EVERGREEN IS THE BLOOD from Polestar Studios Stars Dawna Lee
Heising, John Reign, and Aki Aleong
The feature film “Evergreen Is the Blood” from Polestar
Studios will be shot in western Pennsylvania from July 10 through July 20,
2020. The screenplay is written by award-winning filmmaker John Reign and
William Long. Reign will direct and star, and the director of photography is
Tom Stoops. Dawna Lee Heising (“Finding Purpose: The Road to Redemption,” “Bad
President”) is Countess Ivory Dragnea, the Queen of the Vampires, and Reign
(“Finding Purpose,” “Finding Purpose: Road to Redemption”) is John Wolf. The
legendary Aki Aleong (“Braddock: Missing in Action,” “Finding Purpose: The Road
to Redemption”) is Khunbish Uldin (Not Human), and Carl Bailey (“The Pineville
Heist,” “Blood Woods”) is a vampire hunter. Ross Carlo (“Finding Purpose”) is
Alec Barclay, and Lisa Dapprich (“A Jury of His Peers,” “Finding Purpose”) is
Willow Halpain. The film also features A.J. Santillo, Aaron McCrumb, Bionca
Dioblo, April Love, Christopher Goff, William Long, April Evans, John
Catheline, Jimmy Barber, Jim Kuhn, Heidi Wiodarski, Paul Worley, Stella Blair,
Dionne Bidois and Brad Mahon. Original music is by Dionne Bidois (The Artist
Red), Tony DiPofi, and Jimmy Gerovac (Craving Strange).
The Plot:
John Wolf, a former esteemed anthropologist, lives as a
recluse, after the tragic deaths of his wife and young son. Once highly sought
for his insight on ancient cultures, he now lives as a hermit in the country
house once owned by his parents. He spends his days in solitude, except for the
occasional visit of his good friends Edward Haims and Father Shore. Forces of
good and evil have been lurking in the forest behind his home. Alec Barclay, a
vampire killer, is on the prowl. He and his team have discovered a lair of
vampires, descendants of the original undead King in the woods surrounding
John’s home. A confrontation ensues and during the fight, one of the vampires
gets seriously injured and takes flight. The sun has already begun to rise,
forcing her to stay protected in the shadows, for the sun is her destroyer. She
is now trapped and wounded, finding refuge in a sliver of shade behind an old
shed in John’s yard.
John happens upon her, immediately fascinated and smitten by
the vampire’s beauty. She’s now too weak and damaged to do anything, except
succumb to the stranger’s help. John takes the unholy being into his home. What
will happen when a mere mortal gives shelter to a creature of the night? Still
being hunted by humans, she is also pursued by others of her own kind…
including the father vampire, Khunbish Uldin, who wants her as his very own.
“Evergreen Is the Blood” is a film fueled by a unique, but
familiar, look at vampire folklore, and has all the elements of action, drama,
and a full-blown creepy as hell storyline. Just as the term “evergreen” means
everlasting…this story delves deep into the evergreen blood of these
mythological creatures.
About John Reign:
John Reign is the founder and CEO of Polestar Studios, a
full-scale independent film production company, and has 40 years of experience
in almost every aspect of the entertainment industry. He’s one of those
visionaries that can take a small budget and still manifest it into a
well-orchestrated and credible piece of cinematography. His film “Finding Purpose” is now available
on Amazon Prime. The sequel “Finding Purpose: Road to Redemption” earned the
Best Feature Film Award at the 2019 Hollywood Silver Screen Film Festival, and
was slated to be shown at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, before the pandemic
hit. The sequel is available on Reveel.com and will soon be available through
Amazon Prime. Both films are also available through the Polestar website at
www.polestarprod.com
John is a former professional magician who quit when he
almost drowned in a water torture escape. He was discovered by MCA Records and
became a highly successful Elvis impersonator. From there, he went on to own a
string of nightclubs and to become an event organizer. He is also the author of
a children’s book, “Grimmets Magic Forest.”
He has been married to his beautiful wife Rowena Ermini Reign for over
30 years, and they have 13 children between them. He founded Polestar
Productions LLC when he and Winnie moved to Pennsylvania in 2012 from New York,
and he and Winnie have been making films ever since. Reign is signed with the
Roger Paul Agency, and he and his Polestar Studios investors are currently
constructing a feature film, TV production and music events studio in
Hermitage, Pennsylvania.
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