LUKE HEMSWORTH AND KEVIN DURAND STAR IN CASEY WALKER’S STARK SURVIVAL HORROR OF ISOLATION, FOLKLORE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DREAD MAKING ITS US PREMIERE AT BEYOND FEST
SYNOPSIS
As a brutal winter grips the Canadian wilderness and the fur trade begins its collapse, the isolated inhabitants of a remote trading outpost enlist Cole Franklin, an American mercenary haunted by his past, to investigate the silence that has fallen over a nearby Indigenous settlement. What he discovers is a scene of unimaginable terror and an overwhelming sense that something ancient and unnatural still lingers in the wilderness.
As fear spreads back to Fort William, an unseen presence begins to take hold. Paranoia, hunger and violence consume the isolated community, driving neighbor against neighbor as reason gives way to madness. With the fort descending into chaos and survival hanging by a thread, Cole must draw upon his military experience to lead a desperate band of survivors against a force that cannot easily be understood – or escaped.
A haunting tale of isolation, folklore and psychological dread, Ithaqua, a gripping survival horror from director Casey Walker (The Void, In a Violent Nature), whose remarkable twelve-year journey to bring the film to the screen has become as compelling as the story itself. Starring Luke Hemsworth (Westworld, Land of Bad), Kevin Durand (The Naked Gun, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come), Craig Lauzon (Trickster, Beyblade), Leenah Robinson (Revival, 1923) and Michael Pitt (Day of the Fight, Ghost in the Shell).
ITHAQUA (2026)
Directed by: Casey Walker
Story by: Casey Walker
Written by: Peter Scott Vicaire, Pascal Trottier, Casey Walker
Cast: Luke Hemsworth, Kevin Durand, Craig Lauzon, Leenah Robinson,
Michael Pitt
Produced by: Casey Walker, Andrew Bronfman, Jason Ross Jallet,
Andrew Bronfman, Jonathan Bronfman, Peter Scott Vicaire
Cinematography by: Bryn McCashin
RT: 110 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Sound: 5.1 Dolby
