Jonnie Hurn gives an outstanding, multi-dimensional performance as he makes the character appear fascinating, entertaining and sexy – all of what was missing from Twilight’s Edward Cullen. Compared to Edward, he is not bland, covered in white powder, gormless or fragile looking. Phelan is laid back, funny, charming and has the same kind of Clint Eastwood style presence on screen, (especially since he doesn’t speak for the first thirty minutes). Not only does he appeal to the ladies (and maybe the teen audience too if they looked beyond the mainstream), but there’s a lot in here that the male audience could find to identify with, as Phelan is, to a degree, a ‘realistic’ vampire.
QuietEarth
Umbragethemovie Ltd
Director & Screenwriter: Drew Cullingham
Cast: Doug Bradley, Rita Ramnani, Jonnie Hurn, James Fisher, Grace Vallorani, Natalia Celino, Scott Thomas
35mm / Redcam Feature
Currently in Post Production
Darkness is your only friend...
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Trailer 2010
Character. Phelan, a Cowboy Vampire. Born in Ireland in 1860 he emigrated to the old west of Wyoming where he was sired into a vampire. He has spent the last 110 years seeking his revenge...
Synopsis...
In the Old West, the assassination of an ageing cowboy is thwarted by a sultry vampiress, the would-be killer left for dead in the dust. A hundred years later an ancient obsidian mirror, long unearthed from the Mesopotamian desert, is liberated from an American collector's vault and illegally transported to Europe. Jacob, an unscrupulous antiques dealer, moves to a remote farmhouse with his pregnant young wife, Lauren, and his difficult ward, Rachel. His goals are clear: to pass this near-priceless mirror to the highest bidder, and to prevent these two women from ripping each other apart. Nearby, a beautiful ornithologist, in nocturnal pursuit of the Screech Owl, is disturbed in her hide by a couple of noisy hikers. Her efforts ruined, she joins them by their campfire, but when one of them is mysteriously mutilated in the woods, she and the other are forced to flee and seek refuge at Jacob's farm. Something has been unleashed into the dark of that night.... Shadows take on a life of their own, and the blood begins to flow. Maybe it's all down to the ominous cowboy hiding in the barn who doesn't seem to cast any reflection in the dark mirror. Maybe it's because the shiny black artifact is the enchanted talisman and portal of Lilith, the willful first wife of Adam, exiled from Eden to spawn her demonic offspring. The family find themselves in the middle of a century old grudge between a vengeful undead cowboy and the re-awakened Lilith, mother to the Succubi, ruler of shadows, slaughterer of children, and consort to the devil himself. Sometimes the only weapon against evil is evil itself.
Why I chose this film...
Two words made me want to do this film "Cowboy Vampire". What actor wouldn't be attracted to that challenge! It allowed me a chance to research the old west, watch a lot of cowboy films and lose myself into a different world as well as having to master an authentic Irish accent.
It also gave me chance to work with some great actors again, James Fisher who was in Seven Seconds To Heaven and The Zombie Diaries, Grace Vallorani who was in Do Elephants Pray?, plus the chance to work with the legend that is Doug Bradley.
A very cold but wonderful experience...
