‘A Box Came To Brooklyn’ to have world premiere June 13
Filmmaker based dark comedy on ‘Twilight Zone’ episode
Neighbors living on a quiet Brooklyn street wake up one morning to find a mysterious box sitting on their block. How did it get there? What does it mean? That’s the premise of independent filmmaker Jason Cusato’s dark new comedy, “A Box Came To Brooklyn,” which will have its world premiere June 13 at the Manhattan Film Festival.
The 26-minute short film, which was filmed entirely in black and white on Madeline Court in Bay Ridge, is an updated spin on “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” a classic episode of “The Twilight Zone” that depicted the dangers of paranoia during the Cold War era of the early 1960s.
“A Box Came To Brooklyn” will be presented on June 13 at the Players Theatre at 115 MacDougal St., between West Third Street and Bleecker Street, at 6 p.m.