Ahead of the Digital release on 14th March, and DVD release on 21st March via Signature Entertainment, Howard J. Ford’s latest film, The Ledge, will debut at FrightFest Glasgow this weekend. Ford is a long-time friend of the festival, FrightFest having screened several of his previous films including The Dead, a film he made with his brother, Jonathan Ford. Whereas that film, and it’s sequel, were zombie laden horrors, The Ledge is much more of an action thriller with heavy horror overtones.
The Ledge is a high-concept, high-stakes, edge-of-your-seat action thriller starring Brittany Ashworth (Hostile) and Ben Lamb (Divergent, Now You See Me 2). Having retired to bed early to prepare for a dawn mountain ascent, Kelly (Brittany Ashworth) is woken by the screams of her friend Sophie, who had stayed up with a group of men they had met earlier. Desperate to get to her friend, Kelly runs deep into the forest using her GoPro to guide the way. She arrives just in time to see Sophie’s lifeless body being thrown over a ledge, a horror she captures on camera. Terrified, Kelly finds herself in a free-climbing chase up a freezing mountain, pursued by the group of murderous men after the evidence. If she’s to escape this deadly game of cat and mouse she must dig deep, do all she can to survive, and climb.
The Ledge took a long time coming together and once finally in motion ended up a casualty of the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Not one to rest, Ford dove head first into making another film – The Lockdown Hauntings – all on his own. The filmmaker drove across the country, camera in hand to the houses of his cast to shoot the film. No sooner was that in the can, The Ledge was finally given the green-light to start production. Even now, Ford is busy, busy, busy, as mere days after attending this week’s FrightFest Glasgow event he’ll be racing onto the set of his latest movie. As hectic as life is right now, Howard agreed to speak with us about everything The Ledge.
The Ledge will screen at FrightFest Glasgow 2022. Signature Entertainment presents The Ledge on Digital Platforms 14th March and DVD 21st March.
