ALTER Release Intense Religious Horror Short THE DAUGHTERS OF VIRTUE on YouTube
ALTER is a genre channel on YouTube that aims to deliver two short horror movies a week from the “most provocative minds in horror”. There recent exclusive, The Daughters of Virtue is an intense religious chiller that writer/director Michael Escobedo says focuses “on a demographic rarely explored within the horror genre: the rural,
You can watch the film in its entirety at the top of the article. Read the films synopsis and director’s statement below.
Synopsis:
Set in the 1980’s Alice, a lonely
housewife and mother, hosts a local women’s prayer group. What begins as a
routine meeting soon morphs into a fanatical intervention when the group
confronts Alice over a dark secret she is hiding. When Betty, the group’s zealous
leader, receives a vision from God that Alice is more than what she seems, the
women become convinced a malevolent force is corrupting Alice and set out to
rid her soul of evil.
The Daughters of Virtue stars Melanie Cruz, Maria Olsen, and Sylvia Panacione.
Director’s Statement:
As an American who grew up overseas,
I experienced American culture from afar. Being raised in a Mexican/Vietnamese
household and with my upbringing of exposure to various foreign cultures, I
have always been drawn to tell stories of people and settings that are not of
my own experience.
With this mindset, I wrote ‘The Daughters of Virtue’ because I wanted to focus on a demographic rarely explored within the horror genre: the rural, midwestern housewife. The seed of this story was planted with a feature script I wrote in the fall of 2009 and it has been an arduous process of refinement and shifting concepts to become what it is today: the story of woman who’s come to understand the sacrifices she’s made to live the life she has. A compromise we all make.
I would like to extend my gratitude to the cast and crew who worked so hard to make this film a reality. I am proud of the wonderfully diverse cast and crew we assembled to make this female driven horror film, a term we embrace. Every day working on this film was a pleasure and I hope that it shows on screen.
