The Casket Girls, starring Gabrielle Union in a horror story inspired by an infamous French-Catholic New Orleans convent, filmed in Victoria BC last Fall.
Following up on a reported disturbance, Detective Shay Williams (Gabrielle Union) and her partner Galphin (Mike Colter) investigate the ominous Ursuline Convent in the 1700s, a prime location for New Orleans ghost tours, known for its dark history as the home of the St. Mary’s Chapel.
An unsettling discovery leads to a trap, sealing in the detectives and a few unlucky guests when the Casket Girls escape from their attic prison for the first time in over 300 years.
Other main cast include Mike Colter, Raul Castillo, Matt Frewer and Thomas Lennon, with the Casket Girls played by Hazel Bartlett-Sais, Lucia Morris,, Ana Pacheco, Talisa Mae Stewart, Haylie Hansen and Charlotte Kavanagh.
The Order’s Jake Manley, Carolina Rolo and Yari Pernia round out the cast.
The Casket Girls is inspired by the true story of 1700s brides in French-Catholic New Orleans, so-called because they arrived from France with “caskets” of their belongings. Blamed for rising homicide rates and thought to be demons or vampires, the young women ended up imprisoned in the Ursuline Convent behind an impenetrable door and windows bolted shut.
The Casket Girls:
Victoria filming dates: October 15 2024 – November 22 2024.
Screenwriters: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Keith Cooper, Justin Dyck.
Director: Justin Dyck.
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Mike Colter, Raul Castillo, Matt Frewer, Thomas Lennon, Hazel Bartlett-Sais, , Lucia Morris,, Ana Pacheco, Talisa Mae Stewart, Haylie Hansen, Charlotte Kavanagh, Jake Manley, Carolina Rolo, Yari Pernia.
Producers: QC Entertainment.