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Get a further taste of Chris LaMartina’s “SPIRIT TASTING” from new trailer

The latest exercise in horrific wish fulfillment hits the road(show) next week.

Check out the theatrical trailer for SPIRIT TASTING below. The new genre feature from Chris LaMartina (WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, CALL GIRL OF CTHULHU) was scripted by LaMartina and Michael Varrati; the duo also produced with Melissa LaMartina and Ted Geoghegan. Sean Doherty, Matt Lake, Melissa LaMartina, Trevor Wilhelms, Matt Baughman, Cate Paris, and Tatiana Nya Ford star, with cameos by Grady Hendrix, Clay McLeod Chapman, Peaches Christ, and Henry Zebrowski. The synopsis, “SPIRIT TASTING follows three former punks [Doherty, LaMartina and Wilhelms] as they toast their late bandmate at a distillery on New Year’s Eve. When a strange sommelier [Lake] invites them to a top-shelf tasting, they discover there’s only one catch: Every bottle requires a ‘wish.’ But as each of their desires twist into doom, these old friends discover that every pour at the Red Bat Distillery comes at a deadly price.”

Distributor Terror Vision is sending SPIRIT TASTING out on a U.S. roadshow tour next week, with LaMartina and cast members on hand for introductions and Q&As. The dates and locations are:

  • Thursday, November 12: Baltimore, MD (The Senator Theatre)
  • Friday, November 20: Chicago, IL (The Music Box)
  • Saturday, November 21: Minneapolis, MN (The Heights)
  • Saturday, December 5: Los Angeles, CA (Los Feliz 3)
  • Saturday, December 26: Philadelphia, PA (PhilaMOCA)
  • Sunday, December 27: Red Bank, NJ (Base Center Cinema)
  • Monday, December 28: Brooklyn, NY (The Twisted Spine)
  • Tuesday, December 29: Seymour, CT (Strand Theater)
  • Wednesday, December 30: Providence, RI (AS220)
  • Thursday, December 31: Salem, MA (Cinema Salem)
  • Friday, January 1: Catskill, NY (Community Theater)
  • Saturday, January 2: Wind Gap, PA (The Gap Theatre)
  • Saturday, January 16: Ashburn, VA (Alamo Drafthouse One Loudoun)
  • Sunday, January 17: Harrisburg, PA (Midtown Cinemas)

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