Released: October 23, 2015

Directed By: Craig Zahler

Written By: S. Craig Zahler

Stars: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons, Richard Jenkins, Evan Jonigkeit, Kathryn Morris, Sid Haig, David Arquette, Fred Melamed

Plot:  In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town’s doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.

How did this movie do:
Budget: $1.8 Million
Box office:  $481,525
Est. Domestic DVD Sales:  $3,084,129
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales: $1,214,529
= Total Est. Domestic Video Sales:  $4,298,658

Western is a literature, film, and television genre. Westerns are primarily set in the American Old West between the late eighteenth century and late nineteenth century and tell the stories of cowboys, settlers, and outlaws exploring the western frontier and taming the Wild West.  

• Shot in 21 days.
  
  
• Matthew Fox has said that he enjoyed making this movie more than any other film, and always wanted to be in a western.
  
  
• The final movie represents the first draft of the script.
  
  
• Jim Broadbent replaced original cast member Richard Jenkins for a few months, when the project was delayed. Jenkins was then re-cast in his role.
  
  
• At Fantastic Fest, S. Craig Zahler said that he wanted much of the film’s mysticism to remain ambiguous and debatable.
  
  
• The cave set in the last act of the movie was the same cave set used in the first Iron Man movie where Tony Stark is held captive and constructs the first iron man suit.
  
  
• After reading S. Craig Zahler’s second novel called “Wraiths of the Broken Land” (2013), Kurt Russell stated that “Zahler’s a fabulous story teller whose style catapults his reader into the turn of the century West with a ferocious sense of authenticity”. The phrase is written on the back cover of the book.
  
  
• Directorial debut of S. Craig Zahler.
  
  
• Craig Zahler wrote the script in 2007.
  
  
• Partly inspired by H. Rider Haggard’s “Lost Race Tales” and “The Virginian”, according to an interview with S. Craig Zahler at the 2015 London Film Festival.
  
  
• This is the second David Arquette western involving cannibalism. The first one was Ravenous (1999).
  
  
• The pistol Arthur O’Dwyer carries is a Merwin & Hulbert Revolver. Though not as well known as the Colt Peacemaker or the Smith & Wesson Model 3 (Carried by Sherrif Hurt), the Merwin & Hulbert’s were well known for being well designed & rugged pistols.
  
  
• John Brooder (Matthew Fox) wears the same style pistol holster as Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn) in Tombstone (1993).
  
  
• Michael Wincott was considered for the role of Buddy.
  
  
• Patrick Wilson and Zahn McClarnon had previously been co-stars on the second season of FX’s Fargo (2015).
  
  
• Kurt Russell and David Arquette both appeared in 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001).