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New England natives pair up for horror/thriller ‘Dead Whisper’

Press Herald

July 30th, 2024

“Dead Whisper,” the new horror/thriller film from New Hampshire-born director Conor Soucy, will have its Maine premiere on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Portland’s own Nickelodeon Cinema. Starring Brunswick native Samuel Dunning as Elliot Campbell, a man coping with unthinkable grief who travels to an isolated New England island community overseen by the mysterious Historian (Rob Evan), the film is a powerfully spooky meditation on death, mourning, and the lengths one will go to reclaim what was lost – no matter the price.

“Dead Whisper’s” New England horror cred is beyond reproach.

Soucy, making his feature directorial debut, hails from northern New Hampshire, and the unnervingly misty and remote island that forms the pivotal setting for “Dead Whisper” was filmed up and down the Massachusetts coast. Dunning (profiled in this column in 2022 for his stunningly ambitious turn as seven versions of the titular character in the sci-fi comedy “Tim Travers & the Time Traveler’s Paradox”) was born and raised in Brunswick and frequently returns home to see his mom – and to attend the occasional Maine film premiere. “I’m going to try to be at the screening,” said busy working actor Dunning (“Blue Bloods,” “Titans: The Rise of Hollywood,” “A Royal Christmas on Ice”) – “unless a job comes up.”

Dead Whisper is On Demand everywhere, including Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

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