THE BUILDOUT: Drama Horror Opens February 25th

As was reported last week, friend of the site Noah Lang launched a new distribution label called Ethos Releasing and they announced this year's lineup of releases. First on that list is Zeshaan Younus' drama horror, The Buildout.
We now have a release date for The Buildout, it will arrive on all VOD platforms on February 25th. You can watch the trailer below the official announcement. Our own Kyle caught The Buildout when it played at Panic Fest last year. Here is an excerpt from that review.
Like fellow Panic Fest film Worlds, The Buildout uses the trappings of genre films and the found footage medium to more abstractly consider how we live. Both films refuse to resolve any of the fantastical mysteries they set up, but succeed in posing questions that are more relevant to our everyday lives. The Buildout isn’t a found footage horror movie about a spooky mystery in the desert, it’s a meditative movie about friendship, grief, self-narratives, and the colliding of all three.
The Buildout was written and directed by Zeshaan Younus and stars Jenna Kanell (Terrifier, Renfield), Hannah Alline (Adult Swim Yule Log), Natasha Halevi, Michael Sung Ho, and Danielle Evon Ploeger.
Prepare yourself for THE BUILDOUT, 2025's first must-see thriller, a hypnotic character piece that has had audiences around the world on the edges of their seats. The acclaimed drama/horror film, which Bloody Disgusting calls, "a stunning, genre-bending odyssey into the unknown", arrives on VOD February 25th!Something is happening in the desert. The epicenter is a strange tent, humming with an imbued esoteric energy. What is found within its walls is incomprehensible.We first meet Dylan and Cameron as they barrel deeper into the desert. One knows exactly where they’re going, the other one is doing their best to be a good friend.On a road trip fueled by junk food and documented by a handheld camera, the women traverse a landscape that feels more like Mars than Earth - the California Desert. This is their last chance to get back - back to what they used to be. Today, they are but mere fragments of their former selves; weighed down by the looming presence of a shared tragedy.A story of rebirth, recovery, closure, and accountability propelled forward by an esoteric conduit. This women-led narrative follows the tectonic shift of a friendship over one fateful day. In the face of the unexplained, they lean into their truest selves and come face-to-face with an unnerving discovery.THE BUILDOUT is a meditation taken from behind the handlebars of a speeding motorcycle. It aims to bridge the gap between found footage and traditional cinematic storytelling while leaning into strong, capable, and unapologetic characters.The debut feature from distributor Ethos Releasing, THE BUILDOUT is written and directed by Zeshaan Younus and stars Jenna Kanell, Hannah Alline, Natasha Halevi, Michael Sung Ho, and Danielle Evon Ploeger.
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