Dwellers

Dwellers (2021)

Art is not safe.

While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmmaker and his crew go missing while uncovering a terrifying and vicious secret below the city's surface.

Date of release
2021-10-12
TMDB
3.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Director
Drew Fortier

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Cleveland, Barberton, Indianapolis, and Chicago

Dwellers is an American found footage horror film written by, directed by, and starring Drew Fortier. The plot of the film follows a documentary crew who eventually go missing while uncovering the truths behind the disappearances within a homeless community. The film stars Drew Fortier, James L. Edwards, and Douglas Esper as themselves.

Production

Production was held over five non-consecutive days in the summer of 2019 with a budget of zero dollars. Included locations are: Barberton and Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Nashville.

In August 2019, the poster and teaser trailer were released for the film which includes a voiceover by Mitch Lafon from Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon as well as the Nine Inch Nails song "The Day the World Went Away" covered by Indie rock band The Foxery.

In November 2019, the full trailer for the film was released which features a cover of the Nine Inch Nails track "We're in This Together" performed by Ajna Cova .

According to a Q&A panel held at Rue Morgue's Frightmare in the Falls convention, David Ellefson and Drew Fortier explained that the film will be a gritty cinéma vérité experience with the story being told through the documentary being filmed as well as the behind the scene footage that the Drew character insists on being shot. Dwellers is described by Fortier as being heavily influenced by the films The Blair Witch Project and C.H.U.D..

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