Art imitates life in the debut Horror Film from David Charbonier and Justin Powell, The Boy Behind The Door. The film stars real life kidnapping survivor and acting newcomer, Lonnie Chavis. Starring alongside Chavis is Ezra Dewey, Kristin Bauer Van Straten, Scott Michael Foster and Micah Hauptman.
In The Boy Behind the Door, a night of unimaginable terror awaits twelve-year-old Bobby (Lonnie Chavis) and his best friend, Kevin (Ezra Dewey), when they are abducted on their way home from school. Managing to escape his confines, Bobby navigates the dark halls, praying his presence goes unnoticed as he avoids his captor at every turn. Even worse is the arrival of another stranger, whose mysterious arrangement with the kidnapper may spell certain doom for Kevin. With no means of calling for help and miles of dark country in every direction, Bobby embarks on a rescue mission, determined to get himself and Kevin out alive… or die trying.
Lonnie, much like his character in the film, avoided a kidnapping in 2016. The then 8 year old narrowly escaped masked kidnappers who tried to snatch him off the street in Long Beach. Two would-be kidnappers attempted to grab 8-year-old Lonnie while he was taking out the trash in Long Beach. Lonnie told detectives two men wearing gloves and masks suddenly approached him. In an interview with KABC 7, he stated one of the men knocked him down and attempted to grab him.
Life-long friends and two up and coming directors in the horror space, David Charbonier and Justin Powell, recently completed their introduction to film with The Boy Behind The Door. The pic made its world premier at the 2020 edition of Fantastic Fest and also screened at AFI Fest, during which it was able to garner its current score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Boy Behind The Door is executive produced by Bert Kern, Nick Morton and Howard Barish. The film is produced by Rick Rosenthal, Jim Hart, Ryan Scaringe, John Hermann and Ryan Lewis, co-produced by Amy Lippens, CSA and Dennis Madlone.
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