Darkening Sky is an American thriller film directed by Victor Bornia and stars Rider Strong

Rider Strong

Rider King Strong is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter on the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World.-Early life:...

, Danica Stewart and Ezra Buzzington

Ezra Buzzington

Ezra Buzzington is an American character actor for film and TV.With over 40 film credits to his name, Ezra Buzzington has been referred to as "the Dennis Hopper of underground cinema". He's played characters ranging from "Weird Al the Waiter" in GHOST WORLD to "Goggle" in THE HILLS HAVE EYES...

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Plot

When a troubled UFO skeptic finds his girlfriend has vanished, he is forced to consider the one explanation he finds impossible to accept. Grad student, Eric Rainer, has a thesis: UFOs and ETs are modern-day myths designed to explain events that seem unexplainable. But after a disturbing alien abduction nightmare, Eric must face the sudden and mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.

Desperate for answers, he meets a beautiful stranger (Danielle Keaton) who lost her boyfriend under similar circumstances. Together, they unravel the mystery, going deeper and deeper into a bizarre world of alien shape-shifters, implanted objects, organ harvesting

Organ harvesting

Organ harvesting refers to the removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical transplants on the living...

, and humans seemingly possessed by malevolent forces.

Cast

• Rider Strong
  Rider Strong
  Rider King Strong is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter on the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World.-Early life:...
  
   as Eric Rainer
• Danielle Keaton
  Danielle Keaton
  Danielle Wiener Keaton is an American actress from Pasadena, California. She is sister of the singer and actor Josh Keaton.- Filmography :-External links:...
  
    as Beth
• Danica Stewart as Cindy
• Charley Rossman as Harold
• Daniel Kirschner as Steve
• Sally Berman as Emily
• Suzanne Ford
  Suzanne Ford (actress)
  - Theatre :*Man Between Twilights .... Mary, Lincoln Center*1776 .... Martha Jefferson- Off Broadway, New York :*El grande de Coca Cola .... Consela, Off Broadway*Fashion .... Seraphina- SoHO Rep, New York :...
  
   as Dr. Connell
• Time Winters
  Time Winters
  Timothy G. "Time" Winters is an American television actor and voice actor. He also provided Boc's voice in the video game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. He replaced Victor Griffiths in Amadeus on Broadway, and played King Pellinore in the national tour of Camelot with Michael York/Lou...
  
   as Dr. Mack
• Maria Olsen as Lola
• Bella DiFiore as Ruby
• Rob King
  Rob King
  Rob King has composed the music for the Heroes of Might and Magic series. He also created music and character sound effects for Everquest: Gates of Discord for Sony Online...
  
   as Tim
• Angus Hall as Gus
• Ezra Buzzington
  Ezra Buzzington
  Ezra Buzzington is an American character actor for film and TV.With over 40 film credits to his name, Ezra Buzzington has been referred to as "the Dennis Hopper of underground cinema". He's played characters ranging from "Weird Al the Waiter" in GHOST WORLD to "Goggle" in THE HILLS HAVE EYES...
  
   as Guy
• Maitland McConnell as Lisa

Production

The film was shot in the end of the Summer 2009 in and around Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. Shooting wrapped at the end of August 2009, post production mid-2010.

Festivals

Darkening Sky premiered at the 2010 Hollywood Film Festival, screening at the Arclight Hollywood on November 16.

Distribution

Darkening Sky is being distributed worldwide by Maverick Entertainment Group. The DVD became available on November 1, 2011.