race to uncover the killer’s motivation and identity before they too become victims!
Soto recently sat in the director’s chair on Prey; he co-wrote Needle is Anthony Egan. Michael Dorman, Trilby Glover, Tahyna Tozzi, Jessica Marais, Travis Fimmel and Wolf Creek‘s John Jarrat star. We’ll update you when Lightning reveals a release date.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
