Actor Marc Price has been announced as a cast member of Witchcraft: The Lanterne of Light. Price is set to portray Blake, a reporter sent to document a paranormal investigation team’s trip into the North Carolina wilds to probe the legend of The Lanterne of Light.
Role and premise
According to the announcement, Blake accompanies the investigation group Unmasking the Paranormal as they search for an ancient manuscript linked to a cult identified as The Children of the Hollow. What begins as a journalistic assignment reportedly escalates into a desperate struggle when the team encounters inexplicable forces.
Production details and cast
- Witchcraft: The Lanterne of Light is described as the eighteenth entry in the Witchcraft franchise.
- The film is directed by Carissa Pierson, from a screenplay by Andrew Pierson.
- Price joins a cast that also includes Eric Roberts, Lisa Wilcox, Kato Kaelin, Kristina Lafser, Sandy Johnson and Andrew Pierson.
- Principal photography is scheduled to begin this fall in North Carolina.
Director Carissa Pierson commented on Price’s addition, saying he brings a distinctive energy to the role and expressing enthusiasm about his return to the genre.
Context
Price’s casting arrives as fans mark the 40th anniversary of the cult horror film Trick or Treat, in which he played Eddie “Ragman” Weinbauer. That earlier performance helped establish him within the horror community, and the new role places him back into supernatural territory—this time within an established horror franchise.
Source: Horror Society