Billy Club (film)

Billy Club is a 2013 independent comedy horror film directed and written by Drew Rosas and Nick Sommer. The film had its world release on October 1, 2013 at the Milwaukee Film Festival and focuses on four friends that reunite after a long time, only to have to overcome dark secrets from their past. Funding for Billy Club was partially received through a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Rosas and Sommer, both of whom had worked together previously on the film Blood Junkie, began developing Billy Club as both wanted to make a slasher movie in the vein of the classic boogie men movies of the 80s and 90s and felt that the theme of baseball lends itself to the horror genre really well. Funding was partially raised through a private investor as well as through Kickstarter. Sommer designed the killers weapon to incorporate a boltaction retractable bayonet blade that comes out the end, as he wanted to make it different from the typical baseball bat with nails in it. Filming took place in northern Wisconsin and several baseball players from McDonough, Georgias Union Grove High School were brought on to portray the young versions of the main characters.Billy Club won the Best Feature award at the Hollywood Horror Fest, the Best Horror Film award at the Phoenix Film Festival, the Award of Excellence at Indy Fest, and the Best Wisconsin Film award at the Beloit International Film Festival. The film was also an official entry in the PollyGrind Film Festival, the Green Bay Horror Festival, and the Milwaukee Film Festival. ........

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