First Contact (2023) is a horror and science-fiction movie that has all the ingredients to stand face-to-face with other aliens-among us films like David Twohy’s The Arrival (1996) and M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs (2002).
The movie centers on two estranged adult siblings, Casey and Dan, who travel to their late scientist father’s farmhouse to make sense of his incomplete work. They soon learn that their father’s work was far more dangerous than they could ever imagine: An evil entity, buried in time and space for millions of years, has been released and has begun wreaking havoc on the locals. One by one the bodies start to pile up. Now, Dan and Casey must figure out the secrets of this extra-dimensional monster before it’s too late.
Bruce Wemple is the prolific writer and director of the film. He is better known for the horror and science-fiction titles Altered Hours (2016), Lake Artifact (2019), Monstrous (2020), The Retreat (2020), Dawn of the Beast (2021), My Best Friend’s Dead (2021), and The Tomorrow Job (2023).
Anna Shields, James Liddell, Chris Cimperman, Caitlin Duffy, Paul Kandarian, Michael L. Parker, Grant Schumacher, Zachary Seekins, and LeJon Woods star in First Contact (2023).
The movie had its world premiere at the Panic Film Festival on April 21, 2023. Keith Leopard, the President of Uncork’d Entertainment, who has the distribution rights for the film, stated “Bruce Wemple’s latest film has it all – a strong script, incredible effects, terrific performances, and brilliant direction. After a such strong response at Panic Fest, we expect the film to do very well when we release it in June”.
First Contact (2023) is out on DVD and digital on June 6, 2023. Watch its official trailer here.
