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A weekend lake trip turns into a fight for survival against a backwoods family who thinks murder is a mercy.

Uncork’d Entertainment dropped the official trailer for “Getaway” in early March 2020, setting up an April 14 DVD and Digital release for a low-budget horror-thriller that leans hard into abduction-and-escape territory. The film marks the directorial debut of Lane Toran, who also co-wrote the screenplay with lead actress Jaclyn Betham. It was originally titled “Getaway Girls” before the distributor trimmed the name for release.

The story follows Tamara Miller (Betham), who plans a weekend cabin trip at a lake with her two closest friends, Maddy (Scout Taylor-Compton) and Brooke (Landry Allbright). Car trouble on the way there leaves Tamara stranded — and vulnerable to a backwoods family with a very specific, very deranged agenda.

• Tamara is abducted by a patriarch known only as “Pa” (Lane Caudell) and his two sons, Merv (Lane Toran) and Kib (Noah Lowdermilk), who kidnap young women they call “angels” and intend to murder them in a ritual they believe sends the victims to heaven.
• The film runs 76 minutes and is set for DVD and Digital release on April 14, 2020, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
• Scout Taylor-Compton, best known as Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” films, headlines a supporting cast that includes Jamil Walker Smith as Officer Jerry, Ben Deschaine, and Chrystopher Ryan Johnson.

The Setup Behind “Getaway”

Betham’s script strips the premise down to something familiar to genre fans but plays it with a grimmer edge than the usual cabin-in-the-woods setup. Tamara never even makes it to the lake. Her car trouble on a rural road puts her directly in the path of Pa’s family, and from there the film becomes less about a weekend getaway and more about staying alive long enough to find Maddy and Brooke. Fans of the wider genre currently tracking the best upcoming horror movies of 2020 and 2021 will recognize the abduction-thriller mold “Getaway” is working in, even as it tries to carve out its own identity with the “angels” mythology driving Pa’s family.

The Family at the Center of the Terror

Lane Caudell’s Pa anchors the film’s threat as the self-appointed head of a cult-like household that treats kidnapping and murder as a religious obligation rather than a crime. His sons Merv, played by director Lane Toran himself, and Kib, played by Noah Lowdermilk, carry out the family’s will on the ground — hunting, capturing, and holding captives who are marked as “angels” awaiting their supposed passage to heaven.

They call their captives “angels” — and believe murdering them is how they get to heaven.

Scout Taylor-Compton’s Role in the Cast

While Betham’s Tamara drives the plot, promotional materials have leaned heavily on Scout Taylor-Compton’s presence as Maddy, one of the two friends Tamara set out to spend the weekend with. Taylor-Compton’s horror pedigree — built largely on her turn as Laurie Strode across Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Halloween II” — gives the marketing a recognizable anchor for genre audiences who might otherwise pass on an unfamiliar indie title. Landry Allbright rounds out the trio as Brooke, and Jamil Walker Smith appears as Officer Jerry, a law-enforcement presence pulled into the search once things go wrong.

Production Details and Release Plans

“Getaway” comes from producers Erin Naifeh and Liz Zwiebel, with Uncork’d Entertainment handling distribution. The marketing has framed the film as more than a straightforward captivity thriller, teasing a late-act turn toward revenge and empowerment once Tamara stops running and starts fighting back. That pivot — from victim to threat — is the kind of beat indie horror distributors like Uncork’d have leaned on before to give a small, self-contained thriller a hook beyond its abduction premise.

With the April 14 DVD and Digital date locked in, “Getaway” is one of a handful of small horror releases aiming to reach audiences directly at home rather than chasing a theatrical run — a path that’s become increasingly common for genre titles at this budget level, in the same lane as other recent direct-to-video horror efforts like Becky. Whether Toran’s directorial debut finds an audience will likely come down to whether “Getaway” delivers on that promised third-act turn, and whether Taylor-Compton’s name on the poster is enough to get horror fans to press play.