Sales Trailer For The Butcher Brothers' THE THOMPSONS

San Francisco based horror directors The Butcher Brothers - helmers of Sundance selected The Violent Kind - are paying a fresh visit to their favorite family with their latest effort. A sequel to their breakout hit The Hamiltons, The Thompsons takes the original family of vampires on the road where they discover that they are not the only ones of their kind after all. A new sales trailer for the film has arrived in Cannes and you can check it out below.

The Butcher Brothers burst onto the genre scene with the original film that reinvented vampire lore by placing a family of orphaned bloodsuckers in the middle of suburbia. The film was released theatrically in the U.S. as part of the original "After Dark: 8 Films To Die For" series and went on to be released in over 23 countries around the world. The Butcher Brothers will be directing the sequel which amps up the on-screen action and carnage.

In the sequel, a bloodbath at a gas station in the desert puts the family on the run, eventually seeing them resurface in the U.K. under a new identity as "The Thompsons." Desperate for protection in this unfamiliar country, the Thompsons seek out the help of a shadowy underground rumored to be sympathetic to vampires.

The original cast are reprising their roles, with Cory Knauf, Samuel Childs, Mackenzie Firgens and Joseph McKelheer being joined by newcomer Ryan Hartwig as the youngest sibling "Lenny." The film is being produced by Film Harvest's Eben Kostbar and Joe McKelheer (FREE SAMPLES, HAMILL) and Snowfort Pictures' Travis Stevens (A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE). The script was written by The Butcher Brothers and Cory Knauf.