Dark Hearts: The Secret Of Haunting Melissa Now Available For Download At App Store
Frightening Digital Narrative Continues Melissa's Haunting Tale
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hooked Digital Media, a next-generation production company, unleashed today Dark Hearts: The Secret of Haunting Melissa, the sequel to the widely popular and chilling Haunting Melissa. The app is now available to download for free exclusively from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch at (www.appstore.com/darkhearts).
The new installment continues Melissa's disturbing story, a girl who believes her recently deceased mother is haunting her. The sequel picks up one month after Melissa's disappearance with her return home and weaves in the story of a teenage boy who documents the strange occurrences in his suburban neighborhood.
"With the success of Haunting Melissa, we wanted to get the next layers of the story into production and out as fast as possible. Our platform, coupled with Apple's new operating system and powerful devices, gave us the tools to create a scarier, more disturbing experience," said Neal Edelstein, the director and producer of the franchise. "This film represents independent filmmakers getting one step closer to changing the status quo of traditional Hollywood filmmaking through technology innovation designed to reach connected consumers."
Dark Hearts: The Secret of Haunting Melissa is built from the ground up on Hooked Digital Media's proprietary platform which features Dynamic Story Elements, a patented technology that changes the story upon repeated viewing. The sequel was written for this innovative platform to capitalize on Apple's new iOS8.
Conceived, directed and produced by Neal Edelstein, producer of hits such as "The Ring," "The Ring 2" and "Mulholland Drive," Dark Hearts: The Secret of Haunting Melissa is written by best-selling author Andrew Klavan ("True Crime," "Don't Say A Word"). The cast includes the return of:
- Kassia Warshawski as Melissa Strogue
- Travis Nelson as Brandon
- Barb Mitchell as Katherine Strogue
- Greg Lawson as Jack Strogue
- Lorette Clow as Dr. Carroway
- Larry Reese as Mike Cole
- Tom Carey as Officer Roy
Also joining the cast are Jenna Berman, Megan Tracz and Rohan Campbell.
For more information on Dark Hearts: The Secret of Haunting Melissa, visit www.hauntingmelissa.com. Follow news and creative updates at Dark Hearts: The Secret of Haunting Melissa on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HauntingMelissa; follow Dark Hearts: The Secret of Haunting Melissa on Twitter at https://twitter.com/hauntingmelissa; check out Dark Hearts: The Secret of Haunting Melissa on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/hauntingmelissa and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/hauntingmelissa.
About Hooked Digital Media:
Hooked Digital Media is a next-generation entertainment company that internally creates original filmed stories and distributes them directly to mobile and tablet devices for the connected generation. The company broke ground with its first project, 2014 Appy Award-winner Haunting Melissa, built on Hooked Digital Media's proprietary dynamic storytelling app technology which enables the delivery of content in varied lengths received at unpredictable intervals. Led by acclaimed producer, director and early adopter Neal Edelstein, the company is made up of Hollywood creatives and technology innovators who are re-defining filmmaking and connectivity from screenplay and production to software design and digital distribution. The Hooked Digital Media Studio is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.
For more information on Hooked Digital Media, visit www.hookeddigitalmedia.com.
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