John C. Lyons’ “Unearth,” which was filmed in northwestern Pennsylvania, will debut locally on April 29 at Waterford’s Sunset Drive-in. The movie, a farm-based thriller starring Adrienne Barbeau and Marc Blucas, received positive reviews when first shown in 2020 at several national festivals, including the renowned Fantasia International Film Festival.
Lyons and his wife and partner, Dorota Swies, came up with a powerful horror story about fracking. When two longtime neighboring farms hit hard times, one sells out to an oil company that begins fracking on their land. “It ends up impacting both families in a generational and terrifying manner,” writes critic Jim Hemphill, who loved the movie.