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The rock duo Black Pistol Fire is made up of guitarist/lead vocalist Kevin McKeown and drummer Eric Owen – and today, Gravitas Ventures has given Owen’s directorial debut, the psychological thriller Thirst, a digital release! We have the film’s trailer embedded above to help you decide whether or not this is a movie you would like to check out. If it does look like something you’d want to watch, it can be found on Amazon at This Link.

Also scripted by Owen, Thirst has the following synopsis: Insomnia spreads in a small town, causing fear and panic. As the situation becomes dire, two couples find salvation on an abandoned ranch until nefarious characters descend upon the land, claiming it as their own, and chaos ensues.

The film stars Brian Villalobos (Love & Death) and newcomer Lori Kovacevich alongside Michael Gmur (Book Club), Federica Estaba Rangel (Last Girl Standing...

"Something's not right... and I can feel it." Gravitas has unveiled the trailer for an indie horror movie titled Thirst, marking the directorial debut of musician / filmmaker Eric Owen – best known as the drummer with alternative rock duo Black Pistol Fire. Yet another new insomnia-related project (also check out Still Up from Apple TV+). In Thirst, insomnia spreads in a small town, causing fear and panic. As the situation becomes dire, two couples find salvation on an abandoned ranch – until nefarious characters descend upon the land, claiming it as their own. As always happens in these kind of apocalyptic films. After experiencing water problems in Austin, Owen says he was inspired to write this script. "I thought 'what if the water was what gave us insomnia and we didn’t know it?' and this set me on my path to writing Thirst." The film stars Brian Villalobos, Michael Gmur,...