Stonecutter Media is proud to announce the North American release of the mystery thriller LYVIA’S HOUSE, a film inspired by the real-life murders committed in northern California by Juan Corona in 1971, from director Niko Volonakis and writer/producer Patricia V. Davis, author of the beloved Secret Spice Café book series. Stonecutter Media will release the film exclusively on Vudu/Fandango at Home and local cable & satellite providers on October 1, with additional platforms including iTunes/Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and Google Play to follow October 15.
When a young journalist suspects the disappearance of a beautiful artist is connected to murders that took place 20 years earlier, she uncovers a reality she never could have imagined. Inspired by true events.
Up-and-coming journalist Tara Manning has a job she loves and a posh lifestyle in Lake Las Vegas. Everything changes when she falls in love with aspiring architect, Johnny Beers, and he asks her to move in with him, six hundred miles away, to a house previously owned by an Italian artist named Lyvia.
After a whirlwind romance, Tara, a young journalist agrees to move 600 miles from home to be with her new boyfriend Johnny in a rural California town. She expects to keep her job by way of the internet and is dismayed to find very limited phone service and a lack of internet in their home.
Our first hint that something is off with this romance is the way Johnny seems intent on keeping Tara isolated. He promises satellite internet but never delivers. He appears upset when Tara becomes friendly with a postal worker who tells her how she can get online. Again he is upset when she mentions speaking to a local on her walk in the woods, and he seems nervous when she wants to use the internet in the local bar.
It seems to take longer for Tara to start digging into this behavior than I would expect from the inquisitive mind of a journalist but if one is willing to suspend disbelief you could say she was blinded by love.
The cinematography was gorgeous. This is a movie I would describe as visually stunning Flashbacks and dream sequences gave a surreal quality to this film. The best acting performances were Ann Marie Gideon as the sharp-as-a-tack postal worker and Andrew Diego as the mentally and emotionally challenged young man who is dealing with past and present trauma. There were times I wanted to scream at Tara to pack up and get the hell out of there but of course had she listened we could not have had such a suspenseful climax and shocking reveal.
I enjoyed this twisted Indie thriller and gave it 8 out of 10 stars on IMDB
Directed by: Niko Volonakis
Written by: Patricia V. Davis
Starring: Tara Nichol Caldwell, Joshua Malekos, Danielle Octavien,
Ann Marie Gideon, Andrew Diego, Deborah Tucker, Brit Zane, Cami Oh
Produced by: Patricia V. Davis
Executive Produced by Pete Davis, Nicholas Levis,
Joni Cuquet
Cinematography by: Cody Martin
Edited by: Niko Volonakis
Music Composed by: Niko Volonakis
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