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"psychological thriller . . . critic's pick!" - New York Times "Haunting... terrifying... a dramatic re-invention of the contemporary horror film." - Ain't It Cool News Things die. New things are born. A harrowing psychological thriller, Daylight pits a couple lost in America against a conniving gang of kidnappers, in David Barker's rigorous and personal re-imagining of the genre film. Despite its familiar genre elements, Daylight is different - a powerful, shocking piece of vigorous cinema, which fuses eroticism and tenderness with the harrowing weight of pregnancy and kidnapping.

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Bonus Materials

• exclusive commentary with David Barker and Jay van Hoy, trailer

Sales Points

• extremely acclaimed film (90% on Rotten Tomatoes, NY Times Critic's Pick) - an acclaimed kidnap thriller which made New York Post ran an article about it making Marisa Tomei run out of the theater

Press

an unusually delicate psychological thriller . . . Critic's Pick!

     —Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

Box office will be good for this small but mighty conversation starter! ...something otherworldly. A must see.

     —Matthew Nestel, Boxoffice

transcend[s] the easy shocks associated with the exploitation movie experience and create[s] an entirely fresh rhythm . . . cautiously executed suspense . . . Meierhans' amazingly subtle performance.

     —Eric Kohn, indieWIRE

psychological gamesmanship . . . us[es] the abduction scenario to evoke religious yearning . . . resourceful, taboo-prodding sickie.

     —Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice

This isn't your usual exploitation flick. It grows more unpredictable and erotic with each new scene, as the wife forms a bond of sorts with her abductors.

     —V.A. Musetto, New York Post

subtle and tense, with director David Barker infusing quiet eroticism and benevolence on the proceedings . . . compelling psychological drama . . . even some of the big names in the industry can't do this

     —Christopher Bell, indieWIRE / The Playlist

Haunting... terrifying... a dramatic re-invention of the contemporary horror film

     —Adam Zboneman, Ain’t It Cool News

takes a standard kidnapping plot and turns it inside out . . . replete with superior acting and visual splendor.

     —Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

exceptionally startling and upsetting.

     —Joe Meyers, Connecticut Post