Poster, Synopsis, and Trailer for Michael J. Epstein's TEN!

I've never heard of "Spektor Island" (it was apparently a very real place that sank in 1985 during a hurricane) which is probably why I've never heard of the "Spektor Island Massacre" before. In 1972, nine women and three men were found brutally murdered at the island's Babirusa Mansion. To this day, there is no explanation for the murders, and no suspect was ever caught. These events are what director Michael J. Epstein's first feature film, TEN, are based on.

Synopsis:
TEN is a collectivist, post-exploitation psychological thriller devised as a possible explanation for the events of the 1972 Spektor Island Massacre. On a cold December afternoon, ten women arrive at a mansion on Spektor Island, famed for years of reported hauntings and strange activities. Will they live through the night?

The all-female cast film is a response to exploitation, slasher, and thriller films, with particular focus on the kind of storytelling prominent in b-movies and genre films from the 1950s to the 1980s. It explores the meaning and fluidity of identity and takes a number of surprising turns, paying homage to filmmakers and producers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Roger Corman, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Jim Wynorski, Jean Rollin, Lloyd Kaufman, and Andy Sidaris.

The film was conceived by Sarah Wait Zaranek, Michael J. Epstein, and Sophia Cacciola as a two-minute trailer for the 2012 Brattle Theatre (Cambridge, MA) Trailer Smackdown. After selection as a "curator's choice" at the Smackdown, a successful Kickstarter campaign with 258 backers raised a portion of the budget for the production. Principal shooting took place in December 2012 with expected festival release in 2013 and wider release in 2014.

This sounds like a pretty interesting flick; let's take a look at the new teaser trailer, shall we?


Well it looks ahm.... really weird. Haha. At first I was kind of confused by all the pig imagery, but I'm assuming that its a nod towards the film's possible villain: A ghostly butcher that was said to roam Spektor Island. Maybe the spirit of The Butcher possesses one or more of the visitors to the island's hotel and begins hacking himself up some "piggies?" Just a guess.

More teasers will pop up as the months tick by until the debut of the official trailer, so if you're intrigued by this production, make sure to swing on by this here blog again for further updates.

Want to know more about the movie? Then visit its official site at www.tenthemovie.com!