BLOOD STAR

By Lawrence JACOMELLI

FASTBACK FILMS - as PROD

Horror - Completed 2023

A young Latina pick pocket, is driving through the desert alone, when she is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic Sheriff. The pursuit escalates to deadly levels, and she must use her street-smarts to turn the tables against him.

Festivals
& Awards

LAFA 2023
Best Narrative Feature
LAFA 2023
Best Director
LAFA 2023
Best Picture
LAFA 2023
Best Lead Actor
Liftoffglobal 2023
Official Selection
MIFF 2023
Official Selection
Milan 2023
Best Director
Red Movie Awards 2023
Best First Time Director
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Horror, Road movie, Thriller
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM, USA
    • Director(s)
    • Lawrence JACOMELLI
    • Writer(s)
    • Victoria TAYLOR, Lawrence JACOMELLI
    • Producer(s)
    • Victoria TAYLOR (Fast Back Films ), Lawrence JACOMELLI (Fast Back Films )
    • Synopsis
    • Roberta “Bobbi” Torres, a young Latina pick-pocket from New Jersey, is driving through the desert back to her abusive boyfriend, when she is pulled over and tormented by a local Sheriff. Out on the empty desert highway the Sheriff toys with her for a while before shooting at her car which crashes and she is forced to run away on foot. She makes her way to a diner but soon finds out that she is trapped with the Sheriff parks up outside. She uses her street-smarts to escape him and leaves the diner with waitress Amy. Further along the highway Amy is shot dead by the Sheriff. Bobbi seeks refuge at a junkyard but when Ed the owner turns out be the Sheriff’s brother, Bobbi is subjected to a night of terror and she must turn the tables on them if she is to survive.