The Peril at Pincer Point

Paying homage to the lo-fi handmade artistry of classic independent genre fare and riffing on the spooky maritime lore of old, first-time collaborators Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine teamed up to direct a barnacle-crusted tale about the lengths to which a committed craftsman will go to realize his boldest artistic ambitions. When Jim Baitte (Jack Redmayne), an eager but undependable sound recordist, is dispatched by his megalomaniacal director to gather an audio mix “unprecedented in film history” in hopes of salvaging their faltering film production, Jim leaps at the opportunity to prove himself, eagerly setting off for the fog-shrouded island of Pincer Point. Upon his arrival, his already daunting task is immediately complicated by a mysterious missing person’s case—which may or may not have something to do with the troubling local rumors of a spectral vessel haunting the surrounding waters, piloted by a phantom captain and manned by the restless spirits of the island’s wayward youths….