First Look Trailer for Supernatural Thriller ‘Delicate Arch’ Set in Utah
by Alex Billington
June 19, 2024
Source: Vimeo
“They thought that these arches were portals to another time & space.” Time to escape to the desert for a trippy horror experience. An early promo trailer has debuted for an indie horror film titled Delicate Arch, marking the feature directorial debut of indie filmmaker Matt Warren. The title is a reference to the very real Arches National Park in Utah (see Google Maps), where they end up on a camping trip. Four college kids with fracturing relationships take a camping trip in order to escape an ecological disaster. Alone in the desert, they begin to suspect that their reality might not be as it seems, soon realizing they’re being watched. Starring William Leon, Kelley Mack, Kevin Bohleber, and Rene Leech. What kind of extra strange Lovecraftian craziness will they encounter in the Utah desert? Or is it all just the mushrooms? The film is premiering at the 2024 Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles coming up later this month, and hopefully will find a distributor soon after. For now, check out this first look footage below and keep an eye out for it.
Here’s the first look teaser trailer (+ posters) for Matt Warren’s film Delicate Arch, direct from Vimeo:
Grant, Wilda, Cody, and Ferg are all college students in Salt Lake City. Grant and Cody are supposed to be BFFs, but Grant – a paranoid and spoiled film student – suspects Cody is secretly hooking up with Wilda, an ex-girlfriend Grant is struggling to remain amicable with. Wilda’s nonbinary stoner cousin Ferg is an amateur student of Theosophy & ritual magic. Fleeing an atmospheric disaster known as “The Inversion” in the Salt Lake Valley, they all decide to go camping in Southern Utah’s Arches National Park. As Grant’s obsessive voyeurism escalates on-site, he begins to sense a malevolent, imperceptible force encroaching on them. What is it? An ancient Lovecraftian Evil? An extraterrestrial manipulation? A nuclear experiment gone wrong? Zombies?!?! Or perhaps… something even weirder? Delicate Arch is written & directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Matt Warren (aka Matthew Warren), making his feature directorial debut with this film. It’s produced by Larissa Beck, Josh Long, Aaron Nelson, and Warren. This is premiering at the 2024 Dances with Films Festival this month. No other release dates are set yet – stay tuned. Who wants to watch?