ComingSoon has two exclusive tracks from the soundtrack to Dark Sky’s upcoming rural zombie horror movie Herd.
Exclusive Herd Tracks
Composed by Alexander Arntzen, the tracks give a feel for Herd’s story’s dark, unsettling tone.
When Jamie Miller and her wife, Alex Kanai, try to save their failing marriage by going on a canoe trip in rural Missouri, they find themselves stranded after an accident. Alex breaks her leg during a canoe flip and they must slowly make their way to the nearest small town for help. Upon arriving, they find it has been overrun by virus-infected “Heps” and extreme right-wing local militias who are battling them.
The leader of one of the groups, “Big John Gruber”, shuttles them to safety at his bunker, where a seemingly friendly group of locals welcomes them, but after witnessing personal and gruesome horrors, the women know they must escape.
Jamie and Alex now find themselves on the run, caught between the group that saved them, a competing militia, and the growing infected Hep threat.
Herd is directed by Steven Pierce and written by James Allerdyce & Steven Pierce. It stars Ellen Adair (The Sinner, Homeland), Mitzi Akaha (Modern Love Tokyo), Jeremy Holm (House of Cards, Mr. Robot), Amanda Fuller (Starry Eyes, Last Man Standing), Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen Hunger Force), Brandon James Ellis (Iron Fist), Jeremy Lawson (TV’s Walker, TV’s The Real O’Neals), Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law, Major League, The Dentist) and Timothy V. Murphy (Sons of Anarchy, Criminal Minds).
For director Stephen Pierce, it’s a very personal story.
”I grew up in small-town America. I used to joke that my best friend was a rope swing because where I lived was so remote. But we had a tight-knit community of people that deeply cared for each other. To be on the inside and feel that sense of belonging was magically comfortable. But I also saw firsthand what happened to the people on the outside.
When I was 17, one of my close personal friends came out to his parents. They disowned him, throwing him out of their home and forcing him to become fully self-sufficient. Because his orientation was outside fo the bounds of our society, he was alone.
As a director, it is my mission to tell the story of small communities clashing with big society, and with Herd, we examine the power of herd mentality and how it can cause good people to do bad things.
“Herd” uses horror and action in a high-paced love story to engage and entertain. And when the film ends, the audience is left to think about when independent thinking takes a back seat to group action, suddenly people begin to condemn and destroy, rather than accept and understand.”
Herd is coming to Digital and cable platforms on October 13, 2023, but there are also select theatrical screenings at the following locations.
- Midnight Theater – New York, NY: October 12th
- New York Comic Con Screening: October 12th
- Laemmle Monica Film Center – Santa Monica, CA: October 13th
- Galleria 6 Cinemas – St. Louis, MO: October 13th
- Gateway Film Center – Columbus, OH: October 13th
- Screenland Cinemas – Kansas City: October 13th
- Rogers Theatre- Poplar Bluff: October 21st
- Material Culture – Philadelphia, PA: October 23rd
- Hi-Pointe Theatre – St. Louis, MO: October 23rd
