The American Civil War provides a landscape of ready-made horror, a canvas of human cruelty that needs no supernatural embellishment. Resurrection Road begins on this familiar, blood-soaked ground. It presents Barabbas, a man who escaped the shackles of slavery only to find himself in the chains of the Union army, imprisoned and facing a court-martial.
His racist commanders present him with a choice that is no choice at all: lead a small unit of Black soldiers on a suicide mission into the Arkansas mountains or face the hangman’s rope. The objective is to silence the guns of Fort Defiance, a Confederate stronghold from which no Union soldier has ever returned. His reward for success is the oft-promised, seldom-delivered dream of 40 acres and a mule.
The film establishes a grim bargain, where freedom is a commodity to be earned through impossible odds, hinting that the cannons and rifles of the...
His racist commanders present him with a choice that is no choice at all: lead a small unit of Black soldiers on a suicide mission into the Arkansas mountains or face the hangman’s rope. The objective is to silence the guns of Fort Defiance, a Confederate stronghold from which no Union soldier has ever returned. His reward for success is the oft-promised, seldom-delivered dream of 40 acres and a mule.
The film establishes a grim bargain, where freedom is a commodity to be earned through impossible odds, hinting that the cannons and rifles of the...
- 6/7/2025
- by Shahrbanoo Golmohamadi
- Gazettely
Coming soon from writer and director Ashley Cahill is Resurrection Road, a historical horror set in the throes of the Civil War. Here, an elite squad of soldiers must face off against something even more terrifying than human enemies.
In the new film:
An elite squad of six soldiers, led by ex-slave Barabbas, is sent on a suicide mission to infiltrate a heavily guarded Confederate fort hidden deep in the Arkansas wilderness. Their objective: destroy the fort’s long-range guns and shift the tide of the war. But as they venture further into enemy territory, the mission takes a chilling turn. The soldiers uncover a dark and sinister secret buried within the heart of the forest—one that will test their courage, loyalty, and will to survive like never before.
In our exclusive clip from the film, the group starts to realize that something may be following them…
Watch now:
Malcolm Goodwin,...
In the new film:
An elite squad of six soldiers, led by ex-slave Barabbas, is sent on a suicide mission to infiltrate a heavily guarded Confederate fort hidden deep in the Arkansas wilderness. Their objective: destroy the fort’s long-range guns and shift the tide of the war. But as they venture further into enemy territory, the mission takes a chilling turn. The soldiers uncover a dark and sinister secret buried within the heart of the forest—one that will test their courage, loyalty, and will to survive like never before.
In our exclusive clip from the film, the group starts to realize that something may be following them…
Watch now:
Malcolm Goodwin,...
- 5/29/2025
- by Mary Beth McAndrews
- DreadCentral.com
"We should go before they find us." "They already have." Saban Films has revealed the official trailer for an action thriller movie titled Resurrection Road, an indie film telling a story from the days of the US Civil War (1861-1865). This is set for a release in theaters and on VOD together starting in June in one month from now. "Killing folks is thristy business." An elite squad of six Black soldiers, led by ex-slave Barabbas, have been sent on a suicide mission; to infiltrate a Confederate fort deep in the Arkansas woods and blow up its long-range guns, altering the course of the war. A mission that "will test their courage, loyalty, and will to survive like never before." Starring Malcolm Goodwin as Barabbas, Furly Mac, Triana Browne, Okea Eme-Akwari, Randall J. Bacon, Jeff Daniel Phillips, and Michael Madsen as Quantrill. This trailer pivots halfway through from an action...
- 5/12/2025
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Director Ashley Cahill (Random Acts of Violence) takes us back to 1863 with the period piece horror movie Resurrection Road, with the Civil War still raging on. In the upcoming film, an elite squad of six Black soldiers, led by ex-slave Barabbas, is sent on a suicide mission to infiltrate a heavily guarded Confederate fort hidden deep in the Arkansas wilderness.
Teams have been sent before, but no one has ever made it out alive…
Their objective? Destroy the fort’s long-range guns and shift the tide of the war. But as they venture further into enemy territory, the mission takes a chilling turn.
The soldiers uncover a dark and sinister secret buried within the heart of the forest—one that will test their courage, loyalty, and will to survive like never before.
Malcolm Goodwin, Furly Mac, Triana Browne, Okea Eme-Akwari, Randall J. Bacon, and Jeff Daniel Phillips star in Resurrection Road,...
Teams have been sent before, but no one has ever made it out alive…
Their objective? Destroy the fort’s long-range guns and shift the tide of the war. But as they venture further into enemy territory, the mission takes a chilling turn.
The soldiers uncover a dark and sinister secret buried within the heart of the forest—one that will test their courage, loyalty, and will to survive like never before.
Malcolm Goodwin, Furly Mac, Triana Browne, Okea Eme-Akwari, Randall J. Bacon, and Jeff Daniel Phillips star in Resurrection Road,...
- 5/12/2025
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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