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ASTROLATRY is a bizarre horror / satire film in the style of Ken Russell's Altered States meets Frank Henenlotter's Brain Damage. Welcome to this mindfuck rollercoaster world!
Starring ETHAN DANIEL CORBETT as Elliot Loeser
MILENA ABILOVA as Mary
ISABEL FUGATT as Iris
AARON GROBEN as Detective John Mann
MICHAEL MAU as Chad Cox
CHRISTINE SCHLEHUBER as Jasmine
KRISTIN LORENZ as Heather
Meet ELLIOT, an obsessive loner who lives out a depressed existence in a grimy, hypersexualized society. Hell-bent on winning the affection of MARY, the most popular model at his workplace, this infatuation propels him into violence after an alien meteor crash-lands on his rooftop. As Elliot becomes addicted to its hallucinogenic slime, his world spirals out of control.
Along the way, Elliot encounters CHAD COX, a perverted self-help guru, and DETECTIVE JOHN MANN, a womanizer who investigates our voyeuristic protagonist.
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David Gordon is a Los Angeles-based director and cinematographer whose work spans all genres and formats. His work highlights themes of social commentary through negative character growth, in which characters develop to embrace the darker elements of their psyche. Astrolatry is his feature directorial debut; he previously wrote and directed six short horror films. He has served as the director of photography for 14 feature films, in addition to 50+ short films and 20 music videos.
Ethan Daniel Corbett is an award-winning actor and producer based in California. He sparked his love of filmmaking at a young age when his father would bring him onto the Warner Bros. lot to visit iconic movie sets; setting him on his creative path as an illustrious indie film actor and producer. Early in his career, Ethan intimidated audiences with his powerful performance as the leader of a Neo-Nazi gang in a film that was featured in the short film gallery at Cannes Film Festival in 2018. This project led to many other roles for Ethan as the antagonist.
This year alone, Ethan has five feature films premiering, and he continues to be in high demand; being attached to multiple feature films set to shoot later this year. Ethan wants to express how having the opportunity to play Elliot in ASTROLATRY "healed a lot of myself as an actor, and as a human being. I can't wait for audiences to see it."
Milena Abilova is a Russian American actress based in Los Angeles. Raised in Idaho, she discovered her passion for performing at a young age through dance before transitioning to film and television. She has studied under acclaimed teachers Jeffrey Marcus and Ivana Chubbuck. Her commercial work has been viewed by millions, and her dramatic performances have earned recognition at multiple film festivals.
Isabel "Izzy" Fugatt is an actress and writer from the Chicago suburbs. The first time being on a set was as an extra on CHICAGO MED, and after experiencing what that felt like, Fugatt knew she wanted to be an actor. Isabel's first work was THE SLEIGHT, where she played an unhinged cult follower named Rose, trying to find her new messiah. Fast forward to 2024, after leaving her previous agency and becoming an independent. Izzy landed the role of Jean in the series, THE SALEM SISTERS. This luckily got the ball rolling and Fugatt has since landed herself role after role! Roles such as Sheila in BLUE OYSTER, where Fugatt got to film her first International Film in Warsaw, Poland with director Alejandro Hidalgo.
Aaron Groben plays a wide variety of roles from leading men to eccentrics to self destructives. He's also a romance novel cover model. He thrives in horror and can be seen most recently as the lead in VOLTAIC BLOOD (also as a detective) and INFERNAL which has won at every festival it's been in. For his comedic turns, check out the stoner comedy, WALLY GOT WASTED, or the romcom, ABOUT HOPE. You may have even seen him on Lifetime Channel. If you enjoy him in ASTROLATRY, turn on your TV, you'll see him again.
Michael Mau is an Atlanta-based writer/actor/producer. In addition to terrifying audiences as Arty the Bunny Man in the horror/thriller SUGARCANE, Michael plays private detective Keegan on CBS’s BEYOND THE GATES. You can also hear him making quips while fighting ancient aliens and robot panthers in the sci-fi podcast DERELICT. The writer/creator of the indie fiction podcast A BLIND PLAY, Michael writes about damaged humans working desperately to heal themselves, often in unhealthy ways.
Christine Schlehuber is a native Texan; she’s an avid reader, baker, actor, and, obviously, lover. She is so thrilled to have been a part of ASTROLATRY, from workshopping her character with David Gordon to being a canvas for Mark Villalobos’ beautiful SFX work. More of Christine’s work includes performing in JANE AUSTIN UNSCRIPTED! with IMPRO THEATRE, the miniseries THE UNKNOWABLE DARKLAND streaming on SCREAMBOX, HOW TO TAME THE TYCOON and VAMPIRE ELITE: THE WORLD BETWEEN US for DRAMABOX.
Kristin Lorenz has worked steadily as an actress, building a strong body of work in indie thrillers, horror, and dark comedy. Her curiosity about the world fuels her love of storytelling and the art of filmmaking. Upcoming projects include the leading role in the psychological thriller GABRIEL, playing a self medicated unreliable narrator, and the dark comedy/horror MITTENS.
Cole Paxton is a Los Angeles-based producer and Northwestern University alum who works chiefly with director David Gordon; they jointly produced Astrolatry after collaborating on Gordon’s three most recent shorts. In addition to his producing work, Paxton maintains a career in journalism as an editor and audience engagement manager.
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