Page Text: John Squires
It was just one month ago that fan film Never Hike Alone 2 began its Indiegogo fundraising campaign, and this week the feature film sequel has been successfully funded in full.
A press release sent out this afternoon announces, “The film met its Indiegogo fundraising goal of $150,000 just two days prior to the scheduled closure of the campaign on April 15, 2022. Funding is closing in on $170,000 as the primary campaign is set to close on Friday night at midnight. Meeting the goal qualifies the campaign to remain open in order to raise funds towards stretch goals like extra kill scenes and an additional short prequel film.”
“The work has already begun,” according to director Vincente DiSanti. “We have already had a table read and scouted a majority of our locations. The concept art by FX legend Bill Hunt is out of this world. There is a lot of work ahead to prepare us for shooting, but we are excited to show horror audiences a whole new level of what our team is capable of.”
DiSanti and his crew are scheduled to film Never Hike Alone 2 this summer and have a targeted release date sometime in the fall of 2022. This is all due to the contributions from over 1,850 backers from over 32 different countries around the world.
“None of this is possible without them. We cannot thank Friday fans enough for granting us this opportunity and flooding the campaign with so much support. The same gratitude can be extended to the franchise rights holders who have been gracious enough to allow the community to participate in projects like this without interfering. Fan films get a lot of hate, but how can anyone deny the positive impact they have on the community?”
Set three months after 2020’s winter set prequel Never Hike in the Snow , Never Hike Alone 2 picks up with Crystal Lake’s haunted son, TOMMY JARVIS ( Thom Mathews ), who has all but given up on his search for the long lost JASON VOORHEES ( Vincente DiSanti ).
However, when Tommy receives an emergency call to pick up injured hiker KYLE MCLEOD ( Andrew Leighty ), he will once again come face-to-face with the ghost of Crystal Lake, setting into motion a blood-soaked conclusion to their deadly rivalry.
Caught between the chaos is DR. DIANA HILL ( Anna Campbell ), still searching for answers to her son’s disappearance, and the ever stubborn SHERIFF RICK COLOGNE ( Vinny Guastaferro ), convinced Tommy is responsible for it all.