Mark Roe's Reel

A cinematic Appalachian creature thriller based on the novel by Mark H. Roe. In the deep hollows south of Chillicothe, Ohio, silence moves like weather and the land remembers every secret it’s ever been asked to keep. When Maddie Kessler vanishes from a remote overlook on a still August night, her disappearance triggers a desperate search through Bring Hollow — a place where the sky turns the wrong color, fog rises with intention, and wood‑on‑wood knocks echo from more than one...

A cinematic concept reel for The Witch of Paint Creek, a paranormal romance mystery rooted in Appalachian folklore. Set along the haunted banks of Paint Creek in Southern Ohio, the piece blends atmospheric visuals, rural isolation, and rising supernatural tension. The reel introduces Lydia Marrow and Dr. Nathaniel Cross as they uncover the century‑old curse tied to Isolde Marrow, a midwife wrongfully executed in 1887. Fog‑heavy woods, water moving against the current, carved symbols, and...