Title: Husk Director: Brett Simmons Starring: Devon Graye, Wes Chatham and C.J. Thomason Routinely overlooked by critics and award shows, horror movies have been showcased and honored over the past five years with production company After Dark Films annual film festival Horrorfest. Brett Simmons is  one of the latest screenwriter-directors hoping to make a name for himself in the horror genre with his new supernatural thriller ‘Husk,’ which is one of the entries in this year’s festival. While aiming to stay away from making a purely slasher movie, and instead focusing on what people would do if a scarecrow suddenly came to life to take control of their bodies, Simmons’…

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Devon Graye (Showtime’s “Dexter”) will star alongside CJ Thomason , Tammin Sursok, and Wes Chatham in the horror film “Husk” from After Dark Films/Lionsgate. Brett Simmons, who is directing the project, also wrote the script. “Husk” is based on Simmons’ short film that played at Sundance in 2005. The story finds a group of friends who end up stranded in an isolated farmland where they discover that the crow-infested cornfields all around them are inhabited by reanimated human scarecrows, intent on making the group join their ranks. Filming has already begun in Iowa. Courtney Solomon, Stephanie Caleb, Moshe Diamant and Limor Diamant are producing…