Screening of Locally Produced Zombie Western Benefits Mad Anthony Theatre Co

Locally Produced Zombie Western Returns to the Screen

Daniel Britt as the Town Marshal in REVELATION TRAIL.

Hamilton, Ohio — By popular demand, the undead strike the Fitton Center for Creative Arts on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Benninghofen Theatre. Revelation Trail, an independent film with local roots, will host its second area screening in Hamilton, Ohio, sponsored by and benefiting the Mad Anthony Theatre Company.

Armed with well below the Hollywood standard of a “micro-budget,” director John Gibson relied on a host of talented and passionate actors, makeup artists, and film crew from the Cincinnati/NKY area to bring his Western Horror story to life.

In late nineteenth-century America, a frontier holy man’s life is destroyed as a gruesome power consumes the land. Standing between ruin and salvation, the man known only as Preacher (Daniel Van Thomas) must find his purpose in the fight against the mysterious undead. Joined by the town Marshal (Daniel Britt) — a man with his own set of demons – he faces the risen dead, a ravaged landscape and the evils of the living on a journey to nowhere. Along the way, the men discover which lines they’re willing to cross in the name of survival and witness the depths people reach through the power of belief — for good and ill alike.

A pure indie passion project, Revelation Trail has picked up a small cult of fans numbering in the thousands. Roughly one-third of the production budget came from fans that contributed via the crowd-funding site, Kickstarter. Generous locals from Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois loaned weapons, locations, food, and horses with everyone from reenactors to school teachers pitching in. The wardrobe team crafted more than 200 period-accurate costume pieces from thrift store steals and online bargains, with most costumes averaging $4. A team of volunteers even built a period-accurate military fort in just 17 days, mostly from discarded barn wood.

Revelation Trail premiered in April in Western Kentucky to five sold-out screenings, which was followed by a sold out premiere in Northern Kentucky in July. Seating is limited for this one-night event, so it is recommended to purchase tickets in advance. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Fitton Center for Creative Arts at 513-863-8873, ext. 110. The cost is $10.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in Downtown Hamilton, Ohio.