The local independent horror film “Drive Back” was released to streaming services like Apple TV and Amazon on Friday. It was produced by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing of Fresno-based , the filmmakers that made the successful independent horror title “The Gallows” filmed in the Central Valley. Debuting in the director’s chair is Clovis resident Cody Ashford.
The synopsis: “Comic artist Reid and his pregnant fiancée, Olivia, celebrate their new engagement at a remote cabin. But after a near car accident leaves them lost in the woods, they find themselves trapped on a hidden shortcut. Facing violent visions, lost memories, and a troubled hitchhiker, they discover a terrifying killer is hunting them and that the shortcut is darker and more personal than they realized.
” (Dark Sky Films) Related Story: A Central Valley Production It’s completely a Central Valley film shot in Bass Lake and Clovis with a crew of locals. Ashford is a teacher of media and performing arts in Madera Unified. “I’ve been writing ever since college, that’s what I went to school for.
I love directing actors and working with performers,” said Ashford. “I fell into getting to know Chris and Travis and I started working on scripts for them. When this project came up, they thought it would be a great fit for the types of stuff I like.
They threw it my way to see if I wanted to try directing for the first time.” Initially the film wasn’t meant to be made in the Valley. When the fil.
