Mind Forest Movie - About The Film

The MIND FOREST movie you are reading about on this Web site was produced as a low-budget, demo film. Our greater goal was to use this demo (or "pilot" film as we sometimes call it) as a proposal to film studio execs and investors to remake a bigger budgeted, full length feature film version of MIND FOREST.

Our thinking was, hey, let's do something more than just pitch an idea or script around to major film studios about three young women, who were best friends that grew up together and had all the flavors of THE CRAFT and PRACTICAL MAGIC thrown in. These days, everyone does that in Hollywood - pitch ideas. Let's go out and actually demonstrate the script, make a low budget indie feature film version of MIND FOREST capturing some of the script's key elements - share the magic. Ultimately, generate more interest in a remake with more visual effects, faster paced scenes, greater suspense... Make a small indie film so we could later remake a major motion picture.

And so, in that spirit, we signed a contract with the Screen Actors Guild, cast SAG actors, and shot the MIND FOREST demo film with a small film crew over a two month period in one summer. The final result was a complete indie film, with all the key story elements in place, a beginning, a middle and a surprising end...

Along the way, something amazing happened. MIND FOREST garnered a cult following, launched Comic-Con's film festival, was screened at the Temecula International Film Festival, packing theaters with long lines of full-house, ticket buying audiences, and finally ending up at the Plymouth International Film Festival 3000 miles away. To this day, there is a continuing public demand to buy copies of the MIND FOREST DVD.

Currently, we are still in talks and shopping the idea of remaking a full feature version of MIND FOREST.

Stay tuned...

Tale of a young woman haunted by centuries old visions of Plymouth Witches from 1631...

Cassandra (Lauren Maher, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 1,2,3) attends the wake of her great grandmother, Zelda, while visiting her hometown and family. There was always something Witchy about Zelda and the two were very close. She was the young woman's mentor, her helm… the one true light of her life… Cassandra finds an old, mysterious trunk upstairs in the loft of her girlhood home left by her great grandmother. Unlocking the chest opens a doorway to 1631 Plymouth, sending her on a strange journey of self-discovery - while unleashing a series of visions and bizarre incidents.

Cassandra Alden, fiercely independent and strong-willed, must find answers. Before leaving her hometown, and with the help of her two girlhood friends, Lori (Kami Knake), a partying free-spirit, and Ashley (Helen Yeoman), serious and reserved, Cassandra struggles to understand the ghosts invading her world. The three friends are self-proclaimed Witches on a quest, and a full moon ritual offers an alarming burst of visions. Soon after, she will find these visions curiously linked to a journal written in the hand of Sarah Winslow, a young woman who lived in 1631 Plymouth, Massachusetts, accused of witchcraft, and convicted to hang for sedition and heresy.

On the long drive home to Seattle, her "yuppie" boyfriend, Michael (Jeff Marchelletta, HOLLYWOOD VAMPYR, EXORCISM), wonders if Cassandra is losing her mind. Michael is a practical sort and tells Cassandra she's just tired and under a lot of stress. However, he tries to help her find reconciliation with the alleged apparitions, without really believing her. His view of the world is much more settled. He'd much rather she shut up and be married to him...

At night, Cassandra bolts upright from bed only to see a strange woman in a green robe moving through a dark forest. Dreams and waking mesh... A large, gray haired man leading a circle of Witches in the forests of Plymouth enters her waking consciousness. Cassandra fights to keep her hold on reality as two timelines and conflicting realms collide. What she finds at the end of the road will completely transform her world. The story's ending is startling!