My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To

DATE: October 8-11
TIME: Video On Demand
VENUE: NIGHTSTREAM Virtual Cinema

Dwight (Patrick Fugit, Almost Famous, Gone Girl) and Jessie (Ingrid Sophie Schram) go to unimaginable, morally decrepit lengths to medicate their sick younger brother Thomas (Owen Campbell from Popcorn Frights 2017 film Super Dark Times). Thomas needs blood to survive and the cost of retrieving it for him is weighing heavy on Dwight’s conscience. A violent yet grounded take on vampirism as disease, Jonathan Cuartas’ (The Horse and the Stag, Popcorn Frights 2018) feature directorial debut, originally set to premiere at Tribeca, uses stellar performances to illustrate the impossible burdens family can place on our lives.