It’s been well over a year since we brought you the first promising trailer for indie crime-thriller CRAVE. Thankfully, the film directed by acclaimed documentarian-turned-feature filmmaker Charles de Lauzirika is close to a release and so a brand new and updated trailer and poster has surfaced.
CRAVE stars Australian actor Josh Lawson as a downtrodden photographer, so haunted by the urban violence and decay around him, he retreats into an inner world of dark fantasies. However, his dangerous visions explode in reality with deadly consequences when his intoxicating new relationship with a beautiful young woman (played by fellow Aussie Emma Lung) turns sour.
Aiden (Josh Lawson) craves a better life. A life away from his gruesome job as a crime scene photographer, working alongside his detective friend Pete (Ron Perlman). A meaningful life where he can escape the hard streets of Detroit, fall in love with the perfect woman and save the world from evil. As Aiden’s dark imagination starts to leak into reality, he meets Virginia (Emma Lung), a younger woman with her own dilemmas and desires. Estranged from her boyfriend Ravi (Edward Furlong,) Virginia explores an uncertain relationship with Aiden, who becomes increasingly emboldened to live out his vigilante fantasies. But as Virginia is faced with the disturbing truth of Aiden’s inner life, Aiden learns that he will pay a terrible price for his twisted imagination.
Phase 4 Films is distributing the film in the US and will arrive via VOD and in limited theatres on the 6th December. It also stars Ron Perlman and Edward Furlong. We’re still awaiting a UK date
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.