SOUTHERN NIGHTMARE, a Grindhouse Descent into Backwoods Terror to Release
- More Horror
- Jul 8
- 2 min read
Black Mandala is bringing a fresh dose of dirty, dangerous, 1970s-style exploitation horror to the screen with SOUTHERN NIGHTMARE, the latest film from director Charlie Steeds.
Written and directed by Steeds, SOUTHERN NIGHTMARE arrives as an unfiltered tribute to the grimy glory days of grindhouse cinema, pulling from the same cursed well as backwoods horror, women-in-prison brutality, and blaxploitation attitude. This is the kind of genre film that kicks the door open, tracks mud across the carpet, and dares the audience to look away.
The film follows Sherri and Anna Beth, two best friends traveling to Texas who make a brief stop in rural Georgia. That small detour turns into a full-blown descent into hell when a trio of deranged locals capture them. Chained, drugged, imprisoned, and forced into a vicious nightmare of exploitation and survival, the women find themselves trapped inside a Southern-fried horror show where violence hangs in the air like humidity.
The cast includes Faith McCoy, known for Collection and House of Payne, alongside Scot Scurlock of Homestead, Madison Pankey, Adam Bash, Travis Cutner, and Gloria Lynne Henry, whose credits include Phantasm III and The Devil’s Advocate.
SOUTHERN NIGHTMARE has already made noise on the indie festival circuit, earning Best Indie at the Boston Indie Film Festival, Best Feature at the 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest, Best Horror Film at Catacombs Film Festival, and Best International Feature at The Dunwich Horror Fest.
Steeds also serves as cinematographer on the film, with music by Simone Cilio. The film is produced by Faith McCoy and Charlie Steeds.
For horror fans who like their cinema rough-edged, sweat-soaked, and dragged straight through the blood-red dirt of exploitation history, SOUTHERN NIGHTMARE looks ready to deliver exactly what the title promises.
