Nearly a year ago, this based on true events film premiered at the SXSW film festival in the Midnighters section. A supernatural take on a bizarre yet true crime case made for a very unexpectedly powerful screening, as surviving members of Johnny Frank Garrett were in attendance.  Not only were we hooked on the factual nature behind the narrative (review), but we also sat down with director Simon Rumley at the fest (interview) to delve into the making of this film.

Now, nearly a year later, audiences will finally be able to get acquainted with the tragic and strange tale of Johnny Frank Garrett, as Momentum Pictures will be releasing on VOD on March 7, 2017.

Directed by Simon Rumley from a screenplay by Tony Giglio, Ben Ketai and Marc Haimes, Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word stars Mike Doyle,Sean Patrick Flanery, Erin Cummings , and Devin Bonnée.

Plot Synopsis
Based on a true story, a nun was murdered in her convent bedroom in Amarillo, Texas on Halloween 1981. The police arrested a young man, Johnny Frank Garrett, who always maintained his innocence but he was found guilty and sentenced to death. On the night of his execution, he wrote a curse letter condemning the people and their families who helped send him to his demise. Shortly after Garrett’s death, members of the community start mysteriously dying. One of the jurors takes it upon himself to break the curse when his son is suddenly struck with a life-threatening illness.