Plague Town

Plague Town is a 2008 American horror film directed by David Gregory, co-written by Gregory and John Cregan, and starring Josslyn DeCrosta, Erica Rhodes, and David Lombard.

Synopsis

While on holiday in the Irish countryside to discover their family roots, a dysfunctional family -consisting of a Dad, his new financee, his older daughter and her new boyfriend and a younger daughter - have their vacation plans upset when they miss the last bus of the day. They encounters a village where they are warned "They will find you".
That night they discovered the woods are full of deformed and homicidal residents, mostly mutant children, to whom death is all fun and games.

Release

After debuting on March 28, 2009, at the HorrorHound Weekend film festival, the film was released on DVD on May 12, 2009. In Germany, the film was released on September 25, 2009.

Reception

DVD Talk praised the movie for its tension building, haunting imagery and immersiver sound design. It stated that this was not a perfect film, but recommended it for fans of the horror genre.

Background

The film is the first own directed film from Dark Sky Films and was the feature film debut for director David Gregory.