Robbie Banfitch's follow-up to The Outwaters is almost here. Shudder confirmed yesterday that Tinsman Road, Banfitch's found footage ghost story about a filmmaker searching for his missing sister, premieres this Friday, November 13, as a Shudder exclusive. Check out the official post down below:
Banfitch wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film as Robbie Lyle, a young man looking for his long-missing sister years after she vanished. His search leads back to the family home in the backwoods of New Jersey, where his mother clings desperately to signs from the beyond. Shudder's November schedule describes the story as a young man navigating "the serpentine mystery surrounding his long-missing sister and their family home."
The official synopsis says Robbie is "armed only with his MiniDV camera and intense curiosity" as he heads into "the pounding heart of human darkness." Shudder's post adds that something suggests his sister "may still be there."
Shot On MiniDV In New Jersey
Tinsman Road was shot entirely in 4:3 on MiniDV in the New Jersey backwoods. The cast includes Leslie Ann Banfitch and Salem Belladonna. Beau J. Genot and Robert Abramoff are producers alongside Banfitch, and the film's tagline is "Sorrow is Terror."
Tinsman Road is Banfitch's 2nd feature. It played The Frida Cinema in May 2025, well ahead of its streaming debut, and the official materials label it a horror mystery that takes viewers on an emotionally winding trip into the wilderness of death and sorrow.
The official trailer for Tinsman Road can be seen here:
Banfitch's First Film, The Outwaters
Banfitch made his name with The Outwaters, a 2022 surrealist found footage horror film that he wrote, directed, produced, edited and starred in alongside Angela Basolis, Scott Schamell and Michelle May. The film is presented as footage recovered from memory cards belonging to a group of friends who head into the Mojave Desert in 2017 to shoot a music video, where they run into mysterious and threatening phenomena.
The Outwaters premiered at the New Jersey Film Festival on February 12, 2022, played several other festivals and was released in select U.S. theaters by Cinedigm on February 9, 2023. Both films center on a character named Robbie, played by Banfitch, and both are presented through his camera.
More Horror Coming To Shudder
Tinsman Road is part of Shudder's Season of Screams lineup for November and December. New Group, a Shudder original from Yuta Shimotsu about a cult-like mentality that spreads through a high school, arrived on November 6. Ice Cream Man, a Shudder exclusive about an ice cream man whose treats send a town's kids into a killing spree, follows on November 20.
On November 27, Shudder premieres The Holy Boy, a horror fable about a teacher named Sergio who is transferred to Remis, a secluded Italian village known as the happiest town in Italy. Each week, the villagers gather to hug Matteo, a 15-year-old whose embrace can free people of all pain and sorrow.
December opens with Unholy Night on December 4, a Shudder original about a man named Gino whose family Christmas Eve turns into a fight for survival when his long-dead grandma shows up and goes on a murderous rampage. Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl also return for the special Joe Bob Conquers Christmas, presenting 2 Christmas movies that Shudder says "ruined" the holiday when they were released while raising money for their annual charity fundraiser. Shudder also recently premiered Hunting Matthew Nichols on Halloween night.
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