The Absent | Trailer | Bryan Kirkwood | Vanessa Zima | Denny Kirkwood

Young Oscar Dillashaw believes that his adopted parents have been trying to kill him for the insurance money. He retaliates by placing rat poison in a breakfast he makes, killing them. He is sent to juvenile correction. Many years later, now an adult, Oscar he is about to be released from jail. He writes to his brother Vincent Burton, a science teacher at Liberty High in Winthrop, Washington, telling him that he is looking forward to reuniting. Vincent presents the science pupil of the year award to student Katie Anderson. Afterwards, Vincent tells Katie that he thinks she is beautiful. A few days later, they go to Vincent’s cabin to consummate this budding attraction. However, dropped papers blow into the fireplace and set the cabin on fire. In the midst of this, Oscar appears, kills Katie and then hides her body. As the town puzzles over her disappearance and Vincent seeks to cover-up his involvement, Oscar emerges to kill other students in Vincent’s class.

The Absent was a directorial debut for director Sage Bannick. It was a production that Bannick and friends shot in their hometown of Winthrop, Washington. The film managed to get Chris Sivertson, the director of The Lost (2005) and I Know Who Killed Me (2007), to sign on as a co-producer.

Director: Sage Bannick
Writers: Damon Abdallah, Sage Bannick
Stars: Bryan Kirkwood, Vanessa Zima, Denny Kirkwood

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