ComingSoon can exclusively reveal the trailer for Screams from the Tower.
Screams from the Tower is a new LGBTQ+ coming-of-age comedy movie that is directed by Cory Grant. Broadly based on Grant’s teenage years, the film stars Richie Fusco, David Bloom, Madison Tevlin, and more.
Check out the exclusive Screams from the Tower trailer below (watch more trailers and clips):
What is Screams from the Tower about?
“Screams from the Tower is a gay, coming-of-age comedy that follows Julien, his best friend Cary, and their outcast friends through high school in the early 90’s,” the synopsis reads. “Julien and Cary’s dream of having their own show on the high school radio station is finally realized, bringing them popularity and infamy they never imagined.”
As Grant explains, the film is inspired by John Hughes’ teen comedies.
“Screams from the Tower is broadly based on my teenage years, growing up in the 1990s in the Chicago suburbs. I wanted to write a gay, coming-of-age comedy in the style of the late great John Hughes who only ever hinted at the concept of being gay in his movies but was so very instrumental in highlighting the growing pains of the nerds, weirdos, and outliers. I didn’t want to focus on the trauma experienced by so many queer kids or even the passion surrounding unrequited teenage crushes. So many young adult gay movies have already illustrated these themes so well. Instead, I wanted to make a broader movie to which more people could relate. Focusing on the absurd, painful, and often laughable journey of self-discovery and identity exploration every teen goes through before graduating and leaving the lives they know,” Grant said in a statement about the movie.
“I wanted to show the generation currently enduring high school the technological and cultural changes which have occurred since I was a kid – not out of nostalgia – but to highlight areas of cultural and social change and the areas which have not. Mostly, I hope they find it funny. I hope they can empathize. I hope they can identify in the same way those who lived it can. Screams from the Tower is a love story, but not a romantic one. This movie is a love letter to an old friend who forever changed my perception of the world. He taught me how to be proud, stranger, and fearless. This movie is in large part, for him and all the ‘weird’ kids out there.”
Screams from the Tower will hold its East Coast premiere on Saturday, December 7, at 9 p.m. at Dances With Films NYC in Regal Union Square. Click here for more information.
