By Jim Mcleod 
Empty Jug Productions in association with Concourse Media are delighted to share the news that their gory horror, Pig Hill, is set for its World Premiere at this year’s Frightfest on 23rd August.
Based on the novel by Nancy Williams, Pig Hill is directed by Kevin Lewis best known for the smash hit Willy’s Wonderland and stars Rainey Qualley (Shut In), Shane West (Salem) & Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead).
Shot on location in Meadville, Pennsylvania — the origin of the real urban legend — Pig Hill follows Carrie (Qualley), a woman haunted by a series of unexplained disappearances. As she investigates, she becomes entangled in the local lore of the “pig people,” uncovering a terrifying truth hidden in generations of myth. Alongside her new friend Andy (West) and her brother Chris (Fernandez), Carrie’s search for answers becomes a desperate fight for survival.
Commenting on the release, Pig Hill’s Director Kevin Lewis added;
“I am so excited to premiere my film “Pig Hill” at FrighFest in August. The festival is of the best genre film festivals in the world and it is such an honor to have this punk-rock fever mind trip of a movie being shown to the most dedicated horror audiences that a filmmaker could possibly have. . It is adapted from Nancy Williams novel and is a poignant story of obsession, love, and the terrible consequences of what happens when reality and fantasy blur. It is a tale of the remarkable power of the mind and how it will do anything to protect itself.”
Concourse Media represents worldwide rights and will be presenting the film to domestic distributors surrounding the FrightFest premiere.
Pig Hill will have its World Premiere at FrightFest on 23rd August
FrightFest Release Date: 23rd August 2025
FrightFest Screening: World Premiere
Short Synopsis: Carrie has been fascinated by the local legend of the pig people of Pig Hill, revolting creatures who breed and cause havoc in the area. As the tenth woman goes missing, Carrie can’t stop thinking that there could be more to these stories.
Director: Kevin Lewis
Written By: Jarrod Burris
Cast: Rainey Qualley, Shane West & Shiloh Fernandez
Run Time: 100 Mins
Cert: TBC
Kevin Lewis – Director
Originally from Denver, Colorado, Kevin’s early film efforts earned him a scholarship to the famed school of cinema at USC. While there he studied under with such established entertainment heavies as film directors John McTiernan and Renny Harlin and producer Lynda Obst. Kevin’s first feature film, THE METHOD (starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Robert Forster and Natasha Gregson Wagner) was picked up for distribution by Showcase Entertainment at the Slamdance Film Festival. His movies have appeared in dozens of film festivals winning many awards, Over the past decade, Kevin has directed THE DROP, DARK HEART, DOWNWARD ANGEL and THE THIRD NAIL with esteemed actors, such as Chloe Grace Moretz, Charles S. Dutton, Jonathan Banks, John Savage, and Sean Young.
In 2021, he released WILLY’S WONDERLAND starring Nicolas Cage as the film’s hero who goes up against demonic Chuck E. Cheese-esque robots when he’s forced to spend the night in a family pizza parlor restaurant. The insane horror ride instantly rose to cult status in the horror community. His next film, THE ACCURSED, starred an all-female led cast including Mena Suvari, Sarah Grey, Meg Foster, and Alexis Knapp and was released by Screenmedia in October 2022.
He’s currently finished the horror film OAK, starring Joey Lauren Adams, Armand Asante, and Catharine Daddario and is in post-production on two films PIG HILL starring Rainey Qualley, Shane West and Shiloh Fernandez and the thriller MISDIRECTION starring Frank Grillo, Olga Kurylenko and Oliver Trevena. Kevin also just wrapped production on “I Am Your Driver” a horror-thriller starring Jeremy Piven.
| About Empty Jug Productions Empty Jug Productions: Empty Jug Productions is a film, television and theatrical production company founded in Northwestern PA to create and produce stimulating visual content. |
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| About Concourse Media Concourse Media is an independent film finance, production and distribution company that works with producers to finance and distribute feature films. The company directly licenses content throughout all forms of distribution including theatrical, streaming, television and digital. Concourse was founded as a vehicle for filmmakers to thrive in and our business focuses on bringing unique voices to the forefront of today’s evolving entertainment marketplace. Concourse was launched by Founder and CEO Matthew Shreder in 2011, who since then has executive produced and distributed over 50 feature films. Notable titles include SOVEREIGN (2025) starring Nick Offerman and Dennis Quaid, CHIEF OF STATION (2024) starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko, PERCY vs GOLIATH (2020) starring Christopher Walken, and THE LITTLE HOURS (2017) starring Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, Dave Franco, and John C. Reilly. For more information on Concourse, please visit the company website at www.concourse-media.com. |
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| About FrightFest Dubbed “the Woodstock of Gore” by director Guillermo Del Toro, FrightFest, set up in 2000, has grown in size and stature since its cult roots at the Prince Charles Cinema and today is internationally renowned for discovering exciting and original horror fantasy genre films and for supporting the talent behind them, helping to launch the careers of such directors as Simon Rumley, Christopher Smith, Eli Roth, Neil Marshall and Simon Hunter. Over the years the festival directors, Greg Day, Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy and Ian Rattray, have developed FrightFest into a brand leader for horror film, expanding its footprint in the UK by hosting special events throughout the year and joining forces with the Glasgow Film Festival, where they run an established three-day event. They have teamed up with FAB Press to publish a series of ‘The FrightFest Guide To…’ books and have an exclusive partnership with Signature Entertainment to release films under the festival’s thriving label ‘FrightFest Presents’. You can catch the documentary FRIGHTFEST: BENEATH THE DARK HEART OF CINEMA on Amazon. |
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