A mysterious beautiful island is closed for vacationers for the winter. For those who remained, the island is a living hell for the residents in the Offseason.
The film stars Jocelin Donahue (Doctor Sleep), Joe Swanberg (The Rental, Easy), Richard Blake (3 From Hell, Mandy), Melora Walters (The Pale Door, Pen15), and Jeremy Gardner (After Midnight, The Mind’s Eye). Mickey Keating (Psychopaths) wrote and directed the movie.
Here is the official synopsis:
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s gravesite has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until spring, leaving her stranded. One strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, Marie soon realizes that something is not quite right in this small town. She must unveil the mystery behind her mother’s troubled past in order to make it out alive.
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LRM Online’s Gig Patta talked with actress Jocelin Donahue on her character, love of horror, and the isolation of a Florida town as the backdrop.
Jocelin Donahue made her leading role debut in Ti West’s The House of the Devil. She had appearances in horror genre movies, including as the young Lorraine in Insidious: Chapter 2 and as Lucy Stone in Doctor Sleep. On the independent film’s front, she starred in The Frontier, a noir crime thriller from Oren Shai. In 2016, she worked with director Terrence Malick in Knights of Cup and also starred as a rookie FBI agent in the Crackle series StartUp opposite Martin Freeman.
Offseason is currently playing in select theaters, VOD, and digital release today.
Watch the exclusive interview with Joceline Donahue below. Let us know what you think of the interview.
Source: LRM Online Exclusive, RLJE Films, Shudder