Official Trailer for Neo-Noir Road Trip Horror ‘A Desert’ w/ David Yow
by Alex Billington
April 12, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Nothing happened, man! You’re too easy to rile up.” Dark Sky Films has debuted the trailer for a dark & depraved road trip horror film titled A Desert, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Joshua Erkman. This originally premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival last year, then it played at FrightFest, Splat!FilmFest, and the Sitges Film Festival last fall. Arriving to watch in May in theaters. A past his prime photographer heads out on a road trip across the Southwest in hopes to recapture the magic & success of his previous work. Instead, he finds himself thrust into the dark & chaotic underbelly of America, unwittingly dragging his wife and a shady private detective into this nightmare with him. It stars David Yow as Harold, Kai Lennox, Sarah Lind, Zachary Ray Sherman, Rob Zabrecky, Ashley B. Smith, and Ashley B. Smith. Featuring a score by Ty Segall. With mostly good reviews, stating: “This gritty thriller by Erkman blends Hitchcockian mystery with the urbanoia chills of a Texas Chain Saw Massacre…” This looks freaky.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Joshua Erkman’s horror film A Desert, direct from YouTube:
A well-known photographer who is living his leanest years of both popularity and work decides to embark on a road trip through the American Southwest. However, this journey to recover his lost inspiration will gradually turn into a hallucinatory nightmare. A blend of neo-noir and horror that was one of the major sensations in the midnight section of the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. A Desert is a horror film directed by American genre filmmaker Joshua Erkman, making his feature directorial debut with this project after numerous music videos and other horror short films previously. The screenplay is written by Bossi Baker and Joshua Erkman. Produced by Hugues Barbier, Joshua Erkman, Justin Timms, Joe Yanick. This initially premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival last year. Dark Sky Films will debut Erkman’s A Desert in select US theaters starting on May 2nd, 2025 coming soon this spring. Anyone into this film? Want to watch it?
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