A Southern gothic retelling of Sheridan LeFanu's "Carmilla," THE UNWANTED stars Hannah Fierman (V/H/S) as Laura, a vulnerable young woman beguiled by a drifter (Christen Orr) who has come to her rural town in search of clues to her mother's disappearance. The two women uncover dangerous secrets kept by their mothers, arousing the suspicion of Laura s father (William Katt, Carrie, TV's The Greatest American Hero) who will go to shocking extremes to ensure that the family's dark secrets remain buried.
The Bret Wood FilmsThis collection includes all the feature films (and one short) by writer/director Bret Wood, whose new film, THOSE WHO DESERVE TO DIE, is currently in production.
The UnwantedA modernized retelling of the gothic novella "Carmilla," by Sheridan Le Fanu, THE UNWANTED stars Christen Orr as Carmilla, who arrives in a small Southern town seeking info about the disappearance of her mother years earlier. Carmilla befriends Laura (Hannah Fierman, V/H/S), a shy waitress who lives in a secluded house with her overprotective father (William Katt, CARRIE, THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO). A romantic bond forms between the two women, and the father decides to take extreme measures to keep the women from uncovering the dreadful secret that lies buried in the past.
THE UNWANTED offers a continuation of the themes of repression and deviance that recur throughout Wood's previous films, which include PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS (2006), THE LITTLE DEATH (2010) and the documentary HELL'S HIGHWAY: THE TRUE STORY OF HIGHWAY SAFETY FILMS (2003).