Slasher ‘Pitchfork’ Gets Its Own Comic Book
Earlier this year, Glenn Packard’s award-winning slasher film Pitchfork debuted (review). Now, Packard (interview) has informed us that the companion comic has been unleashed. In the film, having recently shared a life-changing secret with his family, Hunter recruits his friends to come with him from New York to the farm where he grew up as he faces his parents for the first time. As the college students enjoy the fresh air of Michigan farm country, an older, more dangerous secret slowly emerges. While Hunter navigates a new place within his conservative family, a vicious creature from their past descends on the farm, putting the unsuspecting city kids in mortal danger. Now, the comic will allow audiences to continue to explore the story that introduced the world to a new monster, Pitchfork. From the Announcement: “2017 is the year of the slasher with Chucky, Leatherface, Jigsaw, Samara, Creeper, Annabelle & Glenn Douglas Packard’s well-received, Film Festival Award Winning indie horror ‘Pitchfork’
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