The Weeping: Doug Jones plays a corrupt sheriff in Spyder Dobrofsky creature feature (2025)

A while back, we heard that Spyder Dobrofsky – who worked on the scripts for such flicks asThe Housewives of the North PoleandOne Christmas Wish, as well asMom’s Day Away, and made his feature directorial debut with the mystery thrillerSpiral– was making a holiday horror movie calledDown Below. That movie made its way out into the world last October (you can check it outon Amazon), and as 2024 was drawing to a close, it was announced that Dobrofsky is following it up with a creature feature calledThe Weeping. Now, it has been revealed that Doug Jones – who is best known for working with Guillermo del Toro on Mimic,Hellboy,Pan’s Labyrinth,Hellboy II: The Golden Army,Crimson Peak, andThe Shape of Water– has joined the cast to play the corrupt Sheriff Earl.

Dobrofsky and Jones also worked together on Down Below.

Jones’ co-stars in this film include Lindsey Shaw (Ned’s Declassified), Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect), Reggie Lee (Tropic Thunder), Chris Zylka (The Amazing Spider-Man), Shoshana Bush (On My Block), andHutch Dano(Zombeavers).

Dobrofsky is directingThe Weepingfrom a screenplay he wrote. The synopsis:When a group of friends go camping in aprotected Native American forest, they unknowinglywake up a sinister beast that haunts all who trespass. Sounds promising to me; I’m always up for another story about campers getting messed up, whether by slashers or by sinister beasts. The sinister beasts in this project have been described as “demons.” And we also know that Doug Jones’ character Sheriff Earl has “been allowing poachers to enter the forest.”

The film is being produced by Brienne Austen and Giovanna Andolina of Rock and Royal Productions. In addition to directing the horror filmsDown BelowandThe Weeping, Dobrofsky also wrote the 2022 horror filmTeardrop, which was directed by Steven R. Monroe (the remake ofI Spit on Your Grave) and was released through the Tubi streaming service as a Tubi Original.

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