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Festival fave “DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES” sees wider release this summer; trailer & poster

Thursday, May 5, 2022 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Kevin Kopacka’s genre-bender has taken 10 awards on the fest circuit, including six Best Feature prizes.

Dark Sky Films has announced that it will bring DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES to digital platforms June 24. Director Kopacka, who scripted and produced with Lili Villányi, homages Eurohorror of the ’60s and ’70s in the movie, which stars Anna Platen, Jeff Wilbusch, Luisa Taraz, Frederik Von Lüttichau, Bill Becker, Christopher Ramm and Elena Gomez Alvarez. The synopsis: “Margot [Taraz], who comes from a noble family, inherited a castle that she inspects with her ill-tempered husband Dieter [von Lüttichau]. When they arrive at the rundown keep, their relationship is put to a test as their sanity slowly deteriorates. This opens up a new world. As time and space begin to shift around them, a reality that only exists within the walls of the eerie building is exposed–a reality full of warmth and excess.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).